GRIT & GF

Monday, January 5, 2026

Seattle Kraken

Calgary Flames

Expected goals, SEA–CGY
3.1–3.5
all situations, empty nets out
CGY share of xG
52.6%
50% is even
Shots on goal
28–42
SEA–CGY
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Kraken beat the Flames 5-1 in a game the chances had about even, 3.1 expected goals to 3.5. Brayden Pachal finished 9 checks, his most in a game since 2023-24. Philipp Grubauer made 41 saves on 42 shots.

  • Brayden Pachal finished 9 checks, his most in a game since 2023-24. He has 3 points in 22 games this season. The Flames lost 5-1 to the Kraken.

  • Philipp Grubauer made 41 saves on 42 shots. That was 2.5 goals better than an average goalie would do against the same chances. The Kraken beat the Flames 5-1.

  • Mikael Backlund had 7 shots on goal. His average this season was 2.3. He has 26 points in 42 games this season. The Flames fell 5-1 to the Kraken.

Shot attempts

Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.

SEACGY

Where the shots came from

6 goals from 96 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← SEA shootingCGY shooting →

Seattle Kraken

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Adam Larsson D20:560110.061161
Cale Fleury D20:410020.103244
Ryan Lindgren D20:070000.020046
Jamie Oleksiak D20:000010.021339
Vince Dunn D18:401010.120256
Chandler Stephenson C17:500110.090031
Ryker Evans D17:480000.000156
Frederick Gaudreau C17:201021.022031
Eeli Tolvanen R17:100020.222133
Shane Wright C16:461020.330046
Berkly Catton C15:370020.211051
Jared McCann L15:320130.090150
Kaapo Kakko R15:150130.270051
Matty Beniers C14:461030.393165
Jordan Eberle R14:040020.261171
Ben Meyers C13:510110.341159
Jacob Melanson R11:141010.405059
Ryan Winterton C10:230110.010064

Calgary Flames

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Rasmus Andersson D23:190020.220144
Kevin Bahl D23:150030.153140
MacKenzie Weegar D21:490100.033254
Nazem Kadri C21:210040.492257
Yan Kuznetsov D20:010020.032258
Connor Zary C18:440010.142068
Joel Farabee L17:150000.060068
Yegor Sharangovich C16:400050.241246
Mikael Backlund C16:390070.220052
Jonathan Huberdeau L16:380040.370043
Blake Coleman L16:200050.502055
Matt Coronato R15:520010.201145
Morgan Frost C15:220020.321048
Brayden Pachal D13:570010.069047
Joel Hanley D13:490010.010247
Ryan Lomberg L10:060110.122038
Adam Klapka R9:561030.315337
Justin Kirkland C8:470000.002033

The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro

The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.