Appleton line
Appleton – Lowry – Niederreiter55.3%chance share xGF%
672 min · 71 GPGF–GA 23–15CF% 51OZ 37%
Top 51%Mid 22%Depth 28%
Split up since the game before: Connor–Scheifele–Vilardi · Appleton–Lowry–Niederreiter · Iafallo–Namestnikov–Barron
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| Pair | Min | GP | xGF% | CF% | GF–GA | OZ% | vs top |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrissey–DeMelo | 1180 | 80 | 53.7 | 50.6 | 63–35 | 59 | 56% |
| Pionk–Dillon | 907 | 76 | 48.0 | 48.1 | 36–34 | 41 | 53% |
| Samberg–Schmidt | 512 | 57 | 54.2 | 51.4 | 18–11 | 49 | 34% |
| Morrissey–Pionk | 171 | 74 | 53.7 | 53.2 | 13–8 | 69 | 42% |
| Unit | Skaters | Min | GF–GA | xGF/60 | xGA/60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP1 | Morrissey, Scheifele, Connor, Vilardi, Monahan | 48 | 9–1 | 8.01 | 0.22 |
| PP2 | Pionk, Niederreiter, Namestnikov, Schmidt, Perfetti | 32 | 5–0 | 4.80 | 0.00 |
| PP3 | Morrissey, Scheifele, Connor, Iafallo, Perfetti | 28 | 7–1 | 6.25 | 0.63 |
| PP4 | Morrissey, Scheifele, Connor, Monahan, Toffoli | 26 | 2–0 | 7.88 | 0.64 |
| PP5 | Morrissey, Scheifele, Ehlers, Iafallo, Vilardi | 23 | 1–0 | 9.05 | 0.08 |
| PP6 | Morrissey, Scheifele, Ehlers, Connor, Iafallo | 21 | 1–0 | 6.83 | 0.54 |
| PP7 | Pionk, Ehlers, Niederreiter, Namestnikov, Schmidt | 17 | 2–0 | 3.83 | 0.18 |
| PP8 | Morrissey, Scheifele, Ehlers, Perfetti, Vilardi | 15 | 0–0 | 6.30 | 0.20 |
| PP9 | Morrissey, Scheifele, Connor, Perfetti, Vilardi | 12 | 2–0 | 6.77 | 1.98 |
| PP10 | Morrissey, Scheifele, Connor, Iafallo, Vilardi | 12 | 3–1 | 10.95 | 0.67 |
| PP11 | Pionk, Ehlers, Niederreiter, Schmidt, Perfetti | 11 | 0–0 | 7.12 | 0.00 |
| PP12 | Pionk, Ehlers, Niederreiter, Namestnikov, Perfetti | 10 | 1–0 | 5.18 | 1.80 |
| PP13 | Morrissey, Scheifele, Connor, Iafallo, Monahan | 9 | 1–0 | 5.84 | 0.00 |
| PP14 | Morrissey, Ehlers, Lowry, Connor, Vilardi | 9 | 0–0 | 8.37 | 2.53 |
| PP15 | Pionk, Niederreiter, Schmidt, Perfetti, Kupari | 6 | 0–0 | 2.14 | 0.00 |
| PK1 | DeMelo, Dillon, Lowry, Iafallo | 31 | 0–3 | 0.06 | 7.72 |
| PK2 | DeMelo, Dillon, Appleton, Lowry | 23 | 0–3 | 0.00 | 8.39 |
| PK3 | DeMelo, Lowry, Samberg, Barron | 15 | 0–1 | 0.00 | 7.39 |
| PK4 | DeMelo, Lowry, Samberg, Iafallo | 14 | 0–2 | 0.13 | 5.47 |
| PK5 | Pionk, Appleton, Samberg, Namestnikov | 13 | 0–5 | 0.58 | 8.93 |
| PK6 | DeMelo, Dillon, Lowry, Barron | 12 | 0–2 | 1.29 | 6.26 |
| PK7 | Pionk, Appleton, Lowry, Samberg | 10 | 1–3 | 1.55 | 6.94 |
| PK8 | DeMelo, Appleton, Samberg, Namestnikov | 8 | 0–0 | 0.51 | 3.19 |
| PK9 | DeMelo, Dillon, Barron, Kupari | 8 | 0–2 | 0.00 | 6.49 |
| PK10 | Pionk, Samberg, Namestnikov, Barron | 7 | 0–1 | 0.00 | 9.65 |
| PK11 | DeMelo, Dillon, Iafallo, Monahan | 7 | 0–0 | 0.09 | 6.35 |
| PK12 | Pionk, Dillon, Lowry, Iafallo | 5 | 0–0 | 4.09 | 6.47 |
| PK13 | Pionk, Appleton, Namestnikov, Schmidt | 5 | 0–1 | 0.00 | 13.21 |
| PK14 | Pionk, Dillon, Lowry, Barron | 5 | 0–0 | 0.00 | 3.34 |
| PK15 | DeMelo, Dillon, Namestnikov, Barron | 5 | 0–0 | 1.44 | 5.38 |
| Line | Min | GP | Last used | xGF% (shrunk) | xGF% (raw) | CF% | GF–GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleton – Lowry – Niederreiter | 672 | 71 | Apr 16 | 55.3 | 56.8 | 51.4 | 23–15 |
| Connor – Iafallo – Scheifele | 289 | 44 | Apr 13 | 51.2 | 49.2 | 50.1 | 13–11 |
| Ehlers – Scheifele – Vilardi | 208 | 30 | Apr 16 | 54.7 | 57.4 | 51.6 | 16–6 |
| Connor – Scheifele – Vilardi | 197 | 26 | Apr 16 | 47.8 | 39.6 | 45.3 | 11–13 |
| Ehlers – Namestnikov – Perfetti | 185 | 38 | Apr 9 | 51.0 | 46.8 | 51.4 | 10–6 |
| Iafallo – Namestnikov – Perfetti | 154 | 45 | Mar 24 | 55.9 | 64.9 | 55.2 | 8–3 |
| Ehlers – Connor – Scheifele | 143 | 39 | Mar 30 | 56.3 | 63.9 | 52.2 | 6–2 |
| Ehlers – Monahan – Toffoli | 107 | 12 | Apr 18 | 54.7 | 60.4 | 53.9 | 11–4 |
| Iafallo – Namestnikov – Barron | 89 | 36 | Apr 16 | 52.8 | 52.8 | 53.8 | 4–1 |
| Barron – Gustafsson – Kupari | 77 | 13 | Mar 9 | 51.7 | 42.1 | 48.7 | 0–2 |
| Connor – Scheifele – Namestnikov | 76 | 23 | Apr 13 | 50.5 | 40.8 | 43.5 | 3–6 |
| Ehlers – Iafallo – Monahan | 74 | 22 | Apr 18 | 55.0 | 66.9 | 55.9 | 3–3 |
| Jonsson-Fjallby – Barron – Gustafsson | 73 | 12 | Dec 22 | 53.0 | 53.4 | 52.4 | 2–2 |
| Appleton – Lowry – Barron | 72 | 71 | Apr 16 | 54.3 | 62.1 | 56.0 | 4–2 |
| Jonsson-Fjallby – Barron – Toninato | 62 | 12 | Jan 24 | 55.3 | 77.2 | 57.3 | 4–0 |
| Ehlers – Perfetti – Monahan | 52 | 15 | Apr 9 | 51.3 | 40.4 | 50.5 | 3–2 |
| Namestnikov – Perfetti – Barron | 43 | 19 | Apr 9 | 53.2 | 55.5 | 52.2 | 2–2 |
| Connor – Scheifele – Appleton | 41 | 51 | Apr 16 | 51.7 | 39.7 | 46.4 | 1–2 |
| Ehlers – Connor – Namestnikov | 36 | 28 | Mar 26 | 53.6 | 59.9 | 52.5 | 1–1 |
| Connor – Perfetti – Monahan | 35 | 7 | Apr 9 | 52.8 | 52.6 | 54.3 | 4–3 |
| Appleton – Toninato – Niederreiter | 34 | 13 | Jan 27 | 52.8 | 51.4 | 45.6 | 1–1 |
| Namestnikov – Barron – Gustafsson | 33 | 14 | Mar 28 | 52.9 | 52.7 | 60.4 | 1–1 |
| Iafallo – Appleton – Lowry | 28 | 21 | Apr 16 | 51.7 | 36.0 | 57.1 | 1–1 |
| Scheifele – Appleton – Niederreiter | 28 | 61 | Apr 16 | 51.4 | 37.9 | 46.9 | 1–1 |
| Iafallo – Perfetti – Vilardi | 27 | 6 | Jan 27 | 51.7 | 29.6 | 43.2 | 1–1 |
| Appleton – Lowry – Toffoli | 27 | 5 | Apr 13 | 52.7 | 49.6 | 47.8 | 0–0 |
| Iafallo – Lowry – Niederreiter | 25 | 51 | Apr 16 | 53.5 | 63.6 | 53.5 | 1–0 |
| Ehlers – Perfetti – Niederreiter | 23 | 13 | Mar 26 | 53.6 | 65.6 | 57.7 | 1–1 |
| Perfetti – Vilardi – Monahan | 23 | 7 | Feb 20 | 53.2 | 59.6 | 48.9 | 0–0 |
| Connor – Lowry – Vilardi | 22 | 16 | Apr 13 | 52.8 | 51.5 | 52.3 | 1–1 |
| Appleton – Lowry – Gustafsson | 22 | 9 | Apr 13 | 53.0 | 55.9 | 57.1 | 3–0 |
| Ehlers – Iafallo – Namestnikov | 20 | 27 | Apr 16 | 53.2 | 60.6 | 55.0 | 1–1 |
| Ehlers – Lowry – Vilardi | 18 | 14 | Apr 13 | 53.3 | 59.1 | 54.3 | 2–0 |
| Iafallo – Scheifele – Perfetti | 18 | 31 | Mar 24 | 52.4 | 35.9 | 43.3 | 0–0 |
| Appleton – Namestnikov – Niederreiter | 17 | 51 | Apr 16 | 52.9 | 56.9 | 59.1 | 2–1 |
| Iafallo – Monahan – Toffoli | 17 | 3 | Apr 18 | 53.1 | 59.7 | 54.1 | 1–0 |
| Perfetti – Barron – Kupari | 17 | 4 | Mar 13 | 52.3 | 22.2 | 51.7 | 0–1 |
| Iafallo – Namestnikov – Monahan | 17 | 9 | Apr 16 | 52.7 | 45.9 | 57.7 | 0–1 |
| Perfetti – Barron – Gustafsson | 16 | 12 | Mar 5 | 51.1 | 5.8 | 46.7 | 0–1 |
| Appleton – Kupari – Niederreiter | 15 | 12 | Apr 18 | 51.6 | 7.8 | 25.0 | 0–1 |
| Ehlers – Scheifele – Appleton | 15 | 21 | Apr 13 | 52.7 | 50.3 | 40.6 | 1–0 |
| Ehlers – Iafallo – Scheifele | 15 | 36 | Apr 4 | 52.7 | 47.6 | 43.5 | 0–0 |
| Iafallo – Perfetti – Toninato | 14 | 9 | Jan 27 | 52.9 | 52.9 | 48.0 | 0–0 |
| Connor – Appleton – Lowry | 14 | 50 | Apr 16 | 52.6 | 45.0 | 54.8 | 1–0 |
| Iafallo – Barron – Kupari | 13 | 11 | Jan 27 | 52.6 | 42.5 | 37.0 | 0–0 |
| Connor – Namestnikov – Monahan | 12 | 12 | Apr 6 | 53.5 | 77.9 | 68.2 | 0–0 |
| Namestnikov – Perfetti – Niederreiter | 12 | 31 | Mar 24 | 54.4 | 82.8 | 71.0 | 0–0 |
| Namestnikov – Perfetti – Vilardi | 12 | 21 | Feb 20 | 51.8 | 20.6 | 40.6 | 0–1 |
| Connor – Iafallo – Lowry | 12 | 23 | Apr 9 | 53.0 | 58.8 | 50.0 | 0–0 |
| Jonsson-Fjallby – Barron – Kupari | 12 | 3 | Jan 24 | 53.4 | 76.8 | 62.5 | 0–0 |
| Ehlers – Namestnikov – Vilardi | 12 | 15 | Apr 4 | 54.0 | 85.6 | 55.6 | 1–1 |
| Connor – Monahan – Toffoli | 11 | 12 | Apr 16 | 51.9 | 21.9 | 31.8 | 1–0 |
| Iafallo – Perfetti – Barron | 11 | 5 | Mar 24 | 53.1 | 69.8 | 66.7 | 1–0 |
| Lowry – Toffoli – Niederreiter | 11 | 9 | Apr 16 | 53.5 | 68.2 | 43.3 | 0–0 |
| Scheifele – Perfetti – Vilardi | 10 | 19 | Feb 19 | 53.4 | 72.4 | 58.8 | 1–0 |
| Namestnikov – Barron – Kupari | 10 | 8 | Mar 13 | 52.8 | 51.4 | 40.9 | 1–1 |
| Appleton – Perfetti – Kupari | 10 | 7 | Apr 18 | 52.7 | 43.8 | 63.6 | 1–0 |
Source: NHL.com data. Results through Apr 18.