Forward lines with 50+ minutes together at 5v5. The big number is chance share (xGF%) shrunk toward the team’s 47.6% until a line has enough chances of its own; hover it for the raw value.

Thompson line

Thompson – Tuch – Peterka

53.2%chance share xGF%

187 min · 31 GPGF–GA 11–8CF% 54OZ 64%

Top 61%Depth 23%

Thompson–Kulich–Peterka

Thompson – Kulich – Peterka

48.4%chance share xGF%

152 min · 34 GPGF–GA 17–9CF% 55OZ 58%

Top 49%Mid 21%Depth 30%

McLeod line

Zucker – Greenway – McLeod

47.4%chance share xGF%

149 min · 24 GPGF–GA 11–9CF% 53OZ 42%

Top 52%Mid 22%Depth 25%

Krebs line

Malenstyn – Krebs – Lafferty

43.8%chance share xGF%

128 min · 36 GPGF–GA 3–4CF% 46OZ 36%

Top 36%Mid 20%Depth 44%

McLeod–Peterka–Quinn

McLeod – Peterka – Quinn

44.8%chance share xGF%

116 min · 35 GPGF–GA 10–6CF% 47OZ 55%

Top 48%Mid 23%Depth 29%

Benson–Thompson–Kulich

Benson – Thompson – Kulich

50.0%chance share xGF%

111 min · 21 GPGF–GA 7–6CF% 49OZ 44%

Top 56%Mid 22%Depth 22%

Cozens line

Cozens – Peterka – Quinn

45.7%chance share xGF%

110 min · 35 GPGF–GA 6–8CF% 50OZ 54%

Top 50%Mid 20%Depth 29%

Zucker–Thompson–Tuch

Zucker – Thompson – Tuch

47.8%chance share xGF%

107 min · 25 GPGF–GA 7–4CF% 49OZ 55%

Top 63%Depth 20%

Which lines are workingper 60 at 5v5

Every dot is a forward line with 50+ 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 time17%League rank30th most stableLines used 5+ minutes113Games with shift data78 (4 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
Byram–Dahlin	606	68	52.6	53.6	34–15	57	51%
Power–Samuelsson	310	53	45.0	49.5	14–13	39	54%
Byram–Power	296	76	45.4	47.0	19–19	55	48%
Dahlin–Samuelsson	273	50	47.3	50.2	12–12	51	58%

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	Dahlin, Thompson, Peterka, Zucker, Quinn	47	8–0	7.98	0.76
PP2	Dahlin, Thompson, Peterka, Zucker, Cozens	39	6–0	8.22	0.55
PP3	Dahlin, Tuch, Thompson, Peterka, Zucker	26	4–0	9.02	0.48
PP4	Dahlin, Tuch, Thompson, Peterka, Quinn	18	1–0	5.31	0.30
PP5	Power, Tuch, Benson, Cozens, Kulich	15	1–0	11.48	0.66
PP6	Dahlin, Tuch, Peterka, Zucker, Cozens	12	3–0	5.87	0.96
PP7	Power, Tuch, Benson, Quinn, Kulich	11	0–0	7.02	0.00
PP8	Power, Dahlin, Thompson, Zucker, Cozens	8	0–0	6.20	1.62
PP9	Power, Tuch, Thompson, Zucker, Cozens	7	1–0	7.32	1.40
PP10	Byram, Tuch, Thompson, Peterka, Zucker	7	1–0	6.64	0.00
PP11	Dahlin, Tuch, Thompson, McLeod, Zucker	5	1–0	15.57	0.00
PP12	Dahlin, Thompson, Peterka, Krebs, Quinn	5	0–1	2.44	5.11
PP13	Byram, Power, Tuch, Benson, Quinn	5	1–0	6.61	0.00
PP14	Byram, Power, Tuch, Benson, Cozens	5	1–0	7.77	1.03
PK1	Tuch, McLeod, Samuelsson, Clifton	32	0–5	1.53	6.62
PK2	McLeod, Samuelsson, Clifton, Greenway	16	0–2	0.00	7.77
PK3	Power, Tuch, McLeod, Clifton	13	1–1	1.21	5.68
PK4	Byram, Tuch, McLeod, Clifton	11	1–1	3.49	11.68
PK5	Samuelsson, Clifton, Cozens, Greenway	9	0–1	2.46	5.13
PK6	Byram, Power, Benson, Malenstyn	6	0–0	0.00	2.39
PK7	Byram, Power, Tuch, McLeod	6	0–1	0.78	7.22
PK8	Byram, Tuch, McLeod, Jokiharju	6	1–0	1.70	9.80
PK9	Byram, Tuch, McLeod, Samuelsson	6	0–0	0.21	4.90
PK10	McLeod, Samuelsson, Clifton, Malenstyn	6	0–0	0.22	2.59
PK11	Byram, Benson, Malenstyn, Bryson	6	0–0	0.54	5.50

Every line

All forward lines with 10+ minutes together at 5v5. Raw and shrunk chance share side by side; k = 16.4 expected goals.

Line	Min	GP	Last used	xGF% (shrunk)	xGF% (raw)	CF%	GF–GA
Thompson – Tuch – Peterka	187	31	Apr 1	53.2	58.5	54.1	11–8
Thompson – Kulich – Peterka	152	34	Apr 17	48.4	49.1	55.3	17–9
Zucker – Greenway – McLeod	149	24	Mar 22	47.4	47.2	52.5	11–9
Malenstyn – Krebs – Lafferty	128	36	Apr 6	43.8	36.3	45.8	3–4
McLeod – Peterka – Quinn	116	35	Apr 17	44.8	40.6	46.7	10–6
Benson – Thompson – Kulich	111	21	Apr 17	50.0	54.3	49.3	7–6
Cozens – Peterka – Quinn	110	35	Mar 4	45.7	42.3	50.0	6–8
Zucker – Thompson – Tuch	107	25	Apr 6	47.8	48.0	48.9	7–4
Benson – Krebs – Quinn	92	32	Apr 15	50.6	57.4	55.2	2–2
McLeod – Tuch – Peterka	88	46	Apr 15	48.1	49.2	48.3	4–0
Malenstyn – McLeod – Lafferty	78	33	Apr 6	48.6	50.6	51.4	2–5
Zucker – Krebs – Tuch	77	24	Apr 17	46.0	41.7	53.5	4–4
Zucker – Thompson – Cozens	71	13	Feb 2	48.6	51.1	45.4	3–5
Benson – Cozens – Quinn	70	32	Mar 3	48.2	49.9	50.4	2–1
Malenstyn – Lafferty – Kozak	60	10	Apr 1	47.2	44.4	52.2	1–0
Zucker – McLeod – Tuch	59	38	Apr 17	47.1	44.8	48.4	5–3
Benson – Krebs – Kulich	58	20	Apr 17	50.2	58.4	52.8	3–2
Zucker – Cozens – Tuch	58	28	Feb 25	47.5	47.0	50.0	2–2
Malenstyn – Krebs – Aube-Kubel	53	11	Jan 20	45.5	37.1	40.6	1–2
Cozens – Kulich – Quinn	51	12	Feb 8	46.5	42.2	40.9	2–1
Greenway – Thompson – Tuch	49	19	Mar 17	49.0	54.3	54.5	1–1
Benson – Krebs – Cozens	44	23	Mar 3	47.0	42.2	43.8	3–0
Benson – Thompson – Tuch	42	25	Mar 25	46.9	42.2	49.4	2–2
Zucker – Benson – McLeod	42	22	Mar 17	47.5	46.6	52.8	2–3
Cozens – Tuch – Peterka	39	41	Mar 6	47.8	48.3	52.3	5–3
Benson – Cozens – Peterka	38	19	Feb 25	46.0	39.4	41.8	2–6
Greenway – Cozens – Tuch	37	9	Mar 6	48.8	53.2	52.6	2–0
Benson – McLeod – Quinn	35	32	Apr 15	51.6	73.1	55.6	3–2
Zucker – Kulich – Quinn	33	12	Apr 6	49.4	57.3	54.7	0–0
Thompson – McLeod – Peterka	33	38	Apr 15	43.7	28.3	30.3	1–3
Malenstyn – Lafferty – Aube-Kubel	33	7	Jan 20	48.1	52.6	49.0	0–1
McLeod – Krebs – Quinn	32	18	Apr 17	49.2	56.8	39.3	2–2
Benson – Cozens – Kulich	30	15	Mar 4	49.6	63.4	55.6	1–0
Kulich – Peterka – Quinn	27	29	Apr 17	46.9	41.5	47.3	0–1
Malenstyn – McLeod – Krebs	27	19	Mar 15	46.4	32.9	60.0	0–1
Malenstyn – Kozak – Aube-Kubel	26	3	Dec 9	47.3	44.3	48.7	2–1
Benson – McLeod – Tuch	22	33	Apr 1	48.3	52.7	50.0	1–1
Thompson – Peterka – Quinn	21	32	Mar 29	47.4	44.3	56.4	1–1
Greenway – Cozens – Quinn	21	17	Mar 4	47.7	48.6	55.6	2–1
Zucker – Thompson – McLeod	21	17	Mar 22	49.5	67.9	64.0	1–0
Krebs – Cozens – Quinn	21	18	Mar 3	46.8	38.7	32.4	1–2
Malenstyn – McLeod – Aube-Kubel	20	11	Jan 4	48.8	84.9	72.0	0–0
McLeod – Krebs – Kulich	18	6	Feb 27	46.4	34.7	46.5	0–1
Benson – Malenstyn – Krebs	18	13	Mar 22	49.6	91.0	64.0	0–0
Cozens – Kozak – Tuch	18	2	Jan 23	48.5	58.9	53.8	0–0
Benson – Cozens – Lafferty	17	18	Feb 27	46.6	33.1	47.1	0–0
Benson – Cozens – Tuch	16	30	Mar 6	49.7	73.0	63.9	2–1
Thompson – Krebs – Tuch	16	20	Apr 15	48.9	77.8	66.7	0–0
Zucker – Krebs – Quinn	16	20	Apr 6	48.9	65.8	54.8	1–1
Zucker – Thompson – Kulich	16	19	Apr 17	48.4	59.8	50.0	1–1
Malenstyn – Lafferty – Ostlund	15	2	Apr 6	47.9	55.2	52.9	0–0
Zucker – Krebs – Kulich	15	9	Mar 15	50.1	74.5	55.2	1–0
Zucker – Greenway – Krebs	15	14	Mar 23	47.6	46.6	41.9	1–0
Kulich – Tuch – Quinn	15	5	Mar 15	45.7	1.4	33.3	0–1
Murray – Krebs – Quinn	14	2	Mar 20	46.1	11.1	42.9	0–1
Thompson – Norris – Peterka	14	2	Mar 10	47.5	45.7	35.7	2–1
Zucker – Thompson – Peterka	14	29	Mar 20	49.1	70.4	60.0	2–0
Benson – Krebs – Peterka	14	12	Mar 22	46.3	29.5	45.5	1–1
Benson – Kulich – Lafferty	13	16	Apr 17	47.4	35.7	36.4	0–1
Malenstyn – Kozak – Rosén	13	3	Mar 29	47.3	43.5	56.5	0–0
Benson – Thompson – Norris	13	3	Mar 12	47.4	39.1	45.5	0–0
Benson – Krebs – Lafferty	13	30	Apr 17	46.6	21.7	21.1	0–1
Lafferty – Ostlund – Rosén	12	2	Apr 17	47.1	40.7	38.7	0–1
Krebs – Cozens – Peterka	12	15	Feb 27	47.1	32.9	45.5	0–1
Benson – Malenstyn – Kozak	12	2	Jan 31	47.2	36.8	50.0	0–1
Zucker – Cozens – Quinn	12	23	Feb 25	46.2	22.8	38.1	0–2
Greenway – McLeod – Kulich	12	5	Dec 15	47.6	46.3	41.4	0–1
Kulich – Tuch – Peterka	12	27	Apr 6	47.5	45.0	48.3	0–0
Benson – McLeod – Lafferty	12	21	Mar 22	49.3	73.7	45.5	1–0
Greenway – McLeod – Tuch	11	27	Mar 15	47.8	52.8	36.8	0–0
Zucker – McLeod – Krebs	11	17	Mar 23	47.7	48.6	43.5	2–0
Krebs – Peterka – Quinn	11	33	Apr 17	48.9	62.0	52.6	1–1
Thompson – McLeod – Tuch	11	15	Mar 23	48.6	73.3	55.6	0–1
Krebs – Tuch – Peterka	11	37	Apr 15	47.5	43.1	55.0	1–0

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 17.