Open Injury impact. When a regular is out, their ice time and power-play spot go to someone else. That teammate's shots and points usually go up, and their prop lines don't always catch up right away. Injury impact shows, for every player out who matters, exactly who picked up the slack the last time.
Who gets a card
A player gets a card when they're out and they played real minutes or power-play time, because that's when the absence moves roles. Players out who barely played are folded into Also out, little effect.
The status comes from the injury report: Out, Injured reserve or Day-to-day, with the expected return date when one is known.
Reading a card
What the player leaves is at the top:
- Ice time: their average over the last 5 games, on a bar out of 25:00.
- Power play: their share of the team's power-play time.
- Played with: their 5-on-5 linemates over the last 5 games.
Who gains without the player lists up to three teammates, biggest ice-time gain first, with how many games the player has missed:
- The teal bar is ice time: the hollow dot with the player in, the solid dot without, and the change on the right (▲ 4:02).
- The purple bar is power-play share, shown when it moved 5 points or more (41% → 68%, ▲ 27 pts).
The changes are in plain ink, never green or red. More ice time is a bigger role, not automatically a better bet.
Your first five minutes
- Pick the slate and game. Use the date arrows and All games.
- Pick the status. Out + day-to-day includes players who might return. Out only shows confirmed absences.
- Find the power-play jump. A teammate with a big purple bar is moving onto PP1, which is the biggest boost for shots and points.
- Open a teammate. Click a row to see their stat increases (shots, points and more), who they play with with and without the player, and what the player out leaves.
Tips for newer bettors
- Count the games. "Without Edvinsson · 11 games" is a decent sample. A card under 5 games prints its count and sorts after the rest.
- Check tonight's lines. Past absences show who gained before. The coach can choose differently tonight; line combinations are usually posted after the morning skate.
- Pair it with Deployment radar. Deployment radar shows role changes that have already happened in recent games.
Troubleshooting
- No cards: nobody who matters is out on this slate, or the injury report hasn't updated.
- A player out isn't on a card: they may be under Also out, little effect, or filtered by game or status.
- A split says no games: the teammate hasn't played a game without that player, so there's nothing to compare yet.