Matthews line
Knies – Matthews – Marner56.2%chance share xGF%
547 min · 59 GPGF–GA 33–23CF% 54OZ 53%
Top 66%Mid 23%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCabe–Tanev | 617 | 59 | 54.0 | 51.1 | 31–18 | 32 | 60% |
| Rielly–Ekman-Larsson | 516 | 75 | 48.5 | 47.6 | 21–23 | 66 | 49% |
| Benoit–Timmins | 441 | 47 | 46.4 | 51.3 | 11–11 | 42 | 38% |
| Rielly–Myers | 275 | 32 | 50.2 | 50.8 | 7–10 | 58 | 41% |
| Unit | Skaters | Min | GF–GA | xGF/60 | xGA/60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP1 | Nylander, Marner, Knies, Tavares, Matthews | 81 | 18–2 | 9.25 | 1.42 |
| PP2 | Rielly, Nylander, Marner, Tavares, Matthews | 33 | 3–0 | 5.94 | 1.16 |
| PP3 | Rielly, Nylander, Marner, Knies, Tavares | 30 | 9–0 | 9.25 | 1.47 |
| PP4 | Ekman-Larsson, Nylander, Marner, Tavares, Matthews | 22 | 4–0 | 12.42 | 0.08 |
| PP5 | Rielly, Ekman-Larsson, McMann, Domi, Robertson | 13 | 2–0 | 5.30 | 0.13 |
| PP6 | Nylander, Marner, Knies, McMann, Matthews | 8 | 2–0 | 10.98 | 0.86 |
| PP7 | Rielly, Nylander, Marner, Tavares, Minten | 6 | 1–0 | 11.01 | 0.93 |
| PP8 | Rielly, Marner, Knies, Matthews, Pacioretty | 5 | 0–0 | 7.49 | 0.00 |
| PK1 | McCabe, Tanev, Marner, Matthews | 38 | 0–5 | 1.09 | 7.80 |
| PK2 | McCabe, Tanev, Marner, Kampf | 19 | 0–1 | 0.00 | 8.11 |
| PK3 | Tanev, Marner, Benoit, Matthews | 13 | 0–1 | 0.05 | 6.50 |
| PK4 | McCabe, Tanev, Holmberg, Lorentz | 12 | 0–2 | 0.05 | 8.23 |
| PK5 | McCabe, Tanev, Knies, Kampf | 8 | 0–0 | 0.00 | 6.07 |
| PK6 | Tanev, Marner, Benoit, Kampf | 8 | 1–2 | 1.57 | 11.40 |
| PK7 | Ekman-Larsson, Knies, Myers, Dewar | 7 | 0–0 | 0.00 | 7.74 |
| PK8 | McCabe, Marner, Benoit, Kampf | 7 | 0–1 | 0.09 | 4.08 |
| PK9 | McCabe, Tanev, Marner, Dewar | 6 | 0–0 | 0.00 | 4.33 |
| PK10 | McCabe, Tanev, Lorentz, Kampf | 6 | 0–1 | 0.21 | 3.81 |
| PK11 | Benoit, Knies, Timmins, Kampf | 5 | 0–0 | 0.00 | 10.82 |
| PK12 | McCabe, Marner, Benoit, Matthews | 5 | 0–1 | 0.48 | 11.52 |
| Line | Min | GP | Last used | xGF% (shrunk) | xGF% (raw) | CF% | GF–GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knies – Matthews – Marner | 547 | 59 | Apr 17 | 56.2 | 58.0 | 53.5 | 33–23 |
| Robertson – McMann – Domi | 202 | 47 | Apr 15 | 50.5 | 50.5 | 51.4 | 10–7 |
| Pacioretty – Tavares – Nylander | 179 | 32 | Feb 8 | 47.6 | 45.2 | 47.2 | 11–8 |
| Tavares – McMann – Nylander | 146 | 57 | Apr 17 | 54.6 | 59.6 | 54.0 | 10–3 |
| Tavares – Nylander – Holmberg | 118 | 31 | Apr 17 | 53.5 | 58.9 | 47.9 | 6–3 |
| Lorentz – Kampf – Reaves | 112 | 23 | Feb 28 | 50.4 | 50.3 | 52.5 | 2–2 |
| McMann – Domi – Nylander | 87 | 49 | Apr 5 | 47.1 | 40.3 | 46.9 | 7–3 |
| Tavares – McMann – Marner | 80 | 34 | Apr 5 | 49.9 | 48.5 | 50.6 | 6–3 |
| Lorentz – Kampf – Holmberg | 64 | 19 | Apr 2 | 48.7 | 39.9 | 48.1 | 2–4 |
| Robertson – McMann – Holmberg | 63 | 22 | Apr 17 | 54.8 | 67.2 | 65.4 | 1–1 |
| Knies – Matthews – Nylander | 58 | 59 | Apr 17 | 47.8 | 40.0 | 53.0 | 3–2 |
| McMann – Matthews – Marner | 58 | 49 | Apr 17 | 51.9 | 57.3 | 54.1 | 2–1 |
| Knies – Tavares – Nylander | 56 | 59 | Apr 17 | 51.1 | 53.9 | 41.2 | 2–2 |
| Pacioretty – Tavares – Marner | 51 | 26 | Feb 8 | 51.9 | 57.4 | 48.0 | 3–2 |
| Lorentz – Kampf – Dewar | 49 | 10 | Jan 20 | 51.7 | 58.4 | 50.6 | 2–2 |
| Lorentz – Dewar – Reaves | 48 | 11 | Jan 14 | 51.2 | 55.5 | 53.3 | 1–0 |
| Tavares – Domi – Nylander | 47 | 21 | Apr 17 | 47.9 | 37.0 | 48.3 | 1–0 |
| Matthews – Nylander – Marner | 44 | 39 | Apr 17 | 52.5 | 58.9 | 44.9 | 2–2 |
| Knies – Domi – Marner | 43 | 43 | Apr 5 | 48.3 | 34.5 | 48.2 | 0–1 |
| Knies – Matthews – Domi | 43 | 14 | Apr 2 | 55.9 | 77.2 | 49.4 | 3–1 |
| Knies – Tavares – Marner | 41 | 64 | Apr 17 | 49.7 | 46.2 | 41.3 | 1–3 |
| Tavares – Nylander – Marner | 40 | 30 | Apr 15 | 50.6 | 51.9 | 41.4 | 2–1 |
| Domi – Laughton – Jarnkrok | 38 | 11 | Apr 17 | 49.6 | 44.2 | 43.4 | 1–2 |
| Lorentz – Laughton – Jarnkrok | 36 | 6 | Apr 17 | 50.7 | 52.6 | 47.5 | 2–1 |
| Tavares – Marner – Holmberg | 33 | 20 | Mar 17 | 49.4 | 42.1 | 47.4 | 3–0 |
| Robertson – Pacioretty – Holmberg | 33 | 13 | Feb 8 | 50.6 | 51.6 | 60.3 | 1–0 |
| Knies – Domi – Nylander | 32 | 24 | Mar 29 | 52.2 | 58.5 | 52.1 | 2–3 |
| Knies – Kampf – Nylander | 31 | 17 | Mar 29 | 51.8 | 60.7 | 60.3 | 2–1 |
| McMann – Nylander – Holmberg | 30 | 23 | Apr 17 | 50.1 | 47.5 | 44.1 | 1–0 |
| Knies – Nylander – Holmberg | 29 | 8 | Apr 2 | 50.9 | 53.9 | 47.1 | 0–1 |
| Domi – Nylander – Holmberg | 28 | 24 | Apr 17 | 52.1 | 66.5 | 51.0 | 1–1 |
| Robertson – Lorentz – Minten | 28 | 8 | Jan 29 | 49.0 | 37.3 | 57.1 | 2–1 |
| Robertson – Domi – Holmberg | 24 | 23 | Apr 17 | 49.8 | 44.4 | 45.1 | 1–1 |
| Robertson – Pacioretty – Tavares | 23 | 23 | Feb 8 | 51.7 | 63.5 | 65.5 | 1–0 |
| Tavares – Jarnkrok – Nylander | 23 | 6 | Mar 30 | 47.8 | 24.7 | 31.9 | 1–1 |
| Lorentz – Dewar – Steeves | 22 | 4 | Nov 27 | 51.0 | 59.4 | 56.8 | 0–0 |
| Robertson – Lorentz – Kampf | 22 | 35 | Mar 27 | 49.4 | 30.9 | 44.1 | 0–0 |
| McMann – Domi – Holmberg | 22 | 10 | Apr 15 | 51.1 | 65.1 | 54.3 | 0–0 |
| Lorentz – Kampf – Jarnkrok | 22 | 4 | Mar 29 | 49.9 | 43.5 | 63.6 | 1–1 |
| Robertson – Nylander – Holmberg | 21 | 18 | Apr 15 | 51.4 | 63.2 | 46.9 | 0–1 |
| McMann – Domi – Laughton | 20 | 4 | Mar 30 | 49.7 | 34.7 | 50.0 | 0–2 |
| Pacioretty – Matthews – Marner | 20 | 20 | Feb 8 | 49.3 | 41.4 | 49.1 | 1–1 |
| Lorentz – Kampf – Laughton | 19 | 6 | Apr 2 | 50.3 | 46.4 | 60.0 | 0–1 |
| Robertson – Domi – Laughton | 19 | 6 | Apr 15 | 51.0 | 60.5 | 52.8 | 1–1 |
| Robertson – Tavares – Holmberg | 18 | 19 | Mar 22 | 48.0 | 19.1 | 39.4 | 0–3 |
| Lorentz – Kampf – Steeves | 18 | 3 | Feb 25 | 51.2 | 62.5 | 58.3 | 1–0 |
| Lorentz – Dewar – Holmberg | 18 | 9 | Jan 20 | 47.9 | 29.9 | 48.6 | 0–1 |
| Robertson – Pacioretty – Domi | 18 | 16 | Feb 1 | 49.0 | 18.8 | 43.8 | 0–1 |
| Knies – Pacioretty – Tavares | 18 | 12 | Jan 5 | 52.3 | 77.3 | 60.9 | 0–0 |
| Robertson – Domi – Nylander | 17 | 17 | Apr 15 | 49.8 | 43.2 | 50.0 | 0–1 |
| Kampf – Dewar – Reaves | 16 | 6 | Mar 2 | 48.6 | 3.0 | 34.5 | 0–0 |
| Robertson – Lorentz – Holmberg | 16 | 15 | Apr 17 | 50.3 | 47.5 | 43.3 | 1–0 |
| Robertson – Domi – Lorentz | 15 | 22 | Apr 5 | 50.7 | 52.5 | 50.0 | 3–2 |
| Robertson – Domi – Minten | 15 | 3 | Jan 29 | 50.0 | 43.8 | 53.1 | 0–2 |
| Pacioretty – Lorentz – Kampf | 15 | 10 | Feb 8 | 51.2 | 74.5 | 55.2 | 0–1 |
| Knies – Kampf – Marner | 14 | 37 | Apr 2 | 48.3 | 8.9 | 18.2 | 0–1 |
| Robertson – Tavares – McMann | 14 | 38 | Apr 17 | 49.3 | 34.7 | 38.1 | 1–1 |
| McMann – Domi – Marner | 14 | 42 | Mar 20 | 51.5 | 60.5 | 53.3 | 2–1 |
| Domi – Minten – Holmberg | 14 | 5 | Jan 29 | 50.3 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 0–0 |
| Dewar – Reaves – Grebenkin | 14 | 2 | Dec 6 | 48.9 | 1.9 | 40.0 | 0–0 |
| McMann – Matthews – Nylander | 13 | 32 | Apr 5 | 50.4 | 50.5 | 54.8 | 0–0 |
| McMann – Lorentz – Kampf | 13 | 16 | Apr 2 | 51.7 | 69.0 | 67.7 | 3–0 |
| Kampf – Holmberg – Reaves | 13 | 7 | Mar 2 | 51.6 | 86.5 | 45.5 | 0–0 |
| Knies – Robertson – Domi | 13 | 31 | Apr 5 | 51.3 | 63.0 | 58.6 | 3–1 |
| Lorentz – Kampf – Nylander | 13 | 32 | Mar 27 | 50.4 | 47.8 | 40.0 | 1–0 |
| Matthews – Lorentz – Marner | 13 | 32 | Apr 17 | 50.7 | 56.0 | 55.0 | 1–0 |
| McMann – Kampf – Nylander | 12 | 30 | Apr 2 | 48.8 | 27.3 | 26.1 | 0–0 |
| Robertson – McMann – Kampf | 11 | 29 | Mar 5 | 49.9 | 37.1 | 50.0 | 0–0 |
| Pacioretty – Domi – Lorentz | 11 | 4 | Jan 7 | 49.9 | 40.7 | 52.6 | 0–0 |
| Kampf – Steeves – Holmberg | 11 | 3 | Feb 23 | 49.0 | 22.5 | 27.3 | 1–0 |
| Robertson – Tavares – Lorentz | 11 | 14 | Apr 5 | 51.5 | 72.3 | 61.9 | 1–0 |
Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 17.