D · PIT · NHL id 8483503
Owen Pickering has played 4 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 1 shots while averaging 12:06 a night (12:03 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 0:02 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 50% of his 5v5 minutes with Mathew Dumba and 34% with Ville Koivunen over the last 4 games, and the Penguins have controlled 47% of shot attempts with Pickering on the ice (2-5 in goals, 38% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against TOR he was on D3 with Harrison Brunicke and off the power play.
Right now
From the Nov 3 game vs TOR, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 4 games, 12:06 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
2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 4 GP in 2025-26; showing 2024-25 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
2025-26 · 6 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at PIT: 6 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.03 expected goals; best chance Owen Pickering at 0.02 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2025-26 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- 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.
Fantasy box score
- Games played4
- Goals0
- Assists0
- Points0
- Shots on goal1
- Hits1
- Blocked shots2
- Plus/minus−3
- Penalty minutes2
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)46.8%
- Fenwick (FF%)45.7%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)42.1%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.343
Usage
- Ice time per game12:06
- Offensive-zone start %38.5%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO888
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot91.7
- Offensive-zone time41.3%
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2024-25 regular season · 25 of 25 games through the sequence engine
- −0.018
- Season net
- −0.10xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.00
- Attempts
- 0
- 0.000
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 down to D3 from D2Dec 21, 2024 alerts →
- Played 8:26 less than his 5-game averageDec 21, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to D1 from D2Dec 14, 2024 alerts →
- Moved up to D2 from D3Dec 7, 2024 alerts →
How his goals happened
1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 2024 vs FLA | Forecheck turnover | — | 1 | 10.7 | — |
* 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 Pickering
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Pickering apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathew Dumba | D | 2 | 24:14 | 50% | 39.2% | 100% (1-0) | 20.0% 2:11 | 61.5% 5:52 |
| Ville Koivunen | RW | 4 | 16:27 | 34% | 58.1% | — (0-0) | 41.3% 31:46 | 69.7% 32:11 |
| Ben Kindel | C | 4 | 15:12 | 32% | 57.7% | — (0-0) | 42.6% 33:01 | 65.2% 35:59 |
| Tommy Novak | C | 4 | 15:01 | 31% | 65.4% | — (0-0) | 39.7% 33:12 | 60.7% 32:29 |
| Harrison Brunicke | D | 2 | 13:23 | 28% | 60.0% | 0% (0-4) | 61.5% 8:25 | 64.3% 14:21 |
| Evgeni Malkin | C | 4 | 12:09 | 25% | 42.9% | 0% (0-1) | 47.9% 36:04 | 44.3% 46:00 |
| Filip Hallander | C | 4 | 12:01 | 25% | 40.0% | 50% (1-1) | 50.0% 36:12 | 57.6% 40:09 |
| Blake Lizotte | C | 4 | 11:45 | 24% | 45.5% | 25% (1-3) | 47.2% 36:28 | 53.7% 32:13 |
| Anthony Mantha | RW | 4 | 11:05 | 23% | 52.2% | — (0-0) | 45.1% 37:08 | 37.0% 46:33 |
| Connor Dewar | C | 4 | 11:02 | 23% | 30.0% | 20% (1-4) | 51.4% 37:11 | 59.6% 30:04 |
| Sidney Crosby | C | 4 | 10:50 | 22% | 38.5% | 33% (1-2) | 50.0% 37:23 | 58.5% 50:40 |
| Bryan Rust | RW | 3 | 8:59 | 19% | 37.5% | 50% (1-1) | 49.1% 28:31 | 55.6% 33:01 |
| Noel Acciari | C | 3 | 7:54 | 16% | 27.3% | 33% (1-2) | 43.5% 29:14 | 55.9% 22:54 |
| Kris Letang | D | 1 | 7:16 | 15% | 50.0% | 50% (1-1) | 57.1% 3:27 | 42.9% 10:59 |
Game log
4 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3 | @ TOR | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 11:05 | 11:05 | — | — |
| Nov 1 | @ WPG | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10:43 | 10:43 | — | — |
| Oct 30 | @ MIN | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 13:23 | 13:18 | — | 0:05 |
| Oct 28 | @ PHI | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13:12 | 13:07 | 0:01 | 0:04 |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 4 | 48:23 | 12:06 | 44 | 50 | 46.8% | 45.7% | 25 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 29% | 1.6 | 2.3 | 38% |
| Even strength | 4 | 48:13 | 12:03 | 44 | 50 | 46.8% | 45.7% | 25 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 29% | 1.6 | 2.3 | 38% |
| 5v5 | 4 | 48:13 | 12:03 | 44 | 50 | 46.8% | 45.7% | 25 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 29% | 1.6 | 2.3 | 38% |
| Power play | 1 | 0:01 | 0:01 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
| Penalty kill | 2 | 0:09 | 0:05 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | PIT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 2 | 12:06 |
| 2024-25 | PIT | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 6 | 15 | 6.7% | 13 | 19 | 14:49 |
Owen Pickering news
- Opinion: Owen Pickering Has Earned His Way Onto This Penguins' Team - And He Needs To Be RewardedThe Hockey News
- Penguins defenseman Owen Pickering gets seriousTribLIVE.com
- Owen Pickering Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Owen Pickering StatsNHL.com
- 5 Eastern Conference 1st Round Picks Who Must Show They Can Stick in the NHL in 2026-27The Hockey Writers
- Penguins Keeping Kirk MacDonald Is a Big Win for Their Young PlayersThe Hockey Writers
- Penguins Need an Answer on Owen Pickering This SeasonThe Hockey Writers
- Penguins Should Target Isaiah George—But Not at Any PriceThe Hockey Writers
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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.