D · PIT · NHL id 8481527
Kaedan Korczak has played 1 game for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots while averaging 18:31 a night (15:51 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 2:40 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 92% of his 5v5 minutes with Samuel Girard and 35% with Evgeni Malkin in his only game so far, and the Penguins have controlled 63% of shot attempts with Korczak on the ice (2-0 in goals, 67% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against PHI he was on D1 with Samuel Girard and off the power play.
Right now
From the Sep 30 game vs PHI, detected from shift data
- 2 P in last 1 (0.20/GP before)
- +5:12 TOI a game
- Top-four D in 1 of last 1 (was 4 of 20)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 1 games, 18:31 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 1 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
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
2026-27 · 4 attempts, 3 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at PIT: 4 attempts, 3 on goal, 0 goals, 0.15 expected goals; best chance Kaedan Korczak at 0.07 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 78 GP · 16 points vs 19.6 expected
Last 20 games: -14. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 5.0%
- 100.0
- 29.6%
- G vs xG
- 3 / 3.3
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 3:41 a game, 1 demotion event): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- 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 defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 0 G, 2 A, 0 PPP, 3 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played78
- Goals3525th of 715
- Assists13401st of 715
- Points16466th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal60503rd of 715
- Hits102176th of 715
- Blocked shots9593rd of 715
- Plus/minus+6172nd of 715
- Penalty minutes26351st of 715
- Faceoffs won0451st of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)51.4%216th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)52.1%178th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)57.0%41st of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)56.8%43rd of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)60.2%12th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)54.4%107th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.40555th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.111669th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.23529th of 719
Usage
- Ice time per game15:58371st of 715
- Power-play time per game0:03586th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %52.4%297th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.24443rd of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1000339th of 719
- Goals above expected−0.3363rd of 715
- Luck Meter−18514th of 828
- Ascension score6515th of 428
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed21.8520th of 715
- 20+ mph bursts32512th of 715
- Hardest shot89.8264th of 715
- Offensive-zone time42.7%272nd of 715
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 · 76 of 78 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.098
- Season net
- −1.95xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.40
- Attempts
- 8
- 0.001
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to D1 from D3Mar 22, 2025 alerts →
How his goals happened
4 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2025 @ CGY | Odd-man rush | carry | 2 | 50.4 | 4-on-3 | |
| Nov 8, 2025 vs ANA | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 42.7 | — | |
| Oct 14, 2025 @ CGY | Forecheck turnover | — | 2 | 70.1 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2023 vs DAL | Rush | carry | 1 | 64.6 | — |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Korczak
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Korczak apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Girard | D | 1 | 14:31 | 92% | 65.4% | 100% (2-0) | 0.0% 1:20 | 33.3% 2:14 |
| Evgeni Malkin | C | 1 | 5:33 | 35% | 71.4% | — (0-0) | 53.8% 10:18 | 50.0% 8:16 |
| Egor Chinakhov | RW | 1 | 4:59 | 31% | 63.6% | — (0-0) | 62.5% 10:52 | 44.4% 6:25 |
| Tommy Novak | C | 1 | 4:58 | 31% | 50.0% | — (0-0) | 68.4% 10:53 | 50.0% 7:00 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | 1 | 4:29 | 28% | 80.0% | 100% (2-0) | 52.9% 11:22 | 90.9% 6:27 |
| Ville Koivunen | RW | 1 | 4:17 | 27% | 80.0% | 100% (2-0) | 52.9% 11:34 | 71.4% 6:51 |
| Nick Robertson | LW | 1 | 4:05 | 26% | 40.0% | — (0-0) | 68.2% 11:46 | 68.2% 9:59 |
| Elmer Soderblom | LW | 1 | 4:01 | 25% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 70.8% 11:50 | 44.4% 6:48 |
| Connor Dewar | C | 1 | 3:40 | 23% | 0.0% | — (0-0) | 68.0% 12:11 | 53.8% 8:53 |
| Sidney Crosby | C | 1 | 3:07 | 20% | 60.0% | — (0-0) | 63.6% 12:44 | 61.9% 9:28 |
| Rickard Rakell | RW | 1 | 2:48 | 18% | 66.7% | — (0-0) | 62.5% 13:03 | 68.4% 8:48 |
| Blake Lizotte | C | 1 | 2:48 | 18% | 60.0% | — (0-0) | 63.6% 13:03 | 50.0% 7:59 |
| Filip Hallander | C | 1 | 2:41 | 17% | 80.0% | 100% (2-0) | 59.1% 13:10 | 81.8% 5:47 |
Game log
1 game in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | @ PHI | W 7-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 18:31 | 15:51 | — | 2:40 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | 18:31 | 18:31 | 18 | 15 | 54.5% | 61.5% | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1.2 | 0.5 | 67% |
| Even strength | 1 | 15:51 | 15:51 | 17 | 10 | 63.0% | 71.4% | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 1.0 | 0.1 | 67% |
| 5v5 | 1 | 15:51 | 15:51 | 17 | 10 | 63.0% | 71.4% | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 1.0 | 0.1 | 67% |
| Penalty kill | 1 | 2:40 | 2:40 | 1 | 5 | 16.7% | 20.0% | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.2 | 0.3 | — |
| 4v5 | 1 | 2:40 | 2:40 | 1 | 5 | 16.7% | 20.0% | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.2 | 0.3 | — |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | PIT | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 18:31 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | VGK | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 23 | 9 | 12:05 |
| 2025-26 | VGK | 78 | 3 | 13 | 16 | +6 | 26 | 60 | 5.0% | 102 | 95 | 15:58 |
| 2024-25Playoffs | VGK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 2024-25 | VGK | 40 | 0 | 10 | 10 | +15 | 2 | 34 | 0.0% | 59 | 40 | 15:04 |
| 2023-24 | VGK | 26 | 1 | 8 | 9 | +12 | 8 | 32 | 3.1% | 43 | 31 | 16:30 |
| 2022-23 | VGK | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 16 | 0.0% | 25 | 8 | 17:34 |
| 2021-22 | VGK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | 16:37 |
Kaedan Korczak news
- Kaedan Korczak News: Two assists in Penguins debutRotoWire
- Penguins' Kaedan Korczak: Two assists in Penguins debutCBS Sports
- Kaedan Korczak Game Log - NHLFOX Sports
- Penguins' Kaedan Korczak Looks to Reach 'Full Potential' With New TeamYahoo Sports
- Kaedan Korczak Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Kaedan Korczak HomeNHL.com
- Kaedan Korczak StatsNHL.com
- 2026-27 Pittsburgh Penguins Season PreviewNHLRumors.com
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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.