With the Stanley Cup Final set to start Monday, it's a good time to take a look at the forward line combinations used by the Pittsburgh Penguins and San Jose Sharks. We ranked each team's four lines, placing a heavy emphasis on performance in the playoffs.
In each slide, we broke down the line's three players individually and then considered some key performance metrics for the unit during the postseason. Though we consulted Hockey-Reference.com and Stats.HockeyAnalysis.com as part of the process, our key tool was Corsica's line combination generator.
Read on to see which lines have been getting the job done for the Penguins and the Sharks in these playoffs.
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