A look at the game “by the numbers.”
- This game played out a little differently than when these two teams met two days ago. Anaheim had the overall advantage offensively (5-on-5 play) but it is worth noting that in third period, the Kraken soundly tilted the ice their way including creating 83.8-percent of all shot quality in the final 20 minutes – well 7:45 because there were so many penalties.
- About that. The Ducks were called for a total of 12 (TWELVE) infractions in this game, with ten of them resulting in Kraken power plays. That’s the most power plays the Kraken have had in a single game in franchise history. It also ties the most power play opportunities in ANY NHL game across the three years the Kraken have had a team.
- Six of those power plays came in the final period of play – the home team scored on two of them.
- Anaheim was also successful on special teams – but not in a traditional way. They scored two short-handed goals. The first time that has happened in one game to the Kraken. The goals also came 44 seconds apart – making them the eleventh pair of opponent-opponent response goals this season.
- Regardless of overall volume, the Kraken had ten more high-danger chances (19) than Anaheim and won 64.2-percent of all puck battles.
- The overall leader in shot quality this game was Jaden Schwartz followed by Jordan Eberle and Brandon Tanev.
- Eberle assisted on the opening goal of the game marking the 400th assist of his career. He is just one goal away from 300 goals and 700 points.
- The top skaters in the game according to Game Score were: Jared McCann; Schwartz; Yanni Gourde; Andre Burakovsky; and Tye Kartye.
- It was a good line for Yanni Gourde line that included Tanev and Burakovsky. They led the way in 5-on-5 play with 80-percent of all shot volume in their even strength ice time and created 94-percent of all shot quality.
Here’s a look at our data-driven Instant Analysis from Sportlogiq (Click HERE for how to read this graphic):
