The Kraken had been searching for a consistent game and they mostly found it in Edmonton. Seattle pressed offensively, responded to momentum swings by scoring goals, and pushed the pace of their offensive attack not just with foot speed but also by opening the ice with stretch passes.
The team built a 3-1 lead going into the final frame, but unfortunately, Evander Kane roared to life. The forward scored two goals in the final 7:32 to force overtime and added his third of the night to win a game, in which, arguably, the Kraken deserved a better fate based on their underlying play.
Let’s look at the game “by the numbers.”
- Seattle controlled 5-on-5 play throughout the entire 60 minutes of regulation play. They won all three periods in terms of shot volume and quality and generated 59.85-percent of all shot attempts and 68.79-percent of all expected goals.
- Overtime, however, was all Oilers who had over 75-percent of all shot quality in the final 2:57 of play.
- On the entire game, Seattle also had the advantage in offensive zone time (plus-:57) and offensive zone possession time (plus-:34).
- The Kraken missed adding two response goals to their tally by mere seconds. Jared McCann’s opening score came 2:01 after the Oilers’ first goal and Pierre-Eduouard Bellemare missed the two-minute cutoff by just four seconds.
- The Yanni Gourde line drew the most time against Connor McDavid and kept the ice tilted their way with 66.7-percent of all shot volume and 79.9-percent of all shot quality going the Kraken’s way.
- Brandon Tanev led the way individually with seven 5-on-5 shot attempts and the most shot quality (.54).
- The Kraken held the seventh-best power play off the board defending all three penalties they took. It was the second time in four games that the penalty kill has been perfect.
- Seattle’s power play has been hot – ranking eighth in the NHL, but tonight they were unable to convert in 7:52 of time with the extra skater.
- Alex Wennberg scored his first goal of the season and had the second-best overall game score of any player in the matchup. Only Leon Draisaitl rated out higher. Jamie Oleksiak, Adam Larsson, and Eeli Tolvanen finished out of the top five.
Here's a look at our data-driven Instant Analysis from Sportlogiq (click HERE for how to read this graphic):
