Lines, pairs and power-play units

Forward Line CF% Leaders (5v5)

2023-245-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 2023-24: Hintz – Robertson – Johnston (DAL), 68.4% CF%.

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

Forward Line CF% Leaders (5v5), 2023-24, 5-on-5
#	Line	Team					GF–GA
1	Hintz – Robertson – JohnstonDAL	DAL	68.4%	110	90.7	41.8	9–1
2	Noesen – Necas – DruryCAR	CAR	67.6%	138	79.9	38.2	7–4
3	Staal – Fast – MartinookCAR	CAR	65.2%	389	80.1	42.7	11–17
4	Jankowski – Novak – EvangelistaNSH	NSH	62.9%	180	81.8	48.2	9–3
5	Toffoli – Bratt – HughesNJD	NJD	62.4%	143	80.0	48.1	6–6
6	Bertuzzi – Domi – MatthewsTOR	TOR	62.1%	147	84.9	51.8	16–11
7	Palat – Bratt – HischierNJD	NJD	61.9%	267	83.0	51.1	21–13
8	Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavidEDM	EDM	61.8%	465	80.0	49.6	34–20
9	Bunting – Necas – DruryCAR	CAR	61.6%	160	80.9	50.4	6–6
10	Rodrigues – Luostarinen – LundellFLA	FLA	61.5%	220	75.7	47.4	10–2
11	Couturier – Konecny – TippettPHI	PHI	61.5%	108	78.9	49.5	7–6
12	Guentzel – Aho – JarvisCAR	CAR	61.4%	181	75.9	47.7	12–3
13	Verhaeghe – Barkov – ReinhartFLA	FLA	61.1%	205	74.3	47.4	10–4
14	Staal – Martinook – JarvisCAR	CAR	60.8%	299	72.7	46.8	13–14
15	Miller – Boeser – SuterVAN	VAN	60.4%	193	71.4	46.9	16–4
16	Atkinson – Couturier – TippettPHI	PHI	60.2%	114	79.4	52.6	7–6
17	Cousins – Luostarinen – LundellFLA	FLA	60.0%	165	77.3	51.6	3–5
18	Teravainen – Aho – JarvisCAR	CAR	59.9%	105	64.3	43.0	6–1
19	Panarin – Chytil – LafrenièreNYR	NYR	59.8%	107	68.7	46.2	6–5
20	Kerfoot – Schmaltz – KellerARI	ARI	59.5%	203	66.5	45.2	6–9
21	Couturier – Konecny – FoersterPHI	PHI	59.5%	230	77.0	52.4	10–9
22	Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavidEDM	EDM	59.4%	291	77.6	53.1	27–11
23	Giroux – Tkachuk – StützleOTT	OTT	59.3%	159	80.9	55.5	9–9
24	Wennberg – Kakko – CuylleNYR	NYR	59.2%	115	65.8	45.4	3–3
25	Teravainen – Aho – SvechnikovCAR	CAR	59.0%	227	71.8	49.9	12–6
26	Reinhart – Luostarinen – LundellFLA	FLA	59.0%	130	69.7	48.4	4–4
27	Kreider – Zibanejad – RoslovicNYR	NYR	58.8%	177	75.1	52.7	9–8
28	Scheifele – Ehlers – ConnorWPG	WPG	58.7%	143	73.3	51.6	6–2
29	Verhaeghe – Bennett – TkachukFLA	FLA	58.7%	465	78.3	55.1	30–21
30	Kadri – Pospisil – KuzmenkoCGY	CGY	58.7%	135	75.3	53.0	10–6
31	Hathaway – Poehling – CatesPHI	PHI	58.6%	160	77.9	55.1	7–7
32	Cates – Farabee – BrinkPHI	PHI	58.6%	102	58.0	41.0	4–3
33	Lehkonen – MacKinnon – RantanenCOL	COL	58.4%	160	69.4	49.5	13–5
34	Carrier – Kolesar – RoyVGK	VGK	58.3%	165	66.6	47.6	5–3
35	Trocheck – Panarin – LafrenièreNYR	NYR	58.2%	861	75.0	53.8	54–39
36	Namestnikov – Iafallo – PerfettiWPG	WPG	58.0%	153	69.8	50.6	8–3
37	Cousins – Bennett – TkachukFLA	FLA	58.0%	204	77.2	56.0	10–4
38	Huberdeau – Sharangovich – KuzmenkoCGY	CGY	57.9%	101	67.5	48.9	2–4
39	Barkov – Reinhart – RodriguesFLA	FLA	57.7%	385	74.4	54.4	28–10
40	Kucherov – Point – HagelTBL	TBL	57.7%	345	69.8	51.2	22–19
41	Crosby – Rakell – GuentzelPIT	PIT	57.2%	193	78.5	58.6	10–6
42	MacKinnon – Nichushkin – RantanenCOL	COL	57.1%	379	75.4	56.6	24–16
43	Malkin – Rakell – BuntingPIT	PIT	57.1%	193	73.4	55.1	15–9
44	Danault – Fiala – MooreLAK	LAK	57.1%	590	70.0	52.6	28–22
45	Dubois – Kaliyev – LaferriereLAK	LAK	57.0%	130	70.9	53.4	3–3
46	Smith – Faksa – SteelDAL	DAL	57.0%	377	62.2	46.9	13–11
47	Haula – Toffoli – HughesNJD	NJD	56.9%	133	73.9	55.9	6–6
48	Danault – Moore – KaliyevLAK	LAK	56.9%	120	72.4	54.9	7–4
49	Crosby – Rust – GuentzelPIT	PIT	56.8%	362	80.4	61.2	27–20
50	Toffoli – Monahan – EhlersWPG	WPG	56.8%	107	72.8	55.4	11–4
51	Lewis – Grundstrom – LizotteLAK	LAK	56.7%	193	73.3	55.9	7–6
52	Cozens – Peterka – BensonBUF	BUF	56.3%	195	72.1	56.0	4–5
53	Bunting – Necas – KotkaniemiCAR	CAR	56.2%	116	73.2	57.1	5–5
54	Wood – Colton – O'ConnorCOL	COL	56.1%	282	78.7	61.5	14–11
55	Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – BoldyMIN	MIN	56.1%	370	71.4	55.8	29–18
56	Eller – O'Connor – ZohornaPIT	PIT	56.0%	123	68.5	53.8	6–3
57	Benn – Stankoven – JohnstonDAL	DAL	56.0%	227	75.7	59.6	15–9
58	Schwartz – Burakovsky – WennbergSEA	SEA	55.9%	123	67.0	52.8	1–5
59	MacKinnon – Drouin – RantanenCOL	COL	55.9%	479	75.6	59.7	33–21
60	Skinner – Tuch – MittelstadtBUF	BUF	55.7%	141	70.4	55.9	10–9
61	Malkin – Smith – RakellPIT	PIT	55.6%	190	68.7	54.7	10–8
62	Katchouk – Kastelic – KellyOTT	OTT	55.5%	105	66.6	53.5	4–5
63	Skinner – Tuch – ThompsonBUF	BUF	55.4%	235	70.1	56.3	8–10
64	Marner – Matthews – KniesTOR	TOR	55.4%	400	67.3	54.1	23–12
65	Scheifele – Ehlers – VilardiWPG	WPG	55.2%	207	72.7	59.1	16–6
66	Toffoli – Meier – HughesNJD	NJD	55.2%	105	70.4	57.3	6–7
67	Grundstrom – Dubois – LaferriereLAK	LAK	55.1%	107	69.2	56.4	2–4
68	Giroux – Norris – TkachukOTT	OTT	55.0%	158	69.0	56.5	9–8
69	Gourde – Bjorkstrand – TolvanenSEA	SEA	54.9%	517	71.5	58.7	16–21
70	Jarnkrok – Domi – RobertsonTOR	TOR	54.9%	182	63.1	51.9	11–8
71	Eberle – Kartye – BeniersSEA	SEA	54.9%	110	67.7	55.7	2–5
72	Ovechkin – Wilson – StromeWSH	WSH	54.8%	297	71.2	58.7	12–20
73	Pettersson – Mikheyev – KuzmenkoVAN	VAN	54.8%	181	65.8	54.2	13–16
74	Eller – Smith – PuustinenPIT	PIT	54.8%	164	71.2	58.7	7–3
75	Killorn – Terry – CarlssonANA	ANA	54.7%	348	65.1	53.9	11–13
76	Cizikas – Engvall – HolmstromNYI	NYI	54.7%	102	58.3	48.3	4–4
77	Blueger – Joshua – GarlandVAN	VAN	54.6%	360	57.1	47.4	21–10
78	Draisaitl – Foegele – McLeodEDM	EDM	54.6%	144	69.1	57.5	12–4
79	Giroux – Joseph – StützleOTT	OTT	54.6%	307	66.1	54.9	17–20
80	Backlund – Coleman – MangiapaneCGY	CGY	54.5%	484	71.2	59.4	23–22
81	Kopitar – Kempe – ByfieldLAK	LAK	54.5%	634	64.6	53.9	30–15
82	Pavelski – Hintz – RobertsonDAL	DAL	54.5%	716	66.4	55.5	41–33
83	Marchand – Pastrnak – ZachaBOS	BOS	54.4%	191	65.6	54.9	13–8
84	Tavares – Bertuzzi – MarnerTOR	TOR	54.3%	123	64.4	54.2	4–4
85	Batherson – Tkachuk – PintoOTT	OTT	54.3%	272	68.6	57.8	10–10
86	Paul – Cirelli – HagelTBL	TBL	54.2%	136	62.9	53.1	10–9
87	Buchnevich – Kyrou – ThomasSTL	STL	54.2%	492	65.9	55.8	24–21
88	Backlund – Coleman – HuberdeauCGY	CGY	54.1%	272	66.7	56.5	9–10
89	Larkin – DeBrincat – RaymondDET	DET	54.1%	308	71.7	60.8	23–17
90	Gallagher – Pearson – MonahanMTL	MTL	54.0%	126	70.1	59.6	6–8
91	Tavares – Bertuzzi – NylanderTOR	TOR	54.0%	365	71.9	61.2	16–12
92	Nelson – Horvat – BarzalNYI	NYI	54.0%	120	64.5	55.0	9–4
93	Eberle – McCann – BeniersSEA	SEA	53.9%	266	65.0	55.5	10–11
94	Kadri – Pospisil – ZaryCGY	CGY	53.9%	381	68.6	58.7	19–10
95	Kuraly – Danforth – TexierCBJ	CBJ	53.9%	144	66.9	57.3	6–6
96	Nyquist – O'Reilly – ForsbergNSH	NSH	53.9%	763	71.8	61.5	46–31
97	Lee – Horvat – BarzalNYI	NYI	53.9%	479	76.9	65.8	28–21
98	Schmaltz – Keller – HaytonARI	ARI	53.8%	240	60.4	52.0	8–14
99	Blackwell – Dickinson – AndersonCHI	CHI	53.6%	264	57.1	49.4	7–9
100	McCarron – Sherwood – SmithNSH	NSH	53.6%	257	62.5	54.0	12–7

Minimum sample: 98 min (it scales with games played). 2,976 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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