Crosby line
Crosby – Rakell – Rust51.2%chance share xGF%
598 min · 53 GPGF–GA 37–39CF% 50OZ 62%
Top 64%Depth 19%
Split up since the game before: Crosby–Rust–McGroarty · Malkin–Rakell–Koivunen · Heinen–Acciari–Lizotte · Koppanen–Dewar–Hayes
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| Pair | Min | GP | xGF% | CF% | GF–GA | OZ% | vs top |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karlsson–Grzelcyk | 665 | 77 | 47.1 | 48.8 | 37–30 | 57 | 51% |
| Grzelcyk–Letang | 494 | 70 | 47.6 | 48.9 | 16–25 | 58 | 51% |
| Karlsson–Pettersson | 460 | 44 | 51.9 | 50.8 | 28–28 | 52 | 49% |
| Letang–Pettersson | 276 | 41 | 52.0 | 50.3 | 15–13 | 43 | 50% |
| Unit | Skaters | Min | GF–GA | xGF/60 | xGA/60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP1 | Karlsson, Crosby, Rakell, Rust, Malkin | 30 | 1–0 | 6.60 | 1.28 |
| PP2 | Grzelcyk, Crosby, Rakell, Rust, Bunting | 29 | 4–1 | 9.69 | 1.04 |
| PP3 | Karlsson, Letang, Crosby, Rust, Malkin | 22 | 2–0 | 6.39 | 1.50 |
| PP4 | Karlsson, Crosby, Rakell, Rust, Hayes | 17 | 2–0 | 7.87 | 1.80 |
| PP5 | Grzelcyk, Crosby, Rakell, Rust, Hayes | 16 | 1–0 | 5.83 | 1.62 |
| PP6 | Grzelcyk, Letang, Crosby, Rakell, Bunting | 15 | 3–0 | 5.98 | 1.31 |
| PP7 | Karlsson, Letang, Crosby, Rakell, Malkin | 11 | 2–1 | 7.46 | 1.47 |
| PP8 | Grzelcyk, Crosby, Rakell, Rust, Koivunen | 10 | 2–0 | 11.92 | 0.42 |
| PP9 | Karlsson, Grzelcyk, Crosby, Rakell, Malkin | 9 | 1–0 | 8.67 | 0.35 |
| PP10 | Grzelcyk, Letang, Bunting, Hayes, Tomasino | 8 | 3–0 | 9.98 | 0.07 |
| PP11 | Karlsson, Rust, Malkin, Glass, Tomasino | 8 | 0–0 | 7.17 | 0.00 |
| PP12 | Karlsson, Crosby, Rakell, Rust, Bunting | 7 | 2–1 | 8.22 | 4.44 |
| PP13 | Grzelcyk, Letang, Crosby, Rakell, Hayes | 7 | 1–0 | 9.25 | 0.18 |
| PP14 | Karlsson, Crosby, Rakell, Bunting, Hayes | 6 | 0–0 | 15.15 | 2.36 |
| PK1 | Letang, Pettersson, Acciari, Nieto | 16 | 0–4 | 0.81 | 5.70 |
| PK2 | Letang, Pettersson, Acciari, Glass | 10 | 0–0 | 0.13 | 5.46 |
| PK3 | Letang, Pettersson, O'Connor, Eller | 9 | 0–1 | 0.13 | 5.42 |
| PK4 | Letang, Rust, Pettersson, Acciari | 8 | 0–2 | 1.65 | 9.49 |
| PK5 | Graves, O'Connor, St. Ivany, Eller | 7 | 0–1 | 0.51 | 8.81 |
| PK6 | Letang, Acciari, Lizotte, Shea | 6 | 0–0 | 0.00 | 4.75 |
| PK7 | Letang, Rust, Pettersson, Glass | 5 | 0–1 | 0.00 | 4.34 |
| Line | Min | GP | Last used | xGF% (shrunk) | xGF% (raw) | CF% | GF–GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosby – Rakell – Rust | 598 | 53 | Apr 6 | 51.2 | 51.9 | 50.0 | 37–39 |
| Nieto – Acciari – Lizotte | 170 | 19 | Feb 23 | 46.4 | 42.0 | 45.9 | 4–5 |
| Crosby – Rakell – Beauvillier | 124 | 43 | Mar 2 | 52.9 | 59.3 | 51.9 | 6–7 |
| Crosby – Malkin – Rakell | 115 | 45 | Apr 5 | 51.4 | 55.0 | 51.9 | 9–4 |
| Bunting – Malkin – Glass | 84 | 22 | Feb 25 | 50.7 | 54.6 | 52.8 | 1–5 |
| Bunting – Malkin – Beauvillier | 69 | 19 | Jan 23 | 48.8 | 48.6 | 44.0 | 1–1 |
| Bunting – Malkin – Rakell | 69 | 22 | Feb 22 | 48.5 | 47.6 | 49.6 | 3–2 |
| O'Connor – Hayes – Tomasino | 65 | 9 | Jan 27 | 53.7 | 65.6 | 57.5 | 1–3 |
| Bunting – Malkin – Tomasino | 62 | 24 | Feb 25 | 48.5 | 47.6 | 50.4 | 2–2 |
| Bunting – Malkin – Rust | 61 | 31 | Jan 23 | 42.9 | 25.2 | 41.1 | 2–6 |
| Crosby – Rust – Beauvillier | 61 | 25 | Mar 4 | 47.1 | 43.7 | 41.6 | 2–3 |
| Crosby – Rust – McGroarty | 50 | 4 | Apr 6 | 51.9 | 61.3 | 57.1 | 3–2 |
| Acciari – Glass – Hayes | 50 | 11 | Mar 2 | 52.2 | 66.8 | 52.5 | 3–5 |
| Bunting – Glass – Beauvillier | 50 | 15 | Feb 1 | 52.4 | 77.7 | 50.5 | 0–1 |
| Acciari – Lizotte – Glass | 47 | 13 | Mar 4 | 48.4 | 46.3 | 47.3 | 1–2 |
| O'Connor – Malkin – Tomasino | 43 | 16 | Jan 25 | 49.4 | 51.5 | 50.0 | 2–3 |
| O'Connor – Crosby – Rust | 42 | 32 | Jan 29 | 48.7 | 48.1 | 49.0 | 1–4 |
| O'Connor – Puljujarvi – Poulin | 42 | 6 | Nov 23 | 50.9 | 57.2 | 43.9 | 2–1 |
| Koppanen – Acciari – Lizotte | 40 | 6 | Apr 3 | 44.6 | 22.4 | 47.9 | 1–3 |
| Acciari – Lizotte – Dewar | 39 | 10 | Apr 3 | 46.3 | 32.0 | 46.3 | 1–3 |
| Bunting – Lizotte – Beauvillier | 37 | 13 | Jan 29 | 47.3 | 34.5 | 54.5 | 3–2 |
| Heinen – Hayes – Tomasino | 37 | 15 | Apr 5 | 46.2 | 34.4 | 32.5 | 1–1 |
| Malkin – Dewar – Tomasino | 35 | 6 | Apr 17 | 49.1 | 50.0 | 55.9 | 1–1 |
| Bunting – Heinen – Glass | 35 | 4 | Feb 8 | 51.4 | 69.9 | 62.7 | 0–0 |
| Nieto – Acciari – Hayes | 34 | 16 | Feb 23 | 46.2 | 24.9 | 38.6 | 0–3 |
| O'Connor – Glass – Tomasino | 33 | 13 | Jan 27 | 48.5 | 44.6 | 49.1 | 1–1 |
| Malkin – Glass – Beauvillier | 32 | 18 | Mar 1 | 50.5 | 61.1 | 64.8 | 3–1 |
| Heinen – Acciari – Lizotte | 31 | 15 | Apr 6 | 47.4 | 38.1 | 44.3 | 1–1 |
| O'Connor – Hayes – Puljujarvi | 31 | 5 | Jan 29 | 48.8 | 48.2 | 46.7 | 1–0 |
| Malkin – Beauvillier – Tomasino | 29 | 10 | Mar 4 | 48.0 | 42.9 | 46.7 | 0–2 |
| O'Connor – Glass – Beauvillier | 27 | 16 | Jan 29 | 48.3 | 41.6 | 43.5 | 1–0 |
| Malkin – Rakell – Koivunen | 26 | 3 | Apr 17 | 51.1 | 64.9 | 59.2 | 0–0 |
| Imama – Acciari – Lizotte | 26 | 11 | Mar 25 | 50.1 | 64.4 | 58.8 | 1–0 |
| Bunting – O'Connor – Malkin | 25 | 9 | Jan 18 | 45.0 | 29.2 | 40.4 | 1–4 |
| Heinen – Malkin – Tomasino | 25 | 13 | Apr 17 | 48.0 | 40.6 | 40.8 | 2–0 |
| O'Connor – Crosby – Rakell | 25 | 28 | Jan 25 | 47.4 | 36.5 | 37.3 | 1–3 |
| O'Connor – Eller – Puljujarvi | 23 | 9 | Nov 8 | 49.7 | 56.9 | 65.2 | 2–2 |
| Nieto – Acciari – Ponomarev | 23 | 4 | Feb 8 | 48.6 | 43.7 | 59.5 | 0–0 |
| Acciari – Lizotte – Beauvillier | 23 | 24 | Mar 1 | 48.3 | 28.3 | 43.3 | 0–0 |
| Beauvillier – Hayes – Tomasino | 22 | 14 | Mar 4 | 46.8 | 30.0 | 51.2 | 1–0 |
| Glass – Eller – Beauvillier | 22 | 4 | Oct 29 | 50.4 | 59.6 | 47.5 | 2–2 |
| Dewar – Rakell – Koivunen | 21 | 2 | Apr 3 | 47.9 | 37.0 | 53.7 | 0–1 |
| Bunting – Hayes – Tomasino | 20 | 15 | Feb 25 | 48.9 | 48.6 | 45.7 | 2–1 |
| Bunting – Acciari – Glass | 20 | 20 | Feb 8 | 48.6 | 46.0 | 47.8 | 0–2 |
| O'Connor – Acciari – Eller | 20 | 12 | Nov 8 | 50.4 | 71.2 | 56.1 | 0–1 |
| Bunting – Acciari – Puljujarvi | 19 | 8 | Dec 7 | 50.9 | 68.9 | 54.3 | 1–1 |
| O'Connor – Eller – Puustinen | 19 | 4 | Nov 7 | 49.2 | 54.8 | 53.1 | 0–0 |
| O'Connor – Lizotte – Beauvillier | 18 | 16 | Jan 14 | 49.2 | 52.8 | 63.2 | 2–1 |
| Heinen – Bemstrom – Hayes | 17 | 9 | Mar 30 | 51.5 | 75.6 | 53.8 | 1–0 |
| Eller – Puljujarvi – McGroarty | 17 | 2 | Oct 10 | 49.0 | 50.7 | 64.0 | 0–1 |
| Bunting – Lizotte – Puljujarvi | 16 | 4 | Dec 7 | 50.5 | 68.8 | 55.6 | 1–1 |
| O'Connor – Glass – Eller | 15 | 4 | Nov 7 | 47.9 | 33.3 | 45.5 | 0–2 |
| Acciari – Beauvillier – Hayes | 15 | 12 | Feb 8 | 47.6 | 19.0 | 32.3 | 0–2 |
| O'Connor – Beauvillier – Tomasino | 15 | 3 | Dec 23 | 47.9 | 31.6 | 44.4 | 0–1 |
| Acciari – Hayes – Tomasino | 15 | 4 | Apr 5 | 48.7 | 43.4 | 56.5 | 0–2 |
| Heinen – Imama – Hayes | 15 | 3 | Mar 23 | 48.6 | 43.8 | 45.7 | 1–1 |
| Lizotte – Beauvillier – Hayes | 14 | 6 | Dec 10 | 49.5 | 59.2 | 42.4 | 0–0 |
| Lizotte – Beauvillier – Puustinen | 14 | 3 | Nov 11 | 50.9 | 78.3 | 68.2 | 1–1 |
| Crosby – Rust – Koivunen | 14 | 2 | Apr 17 | 51.8 | 73.8 | 65.0 | 1–0 |
| Bunting – Beauvillier – Hayes | 14 | 9 | Feb 1 | 49.2 | 57.1 | 47.8 | 0–0 |
| Rakell – Beauvillier – Hayes | 13 | 9 | Feb 22 | 49.3 | 54.6 | 51.6 | 1–1 |
| Heinen – Malkin – Rakell | 13 | 5 | Apr 17 | 48.3 | 39.7 | 50.0 | 0–1 |
| Eller – Beauvillier – Puljujarvi | 13 | 10 | Nov 8 | 48.9 | 49.0 | 59.1 | 0–0 |
| Malkin – Bemstrom – Hayes | 13 | 3 | Mar 11 | 49.5 | 77.8 | 47.4 | 0–0 |
| Crosby – Acciari – Rakell | 12 | 40 | Apr 3 | 49.3 | 59.4 | 52.6 | 0–1 |
| O'Connor – Malkin – Glass | 12 | 11 | Jan 25 | 49.0 | 52.9 | 50.0 | 0–0 |
| Acciari – Hayes – Puljujarvi | 12 | 6 | Dec 7 | 48.3 | 36.3 | 38.5 | 0–1 |
| Heinen – Malkin – Glass | 11 | 4 | Feb 27 | 49.1 | 54.2 | 43.5 | 1–0 |
| O'Connor – Glass – Puljujarvi | 11 | 6 | Jan 29 | 49.3 | 58.6 | 47.8 | 1–0 |
| Koppanen – Dewar – Tomasino | 11 | 2 | Apr 17 | 49.8 | 91.7 | 50.0 | 0–0 |
| Rakell – Rust – Beauvillier | 11 | 1 | Feb 7 | 49.8 | 65.9 | 50.0 | 1–1 |
| Bunting – Eller – Puljujarvi | 11 | 10 | Nov 8 | 47.0 | 21.5 | 36.0 | 1–0 |
| Malkin – Rakell – Rust | 11 | 39 | Apr 6 | 46.2 | 13.4 | 37.0 | 0–2 |
| O'Connor – Acciari – Lizotte | 11 | 20 | Jan 29 | 46.9 | 28.0 | 34.8 | 0–1 |
| Acciari – Eller – Puljujarvi | 11 | 6 | Nov 11 | 48.4 | 42.5 | 40.9 | 0–1 |
| Malkin – Rust – Beauvillier | 11 | 15 | Mar 4 | 47.3 | 29.4 | 31.8 | 2–1 |
| Bunting – Crosby – Rust | 11 | 44 | Feb 4 | 50.8 | 77.1 | 68.4 | 2–0 |
| Beauvillier – Hayes – Puljujarvi | 10 | 3 | Jan 12 | 49.2 | 57.8 | 58.8 | 0–1 |
| Dewar – Hayes – Tomasino | 10 | 7 | Apr 5 | 48.2 | 35.2 | 50.0 | 0–2 |
| Nieto – Imama – Acciari | 10 | 2 | Jan 27 | 47.8 | 28.9 | 28.6 | 0–0 |
Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 17.