Forward lines with 50+ minutes together at 5v5. The big number is chance share (xGF%) shrunk toward the team’s 50.9% until a line has enough chances of its own; hover it for the raw value.

McDavid line

Hyman – McDavid – Nugent-Hopkins

53.7%chance share xGF%

395 min · 51 GPGF–GA 24–24CF% 52OZ 61%

Top 55%Mid 29%

Draisaitl line

Draisaitl – Roslovic – Podkolzin

50.4%chance share xGF%

193 min · 36 GPGF–GA 10–11CF% 51OZ 58%

Top 47%Mid 31%Depth 22%

Hyman–McDavid–Draisaitl

Hyman – McDavid – Draisaitl

55.0%chance share xGF%

136 min · 43 GPGF–GA 7–6CF% 59OZ 86%

Top 44%Mid 21%Depth 35%

Draisaitl–Podkolzin–Kapanen

Draisaitl – Podkolzin – Kapanen

50.8%chance share xGF%

130 min · 21 GPGF–GA 11–3CF% 55OZ 63%

Top 42%Mid 33%Depth 25%

McDavid–Savoie–Podkolzin

McDavid – Savoie – Podkolzin

51.7%chance share xGF%

115 min · 36 GPGF–GA 5–4CF% 54OZ 76%

Top 67%

Draisaitl–Savoie–Podkolzin

Draisaitl – Savoie – Podkolzin

51.6%chance share xGF%

106 min · 30 GPGF–GA 6–1CF% 57OZ 65%

Top 65%Depth 25%

Mangiapane–McDavid–Nugent-Hopkins

Mangiapane – McDavid – Nugent-Hopkins

50.5%chance share xGF%

81 min · 15 GPGF–GA 3–3CF% 39OZ 64%

Top 64%Depth 20%

Hyman–McDavid–Savoie

Hyman – McDavid – Savoie

51.7%chance share xGF%

76 min · 32 GPGF–GA 4–3CF% 54OZ 59%

Top 56%Mid 20%Depth 24%

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 time21%League rank29th most stableLines used 5+ minutes133Games with shift data81 (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
Bouchard–Ekholm	1194	81	56.2	53.0	69–54	62	51%
Nurse–Walman	373	48	48.7	48.9	19–19	59	45%
Emberson–Kulak	336	26	49.2	50.7	12–11	38	34%
Nurse–Regula	281	29	49.7	53.5	6–17	54	39%

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	Bouchard, McDavid, Draisaitl, Nugent-Hopkins, Hyman	132	34–0	11.01	0.61
PP2	Bouchard, McDavid, Draisaitl, Nugent-Hopkins, Tomasek	32	8–2	11.25	1.49
PP3	Bouchard, McDavid, Savoie, Nugent-Hopkins, Hyman	13	2–1	8.43	0.90
PP4	Bouchard, McDavid, Podkolzin, Nugent-Hopkins, Hyman	11	1–0	12.71	0.21
PP5	Bouchard, McDavid, Savoie, Roslovic, Nugent-Hopkins	11	1–0	11.54	0.94
PP6	Bouchard, McDavid, Draisaitl, Roslovic, Nugent-Hopkins	11	5–1	10.69	1.94
PP7	Bouchard, McDavid, Nugent-Hopkins, Hyman, Walman	10	2–0	14.66	1.59
PP8	Bouchard, McDavid, Draisaitl, Roslovic, Hyman	8	0–0	4.90	2.02
PP9	Bouchard, McDavid, Podkolzin, Roslovic, Nugent-Hopkins	8	3–0	10.03	0.00
PP10	Bouchard, McDavid, Draisaitl, Hyman, Henrique	6	1–0	11.47	0.00
PK1	Bouchard, Ekholm, Savoie, Henrique	43	2–2	0.75	8.31
PK2	Bouchard, Ekholm, McDavid, Nugent-Hopkins	14	0–3	1.12	9.08
PK3	Nurse, Savoie, Henrique, Murphy	10	0–2	1.20	8.37
PK4	Nurse, Kapanen, Murphy, Dickinson	10	0–1	2.52	9.54
PK5	Bouchard, Ekholm, McDavid, Draisaitl	9	0–0	1.96	2.81
PK6	McDavid, Emberson, Nugent-Hopkins, Stastney	8	0–0	1.37	3.68
PK7	Bouchard, Ekholm, Podkolzin, Janmark	8	0–1	0.00	17.17
PK8	Emberson, Savoie, Henrique, Kulak	8	0–1	0.00	8.96
PK9	Podkolzin, Emberson, Stastney, Janmark	7	0–1	0.81	11.58
PK10	Bouchard, Ekholm, Kapanen, Dickinson	6	0–2	0.00	5.66
PK11	Podkolzin, Emberson, Kulak, Janmark	6	0–0	0.00	10.78
PK12	Emberson, Savoie, Henrique, Stastney	6	0–0	0.38	5.97
PK13	Emberson, Savoie, Stastney, Janmark	6	0–1	0.58	12.42
PK14	McDavid, Draisaitl, Emberson, Kulak	6	0–0	0.20	2.98
PK15	Bouchard, Ekholm, Nugent-Hopkins, Lazar	6	0–2	0.00	19.84
PK16	Nurse, Savoie, Henrique, Regula	6	0–1	0.11	12.04

Every line

All forward lines with 10+ minutes together at 5v5. Raw and shrunk chance share side by side; k = 40 expected goals.

Line	Min	GP	Last used	xGF% (shrunk)	xGF% (raw)	CF%	GF–GA
Hyman – McDavid – Nugent-Hopkins	395	51	Apr 16	53.7	56.1	52.1	24–24
Draisaitl – Roslovic – Podkolzin	193	36	Mar 12	50.4	49.1	51.2	10–11
Hyman – McDavid – Draisaitl	136	43	Mar 12	55.0	67.1	59.1	7–6
Draisaitl – Podkolzin – Kapanen	130	21	Mar 15	50.8	50.4	54.5	11–3
McDavid – Savoie – Podkolzin	115	36	Apr 13	51.7	54.9	53.7	5–4
Draisaitl – Savoie – Podkolzin	106	30	Mar 10	51.6	54.4	57.4	6–1
Mangiapane – McDavid – Nugent-Hopkins	81	15	Feb 28	50.5	48.3	38.8	3–3
Hyman – McDavid – Savoie	76	32	Apr 16	51.7	55.7	53.7	4–3
Howard – Savoie – Roslovic	71	10	Jan 24	51.7	55.6	55.9	3–3
Mangiapane – Draisaitl – Podkolzin	69	20	Jan 24	51.7	57.3	54.1	2–4
Frederic – Janmark – Lazar	60	18	Jan 31	51.9	59.8	50.0	0–0
Hyman – Roslovic – Nugent-Hopkins	58	19	Apr 2	49.6	37.6	49.2	4–1
Mangiapane – Henrique – Janmark	52	20	Feb 25	50.5	45.4	63.9	1–1
Savoie – Frederic – Henrique	51	26	Mar 17	50.8	49.8	50.0	1–1
Hyman – McDavid – Podkolzin	51	48	Apr 16	51.1	52.8	51.7	4–1
Frederic – Henrique – Janmark	42	16	Jan 3	49.7	30.6	47.7	0–3
Draisaitl – Savoie – Roslovic	42	32	Mar 12	52.0	62.2	58.0	5–4
Frederic – Samanski – Dach	40	6	Apr 16	51.8	63.9	61.3	3–1
Savoie – Roslovic – Samanski	39	8	Mar 21	51.8	64.9	45.1	4–2
Mangiapane – Savoie – Henrique	36	27	Feb 26	50.6	44.4	53.6	0–0
McDavid – Draisaitl – Roslovic	36	33	Mar 6	50.7	48.7	48.1	1–4
McDavid – Savoie – Roslovic	35	32	Apr 16	50.0	43.5	46.2	4–3
Dickinson – Podkolzin – Kapanen	33	14	Apr 8	51.4	58.4	60.3	1–0
Samanski – Dickinson – Kapanen	33	7	Mar 28	50.3	32.6	56.6	0–1
Roslovic – Nugent-Hopkins – Podkolzin	32	25	Apr 16	50.9	50.9	45.2	0–2
Mangiapane – McDavid – Draisaitl	32	22	Dec 27	51.3	57.1	55.8	1–2
Howard – Henrique – Tomasek	32	10	Nov 4	50.7	45.0	60.0	0–0
McDavid – Draisaitl – Frederic	31	22	Mar 15	53.2	82.0	66.0	0–0
McDavid – Draisaitl – Podkolzin	29	26	Mar 8	51.3	55.1	47.5	3–0
Frederic – Henrique – Podkolzin	27	23	Apr 11	51.2	57.3	57.1	1–0
Jones – Henrique – Lazar	27	5	Apr 7	50.2	41.5	49.2	2–2
Mangiapane – McDavid – Savoie	26	23	Jan 13	50.3	39.2	43.8	1–4
Mangiapane – Janmark – Lazar	26	15	Feb 25	49.9	33.6	46.7	2–2
Nugent-Hopkins – Podkolzin – Kapanen	26	24	Apr 16	51.0	51.6	48.8	1–1
Mangiapane – Roslovic – Nugent-Hopkins	24	6	Feb 4	50.6	38.7	44.4	0–0
Mangiapane – Savoie – Roslovic	21	11	Feb 26	51.0	51.3	58.3	0–1
McDavid – Draisaitl – Savoie	21	30	Mar 3	50.8	47.6	65.9	3–1
Frederic – Podkolzin – Kapanen	20	8	Mar 3	50.7	46.1	59.5	1–0
Draisaitl – Roslovic – Nugent-Hopkins	20	24	Mar 12	51.0	52.2	42.2	1–0
Philp – Podkolzin – Kapanen	20	3	Oct 19	51.4	63.9	62.5	1–2
Roslovic – Henrique – Podkolzin	19	22	Apr 11	51.6	66.1	51.2	1–0
Savoie – Dickinson – Kapanen	19	9	Apr 2	50.4	31.1	57.1	0–1
Savoie – Roslovic – Frederic	19	14	Mar 6	50.5	39.4	45.2	1–1
Henrique – Lazar – Kapanen	18	4	Apr 16	50.6	34.9	36.0	0–0
Draisaitl – Frederic – Podkolzin	18	28	Mar 12	50.6	41.4	47.6	1–0
Jones – Jarventie – Henrique	18	3	Mar 26	51.5	88.5	67.9	0–1
Mangiapane – Savoie – Nugent-Hopkins	17	6	Dec 21	51.5	82.2	54.8	0–0
Hyman – Draisaitl – Podkolzin	17	38	Mar 15	50.5	38.7	42.9	2–3
Janmark – Lazar – Philp	17	5	Nov 17	50.6	30.7	52.2	0–2
Nugent-Hopkins – Henrique – Janmark	17	6	Dec 18	50.7	32.3	50.0	0–0
Howard – Savoie – Henrique	17	14	Jan 3	50.0	29.1	40.5	1–1
Samanski – Podkolzin – Kapanen	16	13	Apr 11	50.7	39.6	40.9	1–1
Roslovic – Nugent-Hopkins – Dickinson	16	5	Apr 8	50.9	48.9	51.6	2–2
Hyman – Frederic – Henrique	16	11	Mar 19	50.1	23.5	38.9	1–1
Jones – Frederic – Janmark	16	5	Dec 31	51.1	55.1	42.9	0–1
McDavid – Savoie – Nugent-Hopkins	16	42	Apr 13	51.2	59.3	55.6	1–0
McDavid – Podkolzin – Kapanen	16	35	Apr 13	50.2	26.3	54.5	0–0
Mangiapane – Lazar – Tomasek	16	4	Dec 13	51.2	62.5	53.8	0–1
Howard – Savoie – Tomasek	15	4	Nov 8	51.2	68.3	64.0	0–1
Mangiapane – Frederic – Henrique	15	17	Feb 28	50.6	37.6	48.4	0–2
Frederic – Dickinson – Dach	15	4	Apr 8	51.5	67.6	61.5	1–0
Frederic – Lazar – Tomasek	15	5	Dec 13	50.8	47.8	50.0	1–0
Jones – Frederic – Henrique	14	6	Apr 8	51.2	64.9	46.2	1–0
Roslovic – Nugent-Hopkins – Henrique	14	12	Apr 13	51.0	52.7	45.9	0–2
Frederic – Henrique – Lazar	14	12	Apr 16	51.0	57.4	68.2	0–0
Hyman – McDavid – Roslovic	14	26	Apr 16	50.8	44.2	36.0	0–0
McDavid – Roslovic – Nugent-Hopkins	14	41	Apr 16	51.6	72.9	60.7	1–0
Frederic – Henrique – Samanski	14	8	Apr 13	50.9	47.1	58.8	0–0
Savoie – Roslovic – Nugent-Hopkins	14	17	Apr 16	50.8	43.5	21.7	0–0
Savoie – Roslovic – Henrique	13	27	Apr 8	50.9	51.2	52.2	2–0
Roslovic – Nugent-Hopkins – Kapanen	13	7	Apr 11	49.4	5.7	39.4	0–2
Nugent-Hopkins – Frederic – Kapanen	13	7	Apr 8	51.7	82.7	60.9	2–0
Frederic – Lazar – Clattenburg	13	3	Dec 4	51.0	54.9	52.0	0–0
Frederic – Dickinson – Kapanen	13	5	Apr 4	51.4	68.2	57.1	0–0
Frederic – Philp – Podkolzin	12	8	Nov 15	49.5	1.7	15.8	0–2
Howard – Frederic – Henrique	12	13	Jan 3	51.0	58.3	59.3	1–0
Janmark – Clattenburg – Tomasek	12	2	Nov 25	51.3	84.6	56.3	1–0
McDavid – Nugent-Hopkins – Kapanen	12	24	Apr 11	50.8	36.2	52.4	0–0
Howard – Lazar – Philp	11	4	Nov 12	50.8	32.5	43.8	0–0
Henrique – Janmark – Lazar	11	11	Dec 29	50.8	37.3	50.0	0–0
Savoie – Frederic – Philp	11	6	Nov 12	50.9	41.2	41.7	0–1
Roslovic – Podkolzin – Kapanen	11	20	Apr 16	51.4	85.2	75.0	0–0
Draisaitl – Janmark – Podkolzin	11	20	Feb 3	51.1	58.6	40.0	1–0
Henrique – Dickinson – Kapanen	11	5	Apr 2	51.3	70.5	64.0	1–0
Mangiapane – Howard – McDavid	11	10	Nov 12	51.0	52.3	45.0	1–2
Mangiapane – McDavid – Tomasek	10	5	Dec 13	51.4	69.0	70.0	0–1
McDavid – Draisaitl – Kapanen	10	12	Mar 6	51.9	88.0	61.1	1–0
Savoie – Roslovic – Podkolzin	10	23	Apr 11	50.4	41.0	48.0	0–0

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 16.