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Kris Letang

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Pittsburgh Penguins
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	6 years
Height	6'0"	Expires	2027-28
Weight (lbs)	199	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	41
Age	38 (Apr 24, 1987)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2005, Round 3, Overall 62 (PIT)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jan 5, 2025	Pittsburgh Penguins	Activated from IR
Dec 31, 2024	Pittsburgh Penguins	Placed on IR
Jul 7, 2022	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 6 years @ $6.100M AAV starting in 2022-23
Jul 1, 2013	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 8 years @ $7.250M AAV starting in 2014-15
Mar 30, 2010	Pittsburgh Penguins	Signed 4 years @ $3.500M AAV starting in 2010-11
Oct 2, 2006	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	71	1328:05	0.36	0.77	1.13	0.24	0.13	5.67	3.69	1.98	1.17	1.17
2016-17	PIT	41	735:51	0.16	0.98	1.14	0.33	-0.17	2.35	4.78	-2.43	0.89	3.57
2017-18	PIT	79	1401:52	0.17	0.56	0.73	0.28	-0.11	2.37	3.88	-1.52	0.44	1.31
2018-19	PIT	65	1216:01	0.49	1.09	1.58	0.35	0.14	6.10	4.33	1.77	2.37	0.47
2019-20	PIT	61	1145:05	0.31	0.89	1.21	0.26	0.06	4.69	3.85	0.83	1.72	4.02
2020-21	PIT	55	1028:09	0.29	0.88	1.17	0.27	0.02	4.85	4.44	0.42	2.70	2.03
2021-22	PIT	78	1491:26	0.24	1.13	1.37	0.26	-0.01	3.61	3.82	-0.20	1.45	0.48
2022-23	PIT	64	1218:25	0.20	0.59	0.79	0.25	-0.06	3.28	4.20	-0.92	1.72	3.45
2023-24	PIT	82	1538:20	0.35	1.05	1.40	0.22	0.13	6.87	4.38	2.49	0.52	3.66
2024-25	PIT	74	1348:35	0.18	0.44	0.62	0.24	-0.06	3.10	4.16	-1.06	0.55	5.49
2025-26	PIT	4	65:21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.35	-0.35	0.00	7.53	-7.53	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	71	1328:05	46.26	2.35	2.77	37.81	2.08	2.21	53.06	55.58	0.10	0.06	0.22
2016-17	PIT	41	735:51	46.72	2.53	3.04	40.93	2.53	2.52	50.00	54.69	0.12	0.19	-0.92
2017-18	PIT	79	1401:52	47.55	2.31	2.88	39.16	3.17	2.39	42.19	54.71	0.22	-0.14	3.48
2018-19	PIT	65	1216:01	49.79	3.55	3.01	42.73	2.32	2.57	60.50	54.00	0.57	-0.01	5.36
2019-20	PIT	61	1145:05	45.48	3.04	2.67	42.23	2.93	2.44	50.88	52.23	0.48	0.29	1.75
2020-21	PIT	55	1028:09	40.27	2.92	2.30	40.97	2.10	2.51	58.14	47.74	0.04	0.35	-3.28
2021-22	PIT	78	1491:26	45.54	2.78	2.80	43.05	2.25	2.58	55.20	52.04	0.10	0.34	-2.60
2022-23	PIT	64	1218:25	48.65	2.51	3.15	44.47	2.66	2.74	48.57	53.47	0.41	0.13	2.24
2023-24	PIT	82	1538:20	46.61	3.00	2.76	45.71	2.77	2.83	52.03	49.42	0.12	0.27	-1.46
2024-25	PIT	74	1348:35	41.24	2.27	2.36	43.51	2.67	2.57	45.95	47.89	-0.16	0.09	-2.55
2025-26	PIT	4	65:21	46.82	2.75	3.56	40.40	1.84	2.62	60.00	57.55	1.16	0.54	4.01

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	78	22.5	0.2	8.9	9.0	93.0	67.1	62.3	30.5	7.2	0.4	0.2	0.4
2022-23	64	21.8	0.1	8.9	9.0	94.7	65.4	71.4	18.3	10.3	0.4	0.2	0.4
2023-24	82	22.4	0.2	8.7	8.7	96.5	66.0	73.6	20.0	6.4	0.4	0.2	0.4
2024-25	74	22.1	0.1	8.6	8.7	89.6	65.8	63.2	27.4	9.4	0.4	0.2	0.4
2025-26	4	21.0	0.4	8.5	8.8	81.0	63.5	33.3	0.0	66.7	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 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Team	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2025-26	PIT	2.50	0.00	100.00	3.31	2.20	60.05	0.69	-0.08	6.65
2024-25	PIT	2.06	2.75	42.86	2.26	2.71	45.48	-0.24	0.23	-4.69
2024-25	PIT	3.31	2.87	53.57	2.99	2.38	55.62	0.46	-0.04	4.56
2024-25	PIT	0.89	3.10	22.22	2.52	2.24	52.93	0.23	0.03	2.07
2024-25	PIT	2.27	1.70	57.14	1.85	2.96	38.46	-0.64	0.42	-11.01
2024-25	PIT	2.02	3.37	37.50	1.70	2.08	44.92	-0.54	-0.30	-3.59
2024-25	PIT	2.82	2.82	50.00	2.47	3.03	44.90	0.02	0.52	-4.52
2024-25	PIT	2.06	2.06	50.00	2.01	2.75	42.24	-0.20	-0.21	-0.49
2024-25	PIT	2.52	2.52	50.00	2.11	1.38	60.44	-0.45	-1.22	10.83
2024-25	PIT	4.51	2.25	66.67	3.51	2.20	61.41	1.25	-0.56	16.44
2023-24	PIT	3.48	2.61	57.14	2.85	2.66	51.70	0.18	-0.00	1.65
2023-24	PIT	2.35	2.05	53.33	2.90	2.93	49.75	0.21	0.28	-0.61
2023-24	PIT	2.96	3.13	48.65	2.32	3.09	42.88	-0.43	0.54	-8.93
2023-24	PIT	4.42	1.66	72.73	3.78	2.34	61.80	1.12	-0.34	11.90
2023-24	PIT	1.69	5.07	25.00	3.31	3.48	48.77	0.57	0.74	-1.22
2023-24	PIT	1.98	11.86	14.29	1.07	3.58	23.01	-1.61	0.91	-27.05
2022-23	PIT	2.35	3.24	42.00	3.04	2.75	52.44	0.16	0.11	0.32
2022-23	PIT	2.87	2.57	52.78	3.26	2.67	54.94	0.52	-0.05	4.77
2022-23	PIT	2.10	2.10	50.00	3.13	3.16	49.75	0.16	0.47	-2.76
2022-23	PIT	4.35	1.45	75.00	3.11	2.96	51.18	0.21	0.32	-1.04
2021-22	PIT	2.67	2.26	54.12	2.73	2.46	52.58	0.01	0.16	-1.62
2021-22	PIT	3.97	2.43	62.07	3.17	2.76	53.41	0.47	0.39	0.19
2021-22	PIT	0.99	1.97	33.33	2.94	2.39	55.24	0.19	-0.00	1.69
2021-22	PIT	2.37	1.18	66.67	3.03	2.71	52.83	0.25	0.38	-1.59
2021-22	PIT	0.00	0.00	-	1.88	3.60	34.32	-0.84	1.23	-19.12
2020-21	PIT	2.64	1.91	58.00	2.25	2.42	48.17	-0.00	0.23	-2.53
2020-21	PIT	2.51	2.51	50.00	2.44	2.44	49.99	0.21	0.05	1.78
2020-21	PIT	4.74	2.03	70.00	2.53	2.60	49.36	0.27	0.37	-0.96
2020-21	PIT	5.41	5.41	50.00	2.78	2.83	49.63	0.53	0.52	0.19
2020-21	PIT	0.00	0.00	-	1.69	2.36	41.63	-0.52	0.03	-7.04
2020-21	PIT	5.49	2.75	66.67	2.38	4.89	32.69	0.17	2.60	-16.30
2019-20	PIT	2.16	3.30	39.58	2.22	2.80	44.24	-0.18	0.64	-8.37
2019-20	PIT	4.23	3.43	55.26	2.89	2.21	56.62	0.48	0.10	3.26
2019-20	PIT	3.47	2.31	60.00	2.72	2.03	57.21	0.40	-0.15	5.72
2019-20	PIT	4.44	0.89	83.33	3.51	1.96	64.22	1.14	-0.33	13.23
2019-20	PIT	0.00	1.63	0.00	4.11	1.47	73.60	1.83	-0.92	24.89
2019-20	PIT	2.26	0.00	100.00	3.45	2.99	53.54	1.10	0.76	2.32
2018-19	PIT	3.69	2.18	62.79	3.06	2.49	55.09	0.60	-0.11	6.55
2018-19	PIT	3.26	2.80	53.85	2.54	2.43	51.14	-0.15	-0.18	0.35
2018-19	PIT	3.20	3.20	50.00	2.84	2.89	49.59	0.13	0.32	-1.75
2018-19	PIT	3.43	2.57	57.14	3.18	2.98	51.62	0.55	0.30	2.03
2018-19	PIT	2.68	0.00	100.00	2.47	2.76	47.21	-0.07	0.07	-1.33
2017-18	PIT	2.44	2.96	45.16	2.79	2.35	54.34	0.06	-0.17	2.29
2017-18	PIT	2.46	4.93	33.33	3.09	2.62	54.17	0.38	0.15	1.79
2017-18	PIT	0.99	0.99	50.00	2.81	1.84	60.36	-0.03	-0.58	6.39
2017-18	PIT	1.34	1.34	50.00	3.55	2.09	62.90	0.72	-0.55	11.25
2017-18	PIT	2.98	7.46	28.57	2.98	2.67	52.66	0.41	0.18	1.89
2017-18	PIT	1.68	1.68	50.00	3.85	3.30	53.85	1.10	0.76	1.90
2017-18	PIT	2.63	2.63	50.00	3.67	1.86	66.39	1.00	-0.46	12.92
2016-17	PIT	2.54	2.66	48.84	3.15	2.39	56.84	0.20	0.03	1.26
2016-17	PIT	2.01	0.00	100.00	2.51	2.56	49.51	-0.46	0.19	-6.08
2016-17	PIT	0.87	5.20	14.29	2.71	2.80	49.13	-0.30	0.43	-6.75
2016-17	PIT	4.98	1.24	80.00	2.82	2.86	49.70	-0.15	0.46	-5.70
2016-17	PIT	2.94	2.94	50.00	4.36	3.56	55.06	1.31	1.21	-1.49
2015-16	PIT	3.28	2.01	62.07	2.88	2.11	57.65	0.18	-0.11	2.83
2015-16	PIT	1.08	2.17	33.33	2.12	2.65	44.49	-0.59	0.51	-11.46
2015-16	PIT	2.86	1.43	66.67	3.19	1.81	63.73	0.33	-0.31	6.33
2015-16	PIT	0.00	2.59	0.00	2.63	1.96	57.22	0.28	-0.44	7.83
2015-16	PIT	1.21	2.43	33.33	3.46	2.33	59.75	0.79	0.15	4.76
2015-16	PIT	3.87	5.81	40.00	2.76	3.53	43.92	0.10	1.35	-11.04
2015-16	PIT	0.00	1.95	0.00	3.91	1.03	79.21	1.19	-1.17	23.93

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

35+ Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	35	NMC	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2023-24	36	NMC	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	UFA
2024-25	37	NMC	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	-	-	$6,200,000	$6,200,000	$6,200,000	UFA
2025-26	38	NMC	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	-	-	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	UFA
2026-27	39	M-NTC	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	-	$3,800,000	$1,000,000	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	UFA
2027-28	40	M-NTC	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	-	$3,800,000	$1,000,000	$4,800,000	$4,800,000	UFA
Total					-	$11,600,000	$25,000,000	$36,600,000	$36,600,000

Signed: July 7, 2022

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Ron Hextall

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.39

Clause: Player has a 10 team no trade list for 2026-27 and 2027-28.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2014-15	27	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
2015-16	28	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
2016-17	29	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
2017-18	30	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
2018-19	31	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
2019-20	32	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
2020-21	33	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
2021-22	34	NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	-	-	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$58,000,000	$58,000,000	$58,000,000

Signed: July 1, 2013

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Ray Shero

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 10.51

Clause: Player provides a list of 18 teams he is willing to be traded to.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2010-11	23	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	RFA
2011-12	24	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	RFA-arb
2012-13	25	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	RFA-arb
2013-14	26	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	-	-	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$14,000,000	$14,000,000	$14,000,000

Signed: Mar 30, 2010

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Ray Shero

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.89

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2006-07	19	$638,333	$850,000	-	$85,000	-	$85,000	-	ELC
2007-08	20	$623,333	$835,000	$290,000	$85,000	$475,000	$560,000	$62,500	ELC
2008-09	21	$623,333	$835,000	$165,000	$85,000	$600,000	$685,000	$62,500	ELC
2009-10	22	$623,333	$835,000	$180,000	-	$625,000	$625,000	$62,500	ELC
Total				$635,000	$255,000	$1,700,000	$1,955,000	$187,500

Signed: Oct 2, 2006

Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

GM: Ray Shero

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

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
2002-03	QAAA	Antoine-Girouard	42	2	10	12		34
2003-04	QAAA	Antoine-Girouard	39	12	41	53		94				13	7	9	16		38
2004-05	QMJHL	Val-d'Or	70	13	19	32	-16	79
2004-05	WJ18-A	Canada	6	2	2	4		20
2005-06	WJC-A	Canada	6	1	2	3		2
2005-06	QMJHL	Val-d'Or	60	25	43	68	+4	156				5	1	5	6	-5	20
2006-07	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	7	2	0	2	-3	4	8	25.0	11:33
2006-07	WJC-A	Canada	6	0	6	6		12
2006-07	QMJHL	Val-d'Or	40	14	38	52	+19	74				19	12	19	31	+10	48
2006-07	AHL	Wilkes-Barre										1		1	1		2
2007-08	AHL	Wilkes-Barre	10	1	6	7		4
2007-08	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	63	6	11	17	-1	23	68	8.8	18:10	16		2	2	+5	12	14	0.0	17:07
2008-09	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	74	10	23	33	-7	24	138	7.2	21:09	23	4	9	13	+1	26	54	7.4	19:18
2009-10	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	73	3	24	27	+1	51	174	1.7	21:34	13	5	2	7	-5	6	23	21.7	23:15
2010-11	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	8	42	50	+15	101	236	3.4	24:02	7		4	4		10	28	0.0	26:33
2011-12	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	51	10	32	42	+21	34	142	7.0	24:50	6	1	4	5	-1	21	15	6.7	23:01
2012-13	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	35	5	33	38	+16	8	95	5.3	25:38	15	3	13	16	+2	8	49	6.1	27:38
2013-14	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	37	11	11	22	-8	16	108	10.2	24:14	13	2	4	6	+2	14	29	6.9	24:10
2014-15	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	69	11	43	54	+12	79	197	5.6	25:29
2015-16	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	71	16	51	67	+9	66	218	7.3	26:57	23	3	12	15	+6	22	70	4.3	28:53
2016-17	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	41	5	29	34	+2	32	122	4.1	25:31
2017-18	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	79	9	42	51	-9	56	222	4.0	25:20	12	3	8	11		15	25	12.0	25:15
2018-19	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	65	16	40	56	+13	48	206	7.8	25:58	4		1	1	-3	2	14	0.0	27:03
2019-20	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	61	15	29	44		38	177	8.5	25:44	4				-2		12	0.0	26:47
2020-21	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	55	7	38	45	+19	32	132	5.3	24:39	6	1	5	6	-2	6	15	6.7	28:42
2021-22	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	10	58	68	+20	49	214	4.7	25:47	7	1	3	4	-3		19	5.3	29:51
2022-23	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	64	12	29	41	-13	30	161	7.5	24:51
2023-24	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	10	41	51	+13	62	164	6.1	24:41
2024-25	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	74	9	21	30	-15	52	164	5.5	23:32
2025-26	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	0	0	0	+3	4	5	0.0	21:34
NHL Career			1165	175	597	772	+88	809	2951	5.9	24:11	149	23	67	90		142	367	6.3	24:24