Which team in the NHL has the best No. 1 forward line?
That's the question that inspired this slideshow. We weren't interested in hypothetical, super-powered combinations; we wanted to actually look around the league and see which players teams were actually putting together on their top units. We wanted to get a feel for what the top lines looked like (including the effects of injuries) across the NHL as the playoffs approach.
To do that, we turned to DailyFaceoff.com, which tracks NHL line combinations on a day-by-day basis. The lines in this slideshow are all based on that site's reported combinations and as a result should give us an accurate feel for what the lines look like right now.
For context, we've also included total goals scored by the three players on each top line. Goals scored doesn't provide a full picture, and in many cases, our evaluation deviates from the order suggested by raw goal totals. But it does provide an objective measure that complements our subjective ranking.
Without further ado, here are the best and worst top units from across the NHL. Thanks in advance for reading.
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