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Penguins Playoff Update: By the Numbers

A quick and dirty look at how our Penguins are faring through five games against the Flyers in a number of key 5v5 metrics.

For forwards and defensemen, I included expected goals for percentage (xGF%), goals for percentage (GF%), shots for percentage (SF%) and Corsi (CF%), per Natural Stat Trick. Skaters are ranked by xGF%.

For goalies, I display goals against average (GAA), save percentage (SV%), high-danger save percentage (HDSV%) and goals saved above average (GSAA), for all situations. Goalies are ranked by GSAA.

Needless to say, there are some surprises. Without further ado, here are the numbers:

FORWARDS
Player	GP	xGF%	GF%	SF%	CF%
Rakell	5	62.65	50.00	56.14	58.65
Rust	5	61.93	33.33	58.18	60.31
Kindel	5	61.81	33.33	51.52	61.33
Brazeau	1	59.17	—	50.00	61.54
Crosby	5	57.46	50.00	56.60	60.61
Lizotte	5	55.64	33.33	59.46	57.29
Söderblom	4	53.71	50.00	57.58	60.61
Dewar	5	52.99	33.33	57.58	59.77
Acciari	5	49.04	0.00	56.25	51.72
Chinakhov	5	48.86	0.00	43.33	56.84
Malkin	5	46.25	50.00	40.91	56.31
Mantha	5	45.96	25.00	50.00	53.47
Novak	5	39.88	25.00	40.54	52.63
DEFENSEMEN
Player	GP	xGF%	GF%	SF%	CF%
Clifton	3	64.52	0.00	53.37	53.23
Shea	5	57.26	50.00	48.94	55.65
Girard	5	57.16	25.00	56.92	65.16
Letang	5	56.91	50.00	55.17	67.15
Karlsson	5	47.00	28.57	50.00	51.46
Solovyov	2	45.46	—	30.00	50.00
Wotherspoon	5	42.71	37.50	51.85	50.00
GOALIES
Player	GP	GSAA	GAA	SV%	HDSV%
Šilovs	2	1.37	2.00	.920	.900
Skinner	3	(1.37)	3.08	.873	.875