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Kris Letang
Defenseman #58 Penguins $6.100M
Player Information

Kris Letang has 25 points (3 goals, 22 assists) in 50 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins this season.

Selected in the 3rd round (No. 62) of the 2005 NHL Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins, he has 797 points (178 goals, 619 assists) in 1211 regular-season games for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

He also has 90 points (23 goals, 67 assists) in 149 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 38.8 yrs (24.04.1987)
    Height / Weight: 183 cm / 90 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 62nd in 2005
    Draft Team: Team logoPittsburgh Penguins
    Awards: Stanley Cup (3x) Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy (1x)
    Injury: Day to Day with Foot Injury
Player Evaluation

The 38-year-old is around break-even for his team, with the Penguins controlling 52% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Kris Letang is off the ice, the Penguins control 53% of expected goals, indicating the team is about the same when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 39% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 22% in the defensive zone.

  • 74

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 52nd of 285 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 142nd of 285 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    -0.01
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.52
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    22.10
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.16
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.71
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.49
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.24
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    3.52
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3.53
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.21
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    3.32
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.04
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.60
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    3.48
    26
    Takeaways/60
    0.92
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    2.55
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.22
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    6.53
    512
Contract Information
Actual AAV: $6.100M
Player Contract Value: $4.400M
Remaining: 3 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2028 UFA
Age at the end: 42.2 yrs (24.04.1987)
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Kris Letang
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
15.01.2026 Team Logo Flyers 1 0 1 1 0 23:25 2 0.0% 2
17.01.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 1 1 0 25:55 0 0
19.01.2026 Team Logo Kraken 1 0 0 0 3 21:58 1 0.0% 0
25.01.2026 Team Logo Canucks 1 0 0 0 0 26:28 1 0.0% 0
29.01.2026 Team Logo Blackhawks 1 0 0 0 -2 21:15 3 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 2 2 1 7 0.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2006-07 Team Logo Penguins 7 2 0 2 -3 11:33 8 25.0% 4
2007-08 Team Logo Penguins 63 6 11 17 -1 18:10 68 8.8% 23
2008-09 Team Logo Penguins 74 10 23 33 -7 21:08 138 7.2% 24
2009-10 Team Logo Penguins 73 3 24 27 1 21:34 174 1.7% 51
2010-11 Team Logo Penguins 82 8 42 50 15 24:01 236 3.4% 101
2011-12 Team Logo Penguins 51 10 32 42 21 24:49 142 7.0% 34
2012-13 Team Logo Penguins 35 5 33 38 16 25:37 95 5.3% 8
2013-14 Team Logo Penguins 37 11 11 22 -8 24:13 108 10.2% 16
2014-15 Team Logo Penguins 69 11 43 54 12 25:28 197 5.6% 79
2015-16 Team Logo Penguins 71 16 51 67 9 26:56 218 7.3% 66
2016-17 Team Logo Penguins 41 5 29 34 2 25:31 122 4.1% 32
2017-18 Team Logo Penguins 79 9 42 51 -9 25:19 222 4.1% 56
2018-19 Team Logo Penguins 65 16 40 56 13 25:58 206 7.8% 48
2019-20 Team Logo Penguins 61 15 29 44 0 25:43 177 8.5% 38
2020-21 Team Logo Penguins 55 7 38 45 19 24:38 132 5.3% 32
2021-22 Team Logo Penguins 78 10 58 68 20 25:46 214 4.7% 49
2022-23 Team Logo Penguins 64 12 29 41 -13 24:51 161 7.5% 30
2023-24 Team Logo Penguins 82 10 41 51 13 24:40 164 6.1% 62
2024-25 Team Logo Penguins 74 9 21 30 -15 23:31 164 5.5% 52
2025-26 Team Logo Penguins 50 3 22 25 3 22:06 81 3.7% 22
Season Projection 76 5 33 38 5 22:05 123 4.1% 33
Total 1211 178 619 797 88 3027 5.9% 827
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2007-08 Team Logo Penguins 16 0 2 2 5 17:07 14 0.0% 12
2008-09 Team Logo Penguins 23 4 9 13 1 19:18 54 7.4% 26
2009-10 Team Logo Penguins 13 5 2 7 -5 23:15 23 21.7% 6
2010-11 Team Logo Penguins 7 0 4 4 0 26:33 28 0.0% 10
2011-12 Team Logo Penguins 6 1 4 5 -1 23:01 15 6.7% 21
2012-13 Team Logo Penguins 15 3 13 16 2 27:37 49 6.1% 8
2013-14 Team Logo Penguins 13 2 4 6 2 24:10 29 6.9% 14
2015-16 Team Logo Penguins 23 3 12 15 6 28:52 70 4.3% 22
2017-18 Team Logo Penguins 12 3 8 11 0 25:15 25 12.0% 15
2018-19 Team Logo Penguins 4 0 1 1 -3 27:03 14 0.0% 2
2019-20 Team Logo Penguins 4 0 0 0 -2 26:46 12 0.0% 0
2020-21 Team Logo Penguins 6 1 5 6 -2 28:41 15 6.7% 6
2021-22 Team Logo Penguins 7 1 3 4 -3 29:51 19 5.3% 0
Total 149 23 67 90 0 367 6.3% 142
Player Match
Player
Match
Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G
Career
P/G
Offense
Rating
Defense
Rating
Actual AAV
Kris Letang Team Logo D 38.8 yrs 183 cm / 90 kg 0.50 0.66 70 77 $6.100M
89% Filip Hronek Team Logo D 28.3 yrs 183 cm / 86 kg 0.56 0.53 69 75 $7.250M
86% Luke Hughes Team Logo D 22.5 yrs 188 cm / 89 kg 0.53 0.58 73 75 $3.817M
84% Sean Durzi Team Logo D 27.3 yrs 185 cm / 88 kg 0.53 0.49 73 73 $6.000M
83% Vince Dunn Team Logo D 29.3 yrs 183 cm / 90 kg 0.62 0.54 75 72 $7.350M
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