What is Power Play Time on Ice?
The total minutes a player spends on the ice during power plays in a game or season.
What this tells us
When your team has a one- or two-man advantage, which players are trusted to be out there? PP TOI tells you who the coach leans on in those high-leverage moments. A forward with heavy PP minutes is usually one of your best scorers or playmakers; a defenseman with high PP TOI is probably anchoring the power-play unit from the blue line. More ice time means more opportunity to score or set up goals.
Limitations
Ice time alone doesn't tell you *how well* a player uses it. Two players could have identical PP TOI but one generates way more scoring chances or goals. That's why we also show Power Play Points and expected goals on the power play — they measure what the player actually did with the time. Also, the quality and frequency of power plays varies by team; a player on a team with many power-play opportunities will naturally rack up more PP TOI.
Formula[show]
Sum of all shifts during power-play situations (5v4, 5v3, 4v3) across all games in the sample.Example
A top power-play forward might see 3–5 minutes of power-play time per game over a season; a depth forward or fourth-liner might see nearly none. A top power-play defenseman often sees 2–4 minutes per game, while a player who rarely gets power-play duty might see 0.5 minutes or less.