Foerster line
Cates – Foerster – Brink57.7%chance share xGF%
530 min · 62 GPGF–GA 26–21CF% 51OZ 38%
Top 61%Depth 22%
Split up since the game before: Pelletier–Poehling–Tippett · Deslauriers–Dorwart–Hathaway
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| Pair | Min | GP | xGF% | CF% | GF–GA | OZ% | vs top |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanheim–York | 859 | 62 | 53.9 | 51.4 | 32–43 | 45 | 54% |
| Seeler–Drysdale | 582 | 61 | 49.4 | 52.8 | 29–24 | 60 | 42% |
| Ristolainen–Zamula | 419 | 47 | 53.5 | 54.8 | 14–18 | 45 | 47% |
| Sanheim–Drysdale | 215 | 66 | 51.0 | 49.9 | 7–14 | 56 | 46% |
| Unit | Skaters | Min | GF–GA | xGF/60 | xGA/60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP1 | Konecny, Drysdale, Michkov, Tippett, Frost | 51 | 6–0 | 8.28 | 0.62 |
| PP2 | Konecny, Drysdale, Couturier, Michkov, Brink | 16 | 0–0 | 6.68 | 2.20 |
| PP3 | Konecny, Couturier, Foerster, Michkov, Brink | 15 | 0–2 | 8.35 | 3.04 |
| PP4 | Konecny, Ristolainen, Michkov, Laughton, Kuzmenko | 14 | 2–0 | 6.85 | 0.75 |
| PP5 | Konecny, Couturier, Michkov, Brink, Andrae | 10 | 2–0 | 5.59 | 1.09 |
| PP6 | Ristolainen, Foerster, Michkov, Cates, Brink | 9 | 0–0 | 4.68 | 1.54 |
| PP7 | Sanheim, Ristolainen, Foerster, Cates, Brink | 9 | 2–0 | 7.20 | 0.00 |
| PP8 | Konecny, Drysdale, Tippett, Farabee, Frost | 9 | 2–0 | 4.53 | 0.21 |
| PP9 | Foerster, Brink, Zamula, Farabee, Luchanko | 9 | 0–0 | 4.16 | 0.00 |
| PP10 | Konecny, Ristolainen, Foerster, Michkov, Cates | 9 | 0–0 | 8.25 | 1.04 |
| PP11 | Couturier, Foerster, Brink, Farabee, Andrae | 8 | 0–0 | 7.41 | 1.38 |
| PP12 | Konecny, Couturier, Michkov, Frost, Andrae | 6 | 0–0 | 1.56 | 1.25 |
| PP13 | Konecny, Drysdale, Michkov, Brink, Laughton | 5 | 0–0 | 3.70 | 3.58 |
| PK1 | Sanheim, York, Foerster, Cates | 20 | 0–3 | 0.15 | 10.92 |
| PK2 | Sanheim, York, Poehling, Hathaway | 17 | 0–2 | 0.28 | 8.92 |
| PK3 | Sanheim, Ristolainen, Poehling, Hathaway | 13 | 0–1 | 0.00 | 7.92 |
| PK4 | Konecny, Seeler, Ristolainen, Laughton | 12 | 1–2 | 5.12 | 7.63 |
| PK5 | Sanheim, Konecny, York, Laughton | 11 | 0–1 | 0.73 | 6.39 |
| PK6 | Sanheim, Konecny, Ristolainen, Laughton | 11 | 0–2 | 0.68 | 7.23 |
| PK7 | Sanheim, York, Cates, Laughton | 10 | 0–1 | 2.46 | 9.32 |
| PK8 | Seeler, Ristolainen, Poehling, Hathaway | 8 | 0–4 | 1.08 | 6.96 |
| PK9 | Konecny, Seeler, Laughton, Johnson | 8 | 0–1 | 0.36 | 4.78 |
| PK10 | Sanheim, York, Cates, Hathaway | 8 | 0–0 | 1.18 | 7.39 |
| PK11 | Seeler, Ristolainen, Cates, Laughton | 6 | 0–0 | 0.00 | 4.06 |
| PK12 | Sanheim, Ristolainen, Foerster, Cates | 6 | 0–1 | 0.96 | 6.05 |
| PK13 | Seeler, Ristolainen, Foerster, Cates | 5 | 0–0 | 0.00 | 3.99 |
| Line | Min | GP | Last used | xGF% (shrunk) | xGF% (raw) | CF% | GF–GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cates – Foerster – Brink | 530 | 62 | Apr 17 | 57.7 | 59.7 | 50.9 | 26–21 |
| Couturier – Konecny – Michkov | 179 | 44 | Apr 17 | 51.9 | 51.8 | 53.0 | 15–9 |
| Poehling – Laughton – Hathaway | 175 | 31 | Jan 16 | 53.2 | 54.8 | 54.3 | 12–9 |
| Farabee – Couturier – Konecny | 162 | 40 | Jan 29 | 51.6 | 51.1 | 52.7 | 7–4 |
| Frost – Michkov – Tippett | 158 | 44 | Jan 29 | 52.0 | 52.0 | 54.3 | 9–6 |
| Couturier – Michkov – Tippett | 136 | 50 | Apr 15 | 54.2 | 57.2 | 55.6 | 10–8 |
| Couturier – Konecny – Tippett | 130 | 57 | Apr 15 | 47.7 | 41.2 | 47.3 | 4–11 |
| Frost – Konecny – Tippett | 124 | 41 | Jan 29 | 55.3 | 61.7 | 57.8 | 9–3 |
| Cates – Konecny – Foerster | 74 | 53 | Mar 29 | 49.0 | 40.1 | 48.0 | 1–2 |
| Poehling – Konecny – Tippett | 72 | 28 | Apr 17 | 47.9 | 37.6 | 48.3 | 0–3 |
| Farabee – Laughton – Brink | 71 | 15 | Jan 30 | 51.2 | 49.1 | 49.3 | 2–5 |
| Kuzmenko – Laughton – Konecny | 61 | 7 | Mar 6 | 50.7 | 46.0 | 53.6 | 1–2 |
| Pelletier – Poehling – Tippett | 61 | 17 | Apr 17 | 54.8 | 66.2 | 61.7 | 2–2 |
| Farabee – Couturier – Michkov | 53 | 28 | Jan 30 | 55.6 | 67.3 | 59.7 | 3–2 |
| Laughton – Frost – Michkov | 53 | 19 | Jan 29 | 53.3 | 58.4 | 50.5 | 1–7 |
| Farabee – Couturier – Hathaway | 46 | 26 | Jan 30 | 51.9 | 50.8 | 56.8 | 2–1 |
| Pelletier – Deslauriers – Abols | 35 | 11 | Mar 29 | 49.4 | 32.2 | 44.1 | 1–4 |
| Couturier – Michkov – Lycksell | 34 | 14 | Mar 27 | 52.1 | 52.7 | 50.8 | 0–0 |
| Couturier – Foerster – Michkov | 33 | 41 | Apr 17 | 49.6 | 34.0 | 45.0 | 0–4 |
| Deslauriers – Abols – Lycksell | 31 | 5 | Mar 29 | 50.8 | 43.0 | 38.2 | 1–4 |
| Farabee – Poehling – Hathaway | 31 | 28 | Jan 9 | 51.9 | 50.7 | 51.8 | 1–3 |
| Cates – Poehling – Hathaway | 30 | 17 | Dec 28 | 50.1 | 28.5 | 48.0 | 2–0 |
| Frost – Foerster – Tippett | 29 | 13 | Jan 14 | 52.1 | 52.4 | 51.7 | 2–0 |
| Poehling – Foerster – Hathaway | 29 | 28 | Feb 27 | 50.4 | 34.7 | 56.3 | 0–1 |
| Frost – Konecny – Michkov | 27 | 20 | Jan 21 | 51.8 | 49.5 | 51.7 | 0–2 |
| Couturier – Laughton – Konecny | 27 | 36 | Mar 1 | 51.9 | 50.6 | 48.1 | 1–0 |
| Cates – Deslauriers – Hathaway | 27 | 8 | Apr 17 | 51.9 | 48.1 | 39.1 | 0–0 |
| Poehling – Konecny – Lycksell | 24 | 9 | Mar 22 | 50.9 | 40.6 | 50.9 | 1–1 |
| Couturier – Foerster – Brink | 24 | 54 | Apr 17 | 53.0 | 67.6 | 70.3 | 1–1 |
| Pelletier – Poehling – Hathaway | 23 | 5 | Apr 15 | 52.0 | 50.8 | 51.4 | 0–1 |
| Poehling – Brink – Lycksell | 23 | 8 | Mar 23 | 52.7 | 59.1 | 61.5 | 2–0 |
| Farabee – Couturier – Brink | 22 | 34 | Jan 30 | 51.0 | 42.0 | 42.2 | 1–2 |
| Cates – Foerster – Hathaway | 22 | 39 | Apr 17 | 52.2 | 53.8 | 57.6 | 1–0 |
| Couturier – Abols – Michkov | 22 | 3 | Mar 25 | 51.5 | 47.0 | 65.1 | 2–2 |
| Farabee – Poehling – Laughton | 20 | 13 | Jan 9 | 53.1 | 68.5 | 51.6 | 0–0 |
| Cates – Laughton – Hathaway | 20 | 28 | Feb 4 | 51.2 | 41.6 | 55.3 | 1–1 |
| Cates – Foerster – Michkov | 19 | 57 | Apr 17 | 54.3 | 72.5 | 63.9 | 1–2 |
| Laughton – Frost – Konecny | 19 | 16 | Jan 29 | 51.8 | 47.6 | 40.0 | 0–2 |
| Couturier – Laughton – Hathaway | 19 | 33 | Feb 4 | 51.2 | 38.1 | 46.7 | 0–0 |
| Poehling – Michkov – Tippett | 18 | 35 | Apr 17 | 49.1 | 19.4 | 34.3 | 0–1 |
| Cates – Foerster – Tippett | 18 | 24 | Apr 15 | 52.1 | 52.2 | 53.1 | 0–1 |
| Couturier – Konecny – Foerster | 17 | 39 | Apr 15 | 52.4 | 67.6 | 52.4 | 0–0 |
| Farabee – Laughton – Michkov | 17 | 15 | Jan 29 | 53.6 | 68.6 | 63.9 | 1–0 |
| Frost – Richard – Brink | 16 | 5 | Jan 24 | 53.0 | 67.7 | 60.0 | 1–0 |
| Farabee – Frost – Konecny | 16 | 29 | Jan 30 | 50.7 | 36.9 | 41.7 | 0–1 |
| Frost – Foerster – Michkov | 16 | 29 | Jan 29 | 53.7 | 73.2 | 56.0 | 0–0 |
| Abols – Hathaway – Lycksell | 16 | 2 | Mar 31 | 52.7 | 59.9 | 57.6 | 0–0 |
| Poehling – Konecny – Foerster | 16 | 23 | Mar 22 | 52.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 1–0 |
| Abols – Richard – Hathaway | 15 | 6 | Feb 4 | 53.8 | 71.0 | 55.6 | 1–2 |
| Pelletier – Deslauriers – Poehling | 15 | 12 | Apr 17 | 52.2 | 53.8 | 55.2 | 0–1 |
| Farabee – Frost – Michkov | 15 | 35 | Jan 29 | 50.9 | 35.8 | 44.1 | 0–4 |
| Farabee – Frost – Brink | 15 | 18 | Jan 30 | 49.7 | 25.2 | 39.5 | 0–0 |
| Poehling – Foerster – Brink | 15 | 46 | Apr 17 | 51.3 | 39.4 | 30.8 | 1–2 |
| Frost – Foerster – Brink | 15 | 34 | Jan 30 | 50.3 | 3.2 | 52.6 | 0–2 |
| Frost – Tippett – Hathaway | 15 | 26 | Jan 27 | 51.1 | 30.7 | 36.7 | 0–2 |
| Cates – Richard – Michkov | 15 | 8 | Feb 2 | 50.4 | 25.0 | 56.3 | 1–0 |
| Couturier – Richard – Michkov | 14 | 9 | Feb 6 | 52.3 | 57.1 | 45.2 | 0–1 |
| Laughton – Konecny – Tippett | 14 | 22 | Mar 6 | 52.2 | 54.2 | 43.2 | 0–0 |
| Farabee – Laughton – Foerster | 14 | 11 | Jan 29 | 51.7 | 43.0 | 60.9 | 0–0 |
| Pelletier – Poehling – Lycksell | 13 | 6 | Mar 23 | 51.3 | 39.8 | 52.4 | 0–1 |
| Cates – Farabee – Brink | 12 | 31 | Jan 30 | 51.3 | 27.6 | 36.8 | 0–1 |
| Poehling – Laughton – Konecny | 12 | 27 | Mar 1 | 51.6 | 38.6 | 68.4 | 0–0 |
| Cates – Farabee – Michkov | 11 | 12 | Jan 27 | 49.8 | 4.9 | 34.8 | 0–0 |
| Couturier – Konecny – Lycksell | 11 | 9 | Mar 29 | 52.7 | 67.6 | 64.7 | 0–0 |
| Laughton – Richard – Hathaway | 11 | 5 | Feb 4 | 52.0 | 50.0 | 47.8 | 0–0 |
| Farabee – Laughton – Konecny | 11 | 18 | Jan 30 | 53.6 | 80.9 | 81.8 | 0–2 |
| Couturier – Poehling – Hathaway | 11 | 10 | Jan 11 | 52.2 | 53.9 | 40.7 | 1–0 |
| Poehling – Tippett – Kaplan | 11 | 1 | Apr 17 | 51.7 | 46.5 | 46.2 | 0–1 |
| Poehling – Foerster – Tippett | 10 | 19 | Mar 31 | 53.1 | 83.6 | 70.0 | 0–1 |
| Farabee – Laughton – Hathaway | 10 | 13 | Jan 29 | 51.9 | 45.0 | 70.0 | 0–0 |
| Deslauriers – Gaucher – Hathaway | 10 | 3 | Feb 8 | 51.6 | 36.8 | 52.6 | 1–0 |
Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 17.