The Kraken welcomed the Vegas Golden Knights to Climate Pledge Arena with the goal of taking home points in a third straight game. Unfortunately, that was not to be. Vegas was able to capitalize on miscues and turnovers that resulted in too many odd-man rushes (as well as a couple power plays) to ultimately take home the 5-2 win.
Let’s look at the game “by the numbers.”
- The Golden Knights earned the win they got. Even though the Kraken had almost twice as much offensive zone time as Vegas, they couldn’t find a way to get as much production as they wanted. According to Natural Stat Trick, in five-on-five play; the Kraken earned 48.17-percent of all shot attempts and 46.63-percent of all shot quality.
- Dave Hakstol wants to see his team be more crisp in terms of transition play going forward. The Kraken allowed ten odd-man rushes against including five in the second period alone. Seattle had five giveaways to Vegas’ four and four takeaways to Vegas’ six.
- Jonathan Marchessault seems to have Seattle’s number. He had two goals tonight and has scored in every game he’s played against the Kraken.
- Want some good news? While the Kraken didn’t get many power play opportunities, they did find a way to convert one of their two chances, and in a little more than half the power play time that the Golden Knights had, Seattle generated six shot attempts to Vegas’ four.
- Matty Beniers continues his point streak with the secondary assist on Justin Schultz‘s goal.
- Oliver Bjorkstrand led all skaters with six shots on goal and nine attempts total. He also led all Kraken skaters in individual shot quality.
- If you put all factors in play, according to Money Puck’s “Deserve to Win o’Meter,” the Kraken would have won that game 58.1-percent of the time.
Here’s a look at our data-driven Instant Analysis from Sportlogiq (Click HERE for how to read this graphic):
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