Pittsburgh Penguins Lines

The most-used Pittsburgh Penguins forward line in the Oct 19 game vs UTA was Nick Robertson – Connor Dewar – Blake Lizotte (8:09 together at 5-on-5).

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Lines, pairs and special teams

In the last game, the team played 52:35 at 5-on-5, 1:00 on the power play and 3:09 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
L1	Nick Robertson(moved up) – Connor Dewar(moved up) – Blake Lizotte(moved up)	8:09	15.5%
L2	Sidney Crosby(moved down) – Egor Chinakhov(new to the top lines and pairs) – Bryan Rust(moved down)	6:02	11.5%
L3	Evgeni Malkin – Tommy Novak – Ville Koivunen	5:49	11.1%
L4	Andrei Kuzmenko(moved down) – Ben Kindel(moved down) – Rickard Rakell(moved down)	4:58	9.4%

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
D1	Spencer Stastney – Erik Karlsson(moved up)	17:54	34.0%
D2	Ilya Solovyov(new to the top lines and pairs) – Kris Letang(moved down)	13:16	25.2%
D3	Declan Carlile(moved down) – Kaedan Korczak	11:19	21.5%

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP
PP1	Sidney Crosby – Tommy Novak – Rickard Rakell – Bryan Rust – Erik Karlsson	1:00	100.0%

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK
PK1	Nick Robertson – Ben Kindel – Kaedan Korczak – Ilya Solovyov	0:56	29.6%
PK2	Connor Dewar – Blake Lizotte – Declan Carlile – Erik Karlsson	0:30	15.9%

NEW: not in the previous game's top four lines or three pairs. ▲ ▼: moved up or down from the previous game.

Over 5 games, the team played 243:27 at 5-on-5, 23:21 on the power play and 19:40 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Sidney Crosby – Rickard Rakell – Bryan Rust	48:28	19.9%	5
L2	Evgeni Malkin – Tommy Novak – Ville Koivunen	27:31	11.3%	3
L3	Nick Robertson – Connor Dewar – Blake Lizotte	25:32	10.5%	3

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Spencer Stastney – Kris Letang	46:31	19.1%	5
D2	Declan Carlile – Erik Karlsson	45:26	18.7%	5
D3	Samuel Girard – Kaedan Korczak	43:55	18.0%	4

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Sidney Crosby – Ben Kindel – Evgeni Malkin – Rickard Rakell – Erik Karlsson	13:55	59.6%	3
PP2	Hendrix Lapierre – Tommy Novak – Egor Chinakhov – Bryan Rust – Kris Letang	2:32	10.8%	1

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Blake Lizotte – Bryan Rust – Declan Carlile – Kaedan Korczak	4:13	21.4%	3
PK2	Connor Dewar – Ben Kindel – Samuel Girard – Erik Karlsson	1:32	7.8%	2

Over 10 games, the team played 479:03 at 5-on-5, 49:00 on the power play and 44:46 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Evgeni Malkin – Tommy Novak – Egor Chinakhov	69:01	14.4%	7
L2	Sidney Crosby – Rickard Rakell – Bryan Rust	62:55	13.1%	7
L3	Nick Robertson – Connor Dewar – Blake Lizotte	40:58	8.6%	6

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Samuel Girard – Kaedan Korczak	111:27	23.3%	9
D2	Declan Carlile – Erik Karlsson	102:40	21.4%	10
D3	Kris Letang – Trevor van Riemsdyk	57:21	12.0%	5

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Sidney Crosby – Ben Kindel – Evgeni Malkin – Rickard Rakell – Erik Karlsson	16:15	33.2%	4
PP2	Hendrix Lapierre – Tommy Novak – Egor Chinakhov – Bryan Rust – Kris Letang	2:52	5.9%	2

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Blake Lizotte – Bryan Rust – Declan Carlile – Kaedan Korczak	4:13	9.4%	3
PK2	Connor Dewar – Ben Kindel – Declan Carlile – Trevor van Riemsdyk	2:57	6.6%	3

Goalies

Started the last game (Oct 19 vs UTA): Arturs Silovs

Goalie	Starts this season
Arturs Silovs	6
Sergei Murashov	4

Not in the last game

May be injured or a healthy scratch

#16 Justin Brazeau, Right wing
#22 Hendrix Lapierre, Center
#25 Elmer Soderblom, Left wing
#49 Samuel Girard, Defense
#57 Trevor van Riemsdyk, Defense

How these lines are calculated

Lines are rebuilt second by second from the NHL's official shift records. A trio or pair counts only at 5-on-5, and each window shows at most four lines and three pairs that played at least 3% of the team's 5-on-5 time. Read the full method.