C · PIT · NHL id 8464989
Matt Cullen has played 71 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2018-19, scoring 7 goals and 13 assists (20 points) on 87 shots while averaging 11:31 a night (9:05 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 2:12 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Penguins have controlled 43% of shot attempts with Cullen on the ice (25-25 in goals, 20% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against NYI he was on L3 with Garrett Wilson and Zachary Aston-Reese and off the power play. He is shooting 8.0% this season against 9.6% across the 159 games in our data.
Right now
From the Apr 16 game vs NYI, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2018-19 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 20 games, 11:08 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 4 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.
Shot map
2018-19 · 133 attempts, 90 on goal, 7 goals
Shot map, OPP at PIT: 133 attempts, 90 on goal, 7 goals, 10.38 expected goals; best chance Matt Cullen at 0.63 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2018-19 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2018-19 regular season · 71 of 71 games through the sequence engine
- +0.004
- Season net
- +0.04xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 100 draws
- −0.019
- Season
- −0.12G
- 50.0%640 draws
Wins by zone: OZ 36-36 · NZ 101-81 · DZ 183-203
- Per 60
- 1.40
- Attempts
- 15
- 0.084
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2018-19 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Cullen
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
75 games in 2018-19, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16PO | vs NYI | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29% | 9:06 | 6:38 | — | 2:28 |
| Apr 14PO | vs NYI | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 67% | 11:54 | 10:06 | 0:17 | 1:31 |
| Apr 12PO | @ NYI | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57% | 13:21 | 7:53 | — | 5:28 |
| Apr 10PO | @ NYI | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 63% | 10:27 | 8:59 | — | 1:28 |
| Apr 6 | vs NYR | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80% | 9:59 | 9:59 | — | — |
| Apr 4 | vs DET | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | 12:54 | 10:54 | — | 2:00 |
| Apr 2 | @ DET | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | 13:21 | 12:59 | — | 0:22 |
| Mar 31 | vs CAR | W 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 25% | 13:12 | 9:21 | — | 2:09 |
| Mar 29 | vs NSH | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71% | 9:39 | 7:21 | — | 2:18 |
| Mar 25 | @ NYR | W 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50% | 9:56 | 6:52 | — | 3:04 |
| Mar 23 | @ DAL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43% | 11:28 | 8:08 | — | 2:27 |
| Mar 21 | @ NSH | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 83% | 10:45 | 7:34 | — | 3:11 |
| Mar 19 | @ CAR | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30% | 13:00 | 10:07 | — | 2:43 |
| Mar 17 | vs PHI | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57% | 11:23 | 7:31 | — | 3:23 |
| Mar 16 | vs STL | L 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | 8:37 | 6:55 | 0:07 | 1:35 |
| Mar 14 | @ BUF | W 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56% | 10:44 | 8:37 | — | 2:07 |
| Mar 12 | vs WSH | W 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 71% | 11:45 | 9:39 | 0:02 | 1:54 |
| Mar 10 | vs BOS | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | 16:29 | 10:14 | 0:02 | 4:55 |
| Mar 9 | @ CBJ | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55% | 10:38 | 7:20 | — | 3:18 |
| Mar 7 | vs CBJ | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57% | 9:27 | 5:47 | 0:08 | 2:50 |
Season splits by strength
2018-19 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 71 | 817:11 | 11:31 | 607 | 990 | 38.0% | 39.3% | 371 | 564 | 32 | 47 | 41% | 37.6 | 54.0 | 15% |
| Even strength | 71 | 645:10 | 9:05 | 538 | 720 | 42.8% | 44.1% | 323 | 404 | 25 | 25 | 50% | 30.4 | 36.0 | 21% |
| 5v5 | 71 | 641:57 | 9:02 | 532 | 715 | 42.7% | 44.0% | 319 | 402 | 25 | 25 | 50% | 29.9 | 35.9 | 20% |
| Power play | 15 | 2:45 | 0:11 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | 100% |
| Penalty kill | 68 | 156:01 | 2:18 | 56 | 241 | 18.9% | 21.7% | 43 | 139 | 4 | 21 | 16% | 3.1 | 16.1 | 2% |
| 4v4 | 9 | 2:38 | 0:18 | 5 | 4 | 55.6% | 66.7% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.4 | 0.0 | 33% |
| 5v4 | 15 | 2:42 | 0:11 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 4v5 | 68 | 152:14 | 2:14 | 55 | 234 | 19.0% | 21.9% | 42 | 136 | 4 | 20 | 17% | 2.8 | 15.4 | 2% |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 16 | 10:43 | 0:40 | 9 | 23 | 28.1% | 22.2% | 3 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 75% | 3.9 | 1.4 | 0% |
| 3v4 | 3 | 2:28 | 0:49 | 1 | 4 | 20.0% | 25.0% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.2 | 0.4 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19Playoffs | PIT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 6 | 2 | 11:12 |
| 2018-19 | PIT | 71 | 7 | 13 | 20 | +6 | 14 | 87 | 8.0% | 32 | 31 | 11:31 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | MIN | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 2 | 4 | 25.0% | 3 | 2 | 11:18 |
| 2017-18 | MIN | 79 | 11 | 11 | 22 | -1 | 20 | 104 | 10.6% | 14 | 42 | 11:54 |
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.