Lines, pairs and power-play units

Forward Line xGF% Leaders (5v5)

2023-245-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 2023-24: Hintz – Robertson – Johnston (DAL), 73.2% xGF%.

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

Forward Line xGF% Leaders (5v5), 2023-24, 5-on-5
#	Line	Team
1	Hintz – Robertson – JohnstonDAL	DAL	73.2%	110	4.13	1.52	68.4%
2	Noesen – Necas – DruryCAR	CAR	72.7%	126	4.52	1.70	67.6%
3	Jankowski – Novak – EvangelistaNSH	NSH	69.2%	166	4.05	1.81	62.9%
4	Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavidEDM	EDM	68.3%	455	4.75	2.20	61.8%
5	Carrier – Kolesar – RoyVGK	VGK	67.0%	165	2.51	1.24	58.3%
6	Miller – Boeser – SuterVAN	VAN	66.7%	174	3.69	1.84	60.4%
7	Rodrigues – Luostarinen – LundellFLA	FLA	66.5%	198	3.25	1.64	61.5%
8	Namestnikov – Iafallo – PerfettiWPG	WPG	66.1%	147	2.92	1.50	58.0%
9	van Riemsdyk – Frederic – GeekieBOS	BOS	65.5%	110	4.17	2.19	52.3%
10	Bertuzzi – Domi – MatthewsTOR	TOR	65.2%	147	4.15	2.21	62.1%
11	Scheifele – Ehlers – ConnorWPG	WPG	65.0%	117	4.80	2.59	58.7%
12	Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavidEDM	EDM	64.6%	278	4.99	2.73	59.4%
13	Palat – Bratt – HischierNJD	NJD	64.6%	248	4.78	2.62	61.9%
14	Hathaway – Poehling – CatesPHI	PHI	64.5%	142	3.44	1.89	58.6%
15	Guentzel – Aho – JarvisCAR	CAR	64.4%	181	3.77	2.08	61.4%
16	Lehkonen – MacKinnon – RantanenCOL	COL	64.1%	143	4.19	2.34	58.4%
17	Verhaeghe – Barkov – ReinhartFLA	FLA	63.3%	192	3.67	2.13	61.1%
18	Crosby – Rakell – GuentzelPIT	PIT	62.6%	174	4.26	2.55	57.2%
19	Benn – Stankoven – JohnstonDAL	DAL	62.3%	227	3.47	2.10	56.0%
20	Staal – Martinook – JarvisCAR	CAR	61.8%	240	3.19	1.97	60.8%
21	Barkov – Reinhart – RodriguesFLA	FLA	61.1%	376	3.24	2.06	57.7%
22	Blueger – Joshua – GarlandVAN	VAN	61.0%	360	3.20	2.04	54.6%
23	Couturier – Konecny – FoersterPHI	PHI	60.9%	199	3.14	2.02	59.5%
24	Marner – Matthews – KniesTOR	TOR	60.9%	358	3.42	2.20	55.4%
25	Reinhart – Luostarinen – LundellFLA	FLA	60.9%	106	3.33	2.14	59.0%
26	Tavares – Bertuzzi – NylanderTOR	TOR	60.7%	310	4.30	2.78	54.0%
27	Karlsson – Amadio – CotterVGK	VGK	60.4%	116	3.24	2.12	49.3%
28	Dubois – Kaliyev – LaferriereLAK	LAK	60.3%	113	3.84	2.53	57.0%
29	Kucherov – Duclair – PointTBL	TBL	60.1%	143	4.51	2.99	53.5%
30	Kuraly – Olivier – DanforthCBJ	CBJ	60.0%	121	3.23	2.15	49.4%
31	Eberle – Tatar – BeniersSEA	SEA	59.8%	182	3.36	2.26	51.4%
32	Eller – O'Connor – ZohornaPIT	PIT	59.5%	117	3.88	2.65	56.0%
33	Johansson – Zuccarello – RossiMIN	MIN	59.4%	118	3.57	2.44	51.3%
34	Batherson – Tkachuk – PintoOTT	OTT	59.4%	256	3.01	2.06	54.3%
35	Cousins – Bennett – TkachukFLA	FLA	59.4%	189	4.01	2.74	58.0%
36	Tippett – Frost – BrinkPHI	PHI	59.2%	107	3.01	2.07	50.5%
37	Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – BoldyMIN	MIN	59.1%	329	3.96	2.74	56.1%
38	Trocheck – Panarin – LafrenièreNYR	NYR	59.1%	838	3.60	2.49	58.2%
39	Stone – Barbashev – EichelVGK	VGK	59.1%	147	3.76	2.60	49.9%
40	MacKinnon – Drouin – RantanenCOL	COL	59.1%	450	3.79	2.63	55.9%
41	Kucherov – Point – HagelTBL	TBL	59.0%	303	4.14	2.87	57.7%
42	Toffoli – Monahan – EhlersWPG	WPG	58.5%	107	3.40	2.41	56.8%
43	MacKinnon – Nichushkin – RantanenCOL	COL	58.4%	379	3.32	2.36	57.1%
44	Danault – Fiala – MooreLAK	LAK	58.4%	569	3.11	2.22	57.1%
45	Cozens – Quinn – PeterkaBUF	BUF	58.3%	121	3.58	2.56	51.8%
46	van Riemsdyk – Coyle – FredericBOS	BOS	58.1%	115	3.98	2.87	45.9%
47	Greenway – Mittelstadt – BensonBUF	BUF	58.0%	108	2.88	2.09	50.5%
48	Eberle – McCann – BeniersSEA	SEA	57.8%	234	3.33	2.43	53.9%
49	Crosby – Rust – GuentzelPIT	PIT	57.7%	351	4.22	3.09	56.8%
50	Pastrnak – Heinen – ZachaBOS	BOS	57.7%	167	3.35	2.45	50.0%
51	Deslauriers – Hathaway – PoehlingPHI	PHI	57.6%	111	2.47	1.82	48.1%
52	Jarnkrok – Domi – RobertsonTOR	TOR	57.6%	182	2.81	2.07	54.9%
53	Pacioretty – Milano – LapierreWSH	WSH	57.5%	109	2.78	2.06	47.6%
54	Kadri – Pospisil – KuzmenkoCGY	CGY	57.4%	135	3.39	2.51	58.7%
55	Giroux – Tkachuk – StützleOTT	OTT	57.3%	128	4.45	3.31	59.3%
56	Scheifele – Ehlers – VilardiWPG	WPG	57.3%	189	3.78	2.82	55.2%
57	Atkinson – Couturier – TippettPHI	PHI	57.3%	106	3.44	2.57	60.2%
58	Malkin – Rakell – BuntingPIT	PIT	57.2%	193	3.47	2.60	57.1%
59	Katchouk – Kastelic – KellyOTT	OTT	57.1%	105	2.48	1.86	55.5%
60	Niederreiter – Lowry – AppletonWPG	WPG	57.1%	682	2.61	1.96	52.5%
61	Staal – Fast – MartinookCAR	CAR	57.0%	383	2.66	2.00	65.2%
62	Toffoli – Bratt – HughesNJD	NJD	57.0%	122	3.37	2.55	62.4%
63	Verhaeghe – Bennett – TkachukFLA	FLA	56.8%	449	3.45	2.63	58.7%
64	Pettersson – Mikheyev – KuzmenkoVAN	VAN	56.6%	181	3.08	2.36	54.8%
65	Teravainen – Aho – SvechnikovCAR	CAR	56.6%	204	3.54	2.72	59.0%
66	McCarron – Sherwood – SmithNSH	NSH	56.4%	257	2.70	2.09	53.6%
67	Pavelski – Hintz – RobertsonDAL	DAL	56.4%	697	2.89	2.24	54.5%
68	Fiala – Dubois – LaferriereLAK	LAK	56.2%	155	3.76	2.93	52.8%
69	Karlsson – Amadio – DorofeyevVGK	VGK	56.1%	101	2.77	2.16	53.2%
70	Giroux – Joseph – StützleOTT	OTT	56.1%	258	3.22	2.52	54.6%
71	Eller – Smith – PuustinenPIT	PIT	56.1%	153	2.58	2.02	54.8%
72	Buchnevich – Thomas – NeighboursSTL	STL	56.0%	115	4.58	3.59	51.4%
73	Malkin – Smith – RakellPIT	PIT	56.0%	166	3.75	2.95	55.6%
74	Panarin – Chytil – LafrenièreNYR	NYR	55.9%	107	3.36	2.65	59.8%
75	Schmaltz – Keller – HaytonARI	ARI	55.9%	240	3.02	2.39	53.8%
76	Kerfoot – Schmaltz – KellerARI	ARI	55.5%	159	3.94	3.16	59.5%
77	Lewis – Grundstrom – LizotteLAK	LAK	55.4%	193	2.50	2.01	56.7%
78	Ovechkin – Wilson – StromeWSH	WSH	55.3%	268	3.22	2.60	54.8%
79	Skinner – Tuch – MittelstadtBUF	BUF	55.1%	116	4.34	3.53	55.7%
80	Kreider – Zibanejad – RoslovicNYR	NYR	55.1%	177	2.66	2.17	58.8%
81	Cozens – Peterka – BensonBUF	BUF	55.1%	162	3.81	3.11	56.3%
82	Mantha – McMichael – ProtasWSH	WSH	54.7%	311	2.82	2.34	50.8%
83	Novak – Sherwood – EvangelistaNSH	NSH	54.5%	126	2.19	1.83	53.0%
84	Giroux – Norris – TkachukOTT	OTT	54.4%	145	3.06	2.56	55.0%
85	Nelson – Horvat – BarzalNYI	NYI	54.3%	104	3.43	2.89	54.0%
86	Pastrnak – Zacha – DeBruskBOS	BOS	54.1%	99	4.42	3.76	50.0%
87	Tarasenko – Barkov – ReinhartFLA	FLA	54.0%	120	2.60	2.21	53.3%
88	Draisaitl – Foegele – McLeodEDM	EDM	54.0%	126	4.30	3.66	54.6%
89	Cizikas – Engvall – HolmstromNYI	NYI	54.0%	102	1.97	1.68	54.7%
90	Marchessault – Barbashev – EichelVGK	VGK	54.0%	416	3.21	2.74	49.0%
91	Marchand – Pastrnak – ZachaBOS	BOS	53.9%	166	3.87	3.30	54.4%
92	Smith – Faksa – SteelDAL	DAL	53.9%	377	2.19	1.87	57.0%
93	Johansson – Eriksson Ek – BoldyMIN	MIN	53.6%	188	2.90	2.51	52.4%
94	Malkin – Smith – PuustinenPIT	PIT	53.6%	107	3.03	2.62	49.2%
95	Danault – Moore – KaliyevLAK	LAK	53.6%	102	3.41	2.96	56.9%
96	Larkin – DeBrincat – RaymondDET	DET	53.5%	272	3.75	3.25	54.1%
97	Skinner – Tuch – ThompsonBUF	BUF	53.2%	209	3.19	2.80	55.4%
98	Lee – Horvat – BarzalNYI	NYI	53.2%	441	3.47	3.06	53.9%
99	Palmieri – Nelson – EngvallNYI	NYI	53.2%	553	2.96	2.61	50.3%
100	Benn – Dadonov – JohnstonDAL	DAL	53.0%	314	2.52	2.24	50.6%

Minimum sample: 98 min (it scales with games played and sequence coverage). 3,005 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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