Puckonomics

A description of where two views disagree — not a verdict. Neither number is declared "right." A big gap is a conversation starter: it can reflect a role our score doesn't see yet (zone starts, matchups, special teams) as easily as anything about the player.

5v5 usage percentile value score

Usage is even-strength (5v5) ice time per game, as a percentile within position group.

Big minutes, modest number

Where the coach leans in harder than our value score.

Forwards 20

#	Player	5v5 TOI/GP	Value	Usage	Usage vs value
1	Teddy Blueger C ·VAN ·31 UFA	14:13	41	82	+41
2	Gabe Perreault RW ·NYR ·20 ELC	14:23	48	86	+38
3	Frederick Gaudreau C ·SEA ·32 UFA	13:29	33	68	+35
4	David Kampf C ·VAN ·31 UFA	12:54	20	55	+35
5	Chandler Stephenson C ·SEA ·31 UFA	14:03	50	79	+29
6	Evander Kane LW ·VAN ·34 UFA	14:17	55	83	+28
7	Ryan Greene C ·CHI ·22 ELC	13:22	39	66	+27
8	Ilya Mikheyev RW ·CHI ·31 UFA PK	14:28	60	87	+27
9	Anthony Beauvillier RW ·WSH ·28 UFA	13:49	51	75	+24
10	Liam Ohgren LW ·MIN ·22 ELC	12:08	17	39	+22
11	Jason Dickinson C ·CHI ·30 UFA PK	13:04	38	59	+21
12	Andre Burakovsky LW ·CHI ·30 UFA	13:45	54	73	+19
13	Matty Beniers C ·SEA ·23 RFA	15:10	75	94	+19
14	Kasperi Kapanen RW ·EDM ·29 UFA	13:09	42	61	+19
15	Matvei Gridin RW ·CGY ·19 ELC	12:53	36	55	+19
16	Jonathan Drouin LW ·NYI ·30 UFA	13:16	46	64	+18
17	Emil Heineman LW ·NYI ·24 RFA	13:35	53	70	+17
18	Michael Amadio RW ·OTT ·29 UFA	14:18	68	84	+16
19	Timo Meier RW ·NJD ·29 UFA	15:29	81	96	+15
20	Adam Fantilli C ·CBJ ·21 ELC	15:27	81	96	+15

Defensemen 20

#	Player	5v5 TOI/GP	Value	Usage	Usage vs value
1	Ben Chiarot D ·DET ·34 UFA	18:11	12	80	+68
2	Yan Kuznetsov D ·CGY ·23 ELC	17:38	15	67	+52
3	Brandon Montour D ·SEA ·31 UFA	19:18	43	95	+52
4	Jamie Drysdale D ·PHI ·23 RFA	18:22	35	83	+48
5	Ivan Provorov D ·CBJ ·29 UFA	19:49	55	98	+43
6	Kevin Bahl D ·CGY ·25 RFA	18:02	36	78	+42
7	Rasmus Ristolainen D ·PHI ·31 UFA	17:34	24	66	+42
8	Adam Larsson D ·SEA ·33 UFA	18:13	39	81	+42
9	Neal Pionk D ·WPG ·30 UFA	17:50	33	73	+40
10	Brady Skjei D ·NSH ·31 UFA	17:47	31	71	+40
11	Zeev Buium D ·MIN ·20 ELC	16:30	8	43	+35
12	Simon Nemec D ·NJD ·21 ELC	17:38	33	68	+35
13	Jake McCabe D ·TOR ·32 UFA	18:31	53	85	+32
14	Artyom Levshunov D ·CHI ·20 ELC	15:37	4	36	+32
15	Wyatt Kaiser D ·CHI ·23 RFA	17:13	27	57	+30
16	Justin Faulk D ·STL ·33 UFA	17:53	45	75	+30
17	Alex Vlasic D ·CHI ·24 RFA PK	17:43	41	69	+28
18	Braden Schneider D ·NYR ·24 RFA	17:20	32	60	+28
19	Niko Mikkola D ·FLA ·29 UFA	17:16	31	58	+27
20	Ryan Lindgren D ·SEA ·27 UFA PK	15:23	5	29	+24

Limited minutes, strong number

Where the coach leans out. Read with the caveats below.

Read these carefully. This compares how much a coach plays a skater at even strength against our value score — a description of where two views disagree, not a claim that either is right. Our value score doesn't yet adjust for zone starts, quality of competition, or the fact that power-play scoring inflates a skater's number. Read it as a conversation starter, not a verdict.

Forwards 20

#	Player	5v5 TOI/GP	Value	Usage	Usage vs value
1	Mark Jankowski LW ·CAR ·31 UFA	9:41	70	6	−64
2	Parker Kelly C ·COL ·26 UFA PK	10:26	77	13	−64
3	James van Riemsdyk LW ·DET ·36 UFA	9:35	68	5	−63
4	Linus Karlsson C ·VAN ·26 UFA	10:48	77	17	−60
5	Ivan Demidov RW ·MTL ·20 ELC DEV	11:39	86	31	−55
6	Corey Perry RW ·LAK ·40 UFA	10:50	73	18	−55
7	Oliver Bjorkstrand RW ·TBL ·30 UFA	10:17	65	11	−54
8	William Carrier LW ·CAR ·31 UFA	10:35	69	15	−54
9	Tyler Toffoli C ·SJS ·33 UFA	11:37	83	30	−53
10	Viktor Arvidsson LW ·BOS ·32 UFA	12:04	90	38	−52
11	Jamie Benn LW ·DAL ·36 UFA	11:21	77	26	−51
12	Brad Marchand LW ·FLA ·37 UFA	12:08	90	39	−51
13	Michael Eyssimont C ·BOS ·29 UFA	10:06	59	8	−51
14	Hendrix Lapierre C ·WSH ·23 ELC	8:37	49	1	−48
15	Anthony Mantha RW ·PIT ·31 UFA	12:27	93	45	−48
16	Eric Robinson LW ·CAR ·30 UFA	10:14	58	10	−48
17	Brendan Gallagher RW ·MTL ·33 UFA	10:45	64	17	−47
18	Jason Zucker LW ·BUF ·34 UFA	11:59	84	37	−47
19	Dmitri Voronkov LW ·CBJ ·25 RFA	11:35	76	29	−47
20	Brady Tkachuk LW ·OTT ·26 UFA	12:39	96	49	−47

Defensemen 20

#	Player	5v5 TOI/GP	Value	Usage	Usage vs value
1	Tyler Tucker D ·STL ·25 RFA	13:10	78	3	−75
2	Ian Moore D ·ANA ·24 ELC	12:37	69	2	−67
3	Nick Blankenburg D ·NSH ·27 UFA	13:39	70	5	−65
4	Jeff Petry D ·FLA ·38 UFA	13:09	65	2	−63
5	Radko Gudas D ·ANA ·35 UFA	14:22	73	11	−62
6	Trevor van Riemsdyk D ·WSH ·34 UFA	14:15	67	10	−57
7	Joel Hanley D ·CGY ·34 UFA	13:25	60	4	−56
8	Spencer Stastney D ·NSH ·26 UFA	13:44	62	6	−56
9	Shayne Gostisbehere D ·CAR ·32 UFA	15:30	88	32	−56
10	Emil Andrae D ·PHI ·23 ELC	14:31	68	13	−55
11	Ian Cole D ·UTA ·36 UFA PK	14:48	72	17	−55
12	Ben Hutton D ·VGK ·32 UFA	14:13	63	9	−54
13	Olen Zellweger D ·ANA ·22 ELC	14:52	72	18	−54
14	Ryan McDonagh D ·TBL ·36 UFA PK	15:23	81	28	−53
15	Josh Manson D ·COL ·34 UFA	15:23	83	30	−53
16	Brent Burns D ·COL ·40 UFA	15:34	85	35	−50
17	Hampus Lindholm D ·BOS ·32 UFA	16:34	94	45	−49
18	Brandt Clarke D ·LAK ·22 ELC	16:57	96	50	−46
19	Olli Maatta D ·UTA ·31 UFA	15:32	78	34	−44
20	Kaedan Korczak D ·VGK ·25 UFA	15:17	71	27	−44

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Entry-level young player — light minutes are normal development, not a benching.

Heavy penalty-kill role — even-strength minutes understate total trust.

The value score is percentiled across the full position group, while the deployment percentile is taken over the eligible subset — the two aren't measured over the identical population.