Drive to the Net: Top line was best with Simon

Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel had a few different linemates last season.

Looking at just five-on-five time, their most frequent linemates were Bryan Rust (461 minutes), Dominik Simon (204 minutes), Jared McCann (119 minutes), and Patric Hornqvist (108 minutes).

Which combination worked best? Let's break it down.

We'll use Micah Blake McCurdy's Environment Distiller tool, which looks at five-on-five unblocked shot attempts both for and against while the different line combinations were on the ice. The tool gives us a "threat" percentage for the combination, which takes into account the number of unblocked shot attempts and the distance of the attempts relative to the rest of the league's…