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Longer reads on how clubs actually use the power play. Every number in them is re-measured on each build, so an article written in November still tells you the truth in March.
Power-play time is a ticket, not a prize
3 September 2026 · Rich Jasinski
Two minutes of power play a night and the top 50 is closed to you; three minutes and it is still a coin flip. What actually separates the finishers, measured.
Ten seasons of power-play goals: what a career list hides
28 August 2026 · Rich Jasinski
Hold every skater to the same ten seasons and the power-play goal leaderboard reorders — with the cost of each goal beside it.
What a power play actually looks like: three assumptions, measured
28 August 2026 · Rich Jasinski
No club runs two defencemen on its top unit, the first unit takes three quarters of the ice time, and PP1 is a role rather than five players.
New hands on the NHL power play, 2026-27: the measured record
24 August 2026 · Rich Jasinski
Every 2026-27 coaching change on the power play, with each operator's measured record.
New faces on every power play: the 2026-27 roster diff, measured
24 August 2026 · Rich Jasinski
Every club's roster arrivals and departures, with each mover's measured PP record.
The anatomy of a power-play riser, measured over four seasons
24 August 2026 · Rich Jasinski
What the official record shows around every measured PP scoring jump: the pattern that repeats, and the folklore that does not.
The NHL power play, measured: 2025-26 in review
16 June 2026 · Rich Jasinski
30 first units, ranked and decomposed.
Ranking questions — the top-10s, measured
One question per page, answered with a ranked table, measured. All of them also live at /answers/.
What is a PP1 spot actually worth?
12 October 2026 · Rich Jasinski
+1.500 — PP goals a game between the best PP1 spot and the worst
Which NHL clubs draw the most power plays?
12 October 2026 · Rich Jasinski
5.33 — power plays drawn per game, the league's most
Which clubs lean hardest on their first unit?
12 October 2026 · Rich Jasinski
89.1% — of the club's PP time on its first unit
Which NHL power play units change the least?
12 October 2026 · Rich Jasinski
93% — same five — the league's most settled first unit
Who has the longest streak on an NHL power play unit?
12 October 2026 · Rich Jasinski
7 — straight games with a power play on his unit
Which NHL clubs have the best power play?
12 October 2026 · Rich Jasinski
1.667 — unit PP goals a game — the league's best
Which NHL clubs have the worst power play?
12 October 2026 · Rich Jasinski
0.167 — unit PP goals a game — the league's worst