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Bryan Rust

Position	Right Wing	Current Team	Pittsburgh Penguins
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	6 years
Height	5'11"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	202	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	36
Age	33 (May 11, 1992)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2010, Round 3, Overall 80 (PIT)

Date	Team	Transaction
Oct 11, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Activated from SOIR.
Oct 6, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Placed on IR
Nov 8, 2024	Pittsburgh Penguins	Activated from IR
Oct 29, 2024	Pittsburgh Penguins	Placed on IR
Oct 12, 2024	Pittsburgh Penguins	Activated from IR
Oct 7, 2024	Pittsburgh Penguins	Placed on IR
May 21, 2022	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 6 years @ $5.125M AAV starting in 2022-23
Jun 26, 2018	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 4 years @ $3.500M AAV starting in 2018-19
Mar 14, 2016	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 2 years @ $640K AAV starting in 2016-17
Apr 1, 2014	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	PIT	41	462:55	0.52	0.52	1.04	0.87	-0.35	6.56	11.04	-4.48	8.14	2.33
2016-17	PIT	57	688:48	0.96	0.96	1.92	0.94	0.02	11.00	10.78	0.22	5.30	8.33
2017-18	PIT	69	892:11	0.40	1.08	1.48	0.79	-0.39	5.94	11.63	-5.69	5.48	6.85
2018-19	PIT	72	936:13	0.96	0.77	1.73	0.86	0.10	13.27	11.85	1.42	3.12	6.25
2019-20	PIT	55	771:48	1.24	1.24	2.49	0.90	0.35	15.38	11.11	4.28	10.29	7.35
2020-21	PIT	56	865:53	0.69	0.76	1.46	0.82	-0.13	9.35	11.08	-1.74	4.00	4.00
2021-22	PIT	60	805:07	0.67	1.27	1.94	0.89	-0.22	7.83	10.37	-2.54	5.13	7.05
2022-23	PIT	81	1072:21	0.78	0.78	1.57	1.04	-0.26	8.43	11.22	-2.79	2.20	7.93
2023-24	PIT	62	898:48	1.27	1.07	2.34	1.12	0.15	12.93	11.43	1.50	3.29	8.92
2024-25	PIT	71	1026:32	1.17	1.11	2.28	0.95	0.22	14.49	11.79	2.70	1.96	8.33
2025-26	PIT	2	27:52	0.00	2.15	2.15	0.30	-0.30	0.00	6.87	-6.87	0.00	0.00

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	PIT	41	462:55	41.35	1.94	2.79	36.68	1.81	2.05	51.72	57.60	-0.13	-0.08	-0.27
2016-17	PIT	57	688:48	45.12	2.96	2.94	42.07	2.87	2.61	50.75	52.96	0.17	0.16	-0.17
2017-18	PIT	69	892:11	47.48	2.22	2.69	37.39	2.22	2.30	50.00	53.90	-0.09	-0.31	2.38
2018-19	PIT	72	936:13	45.89	2.82	2.75	45.25	2.44	2.72	53.66	50.26	0.12	0.30	-1.76
2019-20	PIT	55	771:48	46.02	4.12	2.84	41.44	2.88	2.33	58.89	54.95	0.59	0.12	4.53
2020-21	PIT	56	865:53	42.41	2.70	2.57	38.87	2.15	2.44	55.71	51.29	0.44	0.22	2.30
2021-22	PIT	60	805:07	48.07	2.91	3.07	46.28	2.68	2.80	52.00	52.25	0.44	0.57	-1.87
2022-23	PIT	81	1072:21	49.85	2.85	3.09	42.75	2.29	2.66	55.43	53.71	0.27	0.01	2.22
2023-24	PIT	62	898:48	53.74	3.87	3.48	49.20	3.81	2.99	50.43	53.75	1.05	0.52	4.23
2024-25	PIT	71	1026:32	45.53	3.27	2.87	48.69	3.74	3.07	46.67	48.25	0.73	0.69	1.03
2025-26	PIT	2	27:52	40.91	4.31	2.57	36.60	4.31	2.80	50.00	47.85	0.19	0.76	-5.92

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	60	22.4	0.8	9.3	9.6	87.5	49.9	7.5	39.0	53.4	0.4	0.2	0.4
2022-23	81	22.3	0.6	9.3	9.5	92.2	50.8	8.7	36.4	54.9	0.4	0.2	0.4
2023-24	62	22.3	0.8	9.7	9.9	90.0	49.4	7.2	39.9	52.9	0.4	0.2	0.4
2024-25	71	22.8	0.7	9.4	9.6	81.1	49.6	6.6	33.8	59.6	0.4	0.2	0.4
2025-26	2	22.7	1.2	9.1	9.8	80.6	55.5	0.0	50.0	50.0	0.4	0.2	0.4

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Team	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2025-26	PIT	2.62	5.24	33.33	2.71	2.96	47.76	0.36	0.92	-5.67
2024-25	PIT	3.67	3.87	48.68	2.92	2.74	51.61	0.85	0.22	6.41
2024-25	PIT	1.97	2.96	40.00	3.08	4.40	41.17	0.59	1.96	-9.34
2024-25	PIT	1.99	5.97	25.00	1.77	3.20	35.63	-0.60	0.72	-13.23
2024-25	PIT	3.29	2.19	60.00	3.37	2.50	57.38	0.73	0.15	4.50
2024-25	PIT	1.41	5.66	20.00	4.33	3.83	53.09	2.04	1.33	5.18
2024-25	PIT	2.83	1.42	66.67	3.28	3.74	46.70	0.87	1.41	-4.05
2023-24	PIT	4.31	3.32	56.52	3.91	3.08	55.93	1.41	0.57	6.07
2023-24	PIT	4.03	4.34	48.15	3.59	2.97	54.69	0.90	0.34	4.14
2023-24	PIT	3.33	1.67	66.67	2.58	2.97	46.49	-0.14	0.39	-4.82
2023-24	PIT	4.53	3.62	55.56	3.80	2.02	65.24	1.30	-0.61	16.51
2023-24	PIT	0.00	7.19	0.00	4.34	4.18	50.94	1.78	1.44	2.60
2023-24	PIT	3.27	4.91	40.00	1.91	1.40	57.69	-0.92	-1.19	5.51
2023-24	PIT	7.75	5.82	57.14	3.02	2.85	51.51	0.27	0.21	0.45
2022-23	PIT	3.29	2.63	55.56	3.11	2.79	52.75	0.23	0.16	0.39
2022-23	PIT	3.12	2.53	55.26	3.55	2.39	59.79	0.70	-0.30	8.26
2022-23	PIT	0.00	2.69	0.00	2.81	2.35	54.41	-0.23	-0.08	-1.19
2021-22	PIT	2.79	2.32	54.55	3.12	2.90	51.86	0.54	0.61	-1.18
2021-22	PIT	3.08	6.16	33.33	3.35	3.00	52.83	0.80	0.46	2.62
2021-22	PIT	3.17	4.23	42.86	3.74	1.85	66.98	0.94	-0.58	13.42
2021-22	PIT	1.81	3.61	33.33	2.01	3.05	39.76	-0.70	0.64	-13.21
2020-21	PIT	3.12	2.17	58.93	2.68	2.42	52.55	0.55	0.18	3.78
2020-21	PIT	1.92	3.83	33.33	2.48	2.35	51.44	0.24	0.05	2.07
2020-21	PIT	2.44	2.44	50.00	3.75	2.71	58.11	1.76	0.52	10.43
2019-20	PIT	4.96	2.48	66.67	3.58	2.11	62.88	1.37	0.04	11.36
2019-20	PIT	2.17	2.17	50.00	2.57	2.39	51.76	0.21	0.27	-0.83
2019-20	PIT	5.31	0.76	87.50	3.00	1.90	61.24	0.88	-0.50	14.35
2019-20	PIT	3.08	0.77	80.00	2.77	2.26	55.12	0.46	-0.06	5.24
2019-20	PIT	6.09	8.12	42.86	2.57	3.14	45.04	0.25	0.70	-3.81
2019-20	PIT	1.32	3.97	25.00	2.51	2.15	53.85	-0.08	0.17	-2.76
2019-20	PIT	7.83	2.61	75.00	0.96	1.70	36.04	-1.45	-0.56	-15.55
2018-19	PIT	3.29	1.71	65.79	2.94	2.74	51.76	0.45	0.17	2.51
2018-19	PIT	3.91	2.60	60.00	2.60	2.78	48.28	-0.16	0.31	-4.48
2018-19	PIT	0.00	2.87	0.00	1.49	2.34	38.79	-1.33	-0.01	-15.70
2018-19	PIT	1.85	1.85	50.00	2.94	2.21	57.09	0.31	-0.36	6.51
2018-19	PIT	0.00	4.85	0.00	1.34	2.51	34.78	-0.77	-0.05	-10.29
2018-19	PIT	5.00	2.50	66.67	3.42	3.58	48.84	0.38	1.09	-6.14
2018-19	PIT	2.54	5.08	33.33	2.88	1.95	59.66	0.26	-1.03	12.83
2018-19	PIT	5.75	0.00	100.00	1.52	1.63	48.27	-1.71	-0.77	-9.04
2017-18	PIT	2.11	1.64	56.25	2.91	2.25	56.37	0.23	-0.38	5.91
2017-18	PIT	1.73	2.88	37.50	2.36	2.57	47.85	-0.43	0.02	-4.39
2017-18	PIT	4.73	2.03	70.00	2.91	1.74	62.54	0.05	-0.69	8.59
2017-18	PIT	0.92	1.83	33.33	1.91	2.18	46.61	-0.86	-0.28	-6.30
2017-18	PIT	2.22	3.33	40.00	2.64	3.17	45.45	-0.25	0.61	-7.62
2017-18	PIT	1.52	3.04	33.33	3.41	1.73	66.38	0.92	-0.86	17.27
2017-18	PIT	0.00	0.00	-	2.48	2.87	46.36	-0.31	0.35	-6.14
2017-18	PIT	0.00	2.59	0.00	3.51	1.14	75.51	0.95	-1.21	23.29
2017-18	PIT	5.38	0.00	100.00	2.88	1.45	66.56	-0.07	-1.04	12.34
2016-17	PIT	4.48	2.52	64.00	3.24	2.93	52.47	0.47	0.44	-0.19
2016-17	PIT	2.82	2.82	50.00	2.45	1.40	63.58	-0.38	-0.99	9.41
2016-17	PIT	2.16	1.08	66.67	3.51	2.27	60.71	0.76	-0.08	6.75
2016-17	PIT	2.19	3.28	40.00	3.25	2.29	58.64	0.37	-0.06	3.63
2016-17	PIT	1.46	1.46	50.00	4.45	2.25	66.40	1.47	-0.14	10.87
2016-17	PIT	2.97	0.00	100.00	1.72	3.22	34.80	-0.93	0.75	-16.88
2016-17	PIT	5.24	5.24	50.00	3.06	2.64	53.70	0.46	0.30	1.09
2016-17	PIT	2.70	5.41	33.33	1.78	2.67	40.02	-1.02	-0.01	-11.13
2015-16	PIT	2.72	1.36	66.67	3.17	2.07	60.51	0.27	-0.01	2.21
2015-16	PIT	0.72	1.44	33.33	2.45	2.29	51.63	-0.41	0.00	-3.83
2015-16	PIT	1.03	2.06	33.33	2.45	2.21	52.51	-1.01	0.21	-10.74
2015-16	PIT	4.27	2.85	60.00	2.49	2.10	54.25	-0.57	0.21	-7.60

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

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Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	30	NMC	$5,125,000	$5,125,000	-	-	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	UFA
2023-24	31	NMC	$5,125,000	$5,125,000	-	-	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	UFA
2024-25	32	NMC	$5,125,000	$5,125,000	-	-	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	UFA
2025-26	33		$5,125,000	$5,125,000	-	-	$5,130,000	$5,130,000	$5,130,000	UFA
2026-27	34		$5,125,000	$5,125,000	-	-	$3,660,000	$3,660,000	$3,660,000	UFA
2027-28	35		$5,125,000	$5,125,000	-	-	$3,660,000	$3,660,000	$3,660,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$30,750,000	$30,750,000	$30,750,000

Signed: May 21, 2022

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Ron Hextall

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.21

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	26	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	RFA-arb
2019-20	27	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
2020-21	28	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
2021-22	29	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$14,000,000	$14,000,000	$14,000,000

Signed: June 26, 2018

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Jim Rutherford

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 4.4

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	24	$640,000	$640,000	-	-	$620,000	$620,000	$620,000	RFA-arb
2017-18	25	$640,000	$640,000	-	-	$660,000	$660,000	$660,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,280,000	$1,280,000	$1,280,000

Signed: Mar 14, 2016

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Jim Rutherford

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.88

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	22	$652,500	$900,000	$260,000	$90,000	$550,000	$640,000	$67,500	ELC
2015-16	23	$652,500	$900,000	$235,000	$90,000	$575,000	$665,000	$67,500	ELC
Total				$495,000	$180,000	$1,125,000	$1,305,000	$135,000

Signed: Apr 1, 2014

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Ray Shero

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2005-06	T1EMBHL	Honeybaked Bantam Minor AAA	28	11	19	30		8
2006-07	T1EBHL	Honeybaked Bantam Major AAA	29	15	28	43		6
2007-08	Minor-MI	Det. Honeybaked	37	27	20	47
2007-08	MWEHL	Det. Honeybaked	31	17	28	45		6
2008-09	U-17	USNTDP	16	3	2	5		4
2008-09	NAHL	USNTDP	42	6	9	15		18				9		2	2		4
2009-10	U-18	USNTDP	38	16	13	29		18
2009-10	USHL	USNTDP	27	10	13	23		6
2009-10	WJ18-A	USA	7	4	2	6		4
2009-10	U-17	USNTDP	1	0	0	0
2010-11	CCHA	U. of Notre Dame	40	6	13	19		4
2011-12	CCHA	U. of Notre Dame	40	5	6	11		14
2012-13	CCHA	U. of Notre Dame	41	15	19	34		4
2013-14	H-East	U. of Notre Dame	40	17	16	33		12
2013-14	AHL	Wilkes-Barre	2	0	0	0			2	0.0		1						2	0.0
2014-15	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	14	1	1	2	-3	4	34	2.9	12:02
2014-15	AHL	Wilkes-Barre	45	13	14	27	+6	14	109	1,190.0		3	2		2	-1		9	2,220.0
2015-16	AHL	Wilkes-Barre	16	3	3	6	-5	2	40	750.0
2015-16	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	41	4	7	11	+1	12	68	5.9	12:30	23	6	3	9	+7	6	34	17.6	11:31
2016-17	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	57	15	13	28	+4	8	110	13.6	13:38	23	7	2	9	+5	10	42	16.7	15:57
2017-18	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	13	25	38	+11	26	123	10.6	16:03	12	3		3	+2	4	14	21.4	14:32
2018-19	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	72	18	17	35	+10	24	141	12.8	15:54	4				-4	2	3	0.0	13:55
2019-20	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	55	27	29	56	+14	30	151	17.9	19:46	4	1	2	3	-2	2	6	16.7	18:15
2020-21	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	56	22	20	42	+9	18	154	14.3	19:43	6	2	1	3	-3	4	18	11.1	19:53
2021-22	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	60	24	34	58	+7	14	180	13.3	18:46	7	2	6	8	+1	4	25	8.0	22:36
2022-23	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	81	20	26	46	-4	31	211	9.5	17:54
2023-24	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	62	28	28	56	+10	20	196	14.3	19:35
2024-25	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	71	31	34	65	-21	18	191	16.2	19:45
2025-26	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	2	0	1	1	-1		4	0.0	19:38
NHL Career			640	203	235	438	+37	205	1563	13.0	17:24	79	21	14	35	+6	32	142	14.8	15:21