NHL Line Combinations Community Project

[ZigZagMan]

Since it's so hard to find accurate semi-official lines I thought it'd be a good idea if we got information from the fans of each team.

Post your team's line combos in two formats: With and Without Injuries. If you're fimiliar with more than one team, go ahead and post others too.

I'll start with the St. Louis Blues.

WITH INJURIES:
McDonald-Backes-Perron
Kariya-Tkachuk-Boyes
Winchester-Berglund-Oshie
Steen-McClement-Janssen/Crombeen*

Jackman-Polak
Sydor-Johnson
Colaiacovo-Weaver/Pietrangelo**

Mason
Conklin

PP1:
Boyes-Tkachuk-Berglund
Colaiacovo-Johnson

PP2:
McDonald-Backes-Perron
Kariya-Pietrangelo/Polak

PK1:
McClement-Steen
Jackman-Polak

Pk2:
Backes-Oshie
Colaiacovo-Johnson

Injuries: King, Brewer

*Janssen plays against more physical teams, typically with a known enforcer.
**Pietrangelo is on a 9 game tryout with the team. If the team wants to keep him Weaver will likely be sent down. If not, Pietrangelo will go back to juniors for the year.


WITHOUT INJURIES:

WITH INJURIES:
McDonald-Backes-Perron
Kariya-Tkachuk-Boyes
Winchester-Berglund-Oshie
Steen-McClement-Janssen/King/Crombeen*

Jackman-Polak
Brewer-Johnson
Colaiacovo-Sydor/Pietrangelo**

Mason
Conklin

PP1:
Boyes-Tkachuk-Berglund
Colaiacovo-Johnson

PP2:
McDonald-Backes-Perron
Kariya-Pietrangelo/Polak

PK1:
McClement-Steen
Jackman-Polak

Pk2:
Backes-Oshie
Brewer-Johnson

*Janssen and King play against more physical teams, typically with a known enforcer. King plays against the large enforcers like Boogard.
**Pietrangelo is on a 9 game tryout with the team. If he's still on the team when Brewer returns, Pietrangelo will likely split time at the 6th D spot with Sydor.

[JayhawkerStL]

Since I am a Blues fan, I really appreciate this attention to detail. Hopefully some more fans can cover the rest of the teams.

[LanteriX]

For the Bruins...

Lucic/Savard/Sturm
Wheeler/Krejci/Ryder
Recchi/Bergeron/Kobasew
Thornton/Begin/Bitz

Chara/Morris
Ference/Wideman
Stuart/Hunwick

*Boychuk healthy scratch

Thomas
Rask

PP1: Sturm/Savard/Ryder
Chara/Morris

PP2: Bergeron/Krejci/Recchi
Ference/Wideman

PK1: Bergeron/Recchi
Chara/Morris

PK2: Krejci/Wheeler
Ference/Wideman

[mkharsh33]

Blue Jackets: Subject to change (and it's early to make any firm determinations, but this is what is predicted early on)...

Forwards:
20 Kristian Huselius / 16 Derick Brassard / 61 Rick Nash
18 RJ Umberger / 50 Antoine Vermette / 93 Jake Voracek
25 Jason Chimera / 26 Sammy Pahlsson / 40 Jared Boll
28 Nikita Filatov / 12 Mike Blunden / 14 Raffi Torres

Spares: 15 LW-RW Derek Dorsett (4th line agitator), 17 LW-C-RW Andrew Murray, 33 LW Fredrick Modin (injured)

Defensemen:
51 Fedor Tyutin / 22 Mike Commodore
8 Jan Hejda / 97 Rostislav Klesla
2 Kris Russell / 3 Marc Methot

spare: 5 Anton Stralman (however, will grow into a role soon - most likely a 1st line PP guy)

Goalies:
1 Steve Mason
32 Mathieu Garon

Power Play:
Umberger / Huselius / Nash
Brassard / Tyutin

Filatov / Vermette / Voracek
Russell / Klesla

Power Kill:
Pahlsson / Chimera
Hejda / Commodore

Umberger / Torres
Methot / Tyutin

[LanteriX]

Caps lines (Based on Tonight's game)

Ovechkin-Backstrom-Semin
Laich-Morrison-Knuble
Laing-Steckel-Clark
Kane-Gordon-Bradley

Morrisonn-Green
Poti-Jurcina
Erskine-Pothier

[Millennium]

Quote: Originally Posted by LanteriX

Caps lines (Based on Tonight's game) Ovechkin-Backstrom-Semin Laich-Morrison-Knuble Laing-Steckel-Clark Kane-Gordon-Bradley Morrisonn-Green Poti-Jurcina Erskine-Pothier

These are with Fleischmann and Fehr injurd. Take Laing and Kane out and put in Fleishman and Fehr when they come back.

[Schmackity]

Detroit Red Wings:

Forwards:
Holmstrom [96] - Datsyuk [13-A] - Franzen [93]
Cleary [13] - Zetterberg [40-A] - Bertuzzi [44]
Leino [21] - Filppula [51] - Williams [29]
Draper [33-A] - Helm [43] - Eaves [17]

Healthy Scratches:
Maltby [18]

Notes:
-With Helm [43] injured Abdelkader [08] is centering the 4th line.
-Maltby [18], Draper [33], Eaves [17], and Leino [21] are cycling healthy scratches
-Brad May [25] is not on the roster yet and is likely to be awarded a 2-Way contract after their trip to Sweden

Defensemen:
Rafalski [28] - Lidstrom [05-C]
Kronwall [55] - Stuart [23]
Ericsson [52] - Lebda [22]

Notes:
-Lilja [03] is on the Long-Term IR and should be placed in AHL affiliate to not count against the cap
-Meech [14] is on his last year of a 2-Way deal and is the first call-up for the d-line

Goalies:
Osgood [30]
Howard [35]

Notes:
-Daniel Larsson [31] is traveling with the team to Sweden as an emergency goalie but is not dressing for the games or counting against the cap.

Power Play 1:
Holmstrom [96] - Datsyuk [13-A] - Franzen [93]
Lidstrom [05-C] - Rafalski [28]

Notes:
-Holmstrom [96] and Bertuzzi [44] could be flip-flopped depending on chemistry and the skill/mind set of Holmstrom [96] this year.

Power Play 2:
Cleary [11] - Zetterberg [40] - Bertuzzi [44]
Kronwall [55] - Williams [29]

Notes:
-Filppula [51] has PP experience on the second line and will be changed with Bertuzzi [44] from time to time depending on the speed of the game.

Shootout:
Datsyuk [13-A]
Zetterberg [40-A]
Williams [29]

[Qb]

Here are the expected lines for the Penguins and I'll update any changes I see tonight after the opener:

(With current injury to Max Talbot)

Forward Lines

Kunitz/Crosby/Guerin
Fedotenko/Malkin/Dupuis
Cooke/Staal/Kennedy
Rupp/Adams/Godard
Bourque (scratch)

Defense Pairings

Orpik/Gonchar
Eaton/Letang
McKee/Goligoski
Skoula (scratch)

Goaltenders

Fleury
Johnson


Not sure how they'll handle the 4th line with the late addition of Bourque, so I'll make sure to update that after tonight. Coach Bylsma said Dupuis will play on Malkin's line for now, despite Kennedy playing with him for most of camp. He said he wanted to keep the Staal line together.

When Talbot returns (two months?), the intention as of now is to put him in the 2nd line RW spot and he'll assume one of the PK roles. I'll watch tonight for the special teams combos, as the Pens never had everyone on the ice at the same time in the preseason.

*UPDATE*

Special Teams

(PP)

Guerin/Crosby/Malkin
Goligoski/Gonchar

Kunitz/Staal/Fedotenko
Letang/Gonchar

They did give Staal some time on the first unit in place of Guerin Saturday night against the Islanders. Gonchar has played just about every second of PP time thus far, but if you'd prefer not to have him double up, Eaton would go on the second unit in his place.

(PK)

Staal/Cooke
Orpik/Gonchar

Adams/Dupuis
McKee/Eaton

These guys have the bulk of the PK time and are the intended pairings, although Goligoski got a fair amount in the first half of the NYI game due to McKee's fight/instigator/misconduct penalties. 3rd substitute forward pairing would be Crosby/Malkin and/or Fedotenko.

One other note, if you're using the Pens, sub in Malkin or Crosby as the 4th line center and move Adams to RW for at least the 3rd period. Godard is only playing early in the game, averaging a whopping 3:52 of ice time.