[Powerplay]

Can someone please help me out with this stats problem I am having:

According to the NHL what does a player have to do to earn a “GAME PLAYED” on his stats?

Obviously I know that if a player plays a whole game he will earn a “GAME PLAYED” in his stats. But what I would like to know is what would happen if let’s say a player starts playing a game and gets injured during the game on his second shift and needs to leave the game, would that game count as a “GAME PLAYED” in his stats even though he didn't play the whole game?

If someone can help me it would really mean a lot.
Thanks

[Corey Bryant]

A "game played" is credited to any player, except the
goaltender, who is on the ice when the game is in action.

While the goaltender is credited with a "game played" if
he is injured during the course of the game, it doesn't
count in "consecutive games played" if he is removed
during the game. Glenn Hall's "consecutive games played"
ended at 502 for this reason when he suffered a pinched nerve during his 503rd game. Thus, a goaltender is
credited with a game played, but not for a consecutive
game played, if he is injured during the game and can't continue.

Garry Unger might well have played 1000 consecutive games
if he continued stepping on the ice in 1979-80. But in his
915th consecutive game, he did not step on the ice, and
thus, the streak came to an end. All a player has to do
is be on the ice when play is commenced and he will be
credited with a "game played". He can skate to the bench
if he is injured and still be given credit for a game played.