Finances
Pittsburgh Penguins
6-10-214 PTS7th in the Metropolitan divisionNHL
Playoff odds
12%
Power play
18.8 %
Penalty kill
81.4 %
Goals per game
3.24
Goals against
3.47
Faceoffs
45.3 %
Cap space and contracts
NHL cap hit
$101.2M
31 players on the roster
Cap space
$2.76M
Cap ceiling $104.0M
Minors
$17.1M
19 contracts off the roster
Where the money goes
Only NHL roster contracts count against the cap. Players signed in the American Hockey League are listed separately.
- Centres10$27.0M 26% of the cap hit
- Wingers10$33.1M 32% of the cap hit
- Defence8$36.7M 35% of the cap hit
- Goalies3$4.46M 4% of the cap hit
- Cap space$2.76M 3% of the cap hit
Cap ceiling $104.0M · Pittsburgh Penguins
Committed against the cap, season by season
2026-27
$100.6M
30 contracts
2027-28
$54.4M
15 contracts
2028-29
$24.9M
6 contracts
2029-30
$11.9M
3 contracts
2030-31
$4.00M
1 contracts
2031-32
$4.00M
1 contracts
Commitments by season
| Centres | |||||||||||
| Sidney Crosby | C | $8,700,000 | 35+ (Ext) | NMC | UFA | $8.70M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Evgeni Malkin | C | $5,500,000 | Std (Ext) | NMC | UFA | $5.50M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tommy Novak | C | $3,500,000 | Std (Ext) | — | UFA | $3.50M | $4.65M | $4.65M | $4.65M | — | — |
| Blake Lizotte | C | $2,250,000 | Std (Ext) | — | UFA | $2.25M | $2.25M | $2.25M | — | — | — |
| Connor Dewar | C | $2,250,000 | Std (Ext) | — | UFA | $2.25M | $2.25M | — | — | — | — |
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | $1,300,000 | Std | — | RFA (Arb) | $1.30M | $1.30M | — | — | — | — |
| Benjamin Kindel | C | $975,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.99M | $0.99M | — | — | — | — |
| Atley CalvertNon-roster | C | $930,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.93M | $0.93M | — | — | — | — |
| Tristan Broz | C | $925,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.94M | — | — | — | — | — |
| David Gustafsson | C | $850,000 | Std | — | UFA | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Filip Hallander | C | $775,000 | Std (Ext) | — | UFA | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wingers | |||||||||||
| Yegor Chinakhov | R | $6,250,000 | Std | M-NTC | UFA | $6.25M | $6.25M | $6.25M | — | — | — |
| Bryan Rust | R | $5,125,000 | Std (Ext) | NMC | UFA | $5.13M | $5.13M | — | — | — | — |
| Rickard Rakell | R | $5,000,000 | Std (Ext) | M-NTC | UFA | $5.00M | $5.00M | — | — | — | — |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | L | $5,000,000 | Std | M-NTC | UFA | $5.00M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ville Koivunen | R | $4,000,000 | Std | — | UFA | $4.00M | $4.00M | $4.00M | $4.00M | $4.00M | $4.00M |
| Nicholas Robertson | L | $3,250,000 | Std | — | RFA (Arb) | $3.25M | $3.25M | — | — | — | — |
| Justin Brazeau | R | $1,500,000 | Std | — | UFA | $1.50M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Elmer Soderblom | L | $1,125,000 | Std (Ext) | — | RFA (Arb) | $1.13M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Defensemen | |||||||||||
| Erik Karlsson | D | $11,500,000 | Std (Ext) | NMC | UFA | $11.5M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kris Letang | D | $6,100,000 | 35+ (Ext) | NMC | UFA | $6.10M | $6.10M | — | — | — | — |
| Samuel Girard | D | $5,000,000 | Std (Ext) | M-NTC | UFA | $5.00M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan Graves | D | $4,500,000 | Std | M-NTC | UFA | $4.50M | $4.50M | $4.50M | — | — | — |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | $4,000,000 | Std | — | UFA | $4.00M | $4.00M | — | — | — | — |
| Kaedan Korczak | D | $3,250,000 | Std (Ext) | — | UFA | $3.25M | $3.25M | $3.25M | $3.25M | — | — |
| Declan Carlile | D | $1,500,000 | Std | — | UFA | $1.50M | $1.50M | — | — | — | — |
| Tomas GalvasNon-roster | D | $1,007,500 | ELC | — | RFA | $1.01M | $1.01M | $1.01M | — | — | — |
| Jake LivanavageNon-roster | D | $975,000 | ELC | — | RFA (10.2) | $0.98M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Owen PickeringNon-roster | D | $950,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.89M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Caleb JonesNon-roster | D | $900,000 | Std | — | UFA | $0.90M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Peyton KettlesNon-roster | D | $875,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.96M | $0.96M | $0.96M | — | — | — |
| Harrison BrunickeNon-roster | D | $875,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.93M | $0.93M | $0.93M | — | — | — |
| Daniel LaatschNon-roster | D | $860,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.94M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chase PietilaNon-roster | D | $860,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.96M | $0.96M | — | — | — | — |
| Finn HardingNon-roster | D | $855,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.96M | $0.96M | — | — | — | — |
| Ilya Solovyov | D | $850,000 | Std (Ext) | — | RFA (Arb) | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Philip KempNon-roster | D | $775,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Goalies | |||||||||||
| Arturs Silovs | G | $2,800,000 | Std | — | RFA (Arb) | $2.80M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gabriel D'AigleNon-roster | G | $995,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $1.00M | $1.00M | $1.00M | — | — | — |
| Sergey Murashov | G | $886,110 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.89M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Joel BlomqvistNon-roster | G | $875,000 | Std | — | RFA (Arb) | $0.88M | $0.88M | — | — | — | — |
| Taylor GauthierNon-roster | G | $850,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA (G6) | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Collin Delia | G | $775,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Off roster | |||||||||||
| Bill ZonnonNon-roster | RW | $1,060,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $1.06M | $1.06M | $1.06M | — | — | — |
| Rutger McGroarty | RW | $950,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.95M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mikhail IlyinNon-roster | RW | $901,667 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.93M | $0.93M | — | — | — | — |
| Tanner HoweNon-roster | LW | $875,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.93M | $0.93M | $0.93M | — | — | — |
| Melvin FernstromNon-roster | RW | $872,500 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.97M | $0.97M | $0.97M | — | — | — |
| Oliver Okuliar | LW | $850,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Avery HayesNon-roster | RW | $830,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.91M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Committed cap | $118.4M49 contracts | $65.9M27 contracts | $31.7M13 contracts | $11.9M3 contracts | $4.00M1 contracts | $4.00M1 contracts | |||||
Figures in US dollars, entered by hand