Mittelstadt line
Mittelstadt – Lindholm – Hagens49.8%chance share xGF%
53 min · 6 GPGF–GA 2–1CF% 54OZ 41%
Top 59%Mid 26%
Boston Bruins
As deployed last game
Oct 22 vs NSH, from shift data: the most-used combinations at 5v5, not a projection.Forwards
Line board
Forward lines with 30+ minutes together at 5v5. The big number is chance share (xGF%) shrunk toward the team’s 53.3% until a line has enough chances of its own; hover it for the raw value.Kastelic line
Jeannot – Kastelic – Poitras49.7%chance share xGF%
43 min · 7 GPGF–GA 2–1CF% 52OZ 36%
Top 38%Mid 27%Depth 35%
Geekie line
Geekie – Zacha – Pastrnak55.7%chance share xGF%
41 min · 7 GPGF–GA 0–0CF% 47OZ 57%
Top 43%Mid 30%Depth 27%
Lindholm line
Lindholm – Pastrnak – Peterka53.6%chance share xGF%
38 min · 6 GPGF–GA 1–2CF% 57OZ 78%
Top 61%Mid 18%Depth 21%
Geekie–Zacha–Mittelstadt
Geekie – Zacha – Mittelstadt50.5%chance share xGF%
38 min · 5 GPGF–GA 1–0CF% 43OZ 34%
Top 58%Mid 29%
Minten line
Minten – Hagens – Khusnutdinov45.2%chance share xGF%
33 min · 6 GPGF–GA 0–0CF% 38OZ 56%
Top 45%Mid 49%
Jeannot–Kastelic–Kuraly
Jeannot – Kastelic – Kuraly54.3%chance share xGF%
31 min · 4 GPGF–GA 1–1CF% 50OZ 35%
Top 24%Mid 27%Depth 49%
Which lines are workingper 60 at 5v5
Every dot is a forward line with 30+ minutes; grey dots are the rest of the league. Lines are centred on the league’s median line.
Line stability
Top 4 lines’ share of line time36%League rank22nd most stableLines used 5+ minutes16Games with shift data10 (1 left out)
Stable lines are a coach’s choice, not a grade. Games are left out when the NHL’s shift chart is missing or doesn’t match the box score.
Defence pairs
| Pair | Min | GP | xGF% | CF% | GF–GA | OZ% | vs top |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zadorov–Clifton | 94 | 6 | 54.7 | 49.7 | 4–4 | 52 | 49% |
| Lohrei–Brunet | 93 | 7 | 49.3 | 50.5 | 4–1 | 52 | 44% |
| Lindholm–Borgen | 87 | 10 | 54.4 | 49.1 | 6–1 | 50 | 52% |
| Lindholm–McAvoy | 64 | 4 | 57.9 | 50.8 | 3–1 | 58 | 53% |
Power play and penalty kill units
The five skaters at 5-on-4 and the four at 4-on-5, with 5+ minutes together.| Unit | Skaters | Min | GF–GA | xGF/60 | xGA/60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP1 | Pastrnak, Geekie, Zacha, Lindholm, McAvoy | 9 | 3–0 | 9.59 | 2.92 |
Every line
All forward lines with 10+ minutes together at 5v5. Raw and shrunk chance share side by side; k = 4 expected goals.| Line | Min | GP | Last used | xGF% (shrunk) | xGF% (raw) | CF% | GF–GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mittelstadt – Lindholm – Hagens | 53 | 6 | Oct 22 | 49.8 | 46.5 | 53.8 | 2–1 |
| Jeannot – Kastelic – Poitras | 43 | 7 | Oct 22 | 49.7 | 46.2 | 51.8 | 2–1 |
| Geekie – Zacha – Pastrnak | 41 | 7 | Oct 20 | 55.7 | 58.1 | 47.3 | 0–0 |
| Lindholm – Pastrnak – Peterka | 38 | 6 | Oct 22 | 53.6 | 54.0 | 57.1 | 1–2 |
| Geekie – Zacha – Mittelstadt | 38 | 5 | Oct 20 | 50.5 | 47.5 | 43.5 | 1–0 |
| Minten – Hagens – Khusnutdinov | 33 | 6 | Oct 20 | 45.2 | 30.3 | 37.8 | 0–0 |
| Jeannot – Kastelic – Kuraly | 31 | 4 | Oct 17 | 54.3 | 57.5 | 50.0 | 1–1 |
| Minten – Khusnutdinov – Peterka | 28 | 8 | Oct 22 | 58.4 | 63.9 | 56.4 | 3–2 |
| Zacha – Pastrnak – Peterka | 27 | 8 | Oct 22 | 59.2 | 66.6 | 43.6 | 3–1 |
| Geekie – Minten – Khusnutdinov | 20 | 6 | Oct 22 | 51.4 | 47.3 | 45.0 | 0–1 |
| Geekie – Minten – Pastrnak | 12 | 7 | Oct 22 | 44.6 | 18.8 | 30.8 | 1–0 |
| Minten – Pastrnak – Peterka | 11 | 8 | Oct 22 | 59.2 | 78.7 | 62.1 | 0–0 |
Source: NHL.com data. Results through Oct 22.