Bryan Rust

Rust is at his best beside Karlsson: 53.6% of the expected goals together against 45.8% apart.

Chinakhov is a different player beside him: 49.8% of the expected goals with Rust, 47.2% without him.

The pairing that generates most is Rust and Rakell: 5.1 expected goals an hour.

With Chinakhov on the ice too, the Penguins have outscored opponents 10 to 6 at 5v5.

On the power play his best partner is Kindel: 95.2% of the expected goals over 57 minutes.

Killing penalties he is tightest with Karlsson: 6.9 expected goals against an hour.

His best five is with Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell and Wotherspoon: 64.0% of the expected goals over 137 minutes.

The five the coach goes back to is Rust with Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell and Wotherspoon, 137 minutes at 5v5.

His power-play unit is Crosby, Karlsson, Malkin and Rakell: 7 goals in 44 minutes.

Sidney Crosby has assisted on 11 of his 30 goals, 36.7% of them.

He has helped on 10 of Sidney Crosby's goals, 27.8% of his own assists.

Short-handed he concedes 8.1 expected goals an hour.

The Penguins are up 27 goals with Rust on the ice.

On the power play his unit generates 11.35 expected goals an hour.

The Penguins create 4.74 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Rust on.

The Penguins score 53.6% of the 5v5 goals with Rust out there.

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 53.6% of the goals off 49.1% of the expected goals.

Rust plays 19:57 a night, 36th among forwards.

He draws 3:27 of power play time a game, 32nd among forwards.

On the power play he produces 1 points an hour.

He scores 1.21 goals an hour of ice time.

Rust produces 2.72 points an hour of ice time.

He has 2 short-handed points this season.

He sets up 1.5 assists an hour of ice time.

He puts 7.53 shots on goal an hour.

Rust has 4 game winners this season.

15.1% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

Rust has taken 357 shot attempts this season.

7.8% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

His average attempt comes from 23.3 feet.

59.4% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

59.4% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

He fires 14.91 attempts an hour of ice time.

Rust has scored 3 times on Frederik Andersen this season, more than on any other goaltender.

His deadliest matchup is Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen: 20.0% of his attempts against him go in.

He has 3 goals against the Blue Jackets this season.

Rust has 30 goals off 25.4 expected: 4.6 more than the chances alone say.

His deadliest shot is the backhand: 15.6% of them go in.

He converts 16.0% of the shots he puts on goal.

From inside 25 feet he buries 9.9% of his attempts.