Crosby line
Crosby – Rust – Rakell49.5%chance share xGF%
375 min · 34 GPGF–GA 22–17CF% 50OZ 62%
Top 59%Mid 22%Depth 19%
Split up since the game before: Crosby–Rust–Chinakhov · Novak–Malkin–Rakell · Brazeau–Koivunen–Hayes · Soderblom–Koppanen–McGroarty
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.
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| Pair | Min | GP | xGF% | CF% | GF–GA | OZ% | vs top |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wotherspoon–Karlsson | 1058 | 74 | 51.5 | 50.6 | 59–46 | 51 | 54% |
| Letang–Shea | 554 | 70 | 48.9 | 49.4 | 27–26 | 51 | 50% |
| Shea–Clifton | 291 | 46 | 52.5 | 52.1 | 15–11 | 35 | 36% |
| Letang–Girard | 262 | 19 | 51.0 | 50.1 | 13–9 | 53 | 49% |
| Unit | Skaters | Min | GF–GA | xGF/60 | xGA/60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP1 | Karlsson, Rust, Crosby, Rakell, Malkin | 42 | 6–4 | 9.35 | 2.27 |
| PP2 | Karlsson, Rust, Crosby, Mantha, Rakell | 39 | 7–1 | 8.07 | 1.98 |
| PP3 | Karlsson, Rust, Crosby, Kindel, Malkin | 37 | 10–0 | 8.95 | 0.42 |
| PP4 | Karlsson, Rust, Mantha, Rakell, Malkin | 22 | 4–0 | 10.62 | 0.08 |
| PP5 | Karlsson, Rust, Mantha, Rakell, Chinakhov | 18 | 1–0 | 3.67 | 0.71 |
| PP6 | Letang, Rust, Crosby, Rakell, Malkin | 12 | 2–0 | 10.76 | 1.15 |
| PP7 | Karlsson, Crosby, Mantha, Rakell, Malkin | 11 | 1–1 | 9.00 | 1.37 |
| PP8 | Karlsson, Rust, Crosby, Mantha, Kindel | 11 | 1–0 | 10.25 | 0.16 |
| PP9 | Letang, Novak, Kindel, Brazeau, Chinakhov | 11 | 1–1 | 5.80 | 1.39 |
| PP10 | Letang, Novak, Mantha, Kindel, Chinakhov | 9 | 1–0 | 1.93 | 7.32 |
| PP11 | Karlsson, Novak, Rust, Rakell, Chinakhov | 8 | 1–0 | 8.71 | 0.00 |
| PP12 | Letang, Novak, Kindel, Brazeau, Hayes | 7 | 0–0 | 3.21 | 2.47 |
| PP13 | Karlsson, Rust, Crosby, Mantha, Malkin | 7 | 0–0 | 5.11 | 1.26 |
| PP14 | Letang, Novak, Kindel, Brazeau, Koivunen | 6 | 2–0 | 6.52 | 0.78 |
| PP15 | Letang, Novak, Mantha, Kindel, Brazeau | 5 | 1–0 | 9.44 | 0.11 |
| PP16 | Karlsson, Crosby, Kindel, Rakell, Malkin | 5 | 0–0 | 6.04 | 1.01 |
| PP17 | Mantha, Kindel, Brazeau, Chinakhov, Kulak | 5 | 1–0 | 4.37 | 0.23 |
| PK1 | Shea, Dewar, Acciari, Clifton | 32 | 0–4 | 0.62 | 7.54 |
| PK2 | Wotherspoon, Karlsson, Dewar, Lizotte | 28 | 0–1 | 0.00 | 5.48 |
| PK3 | Wotherspoon, Karlsson, Dewar, Acciari | 28 | 0–5 | 0.11 | 9.08 |
| PK4 | Letang, Shea, Dewar, Lizotte | 13 | 0–1 | 0.85 | 5.03 |
| PK5 | Wotherspoon, Karlsson, Rust, Acciari | 9 | 0–2 | 0.00 | 12.50 |
| PK6 | Shea, Dewar, Clifton, Lizotte | 9 | 0–2 | 1.98 | 7.60 |
| PK7 | Wotherspoon, Shea, Dewar, Lizotte | 9 | 0–0 | 0.00 | 7.68 |
| PK8 | Letang, Shea, Rust, Acciari | 7 | 0–1 | 0.27 | 10.37 |
| PK9 | Wotherspoon, Karlsson, Rust, Koppanen | 7 | 0–0 | 0.00 | 4.06 |
| PK10 | Shea, Dewar, Acciari, St. Ivany | 6 | 0–0 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
| PK11 | Wotherspoon, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell | 6 | 1–1 | 1.20 | 7.94 |
| Line | Min | GP | Last used | xGF% (shrunk) | xGF% (raw) | CF% | GF–GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosby – Rust – Rakell | 375 | 34 | Apr 12 | 49.5 | 48.0 | 49.9 | 22–17 |
| Dewar – Acciari – Lizotte | 356 | 41 | Mar 14 | 52.2 | 54.3 | 51.2 | 16–9 |
| Novak – Malkin – Chinakhov | 212 | 23 | Apr 12 | 53.3 | 57.8 | 51.1 | 14–9 |
| Kindel – Mantha – Brazeau | 164 | 47 | Apr 9 | 50.5 | 49.7 | 54.0 | 11–6 |
| Malkin – Mantha – Brazeau | 126 | 12 | Oct 30 | 50.0 | 47.7 | 47.0 | 9–6 |
| Soderblom – Dewar – Acciari | 110 | 12 | Apr 5 | 52.1 | 58.0 | 50.7 | 9–2 |
| Novak – Mantha – Brazeau | 110 | 34 | Apr 11 | 51.8 | 56.0 | 52.3 | 6–5 |
| Kindel – Koivunen – McGroarty | 91 | 10 | Mar 28 | 52.6 | 63.8 | 57.0 | 1–3 |
| Novak – Malkin – Mantha | 85 | 30 | Apr 9 | 49.8 | 44.2 | 49.7 | 2–3 |
| Crosby – Rust – Chinakhov | 64 | 18 | Apr 12 | 50.9 | 52.0 | 57.0 | 7–4 |
| Rust – Rakell – Chinakhov | 60 | 16 | Apr 12 | 51.4 | 57.9 | 53.2 | 3–1 |
| Novak – Mantha – Koivunen | 57 | 16 | Apr 14 | 50.9 | 52.4 | 49.1 | 4–3 |
| Crosby – Dewar – Rust | 56 | 37 | Feb 5 | 49.8 | 42.5 | 48.1 | 3–4 |
| Novak – Malkin – Rakell | 53 | 16 | Apr 12 | 52.8 | 64.8 | 55.6 | 5–3 |
| Novak – Crosby – Rust | 51 | 24 | Apr 12 | 51.5 | 57.7 | 54.3 | 3–3 |
| Crosby – Hallander – Rust | 48 | 7 | Nov 3 | 50.9 | 52.0 | 47.4 | 5–1 |
| Malkin – Mantha – Hayes | 46 | 8 | Mar 3 | 50.8 | 51.8 | 43.5 | 2–1 |
| Crosby – Kindel – Rust | 45 | 14 | Feb 3 | 49.7 | 40.1 | 56.4 | 0–2 |
| Novak – Kindel – Koivunen | 45 | 18 | Mar 28 | 53.0 | 71.9 | 54.1 | 2–2 |
| Novak – Kindel – Hallander | 38 | 7 | Nov 3 | 51.2 | 56.1 | 58.1 | 2–1 |
| Mantha – Brazeau – Hayes | 38 | 11 | Apr 11 | 50.6 | 48.8 | 49.3 | 0–3 |
| Dewar – Acciari – Hayes | 37 | 8 | Jan 10 | 50.5 | 48.5 | 44.6 | 2–4 |
| Crosby – Rust – Hayes | 35 | 10 | Dec 18 | 50.9 | 53.2 | 55.7 | 4–2 |
| Kindel – Brazeau – McGroarty | 34 | 12 | Mar 28 | 49.8 | 34.7 | 47.0 | 3–2 |
| Heinen – Dewar – Acciari | 32 | 4 | Dec 18 | 50.4 | 44.7 | 62.5 | 1–1 |
| Koppanen – Dewar – Lizotte | 32 | 6 | Nov 29 | 50.0 | 41.0 | 48.5 | 0–1 |
| Soderblom – Kindel – Hayes | 31 | 8 | Apr 14 | 51.1 | 56.0 | 50.0 | 1–2 |
| Novak – Kindel – Tomasino | 30 | 4 | Nov 16 | 51.3 | 62.9 | 55.2 | 0–1 |
| Novak – Mantha – Chinakhov | 30 | 18 | Apr 5 | 50.7 | 49.6 | 44.4 | 1–1 |
| Crosby – Rakell – Brazeau | 29 | 31 | Mar 31 | 50.5 | 45.6 | 50.9 | 0–1 |
| Koppanen – Heinen – Lizotte | 28 | 5 | Nov 26 | 51.2 | 62.3 | 52.0 | 1–0 |
| Hayes – McGroarty – Hayes | 28 | 3 | Apr 14 | 50.7 | 50.3 | 50.0 | 2–1 |
| Rust – Rakell – Hayes | 27 | 5 | Mar 5 | 50.2 | 35.7 | 42.1 | 0–0 |
| Kindel – Rust – Rakell | 25 | 31 | Mar 28 | 50.8 | 51.4 | 50.0 | 3–2 |
| Kindel – Malkin – Chinakhov | 23 | 20 | Mar 22 | 49.0 | 26.5 | 34.5 | 1–0 |
| Mantha – Rakell – Brazeau | 23 | 14 | Apr 11 | 51.2 | 60.3 | 48.7 | 2–1 |
| Crosby – Rust – Mantha | 22 | 40 | Apr 9 | 50.8 | 51.8 | 45.9 | 4–0 |
| Kindel – Brazeau – Koivunen | 22 | 10 | Mar 28 | 50.7 | 50.0 | 51.0 | 0–2 |
| Kindel – Mantha – McGroarty | 22 | 10 | Feb 2 | 52.6 | 85.6 | 69.6 | 4–0 |
| Crosby – Mantha – Rakell | 22 | 23 | Apr 9 | 48.8 | 23.3 | 46.3 | 0–1 |
| Crosby – Malkin – Rust | 21 | 23 | Apr 5 | 51.2 | 60.4 | 59.0 | 0–2 |
| Rust – Mantha – Rakell | 20 | 14 | Mar 30 | 50.5 | 44.2 | 45.7 | 1–2 |
| Novak – Kindel – Poulin | 20 | 2 | Nov 22 | 50.9 | 54.2 | 63.4 | 0–2 |
| Heinen – Dewar – Lizotte | 20 | 8 | Nov 29 | 51.7 | 72.9 | 56.1 | 0–0 |
| Crosby – Rakell – Koivunen | 19 | 8 | Jan 4 | 51.0 | 62.4 | 56.4 | 0–0 |
| Novak – Kindel – Brazeau | 19 | 28 | Apr 14 | 50.7 | 50.7 | 44.7 | 0–1 |
| Novak – Hallander – Tomasino | 18 | 3 | Nov 3 | 50.2 | 27.3 | 34.5 | 0–0 |
| Kindel – Chinakhov – McGroarty | 17 | 3 | Feb 2 | 50.1 | 22.2 | 36.4 | 1–2 |
| Dewar – Lizotte – Hallander | 15 | 8 | Nov 3 | 50.0 | 25.2 | 39.1 | 0–1 |
| Novak – Brazeau – Chinakhov | 15 | 21 | Apr 12 | 50.7 | 49.7 | 46.2 | 1–0 |
| Heinen – Kindel – Koivunen | 14 | 5 | Dec 9 | 51.4 | 96.4 | 65.0 | 0–0 |
| Crosby – Rakell – Chinakhov | 14 | 6 | Apr 2 | 51.0 | 59.8 | 51.5 | 1–0 |
| Koppanen – Koivunen – Hayes | 14 | 2 | Nov 9 | 51.2 | 67.0 | 50.0 | 0–0 |
| Rakell – Chinakhov – Koivunen | 13 | 5 | Apr 11 | 50.2 | 26.2 | 42.3 | 0–1 |
| Malkin – Mantha – Tomasino | 13 | 5 | Nov 3 | 50.7 | 50.0 | 62.1 | 0–1 |
| Crosby – Malkin – Rakell | 13 | 21 | Apr 5 | 50.8 | 55.1 | 63.6 | 0–0 |
| Novak – Brazeau – Koivunen | 12 | 6 | Apr 14 | 50.9 | 58.0 | 52.2 | 0–1 |
| Kindel – Hayes – McGroarty | 12 | 2 | Dec 18 | 50.7 | 46.7 | 53.8 | 0–0 |
| Soderblom – Kindel – Mantha | 12 | 4 | Apr 14 | 49.9 | 32.4 | 43.5 | 1–2 |
| Kindel – Mantha – Koivunen | 12 | 25 | Apr 14 | 51.5 | 76.9 | 50.0 | 1–0 |
| Novak – Crosby – Rakell | 12 | 14 | Mar 26 | 50.7 | 48.1 | 63.2 | 0–1 |
| Kindel – Brazeau – Hayes | 10 | 6 | Mar 31 | 50.1 | 30.4 | 34.8 | 1–0 |
Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 16.