A look at the game “by the numbers.”
+ Philipp Grubauer came in relief of Matt Murray and in 40:18 of playing time, turned away all nineteen shots he faced. Per Evolving-Hockey.com, he prevented 2.3 more goals than he should have based on the shot quality he faced and earned his second quality start of the season.
+ The Kraken goaltenders saved 90.9-percent of all shots against that came from the slot and 83.3-percent of all shots that came from the inner slot.
+ Seattle did not win the shot volume battle with 38.8-percent of all 5-on-5 shot attempts, but they came close to pulling even in shot quality regardless with 46.5-percent of 5-on-5 expected goals. They won the quality battle in both periods one and three.
+ Jaden Schwartz had two goals tonight and led all players in the game in individual shot quality (1.52 expected goals). He also tied for the lead in the game in slot shots (3) and tied with Chandler Stephenson with the most controlled entries for the Kraken (6).
+ Adam Larsson scored the game winning goal on his first goal of the season. The Kraken now have twelve goals from defenders. That’s tied for the second most in the league behind Columbus (13) and matches the goals from the Capitals’ blue line.
+ Mason Marchment led all Kraken skaters in 5-on-5 shot attempts (5) and was part of Seattle’s most offensively effective line with Matty Beniers and Jordan Eberle. In 12:13 of ice time, the three held even in shot volume and built a 58-percent advantage in terms of shot quality.
+ The top skaters in the game according to Game Score were Jamie Oleksiak, Schwartz, Stephenson, Grubauer and Marchment.
Here’s a look at our data-driven Instant Analysis from Sportlogiq (Click HERE for how to read this graphic)
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