Immediate analysis after the game: Seattle in St. Louis

In the final game of the three-game road trip, Seattle played a lot of quality minutes, leading to a management advantage, the first goal of the game and a lead in 40 minutes of play. But St. Louis also owns the NHL’s second-best power game conversion factor, and the five-chance man gave the Blues enough time to finally find the back of the net. The second goal created the home team’s lead, and Seattle could not fight back in the end to get the ranking.

“The most important moments are slipping away from us.” Chris Driedger said.

Let’s look at the game “by numbers”.

• Kraken took a solid attack and got an overall advantage in both the number of shots (52.05% of 5-5 shots) and the quality of the shot (65.94% of 5-5 expected goals) during the 60 minutes of play. Although the team failed in the second period, they never relinquished control of the overall shot quality.
• In terms of starting power – which Dave Hakstol wanted to correct after yesterday’s Dallas defeat – the first period was the strongest in Kraken with 60% of all shooting attempts and 76.09% of all shots.
• Alex Wennberg scored the only goal of the team’s game. According to MoneyPuck.com, it was the team’s third-best goal finish all night with an 18 percent probability. The goal came from one of Wennberg’s three shooting attempts – all three were accepted as scoring situations when two came from dangerous areas.
• Driedger saw his first game action after December 30th and made a strong effort. According to Sportlogiq, St. Louis should have scored nearly four goals given the quality of the shot they created. Driedger let only two discs pass himself. It was a quality start for netminder, the second of the season for him.
• Goalkeeper Ville Husso was just as strong. His game was also a quality start as he blocked two goals more than he should have done against him.
• Seattle gave its opponent five power game opportunities, which was the peak of the season. This was only the second time this season. The handicap resulted in the game’s final St. Louis power game.

Here is an overview of our knowledge – based direct analysis of Sportlogiq (Click HERE how to read this graphic):