Bryan Rust

22.8

#17Right Wing5'11"205 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

183

SOG

15.8% SH

19:57

TOI/GP

RW · PIT · NHL id 8475810

Bryan Rust has played 72 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2025-26, scoring 29 goals and 36 assists (65 points) on 183 shots while averaging 19:57 a night (14:23 at even strength, 3:18 on the power play and 1:34 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 90% of his 5v5 minutes with Sidney Crosby and 50% with Erik Karlsson over the last 10 games, and the Penguins have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Rust on the ice (60-52 in goals, 63% offensive-zone starts). In the Penguins' most recent game against PHI he was on L1 with Sidney Crosby and Rickard Rakell and on PP1. He is shooting 15.8% this season against 13.7% across the 633 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 29 game vs PHI, detected from shift data

Line

Sidney Crosby Rickard Rakell

Power play

PP1

Evgeni Malkin Sidney Crosby Erik Karlsson Rickard Rakell

Penalty kill

PK2F

Ben Kindel

Last 5: L1/PP1 · L1/PP1 · L1/PP1 · L1/PP1 · L1/PP1

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · 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

17 games shown, 19:00 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 speed77th7822.8 mph

Bursts 20+ mph79th79124

Hardest shot72nd7388.4 mph

Offensive-zone time81st8144.6%

Distance skated87th88219.5 mi

High-danger SOG92nd9271

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 · 387 attempts, 198 on goal, 30 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).

Luck

2025-26 · 72 GP · 65 points vs 57.2 expected

Luck Meter →

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Luck meter+44

Last 20 games: +64. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+2.2 G

On-ice SH%+16.0 G

On-ice SV%−8.5 G

IPP−5.0 G

Points vs expected+7.8 P

: 15.8%
: 101.9
: 56.5%
G vs xG: 29 / 26.8

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Player analytics

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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

Games played72
Goals2946th of 715
Assists3687th of 715
Points6567th of 715
Power-play points2441st of 715
Shorthanded points238th of 715
Shots on goal18374th of 715
Hits35501st of 715
Blocked shots71166th of 715
Plus/minus0307th of 715
Penalty minutes26351st of 715
Faceoffs won2418th of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)48.8%402nd of 719
Fenwick (FF%)49.2%377th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)46.0%552nd of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)46.3%533rd of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)51.4%287th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)47.8%468th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.60470th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.054447th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.32247th of 719
Faceoff win %13.3%
Draw Equity /100−0.386

Usage

Ice time per game19:57131st of 715
Power-play time per game3:1846th of 715
Power-play share74.5%35th of 713
Ice-time share32.7%130th of 715
Offensive-zone start %63.3%102nd of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60+0.04261st of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO1019142nd of 719
Goals above expected+2.2114th of 715
Luck Meter+44105th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed22.8171st of 715
20+ mph bursts124135th of 715
Hardest shot88.4347th of 715
Offensive-zone time44.6%109th of 715

Compare head to head

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 · 72 of 72 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.055
Season net: −0.92xG

Offensive TK/600.36 (6)

Offensive GV/601.38 (23)

Neutral TK/600.06 (1)

Neutral GV/601.14 (19)

Defensive TK/600.06 (1)

Defensive GV/601.14 (19)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.60
Attempts: 10
: 0.026

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

Method Leaders

Season: +0.20G
Per 60: +0.009
Drawn / taken: 14 / 13minors

Method Leaders

: 46.3%
: 51.4%
: 46.0%
Transition CF/60: 3.1
Turnovers won/60: 21.9
Turnovers lost/60: 24.2

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

183 shots on goal, 29 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
L Point	0%	5%	0
Low Slot	28%	23%	8
R Point	1%	6%	0
Center Point	4%	9%	1
Crease	7%	3%	3
High Slot	10%	7%	1
Outside L	1%	4%	0

Role changes

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

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Dropped off PP1 to PP2Mar 8, 2026 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Jan 29, 2025 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Jan 3, 2025 alerts →
Dropped off PP1Apr 17, 2024 alerts →
Moved down to L2 from L1Feb 25, 2024 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Feb 22, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L2Jan 27, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Jan 20, 2024 alerts →

How his goals happened

40 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 18, 2026 vs PHI	Forecheck turnover	—	0	55.3	—
Apr 9, 2026 @ NJD	Forecheck turnover	—	2*	44.9	one-timer
Apr 5, 2026 vs FLA	Odd-man rush	carry	1	6.2	2-on-1
Mar 30, 2026 @ NYI	Odd-man rush	carry	3	49.9	3-on-2
Mar 18, 2026 @ CAR	Odd-man rush	carry	0	30.0	1-on-0
Mar 16, 2026 @ COL	Dump and chase	dump	2*	50.5	—
Mar 14, 2026 @ UTA	Rush	pass	0	54.4	—
Mar 10, 2026 @ CAR	Forecheck turnover	—	0	49.4	—
Mar 10, 2026 @ CAR	Cycle	—	4*	42.6	—
Mar 5, 2026 vs BUF	Odd-man rush	carry	1	19.3	2-on-1
Mar 1, 2026 vs VGK	Forecheck turnover	—	1	19.9	—
Feb 3, 2026 @ NYI	Cycle	—	4*	14.9	—
Jan 21, 2026 @ CGY	Cycle	—	0	1.6	—
Jan 15, 2026 vs PHI	Forecheck turnover	—	2*	67.5	—
Jan 3, 2026 @ DET	Odd-man rush	carry	1	44.9	3-on-2
Dec 28, 2025 @ CHI	Cycle	—	2*	19.7	—
Dec 28, 2025 @ CHI	Odd-man rush	carry	5*	63.1	4-on-3
Dec 23, 2025 @ TOR	Odd-man rush	carry	1	22.5	1-on-0
Dec 16, 2025 vs EDM	Rebound	—	1	7.4	rebound
Dec 14, 2025 vs UTA	Forecheck turnover	—	0	12.4	—
Dec 13, 2025 vs SJS	Forecheck turnover	—	1*	59.5	one-timer
Dec 11, 2025 vs MTL	Forecheck turnover	—	1	13.0	—
Dec 1, 2025 @ PHI	Forecheck turnover	—	0	54.7	—
Nov 28, 2025 @ CBJ	Dump and chase	dump	0	60.4	—
Nov 26, 2025 vs BUF	Forecheck turnover	—	0	43.9	—
Nov 6, 2025 vs WSH	Odd-man rush	pass	3*	26.5	4-on-2, one-timer
Oct 30, 2025 @ MIN	Deflection	—	4*	20.8	rebound
Oct 27, 2025 vs STL	Deflection	—	5*	17.8	—
Oct 27, 2025 vs STL	Forecheck turnover	—	0	62.7	—
Oct 25, 2025 vs CBJ	Cycle	—	3*	29.4	one-timer
Apr 17, 2025 vs WSH	Rebound	—	0	51.6	one-timer, rebound
Apr 17, 2025 vs WSH	Rebound	—	0	47.4	rebound
Apr 11, 2025 @ NJD	Odd-man rush	loose	2*	58.1	2-on-1
Apr 5, 2025 @ DAL	Forecheck turnover	pass	0	35.4	—
Apr 3, 2025 @ STL	Forecheck turnover	—	0	10.5	—
Mar 25, 2025 @ TBL	Deflection	carry	4*	32.7	one-timer
Mar 23, 2025 @ FLA	Deflection	loose	1	29.1	—
Mar 23, 2025 @ FLA	Forecheck turnover	pass	3*	24.5	3-on-2
Mar 21, 2025 vs CBJ	Point shot	—	2	54.7	—
Mar 13, 2025 vs STL	Deflection	—	0	59.4	—

* 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 Rust

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Rust apart	CF% mate apart
Sidney Crosby	C	66	844:52	78%	51.3%	55% (52-42)	36.9% 99:30	48.9% 139:05
Rickard Rakell	RW	52	608:41	56%	51.6%	55% (34-28)	42.2% 121:02	42.2% 127:38
Erik Karlsson	D	73	488:39	45%	52.5%	50% (26-26)	48.0% 527:13	55.2% 773:04
Parker Wotherspoon	D	78	474:53	44%	50.2%	48% (24-26)	49.6% 613:25	53.1% 885:57
Kris Letang	D	74	393:07	36%	49.7%	55% (21-17)	50.2% 641:28	49.2% 911:46
Ryan Shea	D	72	262:41	24%	48.9%	59% (19-13)	50.1% 740:06	49.4% 870:31
Egor Chinakhov	RW	16	146:23	13%	49.4%	60% (9-6)	59.2% 61:33	48.9% 65:31
Brett Kulak	D	20	131:45	12%	45.0%	45% (5-6)	51.1% 159:08	49.3% 234:28
Connor Clifton	D	41	117:05	11%	47.4%	59% (10-7)	49.1% 434:56	49.8% 481:16
Samuel Girard	D	24	107:49	10%	54.3%	64% (7-4)	56.1% 215:24	51.2% 312:26
Ben Kindel	C	15	75:44	7%	51.2%	29% (2-5)	49.6% 135:08	48.7% 115:16
Tommy Novak	C	13	60:55	6%	50.4%	43% (3-4)	49.0% 122:51	54.6% 109:25
Connor Dewar	C	8	54:28	5%	44.0%	40% (2-3)	54.1% 53:16	50.6% 46:27
Filip Hallander	C	6	51:17	5%	49.6%	83% (5-1)	40.8% 35:49	46.8% 29:34

Game log

78 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 29PO	@ PHI	OTL 0-1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	100%	22:17	18:22	2:28	1:27
Apr 27PO	vs PHI	W 3-2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	—	20:37	14:21	3:14	2:10
Apr 25PO	@ PHI	W 4-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	—	19:19	13:37	2:10	2:49
Apr 22PO	@ PHI	L 2-5	0	1	1	-1	3	4	2	0	—	20:25	12:18	5:52	0:53
Apr 20PO	vs PHI	L 0-3	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	—	20:48	14:07	4:49	1:23
Apr 18PO	vs PHI	L 2-3	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	—	20:55	14:08	2:49	1:38
Apr 12	@ WSH	L 0-3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1	0%	20:21	14:30	3:13	1:47
Apr 9	@ NJD	W 5-2	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	—	16:21	13:31	1:12	1:15
Apr 5	vs FLA	W 5-2	1	1	2	+2	3	6	0	1	—	18:50	8:43	8:44	1:23
Apr 4	vs FLA	W 9-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	15:16	12:49	2:27	—
Apr 2	@ TBL	L 3-6	0	1	1	-2	1	0	1	2	—	18:05	13:44	2:39	1:05
Mar 30	@ NYI	W 8-3	1	1	2	+1	1	0	1	1	—	18:41	16:31	1:42	0:28
Mar 28	vs DAL	L 3-6	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	2	—	21:33	13:15	4:25	2:36
Mar 26	@ OTT	W 4-3	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	3	0%	20:32	17:37	1:54	1:01
Mar 24	vs COL	L 2-6	0	1	1	-3	3	2	2	0	—	21:40	15:49	5:09	0:32
Mar 22	vs CAR	L 1-5	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	2	—	19:07	14:45	1:52	1:04
Mar 21	vs WPG	W 5-4	0	2	2	-1	4	0	1	0	—	18:49	15:23	3:00	0:26
Mar 18	@ CAR	OTL 5-6	1	0	1	+2	5	0	0	0	0%	18:33	13:04	4:47	0:42
Mar 16	@ COL	W 7-2	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	0	0%	17:05	11:07	3:14	2:44
Mar 14	@ UTA	W 4-3	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	1	33%	19:17	9:26	7:20	1:17

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	72	1436:00	19:57	1561	1378	53.1%	53.5%	776	642	115	88	57%	92.6	86.1	66%
Even strength	72	1036:03	14:23	1001	1044	48.9%	49.4%	480	483	61	56	52%	47.0	53.9	63%
5v5	72	1002:46	13:56	968	1015	48.8%	49.2%	459	467	60	52	54%	43.8	51.4	63%
Power play	69	237:50	3:27	443	59	88.2%	86.1%	239	44	39	5	89%	33.8	4.6	100%
Penalty kill	65	112:56	1:44	33	192	14.7%	17.7%	19	79	2	13	13%	2.5	12.4	2%
4v4	17	10:54	0:38	10	12	45.5%	47.4%	8	7	0	1	0%	0.6	0.8	67%
3v3 (OT)	22	22:23	1:01	23	17	57.5%	60.6%	13	9	1	3	25%	2.5	1.7	67%
5v4	69	222:13	3:13	415	56	88.1%	85.9%	222	41	34	5	87%	30.6	4.4	100%
4v5	65	112:17	1:44	33	192	14.7%	17.7%	19	79	2	13	13%	2.5	12.4	2%
5v3	8	6:33	0:49	16	0	100.0%	100.0%	11	0	5	0	100%	2.3	0.0	—
6v5, own net empty	26	29:15	1:08	63	26	70.8%	64.5%	30	10	8	10	44%	3.6	11.4	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	19	13:52	0:44	9	47	16.1%	19.0%	3	21	3	3	50%	4.6	3.0	0%
4v3	6	9:04	1:31	12	3	80.0%	76.9%	6	3	0	0	—	0.9	0.1	100%
4v6, opponent net empty	3	2:27	0:49	2	8	20.0%	14.3%	1	4	1	0	100%	0.7	0.4	0%
6v4, own net empty	3	3:23	1:08	10	1	90.9%	85.7%	4	0	1	0	100%	0.5	0.3	100%

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
2025-26Playoffs	PIT	6	1	1	2	-2	4	15	6.7%	7	3	20:44
2025-26	PIT	72	29	36	65	0	26	183	15.8%	35	71	19:57
2024-25	PIT	71	31	34	65	-21	18	191	16.2%	62	54	19:45
2023-24	PIT	62	28	28	56	+10	20	196	14.3%	47	51	19:35
2022-23	PIT	81	20	26	46	-4	31	211	9.5%	98	50	17:54
2021-22Playoffs	PIT	7	2	6	8	+1	4	25	8.0%	15	5	22:36
2021-22	PIT	60	24	34	58	+7	14	180	13.3%	43	24	18:46
2020-21Playoffs	PIT	6	2	1	3	-3	4	18	11.1%	9	2	19:53
2020-21	PIT	56	22	20	42	+9	18	154	14.3%	62	30	19:43
2019-20	PIT	55	27	29	56	+14	30	151	17.9%	71	35	19:46
2018-19Playoffs	PIT	4	0	0	0	-4	2	3	0.0%	11	5	13:55
2018-19	PIT	72	18	17	35	+10	24	141	12.8%	119	59	15:54
2017-18Playoffs	PIT	12	3	0	3	+2	4	14	21.4%	15	9	14:32
2017-18	PIT	69	13	25	38	+11	26	123	10.6%	97	40	16:03

Bryan Rust news

NHL Injuries: Sabres, Blue Jackets, Stars, Wings, Oilers, Panthers, Rangers, Penguins, and Blues
NHLRumors.comOct 2, 2026
NHL Injuries: Sabres, Blackhawks, Stars, Panthers, Islanders, Senators, Penguins and More
NHLRumors.comOct 1, 2026
NHL Injury Update: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Mathew Barzal, Bryan Rust And More Deal With Early-Season Injuries
NDTV SportsSep 30, 2026
How Long is Bryan Rust Out? Injury Return Timeline for Penguins' 1st-Line Star
heavy.comSep 30, 2026
Bryan Rust Game Log - NHL
foxsports.comSep 30, 2026
NHL Injuries: Blue Jackets, Red Wings, Oilers, Panthers, Wild, Sens, Penguins, Blues, Leafs and More
NHLRumors.comSep 29, 2026
Bryan Rust Injury: Hits injured reserve
RotoWireSep 28, 2026
NHL Injuries: Bruins, Sabres, Hurricanes, Avs, Wild, Devils, Flyers, and Penguins
NHLRumors.comSep 28, 2026

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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

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Compare head to head

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 →

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

Bryan Rust news