Crosby line
Crosby – Guentzel – Rust54.9%chance share xGF%
350 min · 36 GPGF–GA 27–20CF% 50OZ 64%
Top 61%Depth 22%
Split up since the game before: Carter–Harkins–Bemstrom
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.
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.
| Pair | Min | GP | xGF% | CF% | GF–GA | OZ% | vs top |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karlsson–Pettersson | 821 | 79 | 53.3 | 50.1 | 46–36 | 51 | 53% |
| Pettersson–Letang | 548 | 80 | 52.3 | 51.1 | 32–23 | 47 | 58% |
| Letang–Graves | 377 | 66 | 50.2 | 51.3 | 16–14 | 48 | 54% |
| Karlsson–Graves | 375 | 66 | 50.1 | 48.5 | 7–12 | 47 | 46% |
| Unit | Skaters | Min | GF–GA | xGF/60 | xGA/60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP1 | Karlsson, Crosby, Malkin, Rakell, Guentzel | 42 | 6–1 | 11.97 | 1.16 |
| PP2 | Karlsson, Crosby, Malkin, Rust, Guentzel | 39 | 1–1 | 7.75 | 1.02 |
| PP3 | Karlsson, Crosby, Malkin, Rust, Bunting | 29 | 5–1 | 11.77 | 0.79 |
| PP4 | Karlsson, Crosby, Malkin, Guentzel, Puustinen | 25 | 5–0 | 7.46 | 0.71 |
| PP5 | Karlsson, Crosby, Malkin, Smith, Guentzel | 22 | 3–0 | 7.61 | 1.19 |
| PP6 | Karlsson, Malkin, Rakell, Eller, Carter | 15 | 1–0 | 9.49 | 0.62 |
| PP7 | Letang, Crosby, Eller, Rust, Bunting | 14 | 2–0 | 5.41 | 1.41 |
| PP8 | Karlsson, Crosby, Rakell, Eller, Puustinen | 14 | 2–1 | 10.36 | 0.26 |
| PP9 | Letang, Smith, Rakell, Eller, Carter | 14 | 1–0 | 4.69 | 1.35 |
| PP10 | Letang, Crosby, Smith, Rust, Guentzel | 11 | 1–0 | 7.92 | 0.00 |
| PP11 | Letang, Malkin, Smith, Carter, Bemstrom | 9 | 2–0 | 11.20 | 0.00 |
| PP12 | Karlsson, Letang, Crosby, Malkin, Guentzel | 8 | 0–0 | 4.69 | 2.16 |
| PP13 | Letang, Crosby, Malkin, Rust, Bunting | 6 | 1–1 | 7.11 | 10.14 |
| PP14 | Karlsson, Crosby, Rakell, Eller, Rust | 6 | 2–1 | 11.34 | 2.98 |
| PP15 | Letang, Smith, Eller, Rust, Carter | 5 | 0–1 | 4.05 | 1.86 |
| PP16 | Letang, Rakell, Eller, Carter, Puustinen | 5 | 0–0 | 3.83 | 0.44 |
| PP17 | Karlsson, Malkin, Smith, Rakell, Carter | 5 | 0–0 | 2.49 | 3.91 |
| PK1 | Pettersson, Letang, O'Connor, Eller | 36 | 0–1 | 0.37 | 6.18 |
| PK2 | Pettersson, Letang, Acciari, Nieto | 21 | 0–1 | 0.41 | 7.62 |
| PK3 | Pettersson, Letang, Eller, Rust | 18 | 0–1 | 0.00 | 4.21 |
| PK4 | Graves, O'Connor, Eller, Ruhwedel | 13 | 0–2 | 0.59 | 7.07 |
| PK5 | Pettersson, Letang, Carter, Acciari | 10 | 0–2 | 0.06 | 7.40 |
| PK6 | Pettersson, Letang, Smith, Acciari | 10 | 0–0 | 0.00 | 6.91 |
| PK7 | Pettersson, Letang, Rust, Carter | 10 | 0–3 | 0.00 | 10.90 |
| PK8 | Pettersson, Letang, O'Connor, Carter | 10 | 0–0 | 0.67 | 5.58 |
| PK9 | Graves, Eller, Rust, Ruhwedel | 8 | 1–0 | 1.69 | 11.61 |
| PK10 | Pettersson, Letang, Rust, Acciari | 8 | 0–2 | 0.89 | 4.17 |
| PK11 | Pettersson, Letang, Smith, Eller | 6 | 0–0 | 2.52 | 3.36 |
| PK12 | Graves, Acciari, Ruhwedel, Nieto | 6 | 0–1 | 0.00 | 10.18 |
| PK13 | Pettersson, Letang, O'Connor, Acciari | 6 | 0–1 | 1.80 | 7.90 |
| PK14 | Letang, Graves, Acciari, Nieto | 5 | 0–0 | 0.00 | 5.39 |
| PK15 | Pettersson, Letang, Eller, Acciari | 5 | 0–0 | 1.39 | 13.59 |
| PK16 | Letang, Graves, O'Connor, Eller | 5 | 0–0 | 0.00 | 3.84 |
| Line | Min | GP | Last used | xGF% (shrunk) | xGF% (raw) | CF% | GF–GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosby – Guentzel – Rust | 350 | 36 | Feb 14 | 54.9 | 57.8 | 49.9 | 27–20 |
| O'Connor – Crosby – Rust | 194 | 51 | Apr 17 | 51.9 | 53.0 | 53.2 | 13–14 |
| Crosby – Guentzel – Rakell | 194 | 33 | Feb 14 | 55.2 | 61.7 | 50.1 | 10–6 |
| Bunting – Malkin – Rakell | 193 | 19 | Apr 17 | 53.5 | 57.3 | 52.5 | 15–9 |
| Malkin – Smith – Rakell | 176 | 51 | Apr 15 | 52.4 | 54.6 | 50.3 | 10–8 |
| Eller – Smith – Puustinen | 164 | 40 | Apr 17 | 52.6 | 56.4 | 55.5 | 7–3 |
| Carter – Acciari – Harkins | 141 | 27 | Mar 7 | 49.6 | 45.1 | 50.0 | 4–3 |
| O'Connor – Malkin – Smith | 133 | 27 | Mar 12 | 50.9 | 50.2 | 47.8 | 5–3 |
| Malkin – Smith – Puustinen | 123 | 34 | Apr 15 | 52.3 | 55.7 | 48.4 | 3–4 |
| O'Connor – Zohorna – Eller | 114 | 22 | Dec 30 | 52.9 | 57.8 | 53.2 | 5–3 |
| Nieto – Carter – Acciari | 103 | 15 | Nov 30 | 49.2 | 41.5 | 46.9 | 3–2 |
| O'Connor – Malkin – Rust | 72 | 32 | Apr 17 | 51.0 | 50.2 | 44.5 | 4–2 |
| O'Connor – Crosby – Guentzel | 69 | 31 | Feb 9 | 52.1 | 55.0 | 54.2 | 2–4 |
| Crosby – Rakell – Rust | 66 | 14 | Mar 30 | 53.4 | 64.8 | 59.3 | 5–4 |
| Bunting – Crosby – Rust | 42 | 17 | Apr 17 | 49.7 | 42.6 | 52.1 | 0–5 |
| O'Connor – Eller – Puustinen | 38 | 31 | Apr 17 | 51.3 | 52.6 | 43.5 | 3–1 |
| Malkin – Smith – Rust | 36 | 34 | Apr 15 | 51.5 | 56.2 | 55.2 | 2–3 |
| O'Connor – Malkin – Puustinen | 35 | 25 | Apr 11 | 53.3 | 77.2 | 66.7 | 2–1 |
| O'Connor – Eller – Rakell | 34 | 32 | Apr 2 | 50.0 | 31.5 | 43.4 | 1–1 |
| Eller – Carter – Smith | 33 | 34 | Apr 17 | 50.5 | 37.4 | 50.9 | 0–2 |
| O'Connor – Crosby – Rakell | 33 | 35 | Apr 17 | 49.8 | 37.6 | 49.3 | 0–3 |
| Carter – Acciari – Bemstrom | 32 | 7 | Mar 17 | 51.3 | 52.7 | 49.3 | 2–1 |
| Crosby – Smith – Rust | 31 | 42 | Apr 17 | 51.2 | 51.9 | 45.1 | 4–3 |
| O'Connor – Eller – Harkins | 30 | 18 | Apr 15 | 50.2 | 34.2 | 42.4 | 0–1 |
| O'Connor – Malkin – Rakell | 29 | 53 | Apr 17 | 49.1 | 23.2 | 33.3 | 0–1 |
| Nieto – Acciari – Hinostroza | 28 | 6 | Nov 22 | 51.2 | 51.6 | 50.0 | 2–1 |
| Crosby – Smith – Rakell | 25 | 38 | Apr 11 | 51.4 | 54.7 | 46.6 | 2–1 |
| Crosby – Eller – Rakell | 24 | 9 | Mar 12 | 50.4 | 37.9 | 38.5 | 2–0 |
| Eller – Carter – Harkins | 24 | 31 | Apr 15 | 50.1 | 25.8 | 42.9 | 0–0 |
| Zohorna – Eller – Puustinen | 23 | 7 | Apr 13 | 51.9 | 61.7 | 54.2 | 2–1 |
| Carter – Harkins – White | 22 | 5 | Feb 20 | 51.4 | 56.3 | 59.6 | 0–1 |
| Malkin – Smith – Puljujarvi | 22 | 9 | Mar 26 | 51.5 | 57.4 | 51.4 | 1–0 |
| Zohorna – Eller – Hinostroza | 21 | 5 | Dec 16 | 51.6 | 58.3 | 50.0 | 0–1 |
| Eller – Bemstrom – Smith | 20 | 14 | Apr 15 | 51.1 | 50.0 | 44.7 | 1–1 |
| Nylander – Malkin – Smith | 20 | 3 | Dec 4 | 50.1 | 26.5 | 39.0 | 0–1 |
| Eller – Rakell – Puustinen | 20 | 7 | Mar 30 | 51.1 | 50.0 | 51.9 | 1–0 |
| Eller – Bemstrom – Puljujarvi | 20 | 8 | Apr 6 | 50.9 | 44.9 | 57.4 | 0–2 |
| Carter – Bemstrom – Puljujarvi | 20 | 6 | Apr 8 | 50.6 | 33.9 | 46.9 | 1–1 |
| O'Connor – Malkin – White | 19 | 9 | Feb 20 | 50.9 | 44.2 | 51.3 | 0–0 |
| Zohorna – Malkin – Smith | 18 | 16 | Dec 6 | 51.4 | 54.6 | 36.8 | 0–1 |
| Zohorna – Eller – Harkins | 17 | 5 | Dec 30 | 52.0 | 67.3 | 63.6 | 0–0 |
| Eller – Carter – Acciari | 17 | 21 | Mar 14 | 50.3 | 24.2 | 36.4 | 0–0 |
| O'Connor – Acciari – Harkins | 17 | 19 | Mar 3 | 51.5 | 68.8 | 55.6 | 0–0 |
| Crosby – Smith – Puustinen | 16 | 33 | Apr 17 | 50.8 | 42.6 | 46.9 | 0–1 |
| Gruden – Carter – Acciari | 16 | 4 | Mar 10 | 51.3 | 54.7 | 56.3 | 0–0 |
| Acciari – Bemstrom – Puljujarvi | 16 | 5 | Mar 24 | 51.3 | 53.3 | 57.1 | 0–2 |
| Bunting – Crosby – Rakell | 15 | 19 | Apr 17 | 50.6 | 39.9 | 55.6 | 1–2 |
| O'Connor – Malkin – Phillips | 15 | 3 | Feb 22 | 49.6 | 18.3 | 31.0 | 1–0 |
| Crosby – Malkin – Guentzel | 14 | 34 | Feb 14 | 52.3 | 72.5 | 50.0 | 1–1 |
| O'Connor – Eller – Acciari | 14 | 20 | Mar 14 | 51.5 | 65.8 | 66.7 | 0–1 |
| Eller – Smith – Rakell | 14 | 41 | Apr 15 | 50.0 | 29.1 | 48.3 | 0–2 |
| Gruden – Eller – Bemstrom | 14 | 3 | Mar 10 | 51.9 | 83.3 | 64.0 | 0–0 |
| Eller – Rakell – Puljujarvi | 13 | 3 | Apr 6 | 50.9 | 39.4 | 48.1 | 1–0 |
| O'Connor – Eller – Carter | 13 | 29 | Apr 11 | 51.4 | 75.0 | 58.8 | 0–0 |
| Nieto – Eller – Acciari | 13 | 10 | Nov 30 | 51.0 | 45.4 | 48.1 | 0–1 |
| Zohorna – Nylander – Eller | 13 | 4 | Dec 6 | 51.6 | 69.1 | 60.0 | 0–0 |
| Gruden – Carter – Harkins | 12 | 4 | Mar 7 | 50.2 | 13.6 | 38.1 | 0–2 |
| Malkin – Carter – Smith | 12 | 40 | Apr 8 | 50.8 | 22.5 | 72.2 | 0–0 |
| Crosby – Guentzel – Hinostroza | 12 | 10 | Dec 13 | 50.5 | 38.4 | 50.0 | 1–0 |
| Eller – Carter – Hinostroza | 11 | 3 | Dec 31 | 50.5 | 37.5 | 53.3 | 0–2 |
| Malkin – Guentzel – Rust | 11 | 32 | Feb 10 | 50.8 | 42.6 | 45.5 | 0–1 |
| O'Connor – Carter – Acciari | 11 | 29 | Mar 17 | 51.0 | 32.0 | 27.3 | 0–0 |
| O'Connor – Zohorna – Malkin | 11 | 19 | Dec 30 | 51.5 | 85.7 | 52.9 | 2–0 |
| Eller – White – Puustinen | 10 | 3 | Feb 15 | 52.2 | 90.2 | 55.6 | 1–0 |
| Malkin – Eller – Rakell | 10 | 16 | Apr 17 | 51.5 | 62.7 | 54.2 | 0–1 |
| Malkin – Guentzel – Rakell | 10 | 32 | Feb 9 | 50.3 | 27.0 | 31.8 | 0–2 |
Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 18.