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#5 Puckigree (final) · +7.247-27-8 · 7th in standingsAtlantic · Eastern

As deployed last game

Apr 17 @ NYR, from shift data: the most-used combinations at 5v5, not a projection.

Forwards

20Paul 93Goncalves 14Geekie

9:41

38Hagel 59Guentzel 71Cirelli

9:34

21Point 37Gourde 86Kucherov

7:46

Defence

27McDonagh 81Cernak

11:31

78Lilleberg 48Perbix

11:09

77Hedman 90Moser

7:13

PP1

HedmanKucherovHagelGuentzelPoint

2:33

PP2

CirelliRaddyshPaulGoncalvesGourde

1:15

Line board

Forward lines with 50+ 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.

Guentzel line

Guentzel – Point – Kucherov

53.1%chance share xGF%

634 min · 67 GPGF–GA 44–25CF% 50OZ 62%

Top 56%Mid 20%Depth 24%

Cirelli line

Hagel – Cirelli – Kucherov

61.8%chance share xGF%

241 min · 70 GPGF–GA 13–8CF% 56OZ 58%

Top 57%Mid 23%Depth 20%

Hagel–Cirelli–Geekie

Hagel – Cirelli – Geekie

54.7%chance share xGF%

209 min · 35 GPGF–GA 10–12CF% 48OZ 48%

Top 71%

Hagel–Paul–Cirelli

Hagel – Paul – Cirelli

55.4%chance share xGF%

199 min · 54 GPGF–GA 8–5CF% 51OZ 43%

Top 59%Mid 22%Depth 18%

Girgensons line

Girgensons – Glendening – Eyssimont

54.2%chance share xGF%

184 min · 43 GPGF–GA 4–4CF% 55OZ 45%

Top 37%Mid 18%Depth 45%

Goncalves line

Paul – Goncalves – Chaffee

48.9%chance share xGF%

111 min · 27 GPGF–GA 4–1CF% 49OZ 56%

Top 34%Mid 31%Depth 35%

Eyssimont line

Paul – Eyssimont – Chaffee

47.7%chance share xGF%

107 min · 24 GPGF–GA 2–2CF% 43OZ 41%

Top 51%Mid 25%Depth 24%

Goncalves–Gourde–Bjorkstrand

Goncalves – Gourde – Bjorkstrand

48.8%chance share xGF%

76 min · 11 GPGF–GA 3–4CF% 49OZ 50%

Top 19%Mid 23%Depth 58%

Which lines are workingper 60 at 5v5

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.

Line stability

Top 4 lines’ share of line time33%League rank6th most stableLines used 5+ minutes98Games with shift data79 (3 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

Pair	Min	GP	xGF%	CF%	GF–GA	OZ%	vs top
McDonagh–Cernak	951	73	52.9	50.3	39–22	38	69%
Lilleberg–Perbix	640	65	50.6	48.2	22–25	52	29%
Hedman–Raddysh	586	67	53.0	50.8	31–20	66	43%
Hedman–Moser	469	49	52.6	51.0	25–14	50	50%

Power play and penalty kill units

The five skaters at 5-on-4 and the four at 4-on-5, with 5+ minutes together.

Unit	Skaters	Min	GF–GA	xGF/60	xGA/60
PP1	Hedman, Kucherov, Hagel, Guentzel, Point	97	17–5	8.05	0.76
PP2	Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, Raddysh, Chaffee	30	5–0	12.67	0.54
PP3	Kucherov, Hagel, Guentzel, Point, Raddysh	21	3–1	6.42	0.82
PP4	Hedman, Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, Bjorkstrand	18	3–0	12.10	0.79
PP5	Hedman, Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, Raddysh	16	1–1	8.18	0.86
PP6	Hedman, Kucherov, Hagel, Cirelli, Paul	12	2–0	8.24	0.00
PP7	Hedman, Hagel, Guentzel, Point, Cirelli	11	2–0	12.77	0.85
PP8	Hedman, Kucherov, Guentzel, Point, Chaffee	9	0–1	6.50	3.42
PP9	Hedman, Kucherov, Hagel, Guentzel, Cirelli	8	3–0	10.22	0.23
PP10	Hedman, Kucherov, Hagel, Guentzel, Chaffee	7	0–0	7.61	0.00
PP11	Cirelli, Raddysh, Paul, Chaffee, Geekie	6	0–1	4.25	1.49
PK1	McDonagh, Hagel, Cernak, Cirelli	55	1–6	1.16	6.83
PK2	McDonagh, Cernak, Girgensons, Glendening	53	0–9	0.39	6.89
PK3	Hedman, Hagel, Cirelli, Moser	18	0–1	1.81	10.94
PK4	Hedman, Moser, Girgensons, Glendening	15	0–1	0.00	4.79
PK5	Hedman, Lilleberg, Girgensons, Glendening	11	0–0	0.00	5.34
PK6	McDonagh, Hagel, Cirelli, Lilleberg	10	1–1	3.68	3.93
PK7	Hedman, Hagel, Cirelli, Lilleberg	7	0–2	0.00	14.04
PK8	McDonagh, Lilleberg, Girgensons, Glendening	7	0–1	1.61	5.45
PK9	Hedman, Hagel, Cernak, Cirelli	6	0–1	1.14	9.05
PK10	McDonagh, Hagel, Cirelli, Moser	6	0–0	1.16	5.60
PK11	McDonagh, Hagel, Cernak, Paul	5	0–0	2.48	3.19

Every line

All forward lines with 10+ minutes together at 5v5. Raw and shrunk chance share side by side; k = 16.4 expected goals.

Line	Min	GP	Last used	xGF% (shrunk)	xGF% (raw)	CF%	GF–GA
Guentzel – Point – Kucherov	634	67	Apr 7	53.1	53.5	49.6	44–25
Hagel – Cirelli – Kucherov	241	70	Apr 17	61.8	69.4	56.3	13–8
Hagel – Cirelli – Geekie	209	35	Apr 17	54.7	57.0	47.6	10–12
Hagel – Paul – Cirelli	199	54	Apr 7	55.4	59.2	50.8	8–5
Girgensons – Glendening – Eyssimont	184	43	Mar 3	54.2	57.6	55.4	4–4
Paul – Goncalves – Chaffee	111	27	Apr 15	48.9	42.7	49.0	4–1
Paul – Eyssimont – Chaffee	107	24	Mar 1	47.7	37.6	42.6	2–2
Goncalves – Gourde – Bjorkstrand	76	11	Apr 7	48.8	41.1	48.8	3–4
Hagel – Cirelli – Girgensons	65	27	Apr 7	51.4	50.6	51.0	2–1
Girgensons – Glendening – Chaffee	58	34	Mar 22	49.7	38.3	45.3	1–1
Guentzel – Cirelli – Kucherov	58	62	Apr 7	52.6	55.3	53.4	4–1
Girgensons – Glendening – Atkinson	57	20	Jan 30	52.9	57.7	54.5	0–1
Paul – Guentzel – Point	53	40	Apr 7	51.3	49.1	46.5	3–1
Guentzel – Point – Gourde	51	13	Apr 17	53.6	62.2	60.0	2–1
Hagel – Guentzel – Cirelli	47	39	Apr 17	57.3	79.7	65.9	3–1
Paul – Goncalves – Bjorkstrand	47	8	Mar 27	53.2	60.2	60.2	2–1
Hagel – Point – Kucherov	42	67	Apr 17	51.5	50.6	49.4	3–1
Glendening – Chaffee – Atkinson	40	17	Mar 13	49.1	40.0	45.1	2–2
Hagel – Cirelli – Goncalves	39	41	Apr 17	53.5	63.3	49.3	2–2
Goncalves – Geekie – Atkinson	36	7	Dec 29	49.5	31.5	45.6	1–0
Guentzel – Point – Goncalves	36	35	Apr 15	47.9	26.9	48.8	0–4
Goncalves – Geekie – Chaffee	35	13	Apr 15	49.3	33.2	45.2	0–0
Glendening – Eyssimont – Atkinson	32	16	Mar 4	51.3	48.5	50.8	1–0
Girgensons – Glendening – Goncalves	32	21	Apr 7	52.1	58.7	43.6	1–1
Paul – Guentzel – Kucherov	32	47	Apr 7	54.2	66.8	62.3	4–1
Hagel – Paul – Chaffee	30	25	Apr 1	50.6	39.1	33.3	1–1
Hagel – Cirelli – Chaffee	29	37	Apr 1	51.3	47.9	45.8	4–2
Hagel – Cirelli – Eyssimont	29	35	Mar 1	53.0	60.8	52.4	2–0
Paul – Girgensons – Geekie	28	11	Apr 15	51.0	44.4	50.0	0–0
Paul – Girgensons – Goncalves	27	17	Apr 15	52.1	54.7	45.3	0–1
Paul – Goncalves – Geekie	26	13	Apr 17	50.7	43.4	47.2	0–1
Paul – Guentzel – Chaffee	26	21	Feb 27	50.0	36.9	54.2	1–1
Girgensons – Glendening – Gourde	24	11	Apr 7	51.2	45.6	57.1	0–0
Paul – Girgensons – Glendening	22	24	Apr 7	50.6	28.2	36.4	0–1
Hagel – Cirelli – Glendening	22	47	Apr 7	51.4	47.4	48.8	0–0
Glendening – Eyssimont – Chaffee	21	28	Mar 1	49.4	29.4	36.1	0–2
Paul – Girgensons – Eyssimont	20	26	Mar 3	49.7	23.2	51.7	0–0
Paul – Point – Kucherov	20	19	Apr 7	50.7	42.7	47.7	1–2
Geekie – Chaffee – Atkinson	19	8	Jan 20	50.4	37.4	53.8	2–3
Hagel – Paul – Point	19	33	Apr 5	50.3	32.6	54.1	2–0
Guentzel – Point – Geekie	18	30	Feb 1	51.5	47.5	43.3	0–0
Guentzel – Point – Eyssimont	18	31	Mar 1	53.3	63.7	61.0	1–1
Girgensons – Eyssimont – Geekie	17	18	Jan 24	51.7	50.6	51.6	0–1
Point – Gourde – Kucherov	17	6	Apr 17	51.2	45.1	47.4	2–1
Point – Goncalves – Kucherov	16	15	Apr 15	52.8	65.4	64.1	1–1
Hagel – Paul – Kucherov	16	32	Mar 23	53.4	73.0	55.2	0–0
Girgensons – Goncalves – Chaffee	16	8	Apr 15	53.9	82.9	69.2	0–1
Guentzel – Point – Chaffee	15	33	Apr 1	51.0	20.5	42.1	0–0
Hagel – Cirelli – Atkinson	14	30	Apr 17	50.9	37.7	36.7	0–0
Girgensons – Geekie – Chaffee	13	12	Apr 15	51.0	36.0	50.0	0–0
Sheary – Eyssimont – Geekie	13	2	Oct 19	51.0	39.6	45.8	0–1
Hagel – Guentzel – Point	13	29	Apr 15	49.8	19.4	36.7	0–0
Duke – Glendening – Chaffee	13	2	Feb 9	50.6	32.4	29.4	1–1
Paul – Gourde – Bjorkstrand	13	16	Apr 7	51.0	38.5	40.9	1–0
Hagel – Paul – Guentzel	13	18	Apr 17	52.2	65.0	57.1	1–0
Hagel – Point – Goncalves	12	14	Apr 7	51.8	51.4	50.0	1–0
Guentzel – Cirelli – Goncalves	12	17	Apr 17	50.4	38.9	42.4	1–1
Eyssimont – Geekie – Chaffee	12	17	Jan 24	51.3	38.9	42.1	0–0
Paul – Guentzel – Goncalves	12	15	Mar 23	53.0	92.0	78.6	2–0
Girgensons – Glendening – Kucherov	12	39	Apr 5	49.1	14.2	41.7	0–1
Paul – Goncalves – Eyssimont	12	16	Mar 3	52.3	64.2	53.3	1–1
Sheary – Girgensons – Glendening	11	5	Feb 6	49.5	20.8	42.1	0–1
Paul – Girgensons – Chaffee	11	28	Apr 1	50.4	17.4	50.0	0–1
Glendening – Goncalves – Chaffee	11	24	Mar 22	50.1	25.7	38.1	0–0
Eyssimont – Geekie – Atkinson	10	4	Jan 20	51.5	42.0	50.0	1–1

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 17.