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What does 5v5 mean in hockey?

Five skaters a side and both goalies in net: no power play, penalty kill or empty net. Most of a game is played this way, and power plays skew the numbers, so most advanced stats use only 5-on-5 time.

5v5 · 5-on-5

Also called
  • 5v5
  • five-on-five