Roster ratings · 2026-27 · Pittsburgh Penguins

Who has actually been good

TeamPittsburgh Penguins
Season2026-27

Every Pittsburgh Penguins player rated out of 100 against NHL players at his own position. Wins above replacement sits beside each rating, and the bars show where the number comes from — sort by any situation to see who is driving the power play or holding up defensively.

90+Elite75+Top of the roster60+Middle of the roster40+Everyday NHLer20+Depth0+Below replacement
Focus
Roster total2.1wins above replacement across 28 players
#PlayerRatingGPTOIWAR splitWAR
1Kris LetangD8211221Situation split+0.19
2Declan CarlileD8111212Situation split+0.18
3Evgeni MalkinC7910172Situation split+0.18
4Nick RobertsonL7911140Situation split+0.17
5Tommy NovakC7511169Situation split+0.15
6Kaedan KorczakD7311201Situation split+0.14
7Arturs SilovsG427417Situation split+0.13
8Sidney CrosbyC6811213Situation split+0.13
9Blake LizotteC6811148Situation split+0.12
10Connor DewarC5911147Situation split+0.11
11Rickard RakellR5611217Situation split+0.10
12Spencer StastneyD617123Situation split+0.10
13Egor ChinakhovR527110Situation split+0.09
14Samuel GirardD608148Situation split+0.09
15Ville KoivunenR479124Situation split+0.08
16Ben KindelC439156Situation split+0.07
17Andrei KuzmenkoL398103Situation split+0.06
18Bryan RustR337121Situation split+0.05
19Erik KarlssonD4511262Situation split+0.05
20Hendrix LapierreC27786Situation split+0.04
21Elmer SoderblomL—556Situation split+0.02
22Trevor van RiemsdykD20474Situation split+0.01
23Rutger McGroartyR—227Situation split+0.01
24Ilya SolovyovD—349Situation split+0.00
25Avery HayesR—113Situation split+0.00
26Sergei MurashovG194240Situation split-0.13
27Chase PietilaD—0Situation split—
28Justin BrazeauR—0Situation split—
Situation split
Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defensePenalties (drawn minus taken)Finishing (goals above expected)

A rating is a player's percentile among NHL players at his position — defensemen are ranked against defensemen, not against forwards, so a 70 means different things for a winger and a blueliner in raw wins. It is measured from wins above replacement, which converts on-ice and individual contributions into wins beyond what a freely available replacement would provide. Bars are drawn on a shared scale, so they are comparable down the column. How this is calculated