Nashville Predators vs Seattle Kraken — January 1, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Seattle Kraken defeated the Nashville Predators 4-1 on January 1, 2026. Despite the result, the Nashville Predators held the edge in expected goals (12.07 to 7.47) at 5-on-5, indicating the Seattle Kraken received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Nashville Predators created 20 high-danger scoring chances compared to 12 from the Seattle Kraken at 5-on-5. Matty Beniers scored 2 goals. Steven Stamkos was the most dangerous skater with 3.21 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. The Nashville Predators outshot the Seattle Kraken 25-23 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Nashville Predators vs Seattle Kraken progressed on Jan 1, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

NSH1 - 4SEA

Jan 1, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
SEA	P1	23	14	62.2	18	9	66.7	13	7	65.0	18	11	62.1	5	1	83.3	4.64	1.37	77.2	3	0	100.0
	P2	16	22	42.1	9	15	37.5	7	9	43.8	15	17	46.9	3	7	30.0	1.59	4.61	25.6	0	1	0.0
	P3	15	28	34.9	9	19	32.1	3	9	25.0	8	20	28.6	4	12	25.0	1.32	6.39	17.1	1	0	100.0
	Total	54	64	45.8	36	43	45.6	23	25	47.9	41	48	46.1	12	20	37.5	7.55	12.37	37.9	4	1	80.0
NSH	P1	14	23	37.8	9	18	33.3	7	13	35.0	11	18	37.9	1	5	16.7	1.37	4.64	22.8	0	3	0.0
	P2	22	16	57.9	15	9	62.5	9	7	56.3	17	15	53.1	7	3	70.0	4.61	1.59	74.4	1	0	100.0
	P3	28	15	65.1	19	9	67.9	9	3	75.0	20	8	71.4	12	4	75.0	6.39	1.32	82.9	0	1	0.0
	Total	64	54	54.2	43	36	54.4	25	23	52.1	48	41	53.9	20	12	62.5	12.37	7.55	62.1	1	4	20.0

Win Probability

SEA Favored

NSH Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

SEA

NSH

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

NSH Attempts

SEA Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

NSH ShootSEA Shoot

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (SEA) performed against every skater on the away team (NSH) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = SEA players, Columns = NSH players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the SEA player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

SEA ↓ / NSH →	O'Reilly	Stamkos	McCarron	Jost	Svechkov	Forsberg	Bunting	Haula	Schaefer	Evangelista	Smith	Wood	Josi	Perbix	Hague	Blankenburg	Skjei	Wilsby
Stephenson	11	11	0	0	100	11	8	0	0	14	0	0	11	17	12	12	0	0
Gaudreau	20	20	—	0	100	0	7	0	—	33	—	0	36	17	7	7	23	0
Beniers	43	42	33	67	60	50	46	36	33	70	30	67	60	47	42	50	27	33
Catton	100	100	33	100	80	13	60	73	67	100	67	78	88	91	60	43	50	67
Wright	100	100	13	100	82	20	75	100	20	100	20	80	100	92	54	43	57	43
Meyers	25	25	42	83	90	80	100	100	45	60	42	82	63	42	86	80	83	75
Winterton	33	33	36	83	89	88	100	100	40	60	36	80	61	42	86	80	100	83
McCann	63	57	29	100	80	67	100	100	33	77	29	80	83	71	73	88	50	50
Tolvanen	9	9	0	0	100	22	11	0	0	13	0	100	25	17	12	13	13	0
Eberle	50	50	27	70	67	45	38	36	30	88	33	70	60	53	38	40	38	40
Kakko	33	29	27	100	67	47	67	60	25	80	25	75	64	64	38	33	38	36
Melanson	33	33	36	80	89	88	100	100	40	60	36	80	61	36	86	80	100	80
Larsson	54	50	25	57	70	76	62	56	25	67	25	71	66	56	57	50	38	56
Dunn	36	30	67	88	62	60	67	63	67	56	67	63	69	70	64	60	30	45
Lindgren	32	32	0	38	100	22	29	25	0	57	0	71	56	30	17	26	50	0
Evans	11	0	37	100	83	46	71	67	39	50	35	67	58	47	55	43	47	47
Fleury	24	24	17	70	100	15	21	36	25	46	33	100	54	50	26	26	50	33
Oleksiak	22	14	43	100	100	38	50	67	46	67	50	89	75	73	54	44	42	43