Icelytics ranks NHL skaters with the ICE score and lets you explore results as player cards or a dense leaderboard table. Use the guides below to get oriented, or jump straight to the Players page.
What is the ICE score?
ICE (Individual Contributor Estimate) is an overall player impact score. It combines offense, defense, special teams, and discipline into one number so you can compare players across teams and seasons. Higher ICE means greater estimated on-ice contribution. The model is proprietary and built on league-wide data, role-adjusted baselines, and statistical modeling for consistency across positions.
On each player card, the headline ICE score is the main rating; flip the card for category bars (Offense, Defense, Special Teams, Contact) and optional speed, shot, and zone-start views.
Quick start
- Go to Players and open Filters in the header. Choose a season (required), then optionally narrow by team, age, games played, position, or handedness. Tap Apply.
- Skim the top of the leaderboard by ICE (default). Use the Sort button (lines icon) beside the season controls to rank by another stat—goals, offense, max speed, zone starts, and more.
- Switch between cards and table with the layout toggle above the results (grid icon / list icon). Table view is great for scanning many players; cards are best for visuals and flipping.
- Open any player: click a card to flip it, or click a table row to open the full card in a preview window.
Tutorials & examples
Walkthroughs for common tasks. Controls live on the Players page unless noted.
Example: Top power-play forwards
- Open Filters, pick a season, set Position to F (or leave All Teams), Apply.
- Tap Sort (lines icon), choose Special Teams or Power Play, set order to high → low.
- Switch to table view to scan names and teams quickly, or stay on cards for sparklines.
Example: Compare two defensemen
- In Filters, set Position to D and optionally pick one team, then Apply.
- Open Player compare in the filters panel and select two names from the list.
- Apply again to load both cards side by side; flip each card for category breakdowns.
Find a player across seasons
- Use the header search button (magnifying glass) or press Ctrl+K / Cmd+K.
- Type a name and pick a result—this opens a single-player card, not the full leaderboard.
- If multiple seasons exist for that player, use the season dropdown on that view to switch years.
Explore one player in depth
- From the leaderboard, click a card (or a table row to open the card modal).
- Click again to flip to ICE – Category Breakdown.
- Tap Visualizations for five-year speed/shot trends and zone-start splits; use Flip / Front to navigate back.
- Use Copy on the card to paste stats—control whether both sides copy under Settings.
Sort the table by any column
- Switch to table view (list icon above the results).
- Click a column header—Player, Team, Age, Pos, ICE score, Offense, Defense, and more.
- Click the same header again to reverse sort order. The active column is highlighted.
Adjust layout and card size
- Open Settings from the navigation (desktop top bar or phone tab bar).
- Under Leaderboard layout, choose Cards or Table as your default view.
- Set Card size (Tiny–Large) and Copy behavior (current side vs both sides). Preferences save in this browser.
Feature reference
- Filters — Season (required), team, age range, games played, position, handedness, and Player compare. Hover a filter label for × to clear; use Reset all to wipe selections.
- Quick filters — When a season is loaded, Season and Team dropdowns appear in the hero beside Sort.
- Leaderboard views — Cards grid or sortable table; toggle above results or set default in Settings.
- Pagination — Top 20 per page by default; use Prev / Next in the results line when more pages exist.
- Navigation — Logo returns to Players; Teams and Trends are coming soon. About and Settings share this header style.
