Lines, pairs and power-play units

Forward Line xGF% Leaders (5v5)

2025-265-on-5Through 82 team games

The same exact-trio lines as the CF% board, rated on expected goals instead of raw attempts. A line that wins the shot count from the outside but gives up the slot will look much worse here.

Expected goals only exist for games our engine has processed, so the time-together column counts those games only.

Leader in 2025-26: Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid (EDM), 69.2% xGF%.

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

Forward Line xGF% Leaders (5v5), 2025-26, 5-on-5
#	Line	Team
1	Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavidEDM	EDM	69.2%	128	4.41	1.96	61.0%
2	Zetterlund – Tkachuk – StützleOTT	OTT	68.8%	132	4.18	1.90	62.0%
3	Nelson – Lehkonen – NichushkinCOL	COL	68.6%	121	3.60	1.65	63.6%
4	Tuch – McLeod – DoanBUF	BUF	68.4%	100	4.64	2.14	58.6%
5	Hintz – Robertson – BourqueDAL	DAL	67.3%	184	3.82	1.85	59.6%
6	Fiala – Turcotte – KuzmenkoLAK	LAK	67.2%	135	3.87	1.89	59.7%
7	Kelly – Drury – KivirantaCOL	COL	66.6%	172	3.29	1.65	65.4%
8	Olofsson – Colton – DruryCOL	COL	66.4%	111	3.40	1.72	63.4%
9	Hall – Jankowski – RobinsonCAR	CAR	65.5%	110	3.50	1.84	63.3%
10	Tkachuk – Cozens – GreigOTT	OTT	65.0%	319	3.52	1.89	60.1%
11	Jankowski – Carrier – RobinsonCAR	CAR	64.9%	131	3.22	1.74	62.0%
12	Acciari – Dewar – SoderblomPIT	PIT	64.7%	110	3.17	1.73	43.6%
13	Kucherov – Point – GoncalvesTBL	TBL	64.4%	123	4.11	2.28	54.5%
14	Couturier – Tippett – BarkeyPHI	PHI	63.3%	159	3.09	1.79	53.5%
15	Stone – Barbashev – EichelVGK	VGK	62.9%	334	3.87	2.28	55.1%
16	Rantanen – Robertson – JohnstonDAL	DAL	62.4%	115	5.07	3.05	55.0%
17	Kucherov – Cirelli – HagelTBL	TBL	62.4%	314	4.63	2.79	62.0%
18	Nelson – Landeskog – NichushkinCOL	COL	62.2%	141	4.50	2.73	59.2%
19	Giroux – Batherson – StützleOTT	OTT	61.9%	250	3.21	1.97	58.5%
20	Greer – Rodrigues – SamoskevichFLA	FLA	61.8%	140	3.13	1.93	61.7%
21	Wilson – Protas – SourdifWSH	WSH	61.7%	207	4.20	2.61	56.9%
22	Buchnevich – Kyrou – NeighboursSTL	STL	61.5%	193	3.25	2.04	55.5%
23	Thomas – Holloway – SnuggerudSTL	STL	61.3%	230	4.20	2.65	54.1%
24	Wilson – Dubois – ProtasWSH	WSH	60.4%	119	3.33	2.18	53.5%
25	Schmaltz – Keller – HaytonUTA	UTA	60.3%	166	3.07	2.02	60.0%
26	Yamamoto – Guenther – CooleyUTA	UTA	60.1%	116	3.95	2.62	52.1%
27	Giroux – Amadio – PintoOTT	OTT	60.0%	267	2.67	1.78	53.3%
28	Malkin – Novak – ChinakhovPIT	PIT	59.6%	213	4.14	2.80	49.3%
29	Carcone – McBain – ButUTA	UTA	59.5%	123	2.72	1.85	59.2%
30	Fiala – Byfield – LaferriereLAK	LAK	59.4%	107	3.83	2.62	56.4%
31	Roy – Robertson – CowanTOR	TOR	59.3%	101	3.13	2.15	52.1%
32	Guentzel – Cirelli – HagelTBL	TBL	59.3%	116	4.32	2.96	59.1%
33	Cousins – Amadio – PintoOTT	OTT	59.1%	272	2.91	2.02	50.6%
34	O'Reilly – Forsberg – EvangelistaNSH	NSH	58.9%	246	3.36	2.35	60.5%
35	Lehkonen – MacKinnon – NecasCOL	COL	58.9%	512	4.14	2.90	56.2%
36	Ehlers – Stankoven – BlakeCAR	CAR	58.8%	203	3.66	2.56	63.7%
37	Stamkos – O'Reilly – EvangelistaNSH	NSH	58.8%	232	3.77	2.64	53.9%
38	Hall – Stankoven – BlakeCAR	CAR	58.7%	540	3.80	2.68	61.1%
39	Schmaltz – Keller – PeterkaUTA	UTA	58.6%	162	3.85	2.72	57.0%
40	Hertl – Marner – DorofeyevVGK	VGK	58.6%	252	2.71	1.92	60.5%
41	Perron – Batherson – CozensOTT	OTT	58.6%	127	3.12	2.21	53.9%
42	Kreider – Terry – CarlssonANA	ANA	58.4%	377	3.45	2.46	57.1%
43	Palat – Bratt – HughesNJD	NJD	58.3%	104	3.86	2.76	55.2%
44	Killorn – Granlund – SenneckeANA	ANA	58.3%	258	3.22	2.31	53.8%
45	Saad – Hertl – DorofeyevVGK	VGK	58.1%	123	3.09	2.23	59.2%
46	Horvat – Barzal – HeinemanNYI	NYI	58.1%	125	4.18	3.01	59.7%
47	Norris – Doan – OstlundBUF	BUF	58.1%	121	2.88	2.08	54.5%
48	Boeser – Garland – KampfVAN	VAN	58.0%	106	3.31	2.40	51.2%
49	Tavares – Maccelli – KniesTOR	TOR	57.7%	163	2.98	2.19	52.5%
50	McCarron – Smith – WiesblattNSH	NSH	57.7%	100	2.19	1.60	56.3%
51	Buchnevich – Thomas – NeighboursSTL	STL	57.6%	116	3.84	2.83	51.0%
52	Viel – Poehling – GauthierANA	ANA	57.4%	115	3.62	2.68	55.9%
53	Zuccarello – Hartman – KaprizovMIN	MIN	57.3%	410	3.54	2.64	53.9%
54	Armia – Laughton – WrightLAK	LAK	57.3%	103	2.84	2.12	48.8%
55	Barbashev – Eichel – BowmanVGK	VGK	57.1%	237	3.35	2.52	50.9%
56	Kopitar – Kempe – PanarinLAK	LAK	57.0%	310	3.08	2.33	56.1%
57	Lowry – Vilardi – PerfettiWPG	WPG	56.9%	203	2.96	2.24	53.8%
58	Ehlers – Aho – JarvisCAR	CAR	56.7%	106	4.30	3.29	55.4%
59	Dowd – Kolesar – SmithVGK	VGK	56.6%	117	1.97	1.51	55.7%
60	Suzuki – Caufield – SlafkovskýMTL	MTL	56.6%	477	3.60	2.76	55.5%
61	Malott – Helenius – WardLAK	LAK	56.6%	144	2.50	1.92	49.5%
62	Schenn – Kyrou – HollowaySTL	STL	56.4%	107	2.79	2.16	53.2%
63	Crouse – Carcone – McBainUTA	UTA	56.4%	170	3.80	2.93	57.7%
64	Jenner – Monahan – JohnsonCBJ	CBJ	56.4%	135	3.26	2.52	54.2%
65	Rantanen – Steel – JohnstonDAL	DAL	56.3%	238	3.15	2.45	43.8%
66	Meier – Hischier – MercerNJD	NJD	56.1%	459	3.07	2.40	54.5%
67	Cates – Brink – MichkovPHI	PHI	56.0%	170	2.34	1.83	47.8%
68	Suzuki – Caufield – BolducMTL	MTL	56.0%	169	3.31	2.60	50.0%
69	Staal – Martinook – EhlersCAR	CAR	55.9%	273	3.30	2.60	62.0%
70	Moore – Byfield – LaferriereLAK	LAK	55.9%	256	3.40	2.68	56.5%
71	Schmaltz – Crouse – KellerUTA	UTA	55.9%	348	3.21	2.53	58.5%
72	Backlund – Coleman – HonzekCGY	CGY	55.8%	148	2.45	1.95	57.1%
73	Jeannot – Kastelic – MintenBOS	BOS	55.8%	171	2.95	2.34	50.6%
74	Bäck – Bourque – HryckowianDAL	DAL	55.7%	202	2.61	2.07	52.9%
75	Dvorak – Konecny – ZegrasPHI	PHI	55.7%	243	4.76	3.79	49.4%
76	Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavidEDM	EDM	55.6%	395	4.04	3.22	51.8%
77	Suzuki – Texier – CaufieldMTL	MTL	55.6%	157	3.22	2.57	55.8%
78	Zucker – McLeod – QuinnBUF	BUF	55.6%	429	3.53	2.82	52.4%
79	Verhaeghe – Bennett – GreerFLA	FLA	55.6%	126	4.04	3.23	59.0%
80	Nelson – Nichushkin – ColtonCOL	COL	55.5%	154	3.26	2.61	54.8%
81	Cizikas – MacLean – GatcombNYI	NYI	55.4%	308	2.10	1.69	53.1%
82	Miller – Sheary – KartyeNYR	NYR	55.3%	134	3.18	2.57	50.2%
83	Landeskog – MacKinnon – NecasCOL	COL	55.2%	192	4.20	3.40	54.4%
84	McDavid – Podkolzin – SavoieEDM	EDM	55.2%	107	2.75	2.23	57.8%
85	Haula – Bunting – EvangelistaNSH	NSH	55.2%	108	3.10	2.52	62.4%
86	Gourde – Girgensons – HolmbergTBL	TBL	54.9%	619	2.32	1.90	54.5%
87	Dickinson – Donato – MikheyevCHI	CHI	54.9%	163	3.17	2.61	54.5%
88	Glass – Gritsyuk – HameenahoNJD	NJD	54.8%	124	2.14	1.76	59.1%
89	Giroux – Amadio – GreigOTT	OTT	54.7%	108	2.69	2.23	53.6%
90	Benn – Duchene – SteelDAL	DAL	54.7%	137	2.98	2.47	48.3%
91	Marchment – Marchenko – FantilliCBJ	CBJ	54.7%	345	3.24	2.69	53.3%
92	Staal – Martinook – CarrierCAR	CAR	54.6%	263	2.91	2.42	62.4%
93	Meier – Bratt – HischierNJD	NJD	54.6%	123	4.37	3.64	57.9%
94	Danault – Foegele – MooreLAK	LAK	54.5%	149	2.24	1.87	56.4%
95	Coyle – Olivier – SillingerCBJ	CBJ	54.5%	402	2.62	2.19	52.2%
96	Seguin – Hintz – RobertsonDAL	DAL	54.4%	117	2.53	2.12	50.8%
97	McTavish – Gauthier – SenneckeANA	ANA	54.4%	298	3.66	3.07	56.9%
98	Karlsson – Bains – SassonVAN	VAN	54.3%	103	3.10	2.61	57.1%
99	Kopitar – Kempe – LaferriereLAK	LAK	54.2%	112	2.61	2.20	57.9%
100	Aho – Svechnikov – JarvisCAR	CAR	54.2%	553	3.40	2.87	63.0%

Minimum sample: 98 min (it scales with games played and sequence coverage). 3,091 below the minimum are hidden.

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Share of 5-on-5 expected goals while the trio was on the ice together. 50% is even.

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