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
2026-27 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-10-23. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams
- 4-6-1Record
- 9Points
- 25thNHL rank
- 3.27GF / GP
- 3.36GA / GP
- 21.2PP%
- 83.3PK%
- 45.6FO%
Possession · 5-on-5
Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2026-27, 165 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
- 50.9CF%15th of 32 · Share of shot attempts
- 51.5FF%14th of 32 · Unblocked attempts
- 99.7PDOShooting % + save %, 100 is neutral
- 53.6OZS%Share of zone faceoffs in the attacking end
Skaters
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Erik Karlsson | 11 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
 Evgeni Malkin | 11 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
 Tommy Novak | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
 Samuel Girard | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
 Nick Robertson | 11 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
 Sidney Crosby | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
 Bryan Rust | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
 Declan Carlile | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
 Hendrix Lapierre | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
 Kaedan Korczak | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
 Kris Letang | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
 Ben Kindel | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Blake Lizotte | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
 Connor Dewar | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 Rickard Rakell | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 Ville Koivunen | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 Egor Chinakhov | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Spencer Stastney | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Andrei Kuzmenko | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Elmer Soderblom | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Ilya Solovyov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Rutger McGroarty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Trevor van Riemsdyk | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalies
| Goalie | GP | W | L | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Arturs Silovs | 7 | 4 | 3 | .885 | 3.01 |
 Sergei Murashov | 4 | 0 | 3 | .883 | 3.50 |
Penguins on NHL EDGE
Puck and player tracking, 2026-27 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams
- 23.4mphTop skating speed10th of 32league avg 23.2
- 10Shots over 90 mph3rd of 32league avg not published
- 265Bursts over 20 mph10th of 32league avg 238
- 493.9miDistance skated14th of 32league avg 470.4
- 98.9mphTop shot speed6th of 32league avg 95.4
- 295Shots on goal11th of 32league avg 282
- 12.2%Shooting %11th of 32league avg 11.3
- 41.1%Offensive-zone time17th of 32league avg 41.0
- 40.7%Defensive-zone time16th of 32league avg 41.0
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