Jeff Carter

22.8

#77Center

2023-24 regular season

SOG

12.2% SH

12:34

TOI/GP

C · PIT · NHL id 8470604

Jeff Carter has played 72 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2023-24, scoring 11 goals and 4 assists (15 points) on 90 shots while averaging 12:34 a night (9:16 at even strength, 1:40 on the power play and 1:25 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Penguins have controlled 44% of shot attempts with Carter on the ice (13-20 in goals, 12% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against NYI he was on L3 with Jansen Harkins and Jesse Puljujarvi and on PP1; moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 12.2% this season against 10.3% across the 461 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 17 game vs NYI, detected from shift data

Line

Jansen Harkins Jesse Puljujarvi

Power play

PP1

Evgeni Malkin Sidney Crosby Erik Karlsson Michael Bunting

Penalty kill

PK2F

Bryan Rust

Moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last gamePromoted to PP1 (from PP2) in the last gameLast 5: L3/PP2 · L4 · L4/PP2 · L3 · L3/PP1

Deployment timeline

2023-24 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

16 games shown, 12:53 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2023-24 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed81st8122.8 mph

Bursts 20+ mph74th75103

Hardest shot97th9797.6 mph

Offensive-zone time18th1839.4%

Distance skated52nd53142.6 mi

High-danger SOG58th5937

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

2023-24 · 175 attempts, 90 on goal, 11 goals

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).

Puck luck

2023-24 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2023-24 regular season · 72 of 72 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: +0.010
Season net: +0.11xG

Offensive TK/600.63 (7)

Offensive GV/600.81 (9)

Neutral TK/600.36 (4)

Neutral GV/600.36 (4)

Defensive TK/600.45 (5)

Defensive GV/600.27 (3)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: +0.155
Season: +0.66G
: 62.5%424 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 57-36 · NZ 50-28 · DZ 158-95

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.17
Attempts: 13
: 0.031

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

Method Leaders

Season: −0.19G
Per 60: −0.013
Drawn / taken: 5 / 6minors

Method Leaders

: 42.3%
: 43.4%
: 42.5%
Transition CF/60: 4.4
Turnovers won/60: 13.9
Turnovers lost/60: 13.8

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

90 shots on goal, 11 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	34%	22%	6
Outside R	11%	5%	0
Center Point	2%	8%	0
L Circle	8%	13%	1
R Point	1%	6%	0
High Slot	2%	7%	0
L Point	2%	6%	0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Moved up to PP1 from PP2Feb 22, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2May 22, 2021 alerts →
Moved up to L2 from L3May 16, 2021 alerts →

How his goals happened

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

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Apr 17, 2024 @ NYI	Deflection	—	1*	7.0	rebound
Apr 11, 2024 vs DET	Odd-man rush	loose	0	67.4	1-on-0
Mar 14, 2024 vs SJS	Cycle	—	0	34.4	—
Mar 5, 2024 vs CBJ	Dump and chase	dump	0	13.7	—
Mar 2, 2024 @ CGY	Deflection	—	0	56.5	rebound
Feb 6, 2024 vs WPG	Forecheck turnover	—	0	35.1	—
Jan 4, 2024 @ BOS	Rebound	—	3*	10.0	rebound
Dec 30, 2023 vs STL	Rush	carry	1	23.1	—
Dec 12, 2023 vs ARI	Deflection	—	3	25.4	deflection
Dec 12, 2023 vs ARI	Odd-man rush	pass	1	29.2	1-on-0
Nov 30, 2023 @ TBL	Rush	carry	3*	56.8	—

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

Linemates

2023-24 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Carter

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

72 games in 2023-24, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 17	@ NYI	L 4-5	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	1	81%	14:50	10:55	1:22	2:17
Apr 15	vs NSH	W 4-2	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	44%	12:28	9:58	0:31	0:56
Apr 13	vs BOS	L 4-6	0	0	0	-2	4	0	1	0	54%	12:46	8:27	1:33	2:46
Apr 11	vs DET	W 6-5	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	47%	12:15	8:27	0:46	3:02
Apr 8	@ TOR	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	86%	12:35	9:47	2:22	0:26
Apr 6	vs TBL	W 5-4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	60%	13:01	8:12	1:09	2:38
Apr 4	@ WSH	W 4-1	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	71%	12:13	8:15	0:56	2:50
Apr 2	@ NJD	W 6-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	67%	14:29	8:50	1:30	4:09
Apr 1	@ NYR	W 5-2	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	50%	13:50	10:40	0:29	2:00
Mar 30	@ CBJ	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	14:27	8:19	1:00	5:08
Mar 28	vs CBJ	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	100%	14:12	9:48	1:46	1:04
Mar 17	vs DET	W 6-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67%	14:27	10:32	2:37	0:34
Mar 16	vs NYR	L 4-7	0	1	1	+1	1	0	5	0	100%	12:33	8:58	1:48	0:58
Mar 14	vs SJS	W 6-3	1	0	1	+1	1	0	2	1	50%	13:48	10:20	1:32	1:56
Mar 12	@ OTT	OTL 1-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0%	11:56	8:59	0:45	2:07
Mar 10	vs EDM	L 0-4	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	1	60%	12:36	8:54	2:29	1:13
Mar 9	@ BOS	L 1-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44%	13:06	11:20	—	1:18
Mar 7	vs WSH	L 0-6	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	75%	13:55	7:23	2:38	3:54
Mar 5	vs CBJ	W 5-3	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	50%	12:47	9:53	1:41	0:58
Mar 3	@ EDM	L 1-6	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	100%	16:17	11:06	2:17	2:54

Season splits by strength

2023-24 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	72	905:05	12:34	806	989	44.9%	44.8%	391	453	24	36	40%	36.8	47.9	19%
Even strength	72	666:38	9:16	565	714	44.2%	44.2%	274	323	13	20	39%	20.9	28.4	12%
5v5	72	664:52	9:14	563	712	44.2%	44.3%	274	321	13	20	39%	20.9	28.4	12%
Power play	70	119:56	1:43	204	45	81.9%	78.9%	94	27	7	4	64%	11.6	3.1	95%
Penalty kill	59	101:49	1:44	24	202	10.6%	13.5%	19	93	2	11	15%	1.2	15.2	4%
5v4	70	119:06	1:42	201	45	81.7%	78.5%	92	27	6	4	60%	11.2	3.1	95%
4v5	59	96:59	1:39	23	184	11.1%	14.4%	18	82	2	11	15%	1.2	13.1	4%
6v5, own net empty	6	4:03	0:41	7	0	100.0%	100.0%	2	0	0	0	—	0.2	0.0	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	19	9:35	0:30	6	19	24.0%	23.5%	2	8	2	0	100%	2.8	0.9	0%
3v4	3	3:13	1:04	1	12	7.7%	9.1%	1	5	0	0	—	0.0	1.2	0%
4v6, opponent net empty	4	2:25	0:36	0	9	0.0%	0.0%	0	2	0	1	0%	0.0	0.2	0%

Career by season

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

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2023-24	PIT	72	11	4	15	-7	12	90	12.2%	83	33	12:34
2022-23	PIT	79	13	16	29	-16	30	139	9.4%	80	54	13:42
2021-22Playoffs	PIT	7	4	1	5	-6	6	23	17.4%	14	4	17:26
2021-22	PIT	76	19	26	45	-8	38	200	9.5%	99	50	17:40
2020-21Playoffs	PIT	6	4	1	5	0	4	17	23.5%	14	2	18:31
2020-21	PIT, LAK	54	17	13	30	+3	22	154	11.0%	41	30	16:34
2019-20	LAK	60	17	10	27	-21	36	182	9.3%	66	23	16:56
2018-19	LAK	76	13	20	33	-20	42	174	7.5%	80	30	18:09
2017-18Playoffs	LAK	4	0	0	0	0	2	11	0.0%	10	3	22:36
2017-18	LAK	27	13	9	22	+4	2	85	15.3%	27	11	17:51

Jeff Carter 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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Jeff Carter news