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2026-27 NHL · through October 4

NHL ice time, tracked every game.

Time on ice is the clearest early sign of a skater's role, and shots on goal are the steadiest path to points. Both change before the scoring does.

It's early, so most players are compared with their own numbers from last season until they have more games in.

Weekly rankingsWeek of Oct 5–11 Schedule plannerGames per week and back-to-backs MatchupsPoints and shots allowed Advanced statsPer 60 and shooting percentage

More ice time

Biggest increases in time on ice and shots over each skater's last 3 games.

PlayerTOIChangeSOG/gChangeFP/gCompared with
Denton Mateychuk D · CBJ 27:47 +8.6 min 1.5 +0.3 6.7 19:11 last season
Michael Kesselring D · SJS new team 20:30 +7.1 min 0.5 -0.9 1.4 13:24 last season
Andrew Copp C · DET 23:00 +6.4 min 1.0 -0.5 4.7 16:34 last season
Paul Cotter LW · VAN new team 16:21 +5.7 min 1.3 +0.6 11.4 10:41 last season
Jack Quinn RW · BUF 19:56 +4.3 min 4.5 +2.2 15.9 15:39 last season
Vasily Podkolzin RW · EDM 18:55 +3.5 min 4.3 +2.6 18.3 15:23 last season
Seth Jones D · FLA 28:26 +4.7 min 2.3 +0.6 4.4 23:42 last season
Declan Carlile D · PIT new team 18:31 +3.7 min 2.5 +1.7 12.4 14:47 last season
Olli Maatta D · MIN new team 22:23 +5.2 min 0.5 -0.3 3.9 17:13 last season
Thomas Chabot D · OTT 27:06 +4.5 min 2.0 +0.3 25.6 22:35 last season
Matthew Wood RW · NSH 16:44 +4.4 min 1.5 0 2.9 12:19 last season
Egor Chinakhov RW · PIT 17:29 +4.0 min 2.5 +0.6 11.2 13:29 last season

Less ice time

PlayerTOIChangeSOG/gChangeFP/gCompared with
Jake Sanderson D · OTT low last game 4:29 -20.4 min 0.0 -2.2 1.3 24:50 last season
Emil Lilleberg D · TBL 10:30 -6.8 min 1.0 +0.1 1.5 17:18 last season
Teddy Blueger C · TOR new team 10:54 -5.6 min 0.3 -1.1 0.9 16:31 last season
Shakir Mukhamadullin D · EDM new team 11:32 -5.6 min 0.0 -1.0 1.3 17:09 last season
Conor Garland RW · CBJ 12:26 -4.8 min 0.0 -1.9 0.7 17:12 last season
Ryan Hartman RW · MIN 12:12 -4.5 min 0.0 -2.2 3.8 16:45 last season
Cale Makar D · COL 19:09 -5.7 min 2.0 -0.7 14.2 24:51 last season
Alex Ovechkin LW · WSH 13:10 -4.3 min 0.5 -2.5 3.9 17:27 last season
Tyler Myers D · DAL 13:50 -5.7 min 1.0 -0.2 2.8 19:31 last season
Jake McCabe D · TOR 16:34 -5.8 min 1.0 0 4.1 22:24 last season
J.J. Moser D · TBL 17:08 -4.4 min 0.0 -1.4 1.3 21:34 last season
Ilya Mikheyev RW · TBL new team 12:26 -5.0 min 1.0 -0.6 5.3 17:26 last season

Forward ice time

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#PlayerTOISOG/g
1Connor McDavid C · EDM23:442.3
2Nikita Kucherov RW · TBL23:262.0
3Jack Hughes C · NJD23:244.0
4Mikko Rantanen RW · DAL23:032.0
5Andrew Copp C · DET23:001.0
6Brandon Hagel LW · TBL22:534.5
7Tim Stützle C · OTT22:512.0
8Macklin Celebrini C · SJS22:194.5
9Wyatt Johnston C · DAL22:193.0
10Sam Reinhart C · FLA22:162.3

Fantasy points per game

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#PlayerFP/gSOG/g
1Kyle Connor LW · WPG29.67.0
2Thomas Chabot D · OTT25.62.0
3Evan Bouchard D · EDM25.34.0
4Nathan MacKinnon C · COL25.06.0
5Connor McDavid C · EDM21.72.3
6Artturi Lehkonen LW · COL21.62.5
7Cutter Gauthier LW · ANA21.64.5
8Macklin Celebrini C · SJS21.24.5
9Martin Necas C · COL19.54.0
10Leon Draisaitl C · EDM19.35.0

How to read this

TOI
Average time on ice per game, in minutes and seconds.
SOG/g
Shots on goal per game.
FP/g
Fantasy points per game: goals 8.5, assists 5, shots on goal 1.5, blocked shots 1.3.

Skaters only. Goalie stats aren't included yet.

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