Evgeni Malkin

Malkin is at his best beside Clifton: 57.5% of the expected goals together against 44.9% apart.

Clifton is a different player beside him: 57.5% of the expected goals with Malkin, 50.3% without him.

The pairing that generates most is Malkin and Clifton: 5.46 expected goals an hour.

With Karlsson on the ice too, the Penguins have outscored opponents 15 to 8 at 5v5.

On the power play his best partner is Kindel: 95.0% of the expected goals over 52 minutes.

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

His best five is with Brazeau, Letang, Mantha and Shea: 61.5% of the expected goals over 37 minutes.

Sidney Crosby has assisted on 5 of his 20 goals, 25.0% of them.

He has helped on 7 of Egor Chinakhov's goals, 16.7% of his own assists.

61.9% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 59.5% of the goals off 47.0% of the expected goals.

The Penguins are up 45 goals with Malkin on the ice.

The Penguins score 59.5% of the 5v5 goals with Malkin out there.

On the power play his unit generates 12.2 expected goals an hour.

The Penguins create 4.66 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Malkin on.

51.4% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Malkin is on.

He draws 3:20 of power play time a game, 44th among forwards.

Malkin plays 17:37 a night, 110th among forwards.

On the power play he produces 1.34 points an hour.

He sets up 2.56 assists an hour of ice time.

Malkin produces 3.72 points an hour of ice time.

He takes the puck back 1.77 times an hour.

He puts 8.9 shots on goal an hour.

He scores 1.16 goals an hour of ice time.

He is +13 on the season.

Malkin has 3 game winners this season.

74.5% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

17.0% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

He fires 14.66 attempts an hour of ice time.

Malkin has taken 241 shot attempts this season.

Malkin has scored 2 times on Sergei Bobrovsky this season, more than on any other goaltender.

His deadliest matchup is Jake Allen: 15.4% of his attempts against him go in.

He has 3 goals against the Panthers this season.

From inside 25 feet he buries 12.2% of his attempts.

Malkin has 20 goals off 15.8 expected: 4.2 more than the chances alone say.