Pittsburgh Spent Its Last Eighth Year on a 14-Point Winger
The eighth year is not a player's right. It is a team's option, it expires on September 15, and Pittsburgh just spent its own on a winger with 47 NHL games behind him.
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Penguins by the numbers
Final 2025-26 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-09-28. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams
- 41-25-16Record
- 98Points
- 10thNHL rank
- 3.54GF / GP
- 3.15GA / GP
- 24.1PP%
- 81.4PK%
- 48.2FO%
Possession · 5-on-5
Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2025-26, 1312 regular-season games. Where a rank is shown it is among the 32 clubs, 1st = best. PDO and zone starts carry none: a high PDO means hot rather than good, and zone starts are how a club is deployed rather than how well it plays. All 32 teams
- 50.2CF%13th of 32 · Share of shot attempts
- 50.5FF%12th of 32 · Unblocked attempts
- 101.2PDOShooting % + save %, 100 is neutral
- 50.4OZS%Share of zone faceoffs in the attacking end
Skaters
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sidney Crosby | 68 | 29 | 45 | 74 |
 Erik Karlsson | 75 | 15 | 51 | 66 |
 Bryan Rust | 72 | 29 | 36 | 65 |
 Anthony Mantha | 81 | 33 | 31 | 64 |
 Evgeni Malkin | 56 | 19 | 42 | 61 |
 Rickard Rakell | 60 | 24 | 24 | 48 |
 Egor Chinakhov | 72 | 21 | 21 | 42 |
 Thomas Novak | 82 | 16 | 26 | 42 |
 Ben Kindel | 77 | 17 | 18 | 35 |
 Ryan Shea | 80 | 6 | 29 | 35 |
 Justin Brazeau | 64 | 17 | 17 | 34 |
 Kris Letang | 74 | 3 | 31 | 34 |
 Connor Dewar | 78 | 14 | 16 | 30 |
 Parker Wotherspoon | 80 | 3 | 27 | 30 |
 Noel Acciari | 67 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
 Blake Lizotte | 55 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
 Samuel Girard | 60 | 3 | 16 | 19 |
 Elmer Soderblom | 59 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
 Ilya Solovyov | 30 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
 Kevin Hayes | 28 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
 Jack St. Ivany | 20 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
 Ville Koivunen | 39 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
 Connor Clifton | 50 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
 Rutger McGroarty | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
 Avery Hayes | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 Filip Hallander | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 Mathew Dumba | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Caleb Jones | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Harrison Brunicke | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Joona Koppanen | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Philip Tomasino | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Ryan Graves | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Bokondji Imama | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Livanavage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Owen Pickering | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Rafael Harvey-Pinard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Samuel Poulin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Tristan Broz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalies
| Goalie | GP | W | L | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Stuart Skinner | 50 | 23 | 17 | .888 | 2.92 |
 Arturs Silovs | 39 | 19 | 12 | .888 | 3.07 |
 Sergei Murashov | 5 | 1 | 1 | .897 | 2.56 |
Penguins on NHL EDGE
Puck and player tracking, 2025-26 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams
- 23.7mphTop skating speed15th of 32league avg 23.8
- 73Shots over 90 mph8th of 32league avg not published
- 1573Bursts over 20 mph25th of 32league avg 1762
- 3724.8miDistance skated17th of 32league avg 3727.0
- 98.6mphTop shot speed23rd of 32league avg 99.7
- 2343Shots on goal10th of 32league avg 2282
- 12.4%Shooting %4th of 32league avg 11.1
- 41.4%Offensive-zone time10th of 32league avg 41.1
- 40.9%Defensive-zone time11th of 32league avg 41.1
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