Table 3.

Game Use and Performance 1 Season before and 3 Seasons after LDH Injury.

Response	Time Point	Injured (n = 47)	Matched (n = 94)
GP	Pre	56.4 ± 21.9	65.3 ± 19.9
	Post	59.3 ± 21.9	68.4 ± 16.3
	P value	.904	.770
GP/TOI	Pre	16.3 ± 3.8	17.7 ± 4.5
	Post	15.3 ± 3.8	18.7 ± 4.5
	P value	.037	.519
Goals/60	Pre	16.0 ± 15.2	14.8 ± 12.6
	Post	13.8 ± 11.3	14.3 ± 11.4
	P value	.004	.614
Assists/60	Pre	23.1 ± 20.1	25.3 ± 16.9
	Post	23.4 ± 13.3	26.2 ± 14.9
	P value	.057	.496
Points/60	Pre	39.1 ± 33.7	40.1 ± 27.1
	Post	37.2 ± 23.1	40.5 ± 24.1
	P value	.009	.448
Shooting %	Pre	11.6 ± 6.1	10.8 ± 7.2
	Post	10.4 ± 5.4	10.0 ± 5.7
	P value	.135	.735
Corsi %	Pre	51.2 ± 4.4	51.7 ± 4.1
	Post	48.7 ± 4.8	52.1 ± 3.8
	P value	.087	.740
Fenwick %	Pre	51.0 ± 4.4	51.5 ± 4.1
	Post	48.0 ± 5.4	52.0 ± 3.9
	P value	.082	.918
PDO	Pre	99.4 ± 2.2	100.8 ± 2.2
	Post	100.6 ± 3.7	100.0 ± 2.1
	P value	.394	.398

Continuous variables are presented using mean ± standard deviation. Significant values are noted in bold, P ≤ .05. GP represented by games; TOI/GP represented by minutes; goals/60, assists/60, points/60 represented by counts; shooting %, Corsi %, Fenwick % represented by percentages; PDO represented by shooting plus save percentage. Assists/60, assists per 60 minutes; goals/60, goals per 60 minutes; GP, games played; LDH, lumbar disc herniation; PDO, shooting plus save percentage; points/60, points per 60 minutes; TOI/GP, time on ice per game played.