Let’s look at the game “by the numbers.”
- Dave Hakstol had wanted to see his team play more consistently and start well. They did that in this game. The Kraken “won” all three periods in terms of creating more 5-on-5 shots than the Devils, and in periods 1 and 3 they had the advantage in shot quality.
- The third period was the Kraken’s most dominant with 79-percent of all shot attempts and 64-percent of all shot quality.
- On the game as a whole, Seattle created enough offense to “earn” 3.4 goals. Akira Schmid allowed just one and, in the process, earned his fifth quality start of the season.
- Sustained pressure was a little harder to come by for the home team – while they were in the offensive zone more than New Jersey (plus-2:30), it was the Devils that had more possession time in the offensive zone (plus-:48).
- Defensively the Kraken were effective. The Devils had 17 shots on goal in the game. That was the second-lowest shot count of the season for New Jersey (16, Nov. 22 vs Detroit).
- The Kraken kept the top power play in the league off the scoreboard through their three power plays (4:06 of time).
- In the first NHL game of his career, Ryker Evans played 17:50 and earned the highest game score of any Kraken player (according to HockeyStatCards.com) with a 1.36. Rounding out the top three were Brian Dumoulin and Tye Kartye.
- The Matty Beniers line had the task of facing the Devils’ line centered by Jack Hughes and won that battle in terms of offensive opportunities created. Yanni Gourde’s line also quieted their primary matchup with the Nico Hischier line in almost nine minutes of head-to-head play.
Here’s a look at our data-driven Instant Analysis from Sportlogiq (Click HERE for how to read this graphic):
