Kris Letang

Two-way
Stingy
Play-driver

Points, 2026–27: 3; 0 G, 3 A in 10 GP
Individual xG: 1.1; 0 goals from it
Ice time per game: 20:04; 21 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5: 58.0; share of chances while he's on

Kris Letang has 0 goals and 3 assists (3 points) in 10 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2026–27, with 21 shots on goal and 20:04 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 24.1 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

10 games in. The methodology requires 15 to 20 games to be accurate, so this season's rating still leans on the league average for his position and will move.

GRIT & GF

Rated above 56% of defencemen

Goals above average: +0.1
Wins: +0.02

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.40, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 56.1% of 223 rated players

The default weights are our call. Set your own; they get rescaled to add up to 100%.

Physicality38%GF38%Intimidation11%Chemistry13%Clutch0%

Intimidation

+1.27 SD · 93th percentile · weight 11% · +0.6 goals

How the other team plays when he is on the ice, compared with when he is off it in the same games, at 5-on-5.

Chances suppressedxGA per 60, off minus onPositive means opponents create less with him on the ice.0.2197th pct
Opponents' hits suppressedper 60, off minus onPositive means opponents finish fewer checks with him out there.-0.0348th pct

Percentiles are against 223 rated defencemen in 2026-27, on 165 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

at PHI
Wednesday, April 29
Ice time
Kris Letang played 30:46, about 9 minutes more than his average this season. He has 36 points in 80 games this season. The Penguins fell 1-0 to the Flyers in overtime.
vs PHI
Monday, April 27
Volume
Kris Letang had 9 shot attempts. One reached the net and one went in. His average this season was 3.5. His goal stood up as the winner. It finished 3-2 for the Penguins.
at PHI
Saturday, April 25
Drought over
Kris Letang scored for the first time in 38 games. His goal stood up as the winner. He has 4 goals this season. The Penguins beat the Flyers 4-2.
at CBJ
Sunday, January 4
Volume
Kris Letang had 9 shot attempts. Three got through to the goalie, and none went in. His average this season was 3.9. The Penguins beat the Blue Jackets 5-4 in overtime.
vs DET
Thursday, January 1
Overtime winner
Kris Letang won it in overtime. It was his first goal in 15 games. He has 3 goals this season. The Penguins beat the Red Wings 4-3 in overtime.
at CBJ
Friday, November 28
Overtime winner
Kris Letang won it in overtime. That was his second goal of the season. He played 22:33 and had three shots on goal. The Penguins beat the Blue Jackets 4-3 in overtime.

Player card

Percentile among 194 defencemen with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

Ice time per game20:04
57
Points per 600.90
54
Goals per 600.00
30
Individual xG per 600.32
76
Shots per 606.3
89

5-on-5 play

xG for per 60, on ice2.80
69
xG against per 60, on ice2.03
82
xGF%58.0%
84

Physical

Hits per 604.2
68
Blocks per 602.7
17
Penalty minutes per 601.8
38

Skating and shooting

NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 2026–27. Percentiles are the league's, against all skaters.

Skating

Top speed20.6 mph
31
Bursts over 20 mph8
80
Distance skated28 mi
86

Shooting

Hardest shot94.1 mph
94
Shots on goal21
96
Shooting %0.0%
41

Zone time

Offensive zone time44.2%
79
Offensive zone time, even strength43.3%
65

Who he plays with

His most-used defence partners at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

Partner	Games	TOI	Shot attempts	xG	Goals	xG share
Trevor van Riemsdyk	5	56:54	52–60	2.2–2.8	1–1	43%
Spencer Stastney	5	46:31	53–33	2.3–1.0	1–0	69%
Samuel Girard	9	15:59	15–11	0.7–0.6	0–2	54%
Ilya Solovyov	1	13:16	7–12	0.2–0.6	0–0	24%
Erik Karlsson	10	12:25	11–14	0.8–0.4	1–0	64%
Declan Carlile	10	11:55	15–6	1.1–0.2	1–0	88%
Kaedan Korczak	8	5:42	2–6	0.1–0.0	0–0	73%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 32 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal

0.000.100.200.30

04-0410-19

By season

Season	GP	G	A	P	SOG	ixG	TOI/GP	Hits	Blk	xGF% 5v5
2026–27	10	0	3	3	21	1.1	20:04	14	9	58.0
2025–26	74	3	31	34	104	5.9	21:41	95	94	49.4
2024–25	74	9	21	30	164	11.0	23:32	120	100	47.6
2023–24	82	10	41	51	164	9.2	24:42	137	136	49.6

Last 20 games

Date	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	Hits	Blk	PIM
2026-10-19	21:55	0	0	3	0.08	3	1	0
2026-10-17	20:07	0	0	2	0.09	1	1	0
2026-10-16	19:22	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	2
2026-10-13	19:44	0	0	0	0.13	2	0	2
2026-10-10	21:27	0	0	1	0.12	1	4	0
2026-10-09	19:14	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	2
2026-10-07	17:16	0	0	3	0.14	2	1	0
2026-10-05	23:23	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0
2026-10-03	19:30	0	2	3	0.09	0	1	0
2026-09-30	18:44	0	1	4	0.27	2	0	0
2026-04-29	30:46	0	0	2	0.12	4	2	2
2026-04-27	24:40	1	0	1	0.13	3	0	0
2026-04-25	23:19	1	0	3	0.16	2	0	0
2026-04-22	22:08	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	2
2026-04-20	20:43	0	0	3	0.10	1	2	14
2026-04-18	21:22	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2
2026-04-12	17:39	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
2026-04-09	20:15	0	1	0	0.01	0	1	0
2026-04-05	16:06	0	0	1	0.16	0	1	2
2026-04-04	20:37	0	0	1	0.06	0	3	0