Owen
Pickering
DAge : 22Shoots : L
#38
Owen Pickering (Pittsburgh Penguins) stats, profile and latest news: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats and headlines.
Owen Pickering
Pittsburgh PenguinsHEIGHT : 196 cm · WEIGHT : 97 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : January 26, 2004 · St. Adolphe, Canada
Drafted : 2022 · PIT · round 1, pick #21
Contract : $950,000 · 2022-23 → 2026-27 · Entry-Level Contract · RFA · Signing bonus $95,000 (CapWages)
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| NHL totals | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 12:06
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:00
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:02
- Pts/GP
- 0.00
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 1
- Blocks
- 2
- Takeaways
- 1
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 47.8 %
- Off. zone starts
- 29.5 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
2between 0 and 5 (80% range)
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
- 1
- Games
- 16
So far: 0 pts in 0 games. The team has played 2 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.11 pts per game (last season: 0.00).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
This is only a projection. It extends the pace of recent seasons, pulled toward the league average and adjusted for age. It knows nothing about future injuries, trades, or line and power-play changes. About one player in five finishes outside the range. The trend is a hint, not a verdict.
Player ratings, 2024-25
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100, computed from data (play-by-play, NHL EDGE, PickALeague analytics), never by hand. Each compares the player with others at the same position, over several seasons. 75 = established NHL player, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 27 %
69
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 64
- Confidence 40 %
- ST
- Strength
- 79
- Confidence 31 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 62
- Confidence 50 %
- DU
- Durability
- 57
- Confidence 40 %
- CK
- Checking
- 70
- Confidence 31 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 80
- Confidence 14 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 75
- Confidence 31 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 68
- Confidence 27 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 74
- Confidence 27 %
- DF
- Defense
- 79
- Confidence 23 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 32
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating64
- Top speed (35 %)34.5 · 63
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)1.47 · 70
- Distance /60 (20 %)14 · 67
- Speed consistency (15 %)34 · 69
ST — Strength79
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.856 · 72
- Body mass (50 %)0.911 · 81
EN — Endurance62
- Ice time per game (45 %)17.4 · 68
- Total ice time (20 %)365 · 35
- Shift length (15 %)44.6 · 64
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)16.1 · 67
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.05 · 71
DU — Durability57
- Share of games played (100 %)0.66 · 57
CK — Checking70
- Hits /60 (70 %)3.164 · 72
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)2.804 · 73
- Season volume (10 %)2.639 · 54
FG — Fighting80
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.902 · 80
DI — Discipline75
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.035 · 75
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.572 · 76
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.37 · 75
PA — Passing68
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.254 · 62
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.41 · 75
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.018 · 74
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.422 · 80
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.14 · 61
SC — Scoring74
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.211 · 75
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.167 · 67
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.153 · 79
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.07 · 71
- xG per shot (10 %)0.034 · 73
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)9.645 · 74
DF — Defense79
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.031 · 76
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.15 · 81
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.51 · 80
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.04 · 69
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.361 · 81
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)58.2 · 77
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)4.16 · 66
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)29.3 · 76
EX — Experience32
- Career regular-season games (65 %)46
- Career playoff games (25 %)0
- NHL seasons (10 %)24
OV — Overall69
- DF · Defense (30 %)79
- PA · Passing (22 %)68
- SK · Skating (12 %)64
- SC · Scoring (12 %)74
- EN · Endurance (9 %)62
- ST · Strength (6 %)79
- DI · Discipline (5 %)75
- CK · Checking (4 %)70
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2024-25
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
PAL Rating
32/ 100
Performance · Below average
163 of 253 at the position
Value Rating
54/ 100
Fair value
0.89 M$ · expected PAL 29
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 18
- Defense
- 59
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- Offense
- 16
- Creation
- 11
- Shooting
- 40
- Possession
- 39
- Defense
- 67
- Discipline
- 55
- Power play
- 65
- Penalty kill
- 52
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →WAR estimates how many wins a player added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player it could have called up from the AHL. It adds up offense, defense, special teams, shooting and penalties, then converts those goals into wins.
-0.0
wins above replacement
-0.1 to 0.0 — 90% interval
229 of 325 defensemen
-0.1 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -0.1
- EV defense
- +0.0
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- -0.0
- Penalties
- -0.2
- Average → replacement
- +0.1
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | PIT | 4 | -0.0 | -0.1 to 0.0 | 229/325 |
| 2024-25 | PIT | 25 | 0.2 | -0.1 to 0.6 | 145/314 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →NHL EDGE measures what the eye can't put a number on: skating speed, shot power, distance covered and time spent in each zone, captured by chips in the puck and the shoulder pads. The percentile places the player within the league: 90th means better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 147.6 km/h58th percentileleague avg. 143.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 32.6 km/h10th percentileleague avg. 34.7 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 18th percentileleague avg. 31
- Offensive zone time
- 41.3 %45th percentileleague avg. 42.3 %
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- Total distance, season
- 11.4 km11th percentileleague avg. 214.3 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.15 km5th percentileleague avg. 5.23 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 41.2 %28th percentileleague avg. 42.1 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.1 %63rd percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 40.7 %48th percentileleague avg. 40.9 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 14th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| High danger | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Long range | 16th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2025-2026 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2025-26
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PHIOwen Pickering in five questions
How many goals does Owen Pickering have in 2025-26?
Owen Pickering has 0 goals and 0 points (0 assists) in 4 games in 2025-26.
How old and how tall is Owen Pickering?
Owen Pickering is 22 years old (born January 27, 2004). He is 6'5" (196 cm) and weighs 214 lb (97 kg).
Where is Owen Pickering from?
Owen Pickering was born in St. Adolphe, Manitoba, Canada.
How good is Owen Pickering?
Owen Pickering produced -0.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 229th of 325 players at his position in the NHL.
What number does Owen Pickering wear, and what team does he play for?
Owen Pickering plays for Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL, at D, and wears number 38.
See also: his Pittsburgh Penguins teammates
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