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Montreal:
Analysis shows Line 2 as having higher average ice time together, but the players on Line 3 have a higher individual sum of ice time.
It's not that it is "wrong", but it differs from the depth projection and from IRL, and "looks" wrong based on the numbers shown to the user.
Line 2: AVG 12:07 / 15:42 + 14:19 + 15:13
Line 3: AVG 10:43 / 15:27 + 16:16 + 16:02
If you want to keep it simple for casual viewers, I'd probably remove the individual TOI and/or the numbering of the lines. If you want a more in depth view, I'd suggest additional information to account for the differences (individual percentage of ice time spent with those linemates, number of shifts, separate tab for line/individual numbers, etc). Pittsburgh shows Crosby as "Line 3". That's going to either look inaccurate or require some sort of explanation if it's presented that way.
If the goal is to show "depth", you could maintain the order from the roster projection and/or forego the numbering of the lines, in the analysis section. Since the top 2 lines generally have players on special teams or taking extra shifts with different linemates, ordering by the amount of time they spend with their actual linemates can skew the ordering of the lines.
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I'm trying to decide if the GP/G/A/P out of games has any merit to displaying. If the point is to order players/lines by usage, only their games with their current team matter, and I feel like that's evident enough that it doesn't need to be included for the viewer. It might be a better use of that space to show ice time breakdowns for individual players, AVG TOI, # of Shifts, PPTOI, SHTOI, perhaps even a rolling average to show if their usage is trending up or down.
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I've only gone through a couple of teams so far, so I'll check some more and try to go through them all eventually and let you know if there's anything else.
What's the update frequency on the stats? I'll take a look before/during/after as well if it's live or updates at a decent hour.