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Pittsburgh Penguins

Avery Hayes

#85Right Wing23 years oldShoots R5'10"190 lb

2025-26 regular season
16
GP
5
G
0
A
5
P
25
SOG
20.0% SH
11:10
TOI/GP

RW · PIT · NHL id 8482993

Avery Hayes has played 16 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2025-26, scoring 5 goals and 0 assists (5 points) on 25 shots while averaging 11:10 a night (10:46 at even strength, 0:08 on the power play and 0:02 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 51% of his 5v5 minutes with Ben Kindel and 44% with Elmer Soderblom over the last 10 games, and the Penguins have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Hayes on the ice (7-8 in goals, 66% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against STL he was on L3 with Kevin Hayes and Rutger McGroarty and on PP2; added to PP2 in the last game. He is shooting 20.0% this season.

Right now

From the Apr 14 game vs STL, detected from shift data

Line
L3
Kevin HayesRutger McGroarty
Power play
PP2
Kevin HayesRyan SheaJustin BrazeauRutger McGroarty
Penalty kill
PK2F
Ben Kindel
Added to PP2 in the last gameStarted killing penalties in the last gameLast 5: L4 · L4 · L4 · L1 · L4/PP2

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 9 games, 11:03 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.

PPLine443▲34441▲40m3m7m10m13m17mMar 8Mar 12Mar 16Mar 21Mar 24Mar 28Mar 31Apr 4Apr 9Apr 12
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
9 games shown, 11:03 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed34th3521.9 mph
Bursts 20+ mph22nd2215
Hardest shot32nd3382.5 mph
Offensive-zone time18th1839.8%
Distance skated21st2129.1 mi
High-danger SOG23rd238
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 53 attempts, 25 on goal, 5 goals

Shot map, OPP at PIT: 53 attempts, 25 on goal, 5 goals, 3.41 expected goals; best chance Avery Hayes at 0.39 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 16 GP · 5 points vs 5.4 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: +29. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

20.0%
102.7
71.4%
G vs xG
5 / 3.6
  • • Role shrank over the last 10 games (1 demotion event): the cold spell may not be all luck.
Goals against expected goals
024+1.4goals above expected0.8σ2/54/14
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 16 of 16 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.019
Season net
−0.05xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
3.15
Attempts
9
0.228

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.61G
Per 60
+0.205
Drawn / taken
9 / 6minors

MethodLeaders
44.6%
52.5%
45.2%
Transition CF/60
5.6
Turnovers won/60
20.7
Turnovers lost/60
23.1

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
25 shots on goal, 5 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
R Circle20%12%0
L Circle20%13%0
R Point0%6%0
L Point0%5%0
Crease8%3%0
L Net Side8%3%1
Center Point4%9%0

How the goals happened

5 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Apr 14, 2026 @ STLReboundcarry017.65-on-3, rebound
Apr 14, 2026 @ STLOdd-man rushcarry073.61-on-0
Mar 30, 2026 @ NYIReboundcarry016.13-on-1, rebound
Feb 5, 2026 @ BUFForecheck turnover—039.6—
Feb 5, 2026 @ BUFOdd-man rushloose170.61-on-0

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Hayes

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Hayes apartCF% mate apart
Ben KindelC1161:0036%48.0%33% (2-4)44.0% 51:4255.0% 56:08
Ryan SheaD1656:3433%50.5%75% (3-1)41.9% 114:3945.2% 194:42
Connor CliftonD1455:4133%40.6%75% (3-1)44.4% 98:2046.1% 151:44
Kris LetangD1355:4033%44.7%0% (0-4)42.1% 78:4448.9% 161:48
Elmer SoderblomLW646:2027%50.6%0% (0-2)35.1% 18:3142.9% 18:09
Samuel GirardD1146:0027%45.2%0% (0-3)45.3% 74:5752.2% 143:55
Parker WotherspoonD1238:3523%34.4%50% (1-1)48.2% 89:0653.1% 162:58
Erik KarlssonD1336:4421%44.8%50% (1-1)43.0% 98:4255.6% 176:25
Rickard RakellRW532:2219%37.3%— (0-0)33.3% 24:1850.0% 26:12
Rutger McGroartyRW329:0517%50.0%60% (3-2)52.9% 7:4450.0% 5:31
Kevin HayesRW329:0017%51.1%75% (3-1)50.0% 7:4980.0% 4:21
Bryan RustRW428:3417%46.5%— (0-0)33.3% 18:0053.6% 14:59
Ilya SolovyovD726:4516%43.5%50% (2-2)52.5% 48:2051.3% 63:39
Tommy NovakC520:2212%57.1%50% (1-1)34.6% 34:2751.5% 42:57

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 171 min on ice · ranked against 510 forwards

51.6%

teammates' average xGF%

78th percentile · higher = stronger linemates

28.7%

opponents' average ice-time share

45th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes

Plays with stronger-than-usual linemates.

QoT averages the season xGF% of Hayes's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Hayes's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.

Game log

16 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 14@ STLL 5-7202+13021—13:4811:181:020:22
Apr 11vs WSHL 3-6000-11020—15:2215:22——
Apr 9@ NJDW 5-200001031—11:1311:13——
Mar 31vs DETW 5-1000+10020—9:409:40——
Mar 30@ NYIW 8-3101+11010—11:4911:49——
Mar 14@ UTAW 4-300000021—10:4410:060:19—
Mar 12@ VGKL 2-6000-15001—9:319:31——
Mar 10@ CAROTL 4-5000000300%9:249:12——
Mar 8vs BOSW 5-4000-230110%9:349:34——
Mar 7vs PHIOTL 3-4000-20511—7:487:450:03—
Mar 5vs BUFL 1-5000-22000—12:4310:260:260:14
Mar 3@ BOSL 1-200001000—9:589:460:12—
Mar 1vs VGKW 5-000000510—13:1813:18——
Feb 28@ NYROTL 2-30000001233%11:5411:31——
Feb 26vs NJDW 4-1000-12221—11:4711:32——
Feb 5@ BUFW 5-2202+26020—10:0910:09——

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations16178:4211:1014517745.0%45.2%608571139%7.39.568%
Even strength16172:1210:4613817044.8%44.5%56827847%6.78.168%
5v516171:1310:4213817044.8%44.5%56827847%6.78.166%
Power play52:020:2400——0000—0.00.0100%
Penalty kill20:360:1800——0000—0.00.0—
5v452:020:2400——0000—0.00.0100%
6v5, own net empty42:570:447277.8%85.7%41010%0.60.9—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26PIT16505-4122520.0%23911:10

Avery Hayes news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.