COVID-19 protocol timeline

Notes

• Data comes from Cap Friendly (based on date entering protocol and date subsequently recorded as "Healthy/Cleared")

2021/22 team injury breakdowns

Notes

• Cap Hit of Injured Players (CHIP) represents the per-game cap charge of a player missing a game through injury/illness, i.e. annual cap charge divided by 82 (data from capfriendly.com)
• There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' different reporting standards
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca
• Figures generally exclude minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who are often on teams’ IR lists at the start of each season, but include anyone who gets injured while on the active roster during the season
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches, suspensions, and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Johnny Boychuk, Micheal Ferland, Ryan Kesler, Bryan Little, Brent Seabrook, Andrew Shaw, Shea Weber) are included in team breakdowns (invisible as default view, however). They are excluded from team comparison charts.
• Team xG data comes from Evolving Hockey

2021/22 team man-games lost plots

Notes

• Cap Hit of Injured Players (CHIP) represents the per-game cap charge of a player missing a game through injury/illness, i.e. annual cap charge divided by 82 (data from capfriendly.com)
• There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' different reporting standards
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca
• Figures generally exclude minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who are often on teams’ IR lists at the start of each season, but include anyone who gets injured while on the active roster during the season
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches, suspensions, and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Johnny Boychuk, Micheal Ferland, Ryan Kesler, Bryan Little, Brent Seabrook, Andrew Shaw, Shea Weber) are also included, but are separately identifiable

2021/22 net injury charts

Notes

• There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' different reporting standards
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca
• Figures generally exclude minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who are often on teams’ IR lists at the start of each season, but include anyone who gets injured while on the active roster during the season
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches, suspensions, and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Johnny Boychuk, Micheal Ferland, Ryan Kesler, Bryan Little, Brent Seabrook, Andrew Shaw, Shea Weber) are excluded

2021/22 team injury stacks

Notes

• There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' different reporting standards
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca
• Figures generally exclude minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who are often on teams’ IR lists at the start of each season, but include anyone who gets injured while on the active roster during the season
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches, suspensions, and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Johnny Boychuk, Micheal Ferland, Ryan Kesler, Bryan Little, Brent Seabrook, Andrew Shaw, Shea Weber) are excluded in the default view here but can be made visible via the filter

2014/15 net injury chart

Notes

• There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' different reporting standards
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca
• Figures generally exclude minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who are often on teams’ IR lists at the start of each season, but include anyone who gets injured while on the active roster during the season
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches, suspensions, and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Sheldon Souray, Marc Savard, Mattias Öhlund, Rich Peverley, Chris Pronger) are excluded

2015/16 net injury chart

Notes

• There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' different reporting standards
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca
• Figures generally exclude minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who are often on teams’ IR lists at the start of each season, but include anyone who gets injured while on the active roster during the season
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches, suspensions, and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Grant Clitsome, Ryane Clowe, Nathan Horton, Cody McCormick, Marc Savard, Mattias Öhlund, Chris Phillips, Chris Pronger, Stéphane Robidas, Jesse Winchester) are excluded

2016/17 net injury chart

Notes

• There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' different reporting standards
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca
• Figures generally exclude minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who are often on teams’ IR lists at the start of each season, but include anyone who gets injured while on the active roster during the season
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches, suspensions, and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Dave Bolland, David Clarkson, Ryane Clowe, Pascal Dupuis, Andrew Ference, Johan Franzén, Mikhail Grabovski, Nathan Horton, Joffrey Lupul, Cody McCormick, Chris Pronger, Stéphane Robidas, Marc Savard, Joe Vitale) are excluded

2017/18 net injury chart

Notes

• There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' different reporting standards
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca
• Figures generally exclude minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who are often on teams’ IR lists at the start of each season, but include anyone who gets injured while on the active roster during the season
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches, suspensions, and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Dave Bolland, David Clarkson, Ryane Clowe, Johan Franzén, Mikhail Grabovski, Marián Hossa, Nathan Horton, Joffrey Lupul, Clarke MacArthur, Michal Rozsíval, Clayton Stoner) are excluded

2018/19 net injury chart

Notes

• There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' different reporting standards
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca
• Figures generally exclude minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who are often on teams’ IR lists at the start of each season, but include anyone who gets injured while on the active roster during the season
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches, suspensions, and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Dave Bolland, David Clarkson, Derek Dorsett, Johan Franzén, Marián Gáborík, Nathan Horton, Marián Hossa, Clarke MacArthur, Henrik Zetterberg) are excluded

2019/20 net injury charts

Notes

• There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' different reporting standards
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca
• Figures generally exclude minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who are often on teams’ IR lists at the start of each season, but include anyone who gets injured while on the active roster during the season
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches, suspensions, and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Kyle Brodziak, Ryan Callahan, David Clarkson, Patrick Eaves, Johan Franzén, Marián Gáborík, Martin Hanzal, Nathan Horton, Marián Hossa, Matt Hunwick, Ryan Kesler, Clarke MacArthur, Henrik Zetterberg) are excluded

2020/21 net injury charts

Notes

• There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' different reporting standards
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca
• Figures generally exclude minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who are often on teams’ IR lists at the start of each season, but include anyone who gets injured while on the active roster during the season
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches, suspensions, and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Johnny Boychuk, Brandon Dubinsky, Marián Gáborík, Marián Hossa, Ryan Kesler, Henrik Lundqvist, Anders Nilsson, Brent Seabrook, Alex Steen, Henrik Zetterberg) are excluded

2020/21 playoff injury/suspension summary

 

Notes

• As teams' reporting standards are even more imprecise than during the regular season, this summary is only intended to be a best indication of which players were unavailable due to injury/illness (or suspension - marked by the striped pattern) rather than being healthy scratched
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca as well as various contemporaneous media reports
• Figures generally exclude injured minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who could've been expected to be on an expanded playoff roster
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Johnny Boychuk, Marián Gáborík, Henrik Lundqvist, Anders Nilsson, Alex Steen) are excluded

NHL injury frequency by game (2000/01 to 2024/25)

Notes

• There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' different reporting standards
• Injury absence data I have used comes from puckpedia.com, cbssports.com and historically from the former capfriendly.com, tsn.ca and (prior to 2008/09) sportsforecaster.com
• Figures generally exclude minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who are often on teams’ IR lists at the start of each season, but include anyone who gets injured while on the active roster during the season
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches, suspensions, and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• “Retired” players still under contract (anyone who missed the whole year and has not played since, even if informal retirement had not been acknowledged at the time) are not included

2020/21 team injury breakdowns

Notes

• Cap Hit of Injured Players (CHIP) represents the per-game cap charge of a player missing a game through injury/illness, i.e. annual cap charge divided by 82 (data from capfriendly.com)
• There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' different reporting standards
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca
• Figures generally exclude minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who are often on teams’ IR lists at the start of each season, but include anyone who gets injured while on the active roster during the season
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches, suspensions, and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Johnny Boychuk, Brandon Dubinsky, Marián Gáborík, Marián Hossa, Ryan Kesler, Henrik Lundqvist, Anders Nilsson, Brent Seabrook, Alex Steen, Henrik Zetterberg) are included in team breakdowns (invisible as default view, however). They are excluded from team comparison charts.
• Team xG data comes from Evolving Hockey

2020/21 team man-games lost plots

Notes

• Cap Hit of Injured Players (CHIP) represents the per-game cap charge of a player missing a game through injury/illness, i.e. annual cap charge divided by 82 (data from capfriendly.com)
• There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' different reporting standards
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca
• Figures generally exclude minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who are often on teams’ IR lists at the start of each season, but include anyone who gets injured while on the active roster during the season
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches, suspensions, and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Johnny Boychuk, Brandon Dubinsky, Marián Gáborík, Marián Hossa, Ryan Kesler, Henrik Lundqvist, Anders Nilsson, Brent Seabrook, Alex Steen, Henrik Zetterberg) are also included, but are separately identifiable

2020/21 team injury stacks

Notes

• There will be inconsistency between my numbers and “official” team man-games lost (MGL) figures due to teams' different reporting standards
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca
• Figures generally exclude minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who are often on teams’ IR lists at the start of each season, but include anyone who gets injured while on the active roster during the season
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches, suspensions, and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Johnny Boychuk, Brandon Dubinsky, Marián Gáborík, Marián Hossa, Ryan Kesler, Henrik Lundqvist, Anders Nilsson, Brent Seabrook, Alex Steen, Henrik Zetterberg) are excluded in the default view here but can be made visible via the filter

2015/16 playoff injury/suspension summary

Notes

• As teams' reporting standards are even more imprecise than during the regular season, this summary is only intended to be a best indication of which players were unavailable due to injury/illness (or suspension - marked by the striped pattern) rather than being healthy scratched
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca as well as various contemporaneous media reports
• Figures generally exclude injured minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who could've been expected to be on an expanded playoff roster
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Marc Savard, Mattias Öhlund) are excluded

2016/17 playoff injury/suspension summary

 

Notes

• As teams' reporting standards are even more imprecise than during the regular season, this summary is only intended to be a best indication of which players were unavailable due to injury/illness (or suspension - marked by the striped pattern) rather than being healthy scratched
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca as well as various contemporaneous media reports
• Figures generally exclude injured minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who could've been expected to be on an expanded playoff roster
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (David Clarkson, Pascal Dupuis, Andrew Ference, Nathan Horton, Joffrey Lupul, Stéphane Robidas) are excluded

2017/18 playoff injury/suspension summary

 

Notes

• As teams' reporting standards are even more imprecise than during the regular season, this summary is only intended to be a best indication of which players were unavailable due to injury/illness (or suspension - marked by the striped pattern) rather than being healthy scratched
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca as well as various contemporaneous media reports
• Figures generally exclude injured minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who could've been expected to be on an expanded playoff roster
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (David Clarkson, Ryane Clowe, Mikhail Grabovski, Nathan Horton, Joffrey Lupul, Clayton Stoner) are excluded

2018/19 playoff injury/suspension summary

Notes

• As teams' reporting standards are even more imprecise than during the regular season, this summary is only intended to be a best indication of which players were unavailable due to injury/illness (or suspension - marked by the striped pattern) rather than being healthy scratched
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca as well as various contemporaneous media reports
• Figures generally exclude injured minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who could've been expected to be on an expanded playoff roster
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (David Clarkson, Nathan Horton) are excluded

2019/20 playoff injury/suspension summary

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Notes

• As teams' reporting standards are even more imprecise than during the regular season, this summary is only intended to be a best indication of which players were unavailable due to injury/illness (or suspension - marked by the striped pattern) rather than being healthy scratched
• Injury absence data I have used comes from the player profile pages on tsn.ca as well as various contemporaneous media reports
• Figures generally exclude injured minor league players (at my subjective discretion) who could've been expected to be on an expanded playoff roster
• Illnesses are included, but healthy scratches and absences due to “personal reasons” are excluded, as are any players who opted out prior to the resumption of the season
• Games missed by players still under contract but either officially “retired” or out indefinitely with no prospect of a return (Ryan Callahan, David Clarkson, Johan Franzén, Marián Gáborík, Martin Hanzal, Nathan Horton, Marián Hossa, Matt Hunwick, Ryan Kesler) are excluded