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Vancouver Canucks at Seattle Kraken NHL Predictions

2025-01-02 • Climate Pledge Arena
Seattle Kraken 3 - 4 Vancouver Canucks
🚨 Upset Loss (59% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
SEA: 58.5%
VAN: 41.5%
Expected Goals
SEA: 3.27
VAN: 3.19
Total Goals
Median: 5.5
Over 5.5: 48%
Over 6.5: 33%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

SEA
Philipp Grubauer - 7-3-1 | 0.920 SV% | 2.32 GAA
VAN
Thatcher Demko - 8-8-0 | 0.905 SV% | 2.72 GAA
StatSEAVAN
Season SV%0.9200.905
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.322.72
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
SEAPhilipp Grubauer2420483.3%3.743-0.26
VANThatcher Demko2825389.3%2.942-0.06
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 45% • SEA at home vs VAN: 3-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-14VAN 2 - 5 SEASEAVAN
2026-02-28SEA 5 - 1 VANSEASEA
2026-01-02VAN 3 - 4 SEASEAVAN
2025-12-29SEA 2 - 3 VANVANVAN
2025-04-02VAN 0 - 5 SEASEAVAN

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1SEA1611.01
1VAN1210.99
2SEA1410.82
2VAN2011.35
3SEA1300.65
3VAN1000.43
4SEA300.31
4VAN200.06
5SEA300.15
5VAN210.92
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 58.5%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.5
Score Breakdown
Seattle Kraken 3 - 4 Vancouver Canucks
Expected: 3.3 - 3.2