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Kevin Hayes

Position	Center / Right Wing	Current Team	Pittsburgh Penguins
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	7 years
Height	6'3"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	217	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	34
Age	33 (May 8, 1992)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2010, Round 1, Overall 24 (CHI)

Date	Team	Transaction
Nov 8, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Activated from IR
Oct 6, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Placed on IR
Nov 23, 2024	Pittsburgh Penguins	Activated from IR
Nov 11, 2024	Pittsburgh Penguins	Placed on IR
Jun 18, 2019	Philadelphia Flyers	Signed 7 years @ $7.143M AAV starting in 2019-20
Jul 30, 2018	New York Rangers	Signed 1 year @ $5.175M AAV starting in 2018-19
Jun 22, 2016	New York Rangers	Signed 2 years @ $2.600M AAV starting in 2016-17
Aug 20, 2014	New York Rangers	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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Player cards present an infographic of a players performance. In this case it shows the player performance over a 3 season span. Each square is separated into three separate sub-boxes with the two smaller boxes on top representing the past two seasons and the larger box on the bottom representing the current or most recent season. This allows the reader to guage how consistent a player has been, and if early in the season it can help identify whether a players performance may be impacted by small sample size and subject to regression or is consistent with recent past performance.

Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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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	NYR	78	896:23	0.67	1.20	1.87	0.66	0.01	9.90	9.72	0.18	4.00	2.67
2016-17	NYR	76	964:28	0.75	0.81	1.56	0.63	0.12	11.22	9.49	1.73	5.71	2.14
2017-18	NYR	76	1001:42	0.96	0.96	1.92	0.67	0.29	12.21	8.56	3.66	4.32	3.09
2018-19	WPG	20	245:20	0.73	1.71	2.45	0.60	0.14	10.71	8.70	2.01	8.57	5.71
2018-19	NYR	51	689:52	0.61	1.57	2.17	0.70	-0.09	8.75	10.03	-1.28	0.88	6.14
2018-19	NYR, WPG	71	935:12	0.64	1.60	2.25	0.67	-0.03	9.26	9.69	-0.43	2.68	6.04
2019-20	PHI	69	891:47	0.74	0.81	1.55	0.73	0.01	9.32	9.16	0.16	5.66	3.77
2020-21	PHI	55	695:31	0.69	0.95	1.64	0.72	-0.03	8.79	9.15	-0.36	1.61	5.65
2021-22	PHI	48	643:28	0.56	1.49	2.05	0.57	-0.01	6.74	6.87	-0.13	5.22	2.61
2022-23	PHI	81	1124:21	0.53	1.17	1.71	0.71	-0.18	5.95	7.97	-2.01	1.29	8.19
2023-24	STL	79	970:14	0.74	0.62	1.36	0.60	0.14	9.60	7.78	1.82	2.41	7.83
2024-25	PIT	64	602:47	0.80	0.60	1.39	0.75	0.04	11.43	10.82	0.61	0.91	9.09
2025-26	PIT	3	30:21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	-0.50	0.00	8.43	-8.43	0.00	33.33

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	NYR	78	896:23	39.63	2.68	2.48	40.36	1.61	2.57	62.50	49.10	0.18	-0.03	2.11
2016-17	NYR	76	964:28	34.84	2.49	2.18	44.36	2.61	2.72	48.78	44.48	-0.31	0.31	-6.34
2017-18	NYR	76	1001:42	40.01	2.58	2.60	48.34	2.46	2.98	51.19	46.60	0.05	0.11	-0.44
2018-19	WPG	20	245:20	44.51	2.93	2.35	45.73	2.93	2.71	50.00	46.37	0.17	0.24	-0.46
2018-19	NYR	51	689:52	40.09	2.78	2.58	40.44	2.35	2.30	54.24	52.92	0.30	-0.52	8.13
2018-19	NYR, WPG	71	935:12	41.25	2.82	2.52	41.83	2.50	2.41	53.01	51.16	0.27	-0.31	5.81
2019-20	PHI	69	891:47	39.63	2.22	2.41	40.84	2.96	2.38	42.86	50.32	-0.01	0.08	-0.98
2020-21	PHI	55	695:31	41.24	2.16	2.41	41.32	2.33	2.39	48.08	50.17	0.23	0.19	0.46
2021-22	PHI	48	643:28	38.14	2.80	2.26	49.33	3.73	3.03	42.86	42.80	-0.14	0.32	-4.29
2022-23	PHI	81	1124:21	45.20	2.40	2.67	43.76	2.72	2.85	46.88	48.43	0.34	0.29	0.78
2023-24	STL	79	970:14	37.54	2.23	2.09	46.44	2.16	2.71	50.70	43.60	-0.15	-0.17	-0.19
2024-25	PIT	64	602:47	43.30	2.19	2.47	41.61	2.89	2.28	43.14	52.01	-0.02	-0.29	2.79
2025-26	PIT	3	30:21	33.61	0.00	1.95	43.49	0.00	2.81	-	40.95	-0.49	0.50	-10.43

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%
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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	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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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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Former Rangers forward will miss start of Penguins season after camp injury at Forever Blueshirts (Sat Sep 20, 2025)
Kevin Hayes hurt, out at least a month at Pens Burgh (Sat Sep 20, 2025)
What Role Will Kevin Hayes Have On The Penguins This Year? at Yahoo Sports (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
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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
2019-20	27	NMC	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	-	$5,000,000	$4,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	UFA
2020-21	28	NMC	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	-	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	UFA
2021-22	29	NMC	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	-	-	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	UFA
2022-23	30	M-NTC	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	-	$3,750,000	$3,750,000	$7,500,000	$7,500,000	UFA
2023-24	31	M-NTC	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	-	-	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$6,500,000	UFA
2024-25	32	M-NTC	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	-	$1,250,000	$4,000,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	UFA
2025-26	33	M-NTC	$7,142,857	$7,142,857	-	$1,250,000	$4,000,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	UFA
Total					-	$15,000,000	$35,000,000	$50,000,000	$50,000,000

Signed: June 18, 2019

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

GM: Chuck Fletcher

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 8.76

Clause: Starting in 2022-23 player can submit a 12 team no trade list.

Retained Salary: Philadelphia Flyers retained 50.0% of total salary on June 27, 2023

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	26		$5,175,000	$5,175,000	-	-	$5,175,000	$5,175,000	$5,175,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$5,175,000	$5,175,000	$5,175,000

Signed: July 30, 2018

Team: New York Rangers

GM: Jeff Gorton

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.51

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	24	$2,600,000	$2,600,000	-	$500,000	$2,100,000	$2,600,000	$2,600,000	RFA-arb
2017-18	25	$2,600,000	$2,600,000	-	-	$2,600,000	$2,600,000	$2,600,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	$500,000	$4,700,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000

Signed: June 22, 2016

Team: New York Rangers

GM: Jeff Gorton

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 3.56

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	22	$900,000	$3,750,000	$2,850,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
2015-16	23	$900,000	$3,750,000	$2,850,000	$90,000	$810,000	$900,000	$67,500	ELC
Total				$5,700,000	$180,000	$1,620,000	$1,800,000	$135,000

Signed: Aug 20, 2014

Team: New York Rangers

GM: Glen Sather

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
2007-08	High-MA	Nobles	29	8	5	13		2
2008-09	High-MA	Nobles	23	28	27	55		15
2009-10	High-MA	Nobles	29	25	44	69		8
2009-10	Minor-MA	Cape Cod	25	21	30	51
2009-10	U-18	USNTDP	2	2	0	2
2010-11	H-East	Boston College	31	4	10	14		8
2011-12	H-East	Boston College	44	7	21	28		10
2012-13	H-East	Boston College	27	6	19	25		14
2013-14	H-East	Boston College	40	27	38	65		16
2013-14	WC-A	USA	7	1	1	2	-2		10
2014-15	NHL	New York Rangers	79	17	28	45	+15	22	111	15.3	13:02	19	2	5	7	-3	2	25	8.0	14:13
2015-16	NHL	New York Rangers	79	14	22	36	+4	30	133	10.5	13:40	3				-1	4	3	0.0	10:49
2016-17	WC	USA	3	2	2	4	+4	4
2016-17	NHL	New York Rangers	76	17	32	49	+10	18	143	11.9	16:34	12		3	3		4	21	0.0	17:44
2017-18	NHL	New York Rangers	76	25	19	44	+1	18	172	14.5	17:21
2018-19	NHL	New York Rangers	51	14	28	42	+1	10	119	11.8	19:27
2018-19	NHL	Winnipeg Jets	20	5	8	13	-3	2	37	13.5	15:17	6	2	1	3	+2	2	10	20.0	11:59
2019-20	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	69	23	18	41	-6	34	175	13.1	17:44	16	4	9	13	+7	2	44	9.1	18:35
2020-21	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	55	12	19	31	-2	22	127	9.4	17:31
2021-22	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	48	10	21	31	-20	26	126	7.9	17:55
2022-23	NHL	Philadelphia Flyers	81	18	36	54	-22	23	209	8.6	17:34
2023-24	NHL	St. Louis Blues	79	13	16	29		12	153	8.5	14:28
2023-24	WC	USA	8	1	0	1	-1	4
2023-24	International	Team USA	1	1	0	1	+2
2024-25	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	64	13	10	23	-15	8	98	13.3	12:03
2025-26	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	0	0	0			3	0.0	10:59
NHL Career			780	181	257	438	-37	225	1606	11.3	15:54	56	8	18	26	+5	14	103	7.8	15:48