Matthews line
Bunting – Matthews – Nylander56.8%chance share xGF%
383 min · 64 GPGF–GA 30–10CF% 56OZ 64%
Top 45%Mid 23%Depth 32%
Split up since the game before: Bunting–Tavares–Jarnkrok · Aston-Reese–Kampf–Kerfoot
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holl–Giordano | 614 | 74 | 56.4 | 53.6 | 27–23 | 42 | 47% |
| Liljegren–Sandin | 362 | 41 | 56.4 | 52.5 | 19–12 | 62 | 42% |
| Rielly–Brodie | 321 | 48 | 55.9 | 51.4 | 14–12 | 59 | 50% |
| Giordano–Liljegren | 228 | 60 | 55.7 | 55.3 | 13–7 | 45 | 43% |
| Unit | Skaters | Min | GF–GA | xGF/60 | xGA/60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP1 | Matthews, Marner, Nylander, Rielly, Tavares | 127 | 28–3 | 12.36 | 0.75 |
| PP2 | Matthews, Marner, Nylander, Tavares, Sandin | 44 | 5–0 | 11.14 | 0.63 |
| PP3 | Matthews, Marner, Nylander, Bunting, Tavares | 35 | 5–2 | 8.75 | 1.02 |
| PP4 | Marner, Nylander, Bunting, Rielly, Tavares | 22 | 5–0 | 9.24 | 0.36 |
| PP5 | Matthews, Marner, Nylander, Bunting, Rielly | 6 | 2–0 | 9.53 | 3.28 |
| PK1 | Holl, Marner, Brodie, Kampf | 51 | 0–9 | 0.36 | 8.65 |
| PK2 | Holl, Giordano, Marner, Kampf | 37 | 4–2 | 1.98 | 6.82 |
| PK3 | Holl, Brodie, Kerfoot, Jarnkrok | 14 | 0–1 | 0.47 | 5.69 |
| PK4 | Giordano, Marner, Brodie, Kampf | 11 | 0–1 | 1.84 | 4.01 |
| PK5 | Holl, Giordano, Kerfoot, Jarnkrok | 9 | 0–0 | 1.47 | 8.22 |
| PK6 | Giordano, Marner, Liljegren, Kampf | 7 | 0–1 | 0.84 | 7.95 |
| PK7 | Rielly, Liljegren, Kerfoot, Jarnkrok | 7 | 0–0 | 0.00 | 4.81 |
| PK8 | Giordano, Liljegren, Kerfoot, Jarnkrok | 6 | 0–1 | 0.90 | 7.12 |
| PK9 | Holl, Brodie, Jarnkrok, Acciari | 6 | 0–1 | 0.00 | 10.29 |
| PK10 | Liljegren, Kerfoot, Jarnkrok, Benn | 6 | 1–2 | 2.73 | 9.49 |
| PK11 | Marner, Rielly, Liljegren, Kampf | 5 | 0–1 | 0.00 | 6.42 |
| Line | Min | GP | Last used | xGF% (shrunk) | xGF% (raw) | CF% | GF–GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunting – Matthews – Nylander | 383 | 64 | Apr 13 | 56.8 | 58.7 | 55.6 | 30–10 |
| Bunting – Matthews – Marner | 276 | 70 | Apr 13 | 56.1 | 58.2 | 50.2 | 16–10 |
| Tavares – Jarnkrok – Marner | 178 | 35 | Apr 6 | 55.1 | 56.3 | 53.2 | 10–8 |
| Engvall – Kampf – Kerfoot | 151 | 47 | Feb 26 | 54.7 | 54.5 | 48.5 | 5–4 |
| Aston-Reese – Kampf – Malgin | 98 | 16 | Dec 13 | 53.3 | 46.1 | 53.7 | 3–4 |
| Bunting – Tavares – Marner | 91 | 59 | Apr 6 | 54.7 | 54.5 | 43.6 | 5–0 |
| Matthews – Jarnkrok – Marner | 85 | 32 | Apr 13 | 55.6 | 60.0 | 53.7 | 5–3 |
| Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander | 81 | 33 | Apr 10 | 56.6 | 67.3 | 58.8 | 5–5 |
| Bunting – Tavares – Nylander | 77 | 60 | Apr 11 | 53.5 | 47.7 | 48.1 | 1–5 |
| Matthews – Kerfoot – Marner | 74 | 41 | Apr 13 | 53.8 | 48.9 | 53.2 | 4–6 |
| Aston-Reese – Engvall – Kampf | 69 | 40 | Feb 21 | 54.0 | 49.3 | 51.6 | 1–2 |
| Tavares – Kerfoot – Marner | 69 | 46 | Apr 6 | 53.3 | 45.8 | 46.7 | 4–1 |
| Engvall – Kampf – Jarnkrok | 66 | 32 | Feb 26 | 52.8 | 42.3 | 49.6 | 2–4 |
| Aston-Reese – Kampf – Lafferty | 58 | 15 | Apr 8 | 54.5 | 52.5 | 51.3 | 4–3 |
| Aston-Reese – Kampf – Acciari | 55 | 14 | Apr 13 | 54.3 | 50.1 | 57.0 | 1–1 |
| Robertson – Tavares – Nylander | 55 | 11 | Dec 3 | 54.4 | 52.3 | 48.8 | 1–3 |
| Aston-Reese – Holmberg – Anderson | 54 | 10 | Feb 15 | 56.0 | 72.1 | 60.0 | 1–3 |
| Aston-Reese – Kerfoot – Acciari | 48 | 7 | Apr 11 | 55.7 | 66.9 | 60.5 | 0–0 |
| Tavares – O'Reilly – Marner | 47 | 11 | Apr 10 | 55.5 | 61.6 | 48.4 | 4–2 |
| Engvall – Kampf – McMann | 43 | 8 | Jan 27 | 54.9 | 56.1 | 50.0 | 0–4 |
| Tavares – O'Reilly – Nylander | 42 | 10 | Apr 10 | 55.4 | 62.1 | 53.0 | 3–2 |
| Engvall – Jarnkrok – Holmberg | 39 | 19 | Feb 15 | 55.5 | 63.4 | 47.4 | 2–2 |
| Engvall – Kampf – Anderson | 39 | 7 | Feb 15 | 55.5 | 64.8 | 64.6 | 2–1 |
| Kerfoot – Jarnkrok – Nylander | 37 | 12 | Apr 4 | 54.8 | 55.7 | 51.2 | 1–2 |
| Tavares – Malgin – Marner | 37 | 8 | Dec 17 | 54.7 | 54.9 | 46.6 | 1–3 |
| Tavares – Jarnkrok – Nylander | 36 | 36 | Apr 1 | 55.4 | 61.5 | 56.2 | 4–1 |
| Aston-Reese – Hunt – Holmberg | 35 | 6 | Jan 11 | 53.5 | 35.0 | 50.0 | 1–2 |
| Engvall – Kerfoot – Jarnkrok | 35 | 13 | Feb 18 | 54.7 | 54.7 | 55.9 | 1–1 |
| Robertson – Tavares – Marner | 34 | 11 | Dec 8 | 55.5 | 67.8 | 56.7 | 3–0 |
| Bunting – Matthews – Jarnkrok | 34 | 31 | Apr 6 | 55.4 | 63.4 | 59.5 | 0–1 |
| Tavares – Marner – Nylander | 32 | 41 | Apr 6 | 55.2 | 63.3 | 47.3 | 1–2 |
| Matthews – Tavares – Marner | 31 | 49 | Apr 10 | 56.3 | 76.7 | 67.2 | 3–0 |
| Aston-Reese – Kampf – Kerfoot | 31 | 44 | Apr 13 | 53.9 | 41.6 | 51.1 | 1–3 |
| Matthews – Marner – Nylander | 30 | 55 | Apr 13 | 55.1 | 61.0 | 50.0 | 2–0 |
| Tavares – Malgin – Nylander | 30 | 13 | Dec 17 | 54.7 | 54.2 | 51.5 | 1–0 |
| Aston-Reese – Holmberg – Simmonds | 28 | 6 | Feb 1 | 54.1 | 45.1 | 43.6 | 2–1 |
| Engvall – Kerfoot – Holmberg | 25 | 25 | Jan 29 | 53.9 | 33.5 | 40.0 | 0–2 |
| Matthews – Tavares – Nylander | 25 | 51 | Apr 10 | 54.0 | 44.2 | 45.7 | 1–3 |
| Aston-Reese – Kampf – Aube-Kubel | 25 | 4 | Oct 20 | 52.4 | 15.2 | 30.4 | 0–1 |
| Matthews – Kerfoot – Jarnkrok | 23 | 19 | Apr 6 | 54.8 | 56.8 | 37.8 | 2–0 |
| Kampf – Kerfoot – Jarnkrok | 21 | 25 | Apr 13 | 53.4 | 17.9 | 40.0 | 1–0 |
| Aston-Reese – Kampf – Simmonds | 20 | 12 | Apr 8 | 54.2 | 44.7 | 45.9 | 0–0 |
| Matthews – Kerfoot – Nylander | 19 | 44 | Apr 10 | 54.8 | 59.1 | 59.4 | 1–0 |
| Knies – O'Reilly – Nylander | 18 | 3 | Apr 13 | 56.0 | 85.3 | 61.3 | 2–1 |
| Kerfoot – Acciari – Lafferty | 18 | 11 | Apr 8 | 54.5 | 45.7 | 46.7 | 0–1 |
| Tavares – Kerfoot – Jarnkrok | 15 | 20 | Apr 1 | 54.8 | 57.0 | 42.4 | 0–2 |
| Aston-Reese – Kampf – Jarnkrok | 15 | 27 | Apr 13 | 54.5 | 43.0 | 47.6 | 1–0 |
| Bunting – Engvall – Jarnkrok | 15 | 13 | Feb 15 | 54.5 | 51.3 | 42.2 | 2–1 |
| Jarnkrok – Lafferty – Nylander | 15 | 4 | Mar 15 | 53.9 | 39.4 | 44.8 | 1–1 |
| Aston-Reese – Steeves – Holmberg | 14 | 2 | Feb 11 | 54.8 | 58.8 | 50.0 | 0–0 |
| Kampf – Kerfoot – Acciari | 14 | 21 | Apr 13 | 54.7 | 53.8 | 57.6 | 2–0 |
| Aston-Reese – McMann – Holmberg | 14 | 2 | Jan 27 | 54.8 | 58.1 | 61.1 | 0–0 |
| Bunting – Tavares – Jarnkrok | 14 | 20 | Apr 11 | 54.6 | 50.0 | 45.8 | 0–1 |
| Kerfoot – Acciari – O'Reilly | 12 | 10 | Apr 13 | 54.8 | 57.6 | 36.4 | 1–0 |
| Bunting – Kerfoot – Nylander | 12 | 14 | Apr 13 | 54.8 | 58.1 | 52.0 | 0–0 |
| Clifford – Kampf – Simmonds | 12 | 2 | Oct 24 | 54.4 | 38.2 | 50.0 | 1–0 |
| Kampf – Kerfoot – McMann | 12 | 7 | Mar 21 | 55.0 | 77.1 | 57.9 | 0–0 |
| Lafferty – McMann – Nylander | 10 | 2 | Mar 21 | 54.6 | 49.1 | 41.7 | 1–0 |
| Aston-Reese – Kampf – Nylander | 10 | 34 | Apr 13 | 54.7 | 51.9 | 16.7 | 1–1 |
Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 14.