Pittsburgh Penguins

2-0-0 · 4 pts · GF 13 · GA 5
#1 deepest of 32 teams, 2026-27
Shot depth
.602
3rd in the NHL · 3rd over the last 10
CF depth
.679
3rd in the NHL · 3rd over the last 10
xG depth
.528
1st in the NHL · 1st over the last 10
TOI depth
.892
3rd in the NHL · 3rd over the last 10
Season

Only 2 games into the season, so expect these numbers to move a lot.

How spread out was the offence?

0% 0% 25% 25% 50% 50% 75% 75% 100% 100% share of skaters, least to most perfectly even

The further the curve sags below the diagonal, the more a few players carried the team. Measured on season totals, xG depth is .636.

xG depth, game average, 2026-27
Penguins
.528
League average
.430
Least deep (WPG)
.329
Biggest contributors · all four stats · season
Top 3: 23% of team output (an even split across 20 regulars would be 15%)
E. Chinakhov
7.9%
of team output · 2 GP · 1G 1A
S. Girard
7.8%
of team output · 2 GP · 1G 2A
S. Crosby
7.6%
of team output · 2 GP · 0G 2A

6 skaters produced half of the team's xG. With an even split across its 20 regulars it would take 11.

#SkaterGPxG Share%Cum.
1 F. Hallander C 2 0.8
9.9% 10%
2 S. Girard D 2 0.7
9.6% 19%
3 E. Chinakhov R 2 0.7
9.4% 29%
4 C. Dewar C 2 0.7
9.4% 38%
5 R. Rakell R 2 0.6
7.7% 46%
6 B. Kindel C 1 0.6
7.5% 53%
7 S. Crosby C 2 0.6
7.2% 61%
8 T. Novak C 2 0.5
6.6% 67%
9 N. Robertson L 2 0.4
5.5% 73%
10 E. Malkin C 2 0.4
5.2% 78%
11 K. Letang D 2 0.3
4.0% 82%
12 B. Lizotte C 2 0.3
4.0% 86%
13 D. Carlile D 2 0.3
3.5% 89%
14 V. Koivunen R 1 0.3
3.3% 93%
15 K. Korczak D 2 0.2
2.3% 95%
16 H. Lapierre C 2 0.2
2.0% 97%
17 E. Karlsson D 2 0.1
1.6% 99%
18 E. Soderblom L 1 0.1
0.8% 99%
19 A. Kuzmenko L 1 0.0
0.6% 100%
20 T. van Riemsdyk D 2 0.0
0.1% 100%

Every skater who played. Faded rows played under a quarter of the games. The dashed line marks where the running total passes 50%.

GoalieGPSASV%TOI/GPGSAx
A. Silovs244 .88660:46 -0.4

Who carried the load, game by game

Each regular's share of team xG in every game (season).

Share of team xG in each of the last 2 games. The full window shows on larger screens.

#PlayerPosGPSeason
SepOct
Result
Forwards
11F. HallanderC 29.9%
59E. ChinakhovR 29.4%
19C. DewarC 29.4%
67R. RakellR 27.7%
81B. KindelC 17.5%
87S. CrosbyC 27.2%
18T. NovakC 26.6%
14N. RobertsonL 25.5%
71E. MalkinC 25.2%
46B. LizotteC 24.0%
41V. KoivunenR 13.3%
22H. LapierreC 22.0%
25E. SoderblomL 10.8%
62A. KuzmenkoL 10.6%
Defense
49S. GirardD 29.6%
58K. LetangD 24.0%
72D. CarlileD 23.5%
6K. KorczakD 22.3%
65E. KarlssonD 21.6%
57T. van RiemsdykD 20.1%
WinLossOT/SO loss Did not playRegulars only · bar height = share of the team's total that game