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#25 Puckigree · −4.44-6-1 · 25th in standingsMetropolitan · Eastern

As deployed last game

Oct 22 vs FLA, from shift data: the most-used combinations at 5v5, not a projection.
Forwards
L1
87Crosby18Novak67Rakell
10:05NEW
L2
62Kuzmenko46Lizotte2McGroarty
9:29NEW
L3
14Robertson25Soderblom19Dewar
8:40NEW
L4
71Malkin22Lapierre41Koivunen
7:16NEW
Defence
D1
65Karlsson24Stastney
13:19
D2
6Korczak72Carlile
12:10
D3
58Letang7Solovyov
10:53
PP1
KarlssonCrosbyRakellNovakKoivunen
2:37
PP2
LetangMalkinKuzmenkoLapierreMcGroarty
1:05
PK1
KorczakCarlileDewarLizotte
1:37
PK2
KarlssonRakellRobertsonSolovyov
1:12

Split up since the game before: Robertson–Dewar–Lizotte · Crosby–Chinakhov–Rust · Malkin–Novak–Koivunen · Kuzmenko–Kindel–Rakell

Line board

Forward lines with 27+ minutes together at 5v5. The big number is chance share (xGF%) shrunk toward the team’s 51.8% until a line has enough chances of its own; hover it for the raw value.

Malkin line

Malkin – Novak – Chinakhov
51.5%chance share xGF%
50 min · 6 GPGF–GA 2–1CF% 50OZ 71%
Top 45%Mid 29%Depth 26%
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Crosby line

Crosby – Rakell – Rust
46.7%chance share xGF%
42 min · 5 GPGF–GA 2–4CF% 45OZ 61%
Top 74%
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Robertson–Crosby–Rakell

Robertson – Crosby – Rakell
57.0%chance share xGF%
33 min · 8 GPGF–GA 3–1CF% 61OZ 52%
Top 71%
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Malkin–Novak–Koivunen

Malkin – Novak – Koivunen
51.4%chance share xGF%
28 min · 6 GPGF–GA 2–4CF% 49OZ 89%
Top 56%Depth 30%
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Which lines are workingper 60 at 5v5
DOMINANTSHUTDOWNRUN-AND-GUNUNDERWATERANA Washe lineANA Granlund lineBOS Mittelstadt lineBOS Kastelic lineBOS Geekie lineBOS Lindholm lineBOS Geekie–Zacha–MittelstadtBOS Minten lineBOS Jeannot–Kastelic–KuralyBOS Minten–Khusnutdinov–PeterkaBUF Ostlund lineBUF Thompson lineBUF Thompson–Norris–DoanCAR Aho lineCAR Stankoven lineCAR Staal lineCAR Kotkaniemi lineCBJ Fantilli lineCBJ Sillinger lineCBJ Monahan lineCBJ Monahan–Nichushkin–GarlandCGY Strome lineCGY Frost lineCGY Sharangovich lineCHI Greene lineCHI Frondell lineCHI Nazar lineCOL MacKinnon lineCOL Kadri lineCOL Svechkov lineDAL Johnston lineDAL Seguin lineDET Finnie lineDET Larkin lineDET Copp lineEDM McDavid lineEDM Joseph lineFLA Lundell lineFLA Bennett lineFLA Tkachuk–Bennett–VerhaegheFLA Verhaeghe lineLAK Kempe lineLAK Panarin–Kempe–LaferriereMIN Eriksson Ek lineMIN Hartman lineMIN Yurov lineMIN Boldy–Coleman–Eriksson EkMTL Suzuki lineMTL Danault lineMTL Newhook lineNJD Hischier lineNJD Hughes lineNJD Glass lineNJD Mercer lineNJD Bratt–Hughes–ManthaNSH Hoglander lineNSH Drury lineNSH Stamkos lineNSH Forsberg–Stamkos–O'ReillyNYI Horvat lineNYI Schenn lineNYI Heineman–Horvat–PalmieriNYI Pageau lineNYR Zibanejad lineNYR Laba lineNYR Miller lineNYR Miller–Dorofeyev–BjorkstrandNYR Zibanejad–Perreault–DorofeyevOTT Pinto lineOTT Stützle linePHI Michkov lineSEA McMann lineSEA Wright lineSEA Gaudreau lineSEA Beniers lineSJS Smith lineSJS Misa lineSJS Marchment–Smith–CelebriniSTL Thomas lineSTL McTavish lineSTL Buchnevich lineTBL Girgensons lineTBL Guentzel lineTBL Point lineTBL Cirelli lineTOR Matthews lineTOR Matthews–Roslovic–NylanderTOR Nylander lineTOR Blueger lineTOR Matthews–Roslovic–CowanTOR Tavares lineTOR Sissons lineUTA Schmaltz lineUTA Trocheck lineUTA Hayton lineUTA Trocheck–Cooley–GuentherUTA McBain lineUTA Cooley lineUTA Crouse–Hayton–McBainUTA Stenlund lineVAN Pettersson lineVAN Sasson lineVAN Chytil lineVAN Rossi lineVGK Eichel lineVGK Howden lineVGK Gatcomb lineVGK Hertl lineVGK Connelly–Olofsson–HertlWPG Scheifele lineWPG Lowry lineWPG Vilardi lineWSH Dubois lineWSH Protas lineMalkin line: 2.89 created, 2.77 allowed per 60 · 50 minMalkinCrosby line: 3.95 created, 5.11 allowed per 60 · 42 minCrosbyRobertson–Crosby–Rakell: 4.27 created, 2.56 allowed per 60 · 33 minRobertson–Crosby–RakellMalkin–Novak–Koivunen: 4.29 created, 4.13 allowed per 60 · 28 minMalkin–Novak–Koivunenchances created per 60 →← chances allowed per 60 (fewer is up)

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 time35%League rank24th most stableLines used 5+ minutes22Games 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

PairMinGPxGF%CF%GF–GAOZ%vs top
Korczak–Girard86753.655.37–84063%
Karlsson–Carlile80950.249.76–75155%
Letang–van Riemsdyk57544.743.41–14246%

Power play and penalty kill units

The five skaters at 5-on-4 and the four at 4-on-5, with 5+ minutes together.
UnitSkatersMinGF–GAxGF/60xGA/60
PP1Karlsson, Crosby, Rakell, Novak, Kindel81–08.950.00
PP2Karlsson, Crosby, Rakell, Malkin, Kindel60–00.002.36

Every line

All forward lines with 10+ minutes together at 5v5. Raw and shrunk chance share side by side; k = 4 expected goals.
LineMinGPLast usedxGF% (shrunk)xGF% (raw)CF%GF–GA
Malkin – Novak – Chinakhov506Oct 1951.551.150.02–1
Crosby – Rakell – Rust425Oct 1946.743.645.52–4
Robertson – Crosby – Rakell338Oct 2257.062.661.13–1
Malkin – Novak – Koivunen286Oct 2251.450.948.92–4
Soderblom – Dewar – Lizotte264Oct 2256.770.268.40–1
Robertson – Dewar – Lizotte246Oct 1950.647.451.21–0
Robertson – Kuzmenko – Kindel183Oct 1958.075.570.30–0
Kindel – Lapierre – Koivunen132Oct 955.263.742.30–0
Crosby – Novak – Rakell101Oct 2250.847.443.50–0

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Oct 22.

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