Pittsburgh Penguins Power Play
2026-27 · 1-0-0 · 2 pts · 1st Metropolitan
The Penguins' current PP1 unit is Sidney Crosby, Erik Karlsson, Rickard Rakell, Tommy Novak and Egor Chinakhov, together for 4:41 of power-play time a game.
The Pittsburgh Penguins get 4:38 of power-play time per game (19th most) and have scored 55 power-play goals, 8.69 per 60 minutes (7th).
Erik Karlsson plays 71% of the team's power-play minutes.
On the penalty kill they have allowed 44 goals, 6.75 per 60 (7th fewest).
- PP1Sidney Crosby – Erik Karlsson – Rickard Rakell – Tommy Novak – Egor Chinakhov4:41
- PP2Evgeni Malkin – Kris Letang – Samuel Girard – Hendrix Lapierre – Ville Koivunen1:44
From the last 1 game; time is together on the man advantage per game.
Penalty kill
- PK1FConnor Dewar – Blake Lizotte1:46
- PK2FElmer Soderblom – Filip Hallander1:01
- PK1DErik Karlsson – Kaedan Korczak1:49
- PK2DTrevor van Riemsdyk – Samuel Girard1:38
Most-used PP units (2025-26)
| Unit | GP | TOI | GF | SF | GF/60 | xGF/60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell | 18 | 43:32 | 7 | 41 | 9.65 | 9.43 |
| Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Kindel | 15 | 41:24 | 11 | 50 | 15.94 | 8.56 |
| Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, Mantha | 14 | 40:27 | 7 | 40 | 10.38 | 8.04 |
| Malkin, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, Mantha | 7 | 22:09 | 5 | 29 | 13.54 | 11.61 |
| Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, Mantha, Chinakhov | 7 | 19:57 | 3 | 9 | 9.02 | 6.19 |
| Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell | 6 | 15:47 | 2 | 15 | 7.60 | 9.63 |
| Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Mantha, Kindel | 3 | 11:32 | 1 | 19 | 5.20 | 8.84 |
| Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell, Mantha | 3 | 11:22 | 1 | 10 | 5.28 | 8.09 |
About these numbers
Power-play rates are per 60 minutes of man-advantage time rather than PP%, because they measure how dangerous a unit is while it is on the ice. Ranks compare all 32 teams. Goals for on the penalty kill (shorthanded goals) and empty-net situations are excluded from the rates.