Injury cascade
Who benefits when Elmer Soderblom is out?
Elmer Soderblom (L, Pittsburgh Penguins) plays 11:09 a night on L4, with 1% of the team's power-play time over his last 10 games. He has missed the team's last 1 game.
Based on 7 games without Elmer Soderblom and 29 with him. Through games of Oct 19, 2026.
Expected change per game without him
+0:54 TOI, +7 PP% · 99% rost
+0:55 TOI · 70% rost
+1:08 TOI · 0.1% rost
+0:52 TOI · 0.1% rost
+0:00 TOI · 95% rost
−0:33 TOI · 26% rost
Ranked beneficiaries
Show
| Player | Games | Exp. Δ TOI | Rost % | Basis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney CrosbyCIn 7 games without Elmer Soderblom, Sidney Crosby played 19:51 (+1:10) and PP share went 54% → 62%. | 7 | 18:41 → 19:51 | +0:54 | 54% → 62% | 7/7 | 99% | Games without him |
| Rickard RakellRIn 7 games without Elmer Soderblom, Rickard Rakell played 20:19 (+1:11). | 7 | 19:08 → 20:19 | +0:55 | 57% → 60% | 7/7 | 70%▼6.3 | Games without him |
| Ilya SolovyovDIn 1 game without Elmer Soderblom, Ilya Solovyov played 15:52 (+3:24). | 1 | 12:29 → 15:52 | +1:08 | 0% → 0% | 0/1 | 0.1% | Games without him |
| Spencer StastneyDIn 2 games without Elmer Soderblom, Spencer Stastney played 18:22 (+1:43). | 2 | 16:39 → 18:22 | +0:52 | 0% → 0% | 0/2 | 0.1% | Games without him |
| Erik KarlssonDIn 7 games without Elmer Soderblom, Erik Karlsson played 24:19 (−0:01). | 7 | 24:20 → 24:19 | +0:00 | 56% → 59% | 7/7 | 95% | Games without him |
| Nick RobertsonLIn 6 games without Elmer Soderblom, Nick Robertson played 12:02 (−0:45) and moved up to his L4 slot in 3. | 6 | 12:46 → 12:02 | −0:33 | 0% → 0% | 0/6 | 26%▼1.2 | Games without him |
FAQ
Who benefits when Elmer Soderblom is out?
Sidney Crosby projects to gain the most (+0:54 a game). In 7 games without Elmer Soderblom, Sidney Crosby played 19:51 (+1:10) and PP share went 54% → 62%.
How many games has PIT played without Elmer Soderblom?
7 games in the loaded seasons while he was on the roster, against 29 with him.
How it works
- We find every game the injured player missed while on the team's roster this season and last (including the current absence), and compare each teammate's ice time, power-play share and PP1 usage in those games with the games the injured player dressed.
- Changes are shrunk toward zero when the sample is small (a change over n games counts n / (n + 2) of its size), so one odd game does not crown a beneficiary.
- When there is little or no absence history, we fall back to line adjacency from our shift-based line detection: the next man up on his power-play unit (the top PP2 player at his position) and the best player one line or pair below his.
- Players are ranked by expected fantasy opportunity: TOI minutes, plus power-play share (10 points of PP share ≈ 1.2 minutes of even-strength TOI), plus PP1 gains.