Lines, pairs and power-play units

Forward Line CF% Leaders (5v5)

2024-255-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 2024-25: Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid (EDM), 66.9% CF%.

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

Forward Line CF% Leaders (5v5), 2024-25, 5-on-5
#	Line	Team					GF–GA
1	Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavidEDM	EDM	66.9%	255	85.2	42.1	24–10
2	Staal – Martinook – CarrierCAR	CAR	65.6%	233	82.1	43.0	8–8
3	Giroux – Batherson – StützleOTT	OTT	64.9%	107	80.5	43.6	7–4
4	Aho – Jarvis – BlakeCAR	CAR	64.1%	203	78.6	44.0	13–5
5	Lehkonen – MacKinnon – NecasCOL	COL	64.0%	217	77.5	43.6	13–4
6	Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – BoldyMIN	MIN	64.0%	132	75.9	42.7	6–2
7	MacKinnon – Drouin – RantanenCOL	COL	63.3%	103	80.5	46.7	8–5
8	Kucherov – Cirelli – HagelTBL	TBL	62.8%	245	76.5	45.4	13–8
9	Verhaeghe – Barkov – ReinhartFLA	FLA	62.0%	399	74.3	45.5	14–10
10	Eller – Mangiapane – RaddyshWSH	WSH	61.7%	120	59.5	37.0	3–6
11	Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavidEDM	EDM	61.1%	314	72.5	46.2	13–12
12	Bjugstad – Kerfoot – StenlundUTA	UTA	60.7%	104	67.1	43.4	8–1
13	Giroux – Tkachuk – StützleOTT	OTT	60.6%	220	73.8	47.9	7–9
14	Nosek – Greer – GadjovichFLA	FLA	60.3%	194	68.8	45.3	3–5
15	Suzuki – Caufield – NewhookMTL	MTL	60.3%	113	70.0	46.2	8–6
16	Cizikas – Fasching – EngvallNYI	NYI	60.0%	192	75.1	50.2	6–6
17	Monahan – Marchenko – ChinakhovCBJ	CBJ	59.8%	124	72.1	48.4	9–3
18	Aho – Roslovic – SvechnikovCAR	CAR	59.8%	176	78.0	52.4	8–10
19	Crosby – Rakell – BeauvillierPIT	PIT	59.7%	123	77.9	52.6	6–7
20	Staal – Martinook – JarvisCAR	CAR	59.6%	260	70.9	48.0	9–5
21	Saad – Hertl – DorofeyevVGK	VGK	59.6%	163	76.5	51.8	10–6
22	Nyquist – O'Reilly – ForsbergNSH	NSH	59.5%	204	73.9	50.4	7–8
23	Staal – Martinook – SvechnikovCAR	CAR	59.3%	133	80.2	55.0	8–9
24	Barkov – Reinhart – RodriguesFLA	FLA	59.3%	268	73.6	50.5	15–9
25	Malkin – Crosby – RakellPIT	PIT	59.1%	117	79.9	55.3	9–4
26	Schmaltz – Keller – HaytonUTA	UTA	59.1%	363	70.2	48.7	17–11
27	Lehkonen – MacKinnon – NichushkinCOL	COL	59.0%	137	81.4	56.4	11–5
28	Nugent-Hopkins – Arvidsson – PodkolzinEDM	EDM	58.9%	132	71.1	49.7	6–6
29	Smith – Karlsson – OlofssonVGK	VGK	58.9%	99	68.8	48.1	6–0
30	Kadri – Pospisil – ZaryCGY	CGY	58.8%	98	83.5	58.5	3–5
31	Draisaitl – Arvidsson – PodkolzinEDM	EDM	58.5%	261	74.6	52.9	11–9
32	Necas – Robinson – KotkaniemiCAR	CAR	58.3%	242	69.4	49.5	20–13
33	Kadri – Huberdeau – PospisilCGY	CGY	58.3%	293	72.4	51.8	15–11
34	Jankowski – Novak – EvangelistaNSH	NSH	58.2%	129	70.5	50.5	2–4
35	Johansson – Eriksson Ek – BoldyMIN	MIN	58.2%	145	66.2	47.6	7–3
36	Crouse – McBain – DoanUTA	UTA	58.1%	256	69.5	50.1	15–6
37	Smith – Zibanejad – CuylleNYR	NYR	57.9%	115	70.7	51.5	3–5
38	Danault – Fiala – MooreLAK	LAK	57.5%	175	69.4	51.2	6–8
39	Stone – Olofsson – EichelVGK	VGK	57.4%	102	63.3	46.9	3–1
40	Lehkonen – MacKinnon – RantanenCOL	COL	57.3%	269	70.1	52.2	15–12
41	Fiala – Byfield – LaferriereLAK	LAK	57.2%	346	67.7	50.6	20–6
42	Nosek – Greer – SamoskevichFLA	FLA	57.1%	103	61.2	46.1	6–1
43	Dubois – McMichael – ProtasWSH	WSH	56.8%	145	63.6	48.3	12–2
44	MacKinnon – Rantanen – ColtonCOL	COL	56.8%	113	73.4	55.9	3–3
45	Aho – Roslovic – JarvisCAR	CAR	56.8%	178	70.8	53.9	10–15
46	Wilson – Dubois – ProtasWSH	WSH	56.6%	191	65.5	50.2	13–5
47	Huberdeau – Frost – CoronatoCGY	CGY	56.5%	117	68.6	52.7	4–6
48	Miller – Boeser – DeBruskVAN	VAN	56.5%	110	64.0	49.2	8–2
49	Backlund – Sharangovich – CoronatoCGY	CGY	56.4%	129	71.4	55.2	2–1
50	Marchand – Lindholm – PastrnakBOS	BOS	56.2%	100	71.1	55.4	4–5
51	Kelly – Drury – O'ConnorCOL	COL	56.1%	113	63.5	49.7	4–3
52	Lee – Horvat – BarzalNYI	NYI	56.1%	105	84.8	66.5	7–0
53	Danault – Fiala – LaferriereLAK	LAK	55.9%	220	66.7	52.5	12–8
54	Tuch – Thompson – PeterkaBUF	BUF	55.9%	187	69.7	54.9	11–8
55	Marchand – Lindholm – BrazeauBOS	BOS	55.9%	151	61.8	48.8	8–8
56	Frost – Pospisil – SharangovichCGY	CGY	55.8%	102	67.9	53.7	5–4
57	Toffoli – Eklund – CelebriniSJS	SJS	55.8%	230	70.6	55.9	11–15
58	Larkin – Raymond – KasperDET	DET	55.7%	272	68.4	54.5	11–11
59	Trocheck – Panarin – LafrenièreNYR	NYR	55.6%	663	69.6	55.5	37–28
60	Hertl – Olofsson – DorofeyevVGK	VGK	55.5%	137	61.8	49.5	9–5
61	Verhaeghe – Bennett – TkachukFLA	FLA	55.5%	234	65.2	52.4	12–15
62	Larkin – DeBrincat – RaymondDET	DET	55.4%	196	69.3	55.8	9–13
63	Backlund – Coleman – CoronatoCGY	CGY	55.2%	458	68.5	55.7	24–13
64	Danault – Foegele – MooreLAK	LAK	55.1%	361	69.8	56.8	19–8
65	Cizikas – Pageau – HolmstromNYI	NYI	55.0%	113	69.4	56.7	4–2
66	Buchnevich – Kyrou – ThomasSTL	STL	55.0%	162	64.8	53.0	7–3
67	Foegele – Byfield – LaferriereLAK	LAK	54.9%	126	58.5	48.0	6–5
68	Monahan – Marchenko – VoronkovCBJ	CBJ	54.6%	294	69.9	58.0	29–12
69	Giroux – Gaudette – StützleOTT	OTT	54.6%	114	59.5	49.5	9–1
70	Cousins – Gaudette – MacEwenOTT	OTT	54.5%	99	66.0	55.1	4–2
71	MacLean – Gatcomb – TsyplakovNYI	NYI	54.4%	107	55.2	46.2	6–5
72	Hertl – Kolesar – RoyVGK	VGK	54.3%	121	72.7	61.2	2–3
73	Noesen – Meier – HischierNJD	NJD	54.2%	322	71.4	60.2	12–11
74	Kerfoot – Schmaltz – KellerUTA	UTA	54.1%	105	68.4	58.2	2–4
75	Duchene – Seguin – MarchmentDAL	DAL	54.0%	200	64.1	54.5	15–6
76	Zibanejad – Miller – CuylleNYR	NYR	54.0%	129	63.4	54.1	8–8
77	Boqvist – Luostarinen – LundellFLA	FLA	53.9%	278	53.1	45.3	9–9
78	Keller – Guenther – CooleyUTA	UTA	53.9%	178	65.2	55.8	10–6
79	Lee – Pageau – HorvatNYI	NYI	53.9%	172	67.4	57.6	7–5
80	Iafallo – Barron – KupariWPG	WPG	53.9%	205	52.9	45.3	3–4
81	Palat – Bratt – HughesNJD	NJD	53.7%	521	70.4	60.6	30–22
82	Namestnikov – Ehlers – PerfettiWPG	WPG	53.5%	558	63.5	55.1	24–14
83	Schwartz – Kakko – BeniersSEA	SEA	53.5%	459	64.5	56.1	24–24
84	Schenn – Kyrou – HollowaySTL	STL	53.4%	499	59.2	51.8	29–14
85	Blackwell – Steel – BäckDAL	DAL	53.4%	196	56.0	49.0	7–10
86	Ovechkin – Strome – ProtasWSH	WSH	53.3%	282	67.1	58.8	22–14
87	Joshua – Sherwood – RätyVAN	VAN	53.2%	105	65.5	57.5	8–7
88	Paul – Cirelli – HagelTBL	TBL	53.2%	199	62.3	54.8	8–5
89	Thompson – Peterka – KulichBUF	BUF	53.2%	157	69.7	61.3	17–9
90	Rodrigues – Luostarinen – LundellFLA	FLA	53.1%	103	59.7	52.8	3–1
91	Armia – Evans – HeinemanMTL	MTL	53.0%	314	55.3	49.0	14–13
92	Schmaltz – Keller – CooleyUTA	UTA	53.0%	270	62.8	55.6	19–10
93	Niederreiter – Namestnikov – PerfettiWPG	WPG	52.9%	122	58.1	51.7	5–5
94	Bennett – Rodrigues – SamoskevichFLA	FLA	52.7%	147	63.2	56.7	6–4
95	Pastrnak – Zacha – GeekieBOS	BOS	52.5%	632	62.7	56.6	35–29
96	Suzuki – Caufield – SlafkovskýMTL	MTL	52.5%	704	67.7	61.2	49–29
97	Kelly – O'Connor – KivirantaCOL	COL	52.4%	311	57.9	52.5	1–10
98	Reinhart – Luostarinen – LundellFLA	FLA	52.4%	167	53.9	48.8	10–5
99	Necas – Kotkaniemi – SvechnikovCAR	CAR	52.4%	106	61.5	55.8	1–2
100	Kopitar – Kempe – KuzmenkoLAK	LAK	52.4%	201	63.0	57.3	16–5

Minimum sample: 98 min (it scales with games played). 3,052 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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