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Deployment Watch
Track changing ice time and observed player roles, with evidence from NHL games.
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How to read Deployment WatchQuick guide
Usage changes shows share against season. Role changes compares the selected recent games with the preceding non-overlapping games on the same team.
Usage changes
Recent PP or 5v5 share compared with season share, measured in percentage points.
Role changes
Observed PP units and 5v5 usage bands compared between adjacent periods. These are not projected line combinations.
Early movement
A role difference was observed, but there are too few games or PP opportunities to call it stable.
Emerging
Repeated observations support the change, but the new role is not yet firmly established.
Confirmed
Several recent games support the same role with adequate evidence. Not a guarantee of future usage.
PP share
Player PP seconds divided by the team’s total PP time in the selected window.
5v5 share
Player 5v5 seconds divided by the team’s total 5v5 time.
Overall
Combined 5v5 + PP opportunity share; penalty-kill time excluded.
Recent opportunity share compared with the season baseline.
| Player | Role | Opportunity share | vs season | xP/G | Deployment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Charlie McAvoyBOS · D · 5/5 games |
D1 · PP1 | 40%Season 19% | +20 pp | 0.81 | 93 | |
 Artem ZubOTT · D · 5/5 games |
D2 | 30%Season 13% | +17 pp | 0.39 | 55 | |
 Oliver BonkPHI · D · 5/5 games |
D1 · PP2 | 36%Season 19% | +17 pp | 0.61 | 63 | |
 Spencer StastneyPIT · D · 5/5 games |
D1 | 35%Season 19% | +16 pp | 0.27 | 31 | |
 Kaiden GuhleMTL · D · 5/5 games |
D1 | 36%Season 21% | +16 pp | 0.43 | 58 | |
 Connor BedardCHI · C · 4/5 games |
L1 · PP1 | 28%Season 13% | +15 pp | 1.05 | 91 | |
 Filip ChytilVAN · C · 4/5 games |
L1 · PP2 | 25%Season 10% | +15 pp | 0.44 | 53 | |
 Dylan CoghlanVGK · D · 5/5 games |
D3 | 27%Season 15% | +12 pp | 0.03 | 26 | |
 Jayden StrubleNSH · D · 5/5 games |
D3 | 31%Season 19% | +12 pp | 0.15 | 19 | |
 Jake SandersonOTT · D · 3/5 gamesDay-to-day |
D2 · PP1 | 22%Season 10% | +12 pp | 0.91 | 91 | |
 Kailer YamamotoUTA · R · 5/5 games |
L2 · PP2 | 27%Season 15% | +12 pp | 0.67 | 51 | |
 Johnathan KovacevicNJD · D · 5/5 games |
D3 | 26%Season 15% | +11 pp | 0.16 | 31 | |
 Haydn FleuryWPG · D · 5/5 games |
D3 · PP2 | 27%Season 16% | +11 pp | 0.11 | 47 | |
 Zach HymanEDM · L · 4/5 games |
— | 25%Season 14% | +11 pp | 0.56 | 75 | |
 Matthew KesselNYI · D · 5/5 games |
D3 | 23%Season 11% | +11 pp | 0.19 | 23 | |
 Roger McQueenANA · C · 5/5 games |
L4 | 23%Season 13% | +10 pp | 0.25 | 42 | |
 Matt KierstedMIN · D · 4/5 games |
D3 | 17%Season 6% | +10 pp | 0.24 | 18 | |
 Drew HellesonANA · D · 4/5 games |
D2 | 23%Season 13% | +10 pp | 0.17 | 36 | |
 Ilya SolovyovPIT · D · 3/5 games |
D3 | 16%Season 7% | +10 pp | 0.21 | 23 | |
 Justin BarronSTL · D · 5/5 games |
D3 · PP2 | 31%Season 22% | +9 pp | 0.30 | 43 | |
 Emil LillebergTBL · D · 4/5 games |
D3 | 20%Season 11% | +9 pp | 0.13 | 21 | |
 Bradly NadeauCAR · L · 3/5 games |
L3 · PP2 | 15%Season 6% | +9 pp | 0.32 | 44 | |
 Andrei KuzmenkoPIT · L · 5/5 games |
L4 · PP2 | 25%Season 16% | +9 pp | 0.29 | 49 | |
 Vinni LettieriTOR · C · 4/5 games |
— | 14%Season 5% | +9 pp | 0.39 | 40 | |
 Juuso VälimäkiCAR · D · 3/5 games |
D3 | 15%Season 6% | +9 pp | 0.30 | 52 | |
 Macklin CelebriniSJS · C · 5/5 games |
L1 · PP1 | 39%Season 31% | +9 pp | 1.47 | 98 | |
 Jonathan CastagnaCGY · C · 5/5 games |
L1 | 24%Season 16% | +9 pp | 0.31 | 36 | |
 Aydar SunievCGY · L · 5/5 games |
L4 | 25%Season 17% | +9 pp | 0.33 | 43 | |
 Damon SeversonCBJ · D · 5/5 games |
D1 · PP1 | 39%Season 30% | +9 pp | 0.49 | 77 | |
 Dominic JamesTBL · C · 3/5 games |
L4 · PP2 | 15%Season 7% | +8 pp | 0.36 | 33 | |
 Erik GustafssonLAK · D · 5/5 games |
D1 · PP2 | 34%Season 26% | +8 pp | 0.39 | 70 | |
 Cole KnublePHI · R · 3/5 games |
L3 · PP2 | 13%Season 5% | +8 pp | 0.46 | 43 | |
 Felix Unger SörumCAR · R · 3/5 games |
L4 · PP2 | 13%Season 5% | +8 pp | 0.27 | 34 | |
 Dennis GilbertBUF · D · 4/5 games |
D4 | 14%Season 6% | +8 pp | 0.20 | 7 | |
| Oliver KapanenMTL · C · 3/5 games | L2 · PP1 | 15%Season 7% | +8 pp | — | — | |
 Hunter McDonaldPHI · D · 3/5 games |
D3 | 12%Season 5% | +8 pp | 0.16 | 7 | |
 Elmer SoderblomPIT · L · 4/5 games |
L3 | 18%Season 10% | +7 pp | 0.30 | 20 | |
 Denver BarkeyPHI · C · 5/5 games |
L4 · PP1 | 27%Season 20% | +7 pp | 0.46 | 64 | |
 Nick DeSimoneUTA · D · 3/5 games |
D3 | 13%Season 5% | +7 pp | 0.17 | 18 | |
 Nino NiederreiterWPG · R · 5/5 gamesDay-to-day |
L4 · PP2 | 23%Season 16% | +7 pp | 0.32 | 37 | |
 Aleksanteri KaskimakiSTL · C · 3/5 games |
L3 | 14%Season 6% | +7 pp | 0.05 | 23 | |
 Taylor RaddyshNYR · R · 4/5 games |
L4 | 12%Season 5% | +7 pp | 0.27 | 24 | |
 Teuvo TeravainenCHI · C · 5/5 games |
L4 · PP1 | 26%Season 19% | +7 pp | 0.54 | 63 | |
 Zack MacEwenTOR · R · 5/5 games |
— | 14%Season 6% | +7 pp | 0.27 | 2 | |
 Tyler PitlickMIN · C · 5/5 games |
L4 | 14%Season 7% | +7 pp | 0.08 | 4 | |
 Aaron EkbladFLA · D · 5/5 games |
D2 · PP1 rotation | 34%Season 27% | +7 pp | 0.44 | 82 | |
 Frederic BrunetBOS · D · 5/5 games |
D3 · PP2 | 29%Season 22% | +7 pp | 0.32 | 64 | |
 Nolan AllanSJS · D · 4/5 games |
D3 | 22%Season 16% | +7 pp | 0.23 | 39 | |
 Justin DowlingNYR · C · 4/5 games |
L4 | 11%Season 4% | +7 pp | 0.08 | 2 | |
 Connor BrownNJD · R · 3/5 games |
L3 | 13%Season 6% | +7 pp | 0.56 | 56 | |
 Gavin BrindleyCOL · C · 4/5 games |
L4 | 12%Season 6% | +7 pp | 0.24 | 24 | |
 Jake ChristiansenCBJ · D · 5/5 games |
D2 | 28%Season 21% | +7 pp | 0.30 | 7 | |
 Raphael LavoieVGK · C · 5/5 games |
L4 | 20%Season 14% | +7 pp | 0.18 | 8 | |
 Dylan LarkinDET · C · 5/5 games |
L2 · PP1 | 35%Season 28% | +7 pp | 0.89 | 96 | |
 Nikita KlepovANA · R · 3/5 games |
L4 · PP2 | 15%Season 9% | +6 pp | 0.32 | 52 | |
 Justin HollWSH · D · 3/5 games |
D3 | 13%Season 6% | +6 pp | 0.23 | 14 | |
 Ivan MiroshnichenkoWSH · L · 3/5 games |
L4 · PP2 | 13%Season 6% | +6 pp | 0.24 | 23 | |
 Jacob GaucherPHI · C · 3/5 games |
L4 | 10%Season 4% | +6 pp | 0.00 | 6 | |
 Nick JensenANA · D · 2/5 games |
D3 | 12%Season 5% | +6 pp | 0.25 | 32 | |
 Josh MahuraSEA · D · 5/5 games |
D3 | 24%Season 18% | +6 pp | 0.14 | 16 | |
 Otto StenbergSTL · C · 3/5 games |
L4 | 11%Season 5% | +6 pp | 0.41 | 28 | |
 Olen ZellwegerBUF · D · 5/5 games |
D2 | 37%Season 31% | +6 pp | 0.40 | 66 | |
 Rutger McGroartyPIT · R · 2/5 games |
L4 · PP2 | 10%Season 4% | +6 pp | 0.27 | 31 | |
 Seth JarvisCAR · R · 2/5 games |
L2 | 10%Season 4% | +6 pp | 0.86 | 79 | |
 Andre LeeLAK · L · 5/5 games |
L3 · PP2 | 22%Season 16% | +6 pp | 0.36 | 22 | |
 Ryan Nugent-HopkinsEDM · C · 2/5 gamesInjured reserve |
— | 10%Season 4% | +6 pp | 0.74 | 89 | |
 Luca Del Bel BelluzCBJ · C · 4/5 games |
L4 | 13%Season 7% | +6 pp | 0.10 | 14 | |
 Kyle CapobiancoDAL · D · 3/5 games |
D3 · PP3 | 11%Season 6% | +6 pp | 0.12 | 35 | |
 William WallinderDET · D · 4/5 games |
D2 | 18%Season 12% | +6 pp | 0.32 | 34 | |
 Sam DickinsonSJS · D · 5/5 games |
D1 | 31%Season 26% | +5 pp | 0.36 | 40 | |
 Jason ZuckerBUF · L · 2/5 games |
L2 · PP2 | 10%Season 4% | +5 pp | 0.66 | 71 | |
 Alexander HoltzVGK · R · 2/5 games |
L4 | 9%Season 3% | +5 pp | 0.34 | 29 | |
 Uvis BalinskisFLA · D · 4/5 games |
D3 · PP1 | 22%Season 17% | +5 pp | 0.24 | 54 | |
 Jake DeBruskVAN · L · 5/5 games |
L2 · PP1 | 29%Season 24% | +5 pp | 0.48 | 73 | |
 Owen BeckMTL · C · 3/5 games |
L3 | 10%Season 5% | +5 pp | 0.10 | 5 | |
 Jesperi KotkaniemiCAR · C · 5/5 games |
L1 | 24%Season 19% | +5 pp | 0.30 | 34 | |
 Victor ManciniVAN · D · 3/5 games |
D4 | 12%Season 7% | +5 pp | 0.11 | 22 | |
 Ethan Del MastroCHI · D · 3/5 games |
D3 | 14%Season 10% | +5 pp | 0.13 | 9 | |
| Samuel HeleniusLAK · C · 5/5 games | L4 | 18%Season 13% | +5 pp | — | — | |
 Lars EllerFLA · C · 5/5 games |
L1 · PP2 | 28%Season 24% | +5 pp | 0.39 | 47 |