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As requested by Hockey Outsider, here are the players with the largest and smallest roles on special teams (minimum 500 GP) since 1967-68.
Edit: Updated to include 1959-60 through 2019-20
Essentially, PP% is the percentage of the team's power play goals for that the player was on the ice for in his career, and PK% is the percentage of the team's power play goals against that the player was on the ice for in his career. There is also an adjustment for games played to put it approximately on a per-game basis. This should be clear by looking at Mario Lemieux's numbers - he certainly didn't play 94% of his team's games!
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I just have a few observations.
Edit: Updated to include 1959-60 through 2019-20
Essentially, PP% is the percentage of the team's power play goals for that the player was on the ice for in his career, and PK% is the percentage of the team's power play goals against that the player was on the ice for in his career. There is also an adjustment for games played to put it approximately on a per-game basis. This should be clear by looking at Mario Lemieux's numbers - he certainly didn't play 94% of his team's games!
Power Play (forwards)
Player | Pos | GP | $PPG/82 | $PPP/82 | PP% | TmPP+ |
Mario Lemieux | C | 915 | 16 | 47 | 92% | 1.14 |
Alex Ovechkin | L | 1152 | 21 | 38 | 90% | 1.10 |
Bernie Geoffrion | R | 408 | 13 | 38 | 90% | 1.16 |
Evgeni Malkin | L | 907 | 14 | 40 | 88% | 1.13 |
Ilya Kovalchuk | L | 926 | 12 | 29 | 84% | 0.85 |
Sidney Crosby | C | 984 | 12 | 39 | 83% | 1.13 |
Connor McDavid | C | 351 | 10 | 43 | 83% | 1.00 |
Wayne Gretzky | C | 1487 | 9 | 41 | 82% | 1.07 |
Kent Nilsson | R | 553 | 13 | 37 | 81% | 0.96 |
Guy Chouinard | C | 578 | 10 | 32 | 79% | 0.91 |
Nicklas Backstrom | C | 956 | 7 | 38 | 78% | 1.17 |
Joe Sakic | C | 1378 | 11 | 34 | 78% | 1.05 |
Jack Eichel | C | 354 | 12 | 35 | 78% | 0.94 |
John Tavares | C | 814 | 13 | 32 | 78% | 0.98 |
Bobby Hull | L | 923 | 15 | 31 | 78% | 1.07 |
Gordie Howe | R | 921 | 13 | 33 | 77% | 1.00 |
Marcel Dionne | C | 1348 | 11 | 32 | 77% | 1.11 |
Paul Kariya | L | 989 | 11 | 31 | 77% | 0.94 |
Andy Bathgate | R | 686 | 6 | 28 | 76% | 0.90 |
Rene Robert | C | 744 | 8 | 28 | 76% | 1.04 |
Mike Bossy | R | 752 | 19 | 39 | 75% | 1.15 |
Alex Delvecchio | C | 1017 | 8 | 26 | 75% | 1.01 |
Steven Stamkos | C | 803 | 18 | 34 | 75% | 1.12 |
Patrick Kane | R | 973 | 11 | 32 | 74% | 0.97 |
Ron Francis | C | 1731 | 7 | 29 | 73% | 1.03 |
Sam Reinhart | C | 400 | 9 | 19 | 73% | 0.95 |
Brad Richards | C | 1126 | 7 | 28 | 73% | 0.96 |
Johnny Gaudreau | L | 464 | 7 | 27 | 73% | 1.00 |
Pavel Bure | R | 702 | 13 | 25 | 72% | 0.91 |
Adam Oates | C | 1337 | 6 | 30 | 72% | 1.00 |
Johnny Bucyk | L | 1299 | 11 | 31 | 72% | 1.06 |
Peter Forsberg | C | 708 | 8 | 35 | 72% | 1.15 |
Artemi Panarin | L | 391 | 10 | 28 | 72% | 0.94 |
Dale Hawerchuk | C | 1188 | 10 | 29 | 72% | 1.03 |
Phil Esposito | C | 1282 | 17 | 38 | 72% | 1.34 |
Zigmund Palffy | L | 684 | 11 | 31 | 71% | 1.00 |
Teemu Selanne | R | 1451 | 14 | 32 | 71% | 1.08 |
Pat Lafontaine | C | 865 | 12 | 29 | 71% | 1.03 |
Stan Mikita | C | 1393 | 10 | 30 | 71% | 1.06 |
Bernie Federko | C | 1000 | 8 | 28 | 71% | 0.91 |
Paul Gardner | C | 447 | 16 | 30 | 71% | 1.09 |
Brett Hull | R | 1269 | 15 | 31 | 71% | 1.07 |
Claude Giroux | R | 889 | 8 | 33 | 71% | 1.10 |
Peter Stastny | C | 977 | 9 | 30 | 71% | 0.97 |
Alexei Zhamnov | C | 807 | 7 | 26 | 71% | 0.88 |
Rick Martin | L | 685 | 14 | 27 | 70% | 1.09 |
Daniel Alfredsson | R | 1246 | 9 | 28 | 70% | 1.03 |
Guy Lafleur | R | 1126 | 11 | 30 | 70% | 1.12 |
Gilbert Perreault | C | 1191 | 9 | 28 | 70% | 1.04 |
Real Cloutier | R | 317 | 8 | 25 | 69% | 0.99 |
Jonathan Toews | C | 943 | 8 | 21 | 69% | 0.98 |
Dany Heatley | R | 869 | 13 | 28 | 69% | 0.97 |
Jean Beliveau | C | 748 | 14 | 36 | 69% | 1.21 |
Patrik Laine | R | 305 | 16 | 26 | 69% | 1.21 |
Steve Yzerman | C | 1514 | 9 | 27 | 68% | 1.09 |
Sean Monahan | C | 541 | 10 | 22 | 68% | 0.98 |
Mitchell Marner | C | 300 | 8 | 34 | 68% | 1.08 |
Doug Weight | L | 1238 | 5 | 26 | 68% | 1.03 |
Nathan MacKinnon | C | 525 | 10 | 27 | 68% | 1.05 |
Alexei Yashin | C | 850 | 11 | 28 | 68% | 0.91 |
Eric Lindros | C | 760 | 12 | 27 | 68% | 1.06 |
Leon Draisaitl | C | 422 | 14 | 31 | 68% | 1.03 |
Joe Thornton | C | 1636 | 7 | 28 | 67% | 1.08 |
Camille Henry | C | 464 | 14 | 25 | 67% | 0.95 |
Frank Mahovlich | L | 1048 | 10 | 26 | 67% | 1.00 |
Ryan Getzlaf | C | 1053 | 7 | 29 | 67% | 0.98 |
Bill Barber | L | 903 | 10 | 26 | 67% | 1.06 |
Jason Spezza | C | 1123 | 9 | 27 | 66% | 1.03 |
Tyler Seguin | C | 741 | 11 | 27 | 66% | 0.97 |
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | C | 604 | 7 | 27 | 66% | 0.99 |
Patric Hornqvist | R | 770 | 11 | 20 | 66% | 1.07 |
Anze Kopitar | C | 1073 | 8 | 29 | 66% | 1.00 |
Craig Janney | C | 760 | 6 | 26 | 66% | 0.98 |
Patrice Bergeron | C | 1089 | 9 | 24 | 65% | 0.97 |
Jaromir Jagr | R | 1733 | 10 | 28 | 65% | 1.09 |
Mark Stone | R | 449 | 7 | 21 | 65% | 0.93 |
Keith Tkachuk | L | 1201 | 13 | 24 | 65% | 0.96 |
Mark Recchi | R | 1652 | 9 | 27 | 65% | 0.98 |
Jason Allison | C | 552 | 6 | 31 | 65% | 1.15 |
Ray Whitney | C | 1330 | 7 | 25 | 65% | 0.93 |
Mike Hoffman | C | 493 | 12 | 24 | 65% | 1.02 |
Joe Pavelski | C | 1030 | 12 | 26 | 65% | 1.17 |
Jakub Voracek | R | 915 | 5 | 23 | 64% | 1.02 |
Taylor Hall | L | 627 | 10 | 26 | 64% | 0.95 |
Theoren Fleury | C | 1084 | 8 | 25 | 64% | 1.01 |
Mats Sundin | C | 1346 | 9 | 25 | 64% | 0.96 |
Yvan Cournoyer | R | 968 | 14 | 29 | 64% | 1.25 |
Aleksander Barkov | C | 479 | 9 | 22 | 63% | 1.00 |
Nikita Kucherov | R | 515 | 11 | 34 | 63% | 1.28 |
Rod Gilbert | R | 1065 | 10 | 28 | 63% | 1.10 |
David Pastrnak | R | 390 | 16 | 31 | 63% | 1.22 |
Tim Kerr | R | 655 | 15 | 25 | 63% | 1.02 |
Paul Stastny | C | 945 | 7 | 23 | 63% | 0.95 |
Marc Savard | C | 807 | 7 | 28 | 62% | 1.02 |
Jamie Benn | L | 814 | 10 | 22 | 62% | 0.97 |
Jarome Iginla | R | 1554 | 11 | 23 | 62% | 0.96 |
Steve Larmer | R | 1006 | 10 | 23 | 62% | 1.08 |
Dave Andreychuk | L | 1639 | 11 | 23 | 62% | 1.04 |
Martin St. Louis | C | 1134 | 8 | 24 | 62% | 0.97 |
Pierre Turgeon | C | 1294 | 11 | 28 | 62% | 1.04 |
Mike Rogers | C | 484 | 6 | 24 | 62% | 0.86 |
T.J. Oshie | C | 803 | 8 | 20 | 62% | 1.11 |
Alexander Semin | L | 650 | 8 | 24 | 62% | 0.99 |
Mike Modano | C | 1499 | 8 | 24 | 61% | 1.02 |
Phil Kessel | C | 1066 | 10 | 27 | 61% | 1.04 |
Thomas Vanek | L | 1029 | 11 | 23 | 61% | 0.93 |
Bernie Nicholls | C | 1127 | 8 | 25 | 61% | 1.02 |
Charlie Simmer | L | 712 | 11 | 21 | 61% | 1.10 |
Pavol Demitra | L | 847 | 9 | 25 | 60% | 1.11 |
Eric Staal | C | 1240 | 8 | 21 | 60% | 1.00 |
Mike Cammalleri | C | 737 | 11 | 24 | 60% | 0.96 |
Logan Couture | C | 715 | 10 | 24 | 60% | 1.12 |
Milan Hejduk | R | 1020 | 12 | 24 | 60% | 1.01 |
Anders Lee | C | 493 | 11 | 18 | 60% | 0.86 |
Zach Parise | C | 1015 | 12 | 23 | 60% | 0.94 |
Dale McCourt | C | 532 | 8 | 21 | 60% | 0.96 |
Bobby Rousseau | R | 942 | 5 | 24 | 60% | 1.20 |
Jeremy Roenick | C | 1363 | 10 | 23 | 60% | 0.96 |
Andrew Brunette | L | 1110 | 9 | 22 | 60% | 0.91 |
Gabriel Landeskog | L | 633 | 8 | 19 | 60% | 1.01 |
Mark Scheifele | C | 519 | 9 | 20 | 60% | 1.08 |
Power Play (defencemen)
Player | Pos | GP | $PPG/82 | $PPP/82 | PP% | TmPP+ |
Bobby Orr | D | 657 | 11 | 45 | 98% | 1.39 |
Ray Bourque | D | 1612 | 8 | 33 | 88% | 1.08 |
Brian Leetch | D | 1205 | 7 | 33 | 87% | 1.09 |
Denis Potvin | D | 1060 | 10 | 35 | 87% | 1.06 |
Al Macinnis | D | 1416 | 8 | 36 | 87% | 1.17 |
Jeff Brown | D | 747 | 7 | 30 | 84% | 0.97 |
Phil Housley | D | 1495 | 6 | 28 | 84% | 1.00 |
Sergei Zubov | D | 1068 | 6 | 29 | 82% | 1.14 |
Brad Park | D | 1115 | 7 | 27 | 81% | 1.08 |
Gary Suter | D | 1145 | 5 | 29 | 80% | 1.12 |
Paul Coffey | D | 1409 | 6 | 30 | 78% | 1.15 |
Shayne Gostisbehere | D | 340 | 6 | 27 | 78% | 0.99 |
Risto Siltanen | D | 562 | 6 | 25 | 77% | 1.02 |
Paul Reinhart | D | 648 | 7 | 30 | 77% | 0.96 |
Stefan Persson | D | 622 | 4 | 27 | 76% | 1.17 |
John Klingberg | D | 425 | 4 | 27 | 76% | 0.98 |
Doug Wilson | D | 1024 | 6 | 25 | 75% | 0.96 |
Erik Karlsson | D | 736 | 4 | 32 | 75% | 0.93 |
Sergei Gonchar | D | 1301 | 7 | 27 | 73% | 1.04 |
Nicklas Lidstrom | D | 1564 | 7 | 29 | 73% | 1.25 |
Kimmo Timonen | D | 1108 | 4 | 24 | 73% | 1.06 |
Kent Douglas | D | 428 | 4 | 15 | 71% | 0.97 |
Pierre Pilote | D | 660 | 4 | 20 | 70% | 1.05 |
Torey Krug | D | 523 | 5 | 32 | 70% | 1.13 |
Dan Boyle | D | 1093 | 6 | 23 | 70% | 1.04 |
Andrei Markov | D | 990 | 5 | 25 | 69% | 1.04 |
Sandis Ozolinsh | D | 875 | 6 | 24 | 69% | 1.05 |
Tomas Kaberle | D | 984 | 3 | 22 | 69% | 1.00 |
Mathieu Schneider | D | 1289 | 6 | 24 | 69% | 0.99 |
Chris Pronger | D | 1167 | 6 | 26 | 68% | 1.11 |
Craig Hartsburg | D | 570 | 4 | 23 | 68% | 1.11 |
P.K. Subban | D | 713 | 6 | 24 | 68% | 0.94 |
Brian Rafalski | D | 833 | 4 | 24 | 67% | 1.03 |
Drew Doughty | D | 919 | 6 | 24 | 67% | 0.97 |
Kris Letang | D | 808 | 5 | 25 | 67% | 1.11 |
Rob Blake | D | 1270 | 8 | 22 | 66% | 1.07 |
Reed Larson | D | 904 | 7 | 20 | 66% | 0.89 |
Tom Kurvers | D | 659 | 4 | 22 | 66% | 1.00 |
Keith Yandle | D | 976 | 4 | 26 | 66% | 0.97 |
Oliver Ekman-Larsson | D | 723 | 7 | 20 | 66% | 0.88 |
Bryan Berard | D | 619 | 5 | 22 | 65% | 0.88 |
Larry Murphy | D | 1615 | 5 | 21 | 65% | 1.10 |
Mark Streit | D | 786 | 5 | 24 | 65% | 1.13 |
Marc-Andre Bergeron | D | 490 | 7 | 21 | 65% | 0.86 |
Reijo Ruotsalainen | D | 446 | 6 | 19 | 64% | 0.99 |
Dustin Byfuglien | D | 869 | 6 | 22 | 64% | 0.95 |
Zach Werenski | D | 300 | 5 | 23 | 64% | 0.81 |
Guy Lapointe | D | 884 | 6 | 24 | 64% | 1.23 |
Norm Maciver | D | 500 | 3 | 17 | 64% | 0.94 |
Shea Weber | D | 990 | 10 | 23 | 64% | 0.93 |
Dick Redmond | D | 771 | 6 | 21 | 64% | 1.00 |
Scott Niedermayer | D | 1263 | 6 | 23 | 64% | 0.94 |
Gary Sargent | D | 402 | 5 | 21 | 63% | 1.10 |
Doug Harvey | D | 347 | 2 | 18 | 63% | 1.15 |
Lubomir Visnovsky | D | 883 | 5 | 21 | 63% | 1.08 |
Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 493 | 3 | 22 | 63% | 0.90 |
Dave Babych | D | 1195 | 4 | 19 | 63% | 0.98 |
Marek Zidlicky | D | 836 | 6 | 22 | 63% | 0.99 |
Cam Fowler | D | 679 | 4 | 19 | 63% | 0.92 |
Dion Phaneuf | D | 1048 | 6 | 20 | 63% | 0.94 |
Tomas Jonsson | D | 552 | 3 | 20 | 63% | 1.03 |
Dave Pichette | D | 322 | 3 | 18 | 62% | 0.99 |
Borje Salming | D | 1148 | 3 | 19 | 62% | 0.99 |
Tyson Barrie | D | 554 | 4 | 22 | 62% | 1.01 |
Joni Pitkanen | D | 535 | 3 | 18 | 62% | 0.97 |
Steve Duchesne | D | 1113 | 5 | 20 | 62% | 1.01 |
Fredrik Olausson | D | 1022 | 5 | 21 | 62% | 1.08 |
Kevin Shattenkirk | D | 679 | 6 | 26 | 61% | 1.10 |
Ryan Suter | D | 1142 | 3 | 20 | 61% | 0.97 |
Ian Turnbull | D | 628 | 4 | 17 | 60% | 1.08 |
Mark Giordano | D | 893 | 5 | 19 | 60% | 0.98 |
Penalty Kill (forwards)
Player | Pos | GP | SH% | TmSH+ |
Charlie Burns | C | 679 | 74% | 1.10 |
Don Luce | C | 894 | 66% | 0.81 |
Ed Westfall | R | 1226 | 60% | 0.86 |
Craig Ramsay | L | 1070 | 59% | 0.77 |
Jerry Toppazzini | R | 336 | 59% | 1.17 |
Lorne Henning | C | 543 | 57% | 0.75 |
John Madden | L | 898 | 56% | 0.88 |
Donnie Marshall | L | 862 | 56% | 0.95 |
Doug Jarvis | C | 964 | 55% | 0.79 |
Boyd Gordon | R | 706 | 55% | 1.08 |
Bill Collins | R | 768 | 54% | 1.04 |
Jim Peters | C | 300 | 54% | 1.00 |
Lew Morrison | R | 581 | 53% | 1.05 |
Guy Carbonneau | C | 1318 | 53% | 0.91 |
Tom Younghans | R | 429 | 52% | 1.06 |
Luke Glendening | C | 500 | 52% | 1.13 |
Ralph Klassen | C | 497 | 52% | 0.97 |
Rick Paterson | C | 430 | 52% | 1.07 |
Dave Tippett | L | 721 | 51% | 0.88 |
Zach Hyman | C | 302 | 51% | 1.00 |
Gregg Sheppard | C | 657 | 51% | 0.91 |
Dave Poulin | C | 724 | 50% | 0.80 |
Jay Mcclement | C | 906 | 50% | 0.90 |
Bill Gardner | C | 380 | 50% | 1.05 |
John Chabot | C | 508 | 49% | 0.96 |
Don Marcotte | L | 868 | 49% | 0.80 |
Bob Pulford | L | 874 | 49% | 0.94 |
Derek Sanderson | C | 598 | 49% | 0.80 |
Jay Pandolfo | L | 899 | 49% | 0.90 |
Steve Kasper | C | 821 | 49% | 0.92 |
Ron Stewart | R | 886 | 48% | 0.96 |
Bill Clement | C | 719 | 48% | 0.89 |
Todd Marchant | C | 1195 | 47% | 1.01 |
Butch Goring | C | 1107 | 46% | 0.89 |
Jerred Smithson | C | 606 | 46% | 0.93 |
Maxime Talbot | C | 666 | 46% | 0.95 |
Kelly Miller | L | 1057 | 46% | 0.85 |
Sean Couturier | C | 647 | 46% | 1.05 |
Bob Gainey | L | 1160 | 45% | 0.83 |
Eric Nesterenko | R | 849 | 45% | 0.86 |
Real Lemieux | L | 456 | 45% | 1.07 |
Rod Brind'Amour | L | 1484 | 45% | 0.98 |
Bob Corkum | R | 720 | 45% | 1.01 |
Samuel Pahlsson | C | 798 | 45% | 1.01 |
Paul Woods | L | 501 | 44% | 1.08 |
Mike Peca | C | 864 | 44% | 0.89 |
David Steckel | C | 425 | 44% | 1.11 |
Jordan Staal | C | 961 | 44% | 0.88 |
Marcus Kruger | C | 520 | 43% | 1.03 |
Ryan Kesler | C | 1001 | 43% | 0.88 |
Val Fonteyne | L | 823 | 43% | 1.04 |
Ron Lalonde | C | 397 | 43% | 1.24 |
Dirk Graham | R | 772 | 42% | 0.92 |
Connor Brown | R | 324 | 42% | 1.00 |
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | L | 454 | 42% | 1.02 |
Ryan Johnson | C | 701 | 42% | 1.04 |
Casey Cizikas | C | 534 | 42% | 1.02 |
Ron Wilson | C | 832 | 42% | 0.92 |
Dave Hannan | L | 841 | 42% | 0.92 |
Brent R Peterson | C | 620 | 41% | 0.92 |
Stephane Yelle | L | 991 | 41% | 0.92 |
Zemgus Girgensons | C | 489 | 41% | 1.14 |
Blair Betts | C | 477 | 41% | 0.84 |
Mark Messier | C | 1756 | 41% | 0.91 |
Nate Thompson | C | 767 | 41% | 1.09 |
Larry Patey | C | 717 | 41% | 0.95 |
Bob Miller | C | 404 | 40% | 0.89 |
Patrick Dwyer | R | 416 | 40% | 0.98 |
Michal Handzus | C | 1009 | 40% | 0.96 |
Scott Pellerin | L | 536 | 40% | 0.79 |
Dan Bylsma | L | 429 | 40% | 0.95 |
Claude Lapointe | C | 879 | 40% | 1.02 |
Red Berenson | C | 987 | 40% | 1.02 |
Erik Condra | R | 372 | 40% | 0.91 |
Glen Currie | C | 326 | 40% | 0.90 |
Darren Helm | C | 697 | 40% | 1.07 |
Jean-Gabriel Pageau | C | 435 | 40% | 1.06 |
Craig Conroy | C | 1009 | 40% | 0.91 |
Jerry Butler | R | 641 | 40% | 1.00 |
Bobby Clarke | C | 1147 | 40% | 0.81 |
Dale Mccourt | C | 532 | 40% | 1.05 |
Bob Nevin | R | 1122 | 40% | 0.96 |
Penalty Kill (defencemen)
Player | Pos | GP | SH% | TmSH+ |
Tom Johnson | D | 359 | 77% | 0.91 |
Jacques Laperriere | D | 691 | 76% | 0.87 |
Doug Harvey | D | 347 | 68% | 0.86 |
J.C. Tremblay | D | 796 | 66% | 0.87 |
Jaccob Slavin | D | 377 | 66% | 0.87 |
Marcel Pronovost | D | 636 | 66% | 0.91 |
Bill White | D | 604 | 65% | 0.88 |
Bobby Orr | D | 657 | 62% | 0.79 |
Ivan Provorov | D | 315 | 61% | 1.12 |
Zdeno Chara | D | 1553 | 59% | 0.88 |
Bill Gadsby | D | 453 | 58% | 1.01 |
Serge Savard | D | 1040 | 58% | 0.82 |
Francois Beauchemin | D | 903 | 58% | 1.06 |
Ray Bourque | D | 1612 | 58% | 0.88 |
Jay Bouwmeester | D | 1240 | 57% | 0.96 |
Bill Hajt | D | 854 | 57% | 0.77 |
Chris Chelios | D | 1651 | 57% | 0.85 |
Barry Beck | D | 615 | 57% | 1.01 |
Tim Horton | D | 1010 | 57% | 0.88 |
Jim Schoenfeld | D | 719 | 56% | 0.77 |
Jimmy Roberts | D | 1006 | 56% | 0.89 |
Scott Stevens | D | 1635 | 56% | 0.88 |
Christopher Tanev | D | 514 | 56% | 0.98 |
Willie Mitchell | D | 907 | 56% | 0.90 |
Greg Zanon | D | 493 | 56% | 0.91 |
Derian Hatcher | D | 1045 | 56% | 0.89 |
Borje Salming | D | 1148 | 55% | 1.09 |
Ryan McDonagh | D | 662 | 55% | 0.84 |
Niklas Hjalmarsson | D | 780 | 55% | 0.90 |
Rob Scuderi | D | 783 | 55% | 0.91 |
Chris Pronger | D | 1167 | 55% | 0.91 |
Travis Hamonic | D | 637 | 55% | 0.95 |
Lars Lindgren | D | 394 | 55% | 0.99 |
Esa Lindell | D | 308 | 54% | 1.07 |
Bob McCord | D | 316 | 54% | 1.06 |
Bob Stewart | D | 575 | 54% | 1.19 |
Bob Plager | D | 644 | 54% | 1.00 |
Alex Pietrangelo | D | 758 | 54% | 0.89 |
Denis Potvin | D | 1060 | 53% | 0.82 |
Harry Howell | D | 932 | 53% | 1.13 |
Rod Langway | D | 994 | 53% | 0.83 |
Andy Greene | D | 933 | 53% | 0.81 |
Marc-Edouard Vlasic | D | 1035 | 53% | 0.90 |
Adam Foote | D | 1154 | 53% | 0.99 |
Dave Burrows | D | 724 | 53% | 1.05 |
Carol Vadnais | D | 1087 | 53% | 0.98 |
Moose Vasko | D | 600 | 53% | 1.00 |
Guy Lapointe | D | 884 | 53% | 0.76 |
Gerry Odrowski | D | 309 | 52% | 1.08 |
Tom Laidlaw | D | 705 | 52% | 0.98 |
Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 493 | 52% | 1.13 |
Duncan Keith | D | 1138 | 52% | 0.99 |
Richard Matvichuk | D | 796 | 52% | 0.86 |
Rick Ley | D | 310 | 52% | 1.03 |
Nicklas Lidstrom | D | 1564 | 52% | 0.81 |
Bert Marshall | D | 868 | 51% | 0.96 |
Craig Ludwig | D | 1256 | 51% | 0.93 |
Karlis Skrastins | D | 832 | 51% | 1.00 |
Barry Gibbs | D | 792 | 51% | 1.10 |
Dan Girardi | D | 927 | 51% | 0.84 |
Dan Hamhuis | D | 1148 | 51% | 0.94 |
Kevin Hatcher | D | 1157 | 51% | 0.92 |
Barclay Plager | D | 614 | 51% | 1.03 |
Gilles Marotte | D | 808 | 51% | 1.03 |
Tracy Pratt | D | 580 | 51% | 1.07 |
Ron Hainsey | D | 1132 | 51% | 0.99 |
Danny Dekeyser | D | 441 | 51% | 1.10 |
Justin Braun | D | 669 | 51% | 0.90 |
Jamie Macoun | D | 1128 | 50% | 0.96 |
Jacob Trouba | D | 478 | 50% | 1.02 |
Hal Gill | D | 1108 | 50% | 0.97 |
Tom Reid | D | 701 | 50% | 1.21 |
Al Arbour | D | 407 | 50% | 0.94 |
Robyn Regehr | D | 1086 | 50% | 1.03 |
Rick Green | D | 845 | 50% | 1.04 |
Brett Pesce | D | 350 | 50% | 0.86 |
Rob Blake | D | 1270 | 50% | 0.99 |
Harold Snepsts | D | 1033 | 49% | 1.08 |
Ron Stackhouse | D | 889 | 49% | 1.07 |
Mattias Norstrom | D | 903 | 49% | 1.01 |
Brian Leetch | D | 1205 | 49% | 1.03 |
Bryan Watson | D | 877 | 49% | 1.05 |
Kjell Samuelsson | D | 813 | 49% | 0.92 |
Terry Harper | D | 1066 | 49% | 0.89 |
Mike Milbury | D | 754 | 49% | 0.83 |
Mike Rathje | D | 768 | 49% | 0.97 |
Mike Ramsey | D | 1070 | 49% | 0.88 |
Brad Marsh | D | 1086 | 49% | 0.90 |
Alexei Gusarov | D | 607 | 49% | 0.94 |
Kurt Sauer | D | 357 | 49% | 1.04 |
Cody Ceci | D | 496 | 49% | 1.10 |
Bryce Salvador | D | 786 | 48% | 0.81 |
Bob Baun | D | 826 | 48% | 0.98 |
Barry Wilkins | D | 418 | 48% | 1.32 |
Jan Hejda | D | 627 | 48% | 0.99 |
Fred Barrett | D | 745 | 48% | 1.11 |
Zbynek Michalek | D | 784 | 48% | 1.03 |
Marc Staal | D | 892 | 48% | 0.87 |
Leo Boivin | D | 728 | 48% | 1.09 |
Ken Morrow | D | 550 | 48% | 0.87 |
Warren Godfrey | D | 322 | 48% | 0.86 |
Bob Murdoch | D | 757 | 48% | 0.88 |
Karl Alzner | D | 686 | 48% | 1.03 |
Mark Tinordi | D | 663 | 48% | 0.90 |
John Carlson | D | 757 | 48% | 1.02 |
Richard Smehlik | D | 644 | 48% | 0.82 |
Niclas Havelid | D | 628 | 47% | 1.10 |
Brad Stuart | D | 1056 | 47% | 0.94 |
Jay Mckee | D | 802 | 47% | 0.86 |
Anton Volchenkov | D | 696 | 47% | 0.71 |
Drew Doughty | D | 919 | 47% | 0.97 |
Toni Lydman | D | 847 | 47% | 0.99 |
Gary Bergman | D | 838 | 47% | 1.07 |
Allan Stanley | D | 627 | 47% | 0.85 |
Josh Gorges | D | 783 | 47% | 0.93 |
Patrik Nemeth | D | 314 | 47% | 1.08 |
Scott Hannan | D | 1055 | 47% | 1.00 |
Brendan Witt | D | 890 | 47% | 1.04 |
Pierre Pilote | D | 660 | 47% | 0.94 |
Eric Desjardins | D | 1143 | 46% | 0.94 |
Josef Melichar | D | 349 | 46% | 1.19 |
Bob Lorimer | D | 529 | 46% | 1.06 |
Dale Rolfe | D | 509 | 46% | 1.01 |
Teppo Numminen | D | 1372 | 46% | 0.94 |
Joel Quenneville | D | 803 | 46% | 0.99 |
Dimitri Yushkevich | D | 786 | 46% | 1.06 |
Ed Van Impe | D | 700 | 46% | 0.81 |
Barret Jackman | D | 876 | 46% | 0.90 |
Paul Martin | D | 870 | 46% | 0.87 |
Eric Brewer | D | 1009 | 45% | 1.01 |
Mattias Ohlund | D | 899 | 45% | 1.02 |
Reed Larson | D | 904 | 45% | 1.10 |
Chris Kotsopoulos | D | 479 | 45% | 1.10 |
Uwe Krupp | D | 729 | 45% | 0.94 |
Rod Seiling | D | 979 | 45% | 0.95 |
Mario Marois | D | 955 | 45% | 0.94 |
Jason Smith | D | 1008 | 45% | 0.94 |
Sami Salo | D | 878 | 45% | 0.92 |
Bill Houlder | D | 846 | 45% | 0.96 |
Johnny Boychuk | D | 725 | 45% | 0.90 |
Calle Johansson | D | 1109 | 45% | 0.88 |
Matt Greene | D | 615 | 45% | 0.91 |
Filip Kuba | D | 836 | 45% | 0.93 |
Al Sims | D | 476 | 45% | 0.99 |
Larry Robinson | D | 1384 | 45% | 0.86 |
Jordie Benn | D | 517 | 45% | 1.10 |
Mike Weaver | D | 633 | 45% | 1.03 |
Dallas Smith | D | 889 | 45% | 0.78 |
Henrik Tallinder | D | 678 | 45% | 0.86 |
Erik Gudbranson | D | 518 | 45% | 1.15 |
Roman Josi | D | 632 | 45% | 1.01 |
Roman Polak | D | 806 | 45% | 0.89 |
Larry Cahan | D | 475 | 45% | 1.12 |
Rob Ramage | D | 1044 | 45% | 1.06 |
Phil Russell | D | 1016 | 45% | 0.96 |
Doug Jarrett | D | 775 | 45% | 0.82 |
I just have a few observations.
- The top penalty killers appear to have logged a higher percentage of shorthanded ice time in the 1970s, probably because there were fewer power plays to kill off.
- How about Bobby Orr?
- Players who missed a lot of time and were good on the power play (like Mario Lemieux) may have a slightly inflated PP%, as presumably their team scored more power play goals with them than without them.
- I never realized that basically all 500+ game defenders saw at least some time on the penalty kill...with one exception. Jason Woolley's coaches appear to have considered him to be radioactive on the penalty kill. Phil Housley would stand out a lot more if the cutoff was set to 1000 games.
- If I dropped the cutoff to 400 GP post-1968, Jacques Laperriere would be the top defencemen in SH% with 73%, and Tim Horton would be in the top 5 with 60%. Also, Dan Hamhuis would slide between Bill Hajt and Barry Beck in the top 10 defencemen SH%.
- Forwards with 400-500 GP - Charlie Burns had a SH% of 79%! That was a different era, for sure. Paul Gardner stands out among full-career 400-500 GP players, as he had a PP% of 71%, more PPG than ESG, was -121, and never killed penalties. That's about as close as it gets to a career PP specialist.
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