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NHL Shifts Leaders: Pittsburgh Penguins
2026-27All situationsThrough 3 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by shifts, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2025-26 above the table.
Shifts count every time a player steps onto the ice, from the NHL's shift charts. Defensemen take the most; top pairs approach 30 a night. A few leagues score shifts. More shifts means more ice time, so the board mirrors the time-on-ice leaders with defensemen on top.
Leader for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2026-27: Erik Karlsson (PIT), 48 SFT.
- Early sample: teams have played at most 3 games in 2026-27. Expect big swings.
Shifts leaderboard
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| # | Player | Team | SFT | GP | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik KarlssonDPIT | PIT | 48 | 2 | 24.0 | 95% |
| 2 | Declan CarlileDPIT | PIT | 47 | 2 | 23.5 | 3.3%▲3.1 |
| 3 | Sidney CrosbyFPIT | PIT | 46 | 2 | 23.0 | 100%▲2.4 |
| 4 | Kris LetangDPIT | PIT | 44 | 2 | 22.0 | 47%▼16 |
| 5 | Rickard RakellFPIT | PIT | 44 | 2 | 22.0 | 83%▲11 |
| 6 | Trevor van RiemsdykDPIT | PIT | 44 | 2 | 22.0 | 0.8% |
| 7 | Samuel GirardDPIT | PIT | 44 | 2 | 22.0 | 9.0%▲8.6 |
| 8 | Kaedan KorczakDPIT | PIT | 44 | 2 | 22.0 | 7.5%▲7.3 |
| 9 | Egor ChinakhovFPIT | PIT | 43 | 2 | 21.5 | 48%▲39 |
| 10 | Connor DewarFPIT | PIT | 42 | 2 | 21.0 | 4.2%▲3.1 |
| 11 | Blake LizotteFPIT | PIT | 41 | 2 | 20.5 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Evgeni MalkinFPIT | PIT | 40 | 2 | 20.0 | 82%▲11 |
| 13 | Tommy NovakFPIT | PIT | 40 | 2 | 20.0 | 11%▲9.1 |
| 14 | Nick RobertsonFPIT | PIT | 40 | 2 | 20.0 | 28%▲27 |
| 15 | Filip HallanderFPIT | PIT | 33 | 2 | 16.5 | 9.1%▲9 |
| 16 | Hendrix LapierreFPIT | PIT | 33 | 2 | 16.5 | 8.1%▲8 |
| 17 | Ben KindelFPIT | PIT | 18 | 1 | 18.0 | 40%▲31 |
| 18 | Elmer SoderblomFPIT | PIT | 16 | 1 | 16.0 | 4.8%▲4.6 |
| 19 | Andrei KuzmenkoFPIT | PIT | 16 | 1 | 16.0 | 11%▲9.8 |
| 20 | Ville KoivunenFPIT | PIT | 15 | 1 | 15.0 | 17%▲17 |
How to read it
Shifts taken, from the shift charts (2025-26 onward).
How reliable is it?
Shifts follow ice time and position; the 2025-26 totals miss the games without shift charts.
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Our fantasy projections for shifts: who should lead the coming games.