Who gets big PP1 time but produces the least?
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2026-27 · measured from NHL shift charts and play-by-play
Neal Pionk of Winnipeg takes 2:56 of power-play time a game on the first unit and has 2 power-play points to show for it — the league's worst return on first-unit ice. These are the names a fantasy manager drops first: the minutes are real, the production is not.
How this is measured
Skaters credited to their club's first unit in at least half their games with a power play, taking 2:00+ of power-play ice a game over 20+ such games — ranked by total power-play ice per power-play point, most ice per point first. Points are the league's official totals.
This table covers the 2026-27 regular season · updated nightly.
| # | player | club | pos | PP min/gm | PP1 share | PP P | PP ice per point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neal Pionk | WPG | D | 2:56 | 67% | 2 | 30:52 |
| 2 | Drake Batherson | OTT | R | 3:47 | 100% | 3 | 26:28 |
| 3 | Mason McTavish | STL | C | 2:38 | 65% | 2 | 26:24 |
| 4 | Dylan Cozens | OTT | C | 3:35 | 86% | 3 | 25:03 |
| 5 | Zach Benson | BUF | L | 3:45 | 100% | 3 | 25:03 |
| 6 | Mason Marchment | SJS | L | 3:23 | 59% | 3 | 24:46 |
| 7 | Luke Hughes | NJD | D | 3:28 | 100% | 3 | 24:19 |
| 8 | Noah Ostlund | BUF | C | 3:34 | 90% | 3 | 23:49 |
| 9 | Jamie Drysdale | PHI | D | 3:01 | 73% | 3 | 22:04 |
| 10 | T.J. Hughes | COL | R | 4:05 | 100% | 4 | 21:28 |
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Measured from the NHL's own shift charts: 325 games in 2026-27.
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