Please remember that games played limits are in place in rotisserie and point leagues only.

The 82-game National Hockey League schedule is contested over a period of 187 calendar days. If you set your lineup at the beginning of the season and never touch your lineup, all players reach the games played limit (assuming default settings) on the final day of the season, assuming no injuries occur and no player takes a day off.

If you regularly sub players from your bench into active positions when your starter has the day off, you will likely be ahead of your games-played pace. For example, if your left wing plays every day, plus you substitute a player from your bench each time his team has a day off, you're on pace to accumulate 187 games rather than 82 at that position.

In most cases, players miss enough games due to injury that you can move players from your bench to active positions without exceeding your pace.

If you find yourself ahead of the games played pace at a position, you can start by suspending the practice of subbing players when your starter has a day off.

If you continue to exceed the pace, you might consider benching your normal starter when scoring conditions for him are unfavorable (on the road, tough opponent, etc.).