While not a rare stat, is there any way to track power play goals against for specific players? There's a particular year Sakic played back in the 90's on the Nords where he had 100 points or so but I think he might have actually been a minus player. Meanwhile his teammate Sundin (without looking) was also a 100 point player and I think was something like +20. I know there was a time Sakic was killing penalties for the Nords. I have to imagine he suffered his share of goals against when killing penalties and thus had a poorer plus/minus.
Is there a site that keeps track of power play goals against certain players? I mean we can look up all day how many PPG's the Nords gave up but I can't for the life of me find out who was on the ice for the PPG's against.
I recently tried to do this for Filppula and came up empty handed.
Goals against when killing penalties do not count in plus/minus. And goals for when on power play do not count either.
The breakdown of goals for and against is available on hockey reference.
For example, in 1992-93, Sakic was on the ice for 150 goals for. 76 of those were PP, so for plus/minus purposes, 74 goals for. That is, Que scored 74 goals when Sakic was on the ice at ES or SH.
He was on the ice for 104 goals against. 27 of those were while killing penalties, so for plus/minus purposes, 77 goals against. That is, Que allowed 77 goals against when Sakic was on the ice at ES or PP.
Therefore he was minus 3 (74 - 77)
Sundin was on the ice for 154 goals for and 70 of those were PP. So for plus/minus purposes, 84 goals for.
Sundin was on the ice for 89 goals against, and 26 of those were while killing penalties. So for plus/minus, 63 goals against.
Therefore he was plus 21 (89-26).
Data are not available (at least I have not seen them) to isolate ES goals only. That is, the GF I have seen only distinguish between PP vs. (ES+SH). That allows you to calculate the + component of +/-, but not to isolate ES goals only.
Similarly, on the minus side, GA is only disaggregated between (ES and PP) vs. SH. Again, enough to caclulate - component of +/-, but not to isolate ES GA from goals against while on PP.
Still, the data available show why Sundin had a better +/-.
They were both on the ice for roughly the same goals for (154 for Sundin vs. 150 for Sakic), but more of Sakic's were on the PP (76 vs. 70).
Sundin was on the ice for 84 goals when Que was ES or killing penalties, whereas Sakic was on the ice for 74 goals for in such situations. Advantage of 10 for Sundin on the offensive side.
On the defensive side, Sakic was on the ice for 104 total goals against vs. 89 for Sundin. When goals allowed while killing penalties are removed, it is 77 gainst for Sakic vs. 63 against for Sundin. So a 14-goal for Sundin on the defensive side.
Not sure if this is what you were looking for, but hope it helps.
From 1998 on, when ice time data are available, can extend the analysis further by looking at GF and GA per minute.