MassMutual East Division

Pittsburgh Penguins

2020–21·37–16–3·77 points·1st in the MassMutual East·Clinched division

Seasons

Points: 77#5
Goal differential: +38#4
xGF% (5v5, adj.): 50.0%#15
Power play: 23.7%#4
Penalty kill: 77.4%#27
GSAx: +4.8#10

Forward lines

Trios of forwards together at 5-on-5. Raise the minimum to see only the regular lines. A defenceman who played forward still counts as a defenceman.

Minimum 5v5 time together

30 of 30 lines


Crosby – Rust – Guentzel	586:12	47	51.4%	52.9%	31	23
Malkin – Zucker – Kapanen	121:59	13	40.6%	52.7%	6	5
Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese	107:45	12	45.3%	46.3%	4	0
Carter – Zucker – McCann	92:11	9	57.0%	57.7%	5	3
Malkin – Zucker – Rust	63:13	13	50.0%	53.9%	1	5
Crosby – Guentzel – Kapanen	62:34	26	41.8%	47.1%	3	1
Zucker – McCann – Rodrigues	62:30	10	47.3%	54.2%	1	6
Malkin – Kapanen – Rodrigues	55:58	6	49.5%	46.9%	4	0
Blueger – Rodrigues – Aston-Reese	50:28	10	44.3%	46.4%	4	3
Blueger – Kapanen – Aston-Reese	49:53	18	52.2%	54.2%	3	2

Defence pairs

Model-based

Pairs of defencemen together at 5-on-5.

Minimum 5v5 time together

17 of 17 pairs


Letang – Dumoulin	609:11	38	48.5%	49.8%	28	20
Pettersson – Marino	393:43	37	54.7%	53.4%	13	10
Matheson – Ceci	388:55	38	49.4%	48.6%	19	12
Matheson – Marino	196:11	35	44.6%	50.0%	8	11
Letang – Joseph	112:47	12	48.7%	51.6%	6	5
Ceci – Pettersson	101:25	40	41.4%	47.1%	3	4
Ceci – Marino	80:04	17	41.7%	49.2%	4	4
Letang – Pettersson	75:59	36	47.8%	42.6%	6	3

Who plays with whom

Model-based

Linemates pull together. Drag the handles to watch combinations form and break up during the season; click a player to open their page.

Games 1–56 · Jan 13 to May 8

Forward Defence Pair xGF%: red below 50, blue aboveThicker lines, more time together. Showing pairs with 20+ shared minutes.

With or without you

Model-based

Every pair of regulars. Some players lift everyone they play with; others depend on a particular partner.

	Jankowski	Sceviour	Rust	Guentzel	Crosby	Letang	Dumoulin	Zucker	Kapanen	Malkin	Marino	Pettersson	Aston-Reese	Blueger	Rodrigues	McCann	Ceci	Matheson
Jankowski F		42	7	18	0	29	38	27	51	45	56	55	48	49	45	75	41	49
Sceviour F	42		57	10	39	38	48	75	57	93	50	58	58	51	52	28	46	37
Rust F	7	57		51	51	50	50	48		52	49	48	44	48	20	46	50	51
Guentzel F	18	10	51		51	49	50	0	36	50	46	43	39	26	48	9	48	49
Crosby F	0	39	51	51		52	53	25	40	92	47	43	31	0	59	34	46	46
Letang D	29	38	50	49	52		48	43	46	48	42	47	43	32	53	61	27	50
Dumoulin D	38	48	50	50	53	48		48	43	44	82	68	44	35	51	53	39	61
Zucker F	27	75	48	0	25	43	48		41	43	46	50	27	24	47	53	42	44
Kapanen F	51	57		36	40	46	43	41		45	42	50	54	49	49	55	45	48
Malkin F	45	93	52	50	92	48	44	43	45		43	44	45	0	48	58	50	54
Marino D	56	50	49	46	47	42	82	46	42	43		55	52	45	54	64	42	44
Pettersson D	55	58	48	43	43	47	68	50	50	44	55		56	52	56	64	41	58
Aston-Reese F	48	58	44	39	31	43	44	27	54	45	52	56		46	54	64	47	51
Blueger F	49	51	48	26	0	32	35	24	49	0	45	52	46		40	47	45	41
Rodrigues F	45	52	20	48	59	53	51	47	49	48	54	56	54	40		51	35	48
McCann F	75	28	46	9	34	61	53	53	55	58	64	64	64	47	51		41	55
Ceci D	41	46	50	48	46	27	39	42	45	50	42	41	47	45	35	41		49
Matheson D	49	37	51	49	46	50	61	44	48	54	44	58	51	41	48	55	49

Hover a cell to compare each player with and without the other. Numbers are the pair's 5-on-5 xGF%; blue above 50, red below. Cells are grey until the pair has 100 minutes together.

Line blender

Model-based

How much the forward trios changed each game. Low values mean settled lines; high values mean a coach searching for a spark.

Line-blender index by game