Roster · 2017-18 · Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins, by the numbers

Team

Pittsburgh Penguins

Season2017-18

Each player is rated out of 100 against NHL players at his position. The bar underneath is his wins above replacement, on a league scale with replacement level marked.

Forwards · 21

Ranked by rating — his percentile among NHL forwards.

C99Sidney Crosby82 GP · 1697 min+2.66WAR

C95Evgeni Malkin78 GP · 1481 min+1.99WAR

R84Bryan Rust69 GP · 1107 min+1.40WAR

L82Conor Sheary79 GP · 1102 min+1.36WAR

C80Jake Guentzel82 GP · 1352 min+1.32WAR

C80Derick Brassard72 GP · 1277 min+1.31WAR

R76Patric Hornqvist70 GP · 1213 min+1.20WAR

R73Phil Kessel82 GP · 1531 min+1.13WAR

L60Carl Hagelin81 GP · 1291 min+0.88WAR

C46Riley Sheahan81 GP · 1188 min+0.59WAR C25Scott Wilson69 GP · 842 min+0.22WAR

R24Josh Archibald42 GP · 502 min+0.21WAR

R16Josh Jooris40 GP · 391 min+0.12WAR

R15Ryan Reaves79 GP · 600 min+0.12WAR

C13Carter Rowney44 GP · 411 min+0.10WAR

R11Tom Kuhnhackl69 GP · 692 min+0.08WAR

C9Dominik Simon33 GP · 377 min+0.07WAR

C6Greg McKegg26 GP · 252 min+0.04WAR

L—Zachary Aston-Reese16 GP · 182 min+0.04WAR

R—Daniel Sprong8 GP · 112 min+0.03WAR

C—Jean-Sebastien Dea5 GP · 28 min-0.00WAR

Defense · 10

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D99Kris Letang79 GP · 2001 min+2.13WAR

D91Brian Dumoulin80 GP · 1649 min+1.53WAR

D77Olli Maatta82 GP · 1538 min+0.94WAR

D55Jamie Oleksiak68 GP · 1133 min+0.52WAR

D43Chad Ruhwedel44 GP · 692 min+0.40WAR

D36Justin Schultz63 GP · 1229 min+0.32WAR

D34Ian Cole67 GP · 1191 min+0.28WAR

D29Matt Hunwick42 GP · 736 min+0.21WAR

D—Zach Trotman3 GP · 38 min-0.00WAR

D—Frank Corrado5 GP · 58 min-0.00WAR

Goaltenders · 4

Goalie WAR reaches higher than a skater's, so the bar uses its own league scale.

G60Antti Niemi24 GP · 1213 min+1.86WAR

G54Casey DeSmith14 GP · 700 min+1.63WAR

G41Matt Murray49 GP · 2733 min+0.62WAR

G28Tristan Jarry26 GP · 1364 min+0.02WAR

A rating needs a minimum workload. Players below it show an em dash rather than a rank built on too few minutes, and are listed last by WAR. How this is calculated