Luostarinen line
Vilmanis – Luostarinen – Lundell61.7%chance share xGF%
68 min · 8 GPGF–GA 2–1CF% 46OZ 46%
Top 68%Depth 18%
Florida Panthers
As deployed last game
Oct 22 @ PIT, from shift data: the most-used combinations at 5v5, not a projection.Forwards
Defence
PP1
JonesBennettReinhartTkachukTkachuk
1:25PK1
ForslingLuostarinenLundellEkblad
1:35Split up since the game before: Vilmanis–Luostarinen–Lundell
Line board
Forward lines with 27+ minutes together at 5v5. The big number is chance share (xGF%) shrunk toward the team’s 54.3% until a line has enough chances of its own; hover it for the raw value.Bennett line
Tkachuk – Bennett – Verhaeghe57.2%chance share xGF%
51 min · 9 GPGF–GA 4–0CF% 51OZ 61%
Top 67%Depth 19%
Tkachuk–Tkachuk–Bennett
Tkachuk – Tkachuk – Bennett61.3%chance share xGF%
41 min · 8 GPGF–GA 4–4CF% 58OZ 63%
Top 52%Depth 36%
Which lines are workingper 60 at 5v5
Every dot is a forward line with 27+ 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 time47%League rank11th most stableLines used 5+ minutes12Games with shift data9 (2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikkola–Jones | 120 | 9 | 56.6 | 49.2 | 4–4 | 62 | 57% |
| Forsling–Ekblad | 79 | 6 | 56.2 | 47.2 | 3–6 | 56 | 62% |
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 | Jones, Bennett, Reinhart, Tkachuk, Tkachuk | 13 | 0–0 | 6.59 | 3.12 |
| PP2 | Jones, Verhaeghe, Reinhart, Tkachuk, Tkachuk | 13 | 5–0 | 16.33 | 0.00 |
| PP3 | Jones, Reinhart, Tkachuk, Tkachuk, Barkov | 6 | 0–0 | 6.84 | 0.00 |
| PK1 | Forsling, Luostarinen, Lundell, Ekblad | 8 | 0–0 | 0.14 | 7.09 |
| PK2 | Mikkola, Jones, Eller, Hathaway | 8 | 0–2 | 1.15 | 5.67 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vilmanis – Luostarinen – Lundell | 68 | 8 | Oct 21 | 61.7 | 68.1 | 46.3 | 2–1 |
| Tkachuk – Bennett – Verhaeghe | 51 | 9 | Oct 22 | 57.2 | 60.2 | 51.1 | 4–0 |
| Tkachuk – Tkachuk – Bennett | 41 | 8 | Oct 22 | 61.3 | 68.3 | 58.3 | 4–4 |
| Imama – Eller – Hathaway | 25 | 6 | Oct 12 | 56.7 | 67.4 | 55.9 | 0–0 |
| Verhaeghe – Reinhart – Eller | 25 | 5 | Oct 22 | 51.4 | 45.6 | 41.1 | 2–1 |
| Tkachuk – Reinhart – Eller | 16 | 4 | Oct 10 | 46.7 | 13.8 | 33.3 | 0–0 |
| Tkachuk – Marchand – Reinhart | 14 | 2 | Oct 6 | 60.8 | 91.7 | 70.8 | 0–1 |
| Imama – Hathaway – Schwindt | 12 | 2 | Oct 22 | 54.8 | 59.2 | 58.8 | 0–0 |
| Imama – Lafferty – Hathaway | 12 | 2 | Oct 17 | 53.0 | 44.4 | 52.2 | 0–1 |
| Verhaeghe – Reinhart – Lafferty | 12 | 2 | Oct 12 | 44.0 | 4.7 | 28.6 | 0–1 |
| Tkachuk – Reinhart – Barkov | 12 | 2 | Oct 1 | 55.6 | 74.1 | 53.8 | 0–0 |
Source: NHL.com data. Results through Oct 22.