Ice Hockey Scoreboard

Ice hockey 🏒🥅 is a fast-paced contact sport played on an ice rink. Two teams of six players (including a goaltender) use sticks to shoot a rubber puck into the opposing team's net. The Wikipedia ice hockey article walks through the rules and history, and the international game is governed by the IIHF, and the most prestigious league is the NHL.

3 × 20 minGame Duration

6 v 6Players on Ice

15 minIntermission

1Timeout per Team

Scoreboard Setup

This scoreboard uses a countdown timer with three 20-minute periods, matching standard IIHF ice hockey timing. The board tracks each team's score, current period, penalties (tracked via the fouls counter), and timeouts. Each team gets one 30-second timeout per game.

Key Rules at a Glance

Scoring - 1 point per goal. The puck must completely cross the goal line between the posts and under the crossbar.

Penalties - Minor penalties (2 min), major penalties (5 min), and misconducts (10 min). The penalized team plays shorthanded, creating a power play for the opponent. The offline scoreboard supports penalties showing 2 additional timers per team.

Overtime - Regular-season NHL games use a 5-minute 3-on-3 overtime followed by a shootout. Playoff games use 20-minute sudden-death overtime periods.

Offside & Icing - Players cannot enter the offensive zone before the puck. Icing is called when a team shoots the puck from their side across the opposing goal line without it being touched.

Run the Board From the Admin Preview

The admin page shows a live preview of the scoreboard with click controls baked into every active section, so a full game can be driven from the preview alone, without going back to the side panel.

Timer - Click the clock on the board to start or stop. The dedicated Start / Pause buttons in the side panel still work for the same actions.

Score - Left-click a team's score to add one. Right-click the same number to subtract one.

Period - Click the period indicator to advance to the next quarter, half or set.

Possession - Click the possession arrow to cycle between none, home and visitor.

Fouls and Timeouts - Left-click to add one, right-click to remove one.

Shot Clock - Left-click resets to the full duration (24 by default), right-click resets to the short value (14 by default).

Anything that reacts to a click turns the cursor into a pointer and brightens on hover, so the interactive zones are obvious without trial and error. Press the Full Screen button on the admin page to hide every panel except the board itself. A small floating toolbar stays pinned at the bottom of the screen with a fullscreen toggle marked F11, zoom out, a reset-zoom button showing the current percentage and the Ctrl -/+ hint, zoom in, and a close button. The same laptop now doubles as the venue display while the operator keeps driving the game through the preview clicks. The site logo at the top left always links back to the home page, so you can jump between match, tournament or standings tools without losing your place.

FAQ

How do I track penalty time?

Use the fouls counter to log each penalty. For minor (2 min) and major (5 min) penalties, run a separate stopwatch on the bench or note the expiry time of each penalty manually.

Does it support overtime and shootouts?

Yes - reset the timer for OT (5 min in regular season, 20 min in playoffs) and use the score buttons for shootout goals once a winner is decided.

Can I broadcast the score live?

Every game has a public live URL. Open it on a venue display, share it with viewers, or pull it into OBS for a stream overlay.

Ready to hit the puck?Configure the hockey board and broadcast every goal as the game progresses. For the grass cousin, try the field hockey scoreboard, or open the tournament bracket to visualize a playoff.

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