Roster · 2018-19 · Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins, by the numbers

Team

Pittsburgh Penguins

Season2018-19

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 · 22

Ranked by rating — his percentile among NHL forwards.

C99Sidney Crosby79 GP · 1658 min+2.68WAR

C98Jake Guentzel82 GP · 1587 min+2.44WAR

C87Evgeni Malkin68 GP · 1279 min+1.49WAR

C80Dominik Simon71 GP · 946 min+1.20WAR

L73Tanner Pearson80 GP · 1124 min+1.07WAR

L65Jared McCann78 GP · 1133 min+0.83WAR

R59Phil Kessel82 GP · 1474 min+0.72WAR

R56Bryan Rust72 GP · 1145 min+0.67WAR

C55Nick Bjugstad64 GP · 968 min+0.66WAR

R51Patric Hornqvist69 GP · 1068 min+0.61WAR

L46Carl Hagelin58 GP · 854 min+0.54WAR

R45Daniel Sprong63 GP · 753 min+0.53WAR

C40Riley Sheahan82 GP · 1104 min+0.45WAR

C29Matt Cullen71 GP · 817 min+0.27WAR

C24Derek Grant56 GP · 655 min+0.21WAR

L21Zachary Aston-Reese43 GP · 587 min+0.18WAR

C13Teddy Blueger28 GP · 310 min+0.08WAR

L8Garrett Wilson50 GP · 381 min+0.05WAR

C3Derick Brassard70 GP · 1050 min-0.03WAR

C—Jean-Sebastien Dea23 GP · 236 min+0.05WAR

C—Adam Johnson6 GP · 32 min+0.00WAR

C—Joseph Blandisi9 GP · 67 min-0.01WAR

Defense · 11

Defensemen are ranked against defensemen, never against forwards.

D92Brian Dumoulin76 GP · 1598 min+1.38WAR

D88Marcus Pettersson84 GP · 1401 min+1.20WAR

D86Kris Letang65 GP · 1687 min+1.15WAR

D55Olli Maatta60 GP · 1115 min+0.40WAR

D51Jamie Oleksiak57 GP · 840 min+0.35WAR

D35Juuso Riikola37 GP · 617 min+0.17WAR

D30Justin Schultz29 GP · 595 min+0.12WAR

D22Erik Gudbranson76 GP · 1386 min+0.07WAR

D18Chad Ruhwedel18 GP · 293 min+0.06WAR

D7Jack Johnson82 GP · 1581 min-0.01WAR

D—Zach Trotman13 GP · 199 min+0.02WAR

Goaltenders · 3

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

G97Matt Murray50 GP · 2880 min+6.22WAR

G69Casey DeSmith36 GP · 1944 min+3.00WAR

G8Tristan Jarry2 GP · 120 min-0.44WAR

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