Final
SEA at CGY game report
Thursday, October 1, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. MT · Scotiabank Saddledome
Kraken beat the Flames 6–1 and earned it, out-chancing them 3.9–2.7 in expected goals and 15–9 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
- 1Goals6
- 2.73Expected goals3.91
- 2.445-on-5 expected goals3.06
- 9High-danger chances15
- 25Shots on goal32
- 64Shot attempts59
- 575-on-5 shot attempts46
- 2:22Power-play time8:42
5-on-5 shares for CGY: 55.3% of shot attempts, 44.4% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
By strength
| CGY at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 48:05 | 57–46 | 2.44–3.06 | 1–5 |
| Power play | 2:22 | 3–12 | 0.05–0.76 | 0–1 |
| Shorthanded | 8:42 | 3–0 | 0.20–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 0:51 | 1–1 | 0.05–0.09 | 0–0 |
Read pairs as CGY–SEA. “Power play” means CGY had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Daccord SEA | 24/25 | .960 | 2.73 | +1.73 |
| Dustin Wolf CGY | 26/32 | .813 | 3.91 | -2.09 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Player ratings
Out of 10, from each player's Game Score (goals, assists, shots, blocks, penalties, faceoffs and 5-on-5 shot and goal differential while on the ice) compared with every NHL game of the last two seasons. 6 is above average, 7 very good, 8 excellent. Goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. ★ = top three of the night. How ratings work
Average ratingFlames5.5Kraken6.6
| ★Top three of the night: Jared McCannFSEA | 9.0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17:54 | 47.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★Top three of the night: Vince DunnDSEA | 8.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20:37 | 47.4 |
| ★Top three of the night: Kaapo KakkoFSEA | 7.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:49 | 36.4 |
| Jordan EberleFSEA | 7.7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:52 | 60.7 |
| Matty BeniersFSEA | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:58 | 42.1 |
| Ryker EvansDSEA | 7.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:42 | 55.6 |
| Joey DaccordGSEA | 7.3 | 0 | 1 | — | 59:30 | — |
| Chandler StephensonFSEA | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:59 | 58.3 |
| Ryan StromeFCGY | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:01 | 57.7 |
| Brandon MontourDSEA | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24:11 | 59.5 |
| Shane WrightFSEA | 6.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:55 | 51.7 |
| Yegor SharangovichFCGY | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:14 | 61.5 |
| Ryan WintertonFSEA | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16:17 | 44.1 |
| Connor ZaryFCGY | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:19 | 62.5 |
| Bobby McMannFSEA | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:05 | 57.6 |
| Simon NemecDCGY | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:18 | 55.3 |
| Berkly CattonFSEA | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:00 | 50.0 |
| Maxim TsyplakovFCGY | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:28 | 57.1 |
| Yan KuznetsovDCGY | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:10 | 55.3 |
| Jake MiddletonDCGY | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:55 | 59.4 |
| Martin PospisilFCGY | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:40 | 57.1 |
| Kevin BahlDCGY | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:07 | 50.0 |
| Zayne ParekhDCGY | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:47 | 62.9 |
| Frederick GaudreauFSEA | 5.4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:58 | 23.5 |
| Morgan FrostFCGY | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:48 | 56.7 |
| Adam KlapkaFCGY | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 | 60.0 |
| Samuel HonzekFCGY | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:32 | 50.0 |
| Matt CoronatoFCGY | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:34 | 54.8 |
| Matvei GridinFCGY | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:10 | 56.7 |
| Zach WhitecloudDCGY | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:14 | 50.0 |
| Ryan LindgrenDSEA | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:28 | 30.8 |
| Mikael BacklundFCGY | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 | 48.0 |
| Adam LarssonDSEA | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:48 | 40.5 |
| Curtis DouglasFSEA | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:58 | 28.6 |
| Jacob MelansonFSEA | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:31 | 26.1 |
| Dustin WolfGCGY | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | — | 59:50 | — |
| Josh MahuraDSEA | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:28 | 26.7 |
| Joel FarabeeFCGY | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:11 | 41.7 |
Lines used
Each team's most-used forward lines and defence pairs at 5 on 5, from the NHL's shift charts · time together · shot attempts for–against · expected goals for–against
Flames
Forward lines
- Strome – Sharangovich – Zary10:54 · 14–8 · xG 0.7–0.6
- Backlund – Farabee – Honzek10:03 · 9–12 · xG 0.7–0.5
- Frost – Coronato – Gridin9:31 · 16–11 · xG 0.8–0.7
- Pospisil – Klapka – Tsyplakov9:06 · 12–8 · xG 0.2–0.4
Defence pairs
- Bahl – Nemec14:54 · 14–14 · xG 0.8–1.0
- Middleton – Parekh12:42 · 14–11 · xG 0.8–0.8
- Whitecloud – Kuznetsov11:25 · 14–17 · xG 0.3–0.9
Kraken
Forward lines
- Winterton – Wright – Catton9:50 · 13–9 · xG 0.6–0.3
- McCann – Kakko – Beniers9:30 · 7–7 · xG 0.3–0.3
- Eberle – Stephenson – McMann8:27 · 13–5 · xG 1.3–0.3
- Gaudreau – Douglas – Melanson4:11 · 4–7 · xG 0.3–0.2
Defence pairs
- Montour – Evans15:28 · 19–14 · xG 1.3–0.4
- Larsson – Dunn13:54 · 14–17 · xG 0.9–0.6
- Lindgren – Mahura11:54 · 8–17 · xG 0.6–1.1
Three stars
- ★V. DunnSEA · 1G 2A
- ★★J. DaccordSEA · .960 SV%
- ★★★J. EberleSEA · 1G 0A
Scoring
Period 1
- 09:10SEA J. Eberle pp (from J. McCann, V. Dunn)1–0
- 09:42SEA V. Dunn (from R. Winterton, S. Wright)2–0
- 19:30SEA F. Gaudreau (from K. Kakko, R. Evans)3–0
Period 3
- 03:13SEA C. Stephenson (from V. Dunn, J. Daccord)4–0
- 04:04SEA M. Beniers (from J. McCann)5–0
- 16:35CGY R. Strome (from Y. Sharangovich, C. Zary)5–1
- 17:01SEA K. Kakko (from J. McCann, M. Beniers)6–1