Lines, pairs and power-play units

Forward Line CF% Leaders (5v5)

2025-265-on-5Through 82 team games

Linemates matter more than almost anything else in a forward's numbers, so it helps to rate the unit itself. Every forward trio here is an exact set of three players on the ice together at 5-on-5, detected second by second from the NHL shift charts, not a "usual line" guessed from a depth chart.

Only lines with meaningful time together qualify; the minimum grows with the number of games played.

Leader in 2025-26: Kelly – Drury – Kiviranta (COL), 65.4% CF%.

Season2026-27 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24

Forward Line CF% Leaders (5v5), 2025-26, 5-on-5
#	Line	Team					GF–GA
1	Kelly – Drury – KivirantaCOL	COL	65.4%	176	77.9	41.1	11–7
2	Ehlers – Stankoven – BlakeCAR	CAR	63.7%	249	71.3	40.7	10–5
3	Nelson – Lehkonen – NichushkinCOL	COL	63.6%	131	73.6	42.1	7–4
4	Olofsson – Colton – DruryCOL	COL	63.4%	123	84.6	48.9	3–3
5	Hall – Jankowski – RobinsonCAR	CAR	63.3%	127	76.7	44.5	3–2
6	Aho – Svechnikov – JarvisCAR	CAR	63.0%	580	76.2	44.7	29–26
7	Staal – Martinook – CarrierCAR	CAR	62.4%	297	71.7	43.2	15–15
8	Haula – Bunting – EvangelistaNSH	NSH	62.4%	123	79.9	48.3	3–6
9	Kucherov – Cirelli – HagelTBL	TBL	62.0%	340	80.1	49.1	28–8
10	Jankowski – Carrier – RobinsonCAR	CAR	62.0%	154	67.2	41.2	5–4
11	Staal – Martinook – EhlersCAR	CAR	62.0%	322	72.0	44.2	16–17
12	Zetterlund – Tkachuk – StützleOTT	OTT	62.0%	142	77.5	47.6	7–8
13	Greer – Rodrigues – SamoskevichFLA	FLA	61.7%	147	72.2	44.9	4–7
14	Hall – Stankoven – BlakeCAR	CAR	61.1%	547	74.3	47.3	34–25
15	Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavidEDM	EDM	61.0%	138	72.3	46.2	7–6
16	O'Reilly – Forsberg – EvangelistaNSH	NSH	60.5%	275	74.1	48.4	17–11
17	Hertl – Marner – DorofeyevVGK	VGK	60.5%	265	71.7	46.8	12–7
18	Tkachuk – Cozens – GreigOTT	OTT	60.1%	319	70.5	46.8	16–11
19	Schmaltz – Keller – HaytonUTA	UTA	60.0%	182	58.3	38.9	9–8
20	Wennberg – Sherwood – EklundSJS	SJS	60.0%	149	64.0	42.7	7–8
21	Stone – Marner – HowdenVGK	VGK	60.0%	103	66.6	44.4	7–4
22	Horvat – Barzal – HeinemanNYI	NYI	59.7%	131	76.3	51.5	7–5
23	Fiala – Turcotte – KuzmenkoLAK	LAK	59.7%	144	67.9	45.8	7–5
24	Hintz – Robertson – BourqueDAL	DAL	59.6%	206	71.2	48.2	12–7
25	Saad – Hertl – DorofeyevVGK	VGK	59.2%	140	67.1	46.1	2–6
26	Carcone – McBain – ButUTA	UTA	59.2%	123	73.4	50.6	3–5
27	Nelson – Landeskog – NichushkinCOL	COL	59.2%	169	74.6	51.5	9–6
28	Glass – Gritsyuk – HameenahoNJD	NJD	59.1%	124	69.4	48.0	7–3
29	Guentzel – Cirelli – HagelTBL	TBL	59.1%	124	78.8	54.6	9–6
30	Verhaeghe – Bennett – GreerFLA	FLA	59.0%	149	71.1	49.4	15–6
31	Brown – Glass – GritsyukNJD	NJD	58.9%	162	63.6	44.3	9–7
32	Tuch – McLeod – DoanBUF	BUF	58.6%	109	80.3	56.6	10–6
33	Schmaltz – Crouse – KellerUTA	UTA	58.5%	358	67.1	47.6	28–14
34	Giroux – Batherson – StützleOTT	OTT	58.5%	262	64.2	45.6	10–10
35	Meier – Bratt – HischierNJD	NJD	57.9%	153	79.1	57.6	8–9
36	Kopitar – Kempe – LaferriereLAK	LAK	57.9%	112	75.0	54.6	7–2
37	McDavid – Podkolzin – SavoieEDM	EDM	57.8%	113	66.8	48.8	5–4
38	Crouse – Carcone – McBainUTA	UTA	57.7%	188	74.1	54.3	8–10
39	Kreider – Terry – CarlssonANA	ANA	57.1%	386	71.5	53.6	21–18
40	Backlund – Coleman – HonzekCGY	CGY	57.1%	148	63.0	47.3	8–8
41	Appleton – Rasmussen – SoderblomDET	DET	57.1%	116	62.2	46.7	0–4
42	Karlsson – Bains – SassonVAN	VAN	57.1%	103	62.9	47.2	2–4
43	Schmaltz – Keller – PeterkaUTA	UTA	57.0%	200	67.1	50.7	13–5
44	Wilson – Protas – SourdifWSH	WSH	56.9%	245	67.9	51.5	15–5
45	McTavish – Gauthier – SenneckeANA	ANA	56.9%	326	80.8	61.3	16–12
46	Moore – Byfield – LaferriereLAK	LAK	56.5%	285	70.8	54.6	19–12
47	Danault – Foegele – MooreLAK	LAK	56.4%	157	67.2	52.0	5–2
48	Fiala – Byfield – LaferriereLAK	LAK	56.4%	125	66.0	51.1	4–6
49	McCarron – Smith – WiesblattNSH	NSH	56.3%	100	58.8	45.6	4–5
50	Lehkonen – MacKinnon – NecasCOL	COL	56.2%	558	77.1	60.0	44–20
51	Brown – Bratt – HughesNJD	NJD	56.2%	246	65.2	50.8	13–12
52	Marchenko – Voronkov – FantilliCBJ	CBJ	56.1%	220	66.4	51.9	12–9
53	Kopitar – Kempe – PanarinLAK	LAK	56.1%	310	67.8	53.1	20–11
54	Viel – Poehling – GauthierANA	ANA	55.9%	135	75.4	59.4	4–7
55	Suzuki – Texier – CaufieldMTL	MTL	55.8%	157	67.6	53.5	12–3
56	Dickinson – Bertuzzi – MikheyevCHI	CHI	55.7%	108	56.8	45.1	1–3
57	Dowd – Kolesar – SmithVGK	VGK	55.7%	117	55.3	44.0	2–1
58	Smith – Marner – DorofeyevVGK	VGK	55.6%	160	58.0	46.4	7–3
59	Buchnevich – Kyrou – NeighboursSTL	STL	55.5%	193	56.9	45.7	11–6
60	Suzuki – Caufield – SlafkovskýMTL	MTL	55.5%	532	67.1	53.9	33–14
61	Ehlers – Aho – JarvisCAR	CAR	55.4%	141	69.5	55.8	8–7
62	Guentzel – Point – GoncalvesTBL	TBL	55.4%	115	59.2	47.7	10–5
63	Trocheck – Panarin – LafrenièreNYR	NYR	55.3%	184	61.2	49.5	14–9
64	Wilson – McMichael – ProtasWSH	WSH	55.2%	100	66.7	54.1	7–5
65	Palat – Bratt – HughesNJD	NJD	55.2%	117	70.7	57.4	8–7
66	Palmieri – Horvat – HeinemanNYI	NYI	55.2%	109	64.4	52.3	4–5
67	Stone – Barbashev – EichelVGK	VGK	55.1%	363	65.7	53.5	28–15
68	Rantanen – Robertson – JohnstonDAL	DAL	55.0%	131	67.7	55.3	9–2
69	Nelson – Nichushkin – ColtonCOL	COL	54.8%	175	74.1	61.0	10–9
70	Dickinson – Donato – MikheyevCHI	CHI	54.5%	187	57.8	48.2	13–6
71	Norris – Doan – OstlundBUF	BUF	54.5%	128	59.5	49.6	7–2
72	Kucherov – Point – GoncalvesTBL	TBL	54.5%	128	59.5	49.6	18–4
73	Olofsson – Kelly – DruryCOL	COL	54.5%	99	69.4	58.0	5–2
74	Gourde – Girgensons – HolmbergTBL	TBL	54.5%	619	56.4	47.1	18–20
75	Meier – Hischier – MercerNJD	NJD	54.5%	476	67.3	56.2	14–20
76	Verhaeghe – Reinhart – RodriguesFLA	FLA	54.5%	194	66.0	55.2	6–8
77	Landeskog – MacKinnon – NecasCOL	COL	54.4%	213	73.9	62.0	18–6
78	Smith – Celebrini – ChernyshovSJS	SJS	54.3%	128	59.0	49.6	8–4
79	Zibanejad – Panarin – LafrenièreNYR	NYR	54.3%	227	65.5	55.2	6–10
80	Jenner – Monahan – JohnsonCBJ	CBJ	54.2%	135	72.7	61.5	9–5
81	Thomas – Holloway – SnuggerudSTL	STL	54.1%	253	63.7	54.0	24–6
82	Kucherov – Guentzel – PointTBL	TBL	54.0%	217	66.1	56.4	16–10
83	Stamkos – O'Reilly – EvangelistaNSH	NSH	53.9%	266	59.1	50.5	18–9
84	Perron – Batherson – CozensOTT	OTT	53.9%	139	62.5	53.4	5–7
85	Zuccarello – Hartman – KaprizovMIN	MIN	53.9%	419	66.8	57.2	23–18
86	Killorn – Granlund – SenneckeANA	ANA	53.8%	258	62.0	53.2	9–9
87	Lowry – Vilardi – PerfettiWPG	WPG	53.8%	235	58.0	49.8	7–10
88	Tuch – Thompson – BensonBUF	BUF	53.7%	119	61.9	53.3	4–4
89	Giroux – Amadio – GreigOTT	OTT	53.6%	115	54.7	47.4	5–2
90	Couturier – Tippett – BarkeyPHI	PHI	53.5%	165	60.2	52.3	6–10
91	Couturier – Brink – MichkovPHI	PHI	53.5%	104	57.2	49.7	5–6
92	Verhaeghe – Bennett – TkachukFLA	FLA	53.5%	179	61.2	53.2	10–13
93	Wilson – Dubois – ProtasWSH	WSH	53.5%	132	59.2	51.5	8–2
94	Armia – Fiala – ByfieldLAK	LAK	53.5%	123	63.7	55.4	4–1
95	Backlund – Coleman – ZaryCGY	CGY	53.4%	207	59.2	51.6	8–8
96	Acciari – Dewar – LizottePIT	PIT	53.4%	363	62.3	54.3	16–10
97	Marchment – Marchenko – FantilliCBJ	CBJ	53.3%	354	65.0	56.9	24–10
98	Zibanejad – Panarin – CuylleNYR	NYR	53.3%	126	64.6	56.6	7–6
99	Giroux – Amadio – PintoOTT	OTT	53.3%	285	54.1	47.3	15–8
100	Barbashev – Eichel – MarnerVGK	VGK	53.3%	101	68.0	59.6	8–2

Minimum sample: 98 min (it scales with games played). 3,064 below the minimum are hidden.

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Shot-attempt share while exactly these three forwards were on the ice together at 5-on-5.

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