GRIT & GF
Spencer Stastney

Pittsburgh Penguins, Defence

Spencer Stastney

  • Two-way
  • Steady
Points, 2026–27
1
0 G, 1 A in 5 GP
Individual xG
0.1
0 goals from it
Ice time per game
17:20
3 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
56.4
share of chances while he's on

Spencer Stastney has 0 goals and 1 assist (1 point) in 5 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2026–27, with 3 shots on goal and 17:20 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2026–27 is 25.0 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

5 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

25.0050100
Rated above 58% of defencemen
Goals above average
+0.2
Wins
+0.03
Physicality67thGF22thIntimidation43thChemistry51thClutch55th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.39, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 57.8% of 223 rated players

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

Physicality

+0.10 SD · 67th percentile · weight 38% · +0.1 goals

What he does with his body: hits, blocks and takeaways (scaled toward per-game totals by his ice time), penalties drawn, and penalties taken against him.

  • Hitsper 60All situations, pulled toward average when the sample is small.1.914th pct
  • Blocked shotsper 60All situations.3.725th pct
  • Takeawaysper 60As recorded by the arena scorer, which varies by building.1.5598th pct
  • Penalties drawnper 60How often he gets under someone's skin enough to put his team on the power play.0.8490th pct
  • Penalties takenper 60Counts against him, at half the weight of penalties drawn.0.5287th pct
  • Ice time× position averagePer-game ice time against his position's average. Physical rates are scaled by this to the power 0.75.0.8436th pct

Percentiles are against 223 rated defencemen in 2026-27, on 83 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.

  1. vs ANA

    Monday, January 26

    Drought over

    Spencer Stastney scored for the first time in 42 games. He has 2 goals this season. He played 14:23 and had one shot on goal. It finished 7-4 for the Oilers.

  2. vs DAL

    Sunday, October 26

    Drought over

    Spencer Stastney scored for the first time in 38 games. He has 1 goal this season. He played 15:31 and had two shots on goal. The Predators fell 3-2 to the Stars.

Player card

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

Scoring

  • Ice time per game17:20
    30
  • Points per 600.69
    38
  • Goals per 600.00
    30
  • Individual xG per 600.10
    23
  • Shots per 602.1
    21

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.72
    63
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.10
    79
  • xGF%56.4%
    76

Physical

  • Hits per 600.0
    2
  • Blocks per 602.8
    17
  • Penalty minutes per 600.0
    93

Skating and shooting

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

Skating

  • Top speed21.5 mph
    78
  • Bursts over 20 mph5
    62
  • Distance skated12 mi
    26

Shooting

  • Hardest shot80.4 mph
    27
  • Shots on goal3
    26
  • Shooting %0.0%
    41

Zone time

  • Offensive zone time43.6%
    74
  • Offensive zone time, even strength43.9%
    75

Who he plays with

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

PartnerGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Kris Letang546:3153–332.3–1.01–069%
Erik Karlsson525:0317–261.0–1.91–135%
Kaedan Korczak56:055–10.3–0.00–192%
Declan Carlile44:073–10.2–0.00–0100%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 4 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
0.000.050.100.15
01-2410-19

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2026–27501130.117:200456.4
2025–26662810562.415:30136449.3
2024–2523033151.116:1182450.2
2023–2420224110.615:5922958.1

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-10-1921:060100.00010
2026-10-1721:340010.13020
2026-10-1615:240010.01000
2026-10-1315:380000.00000
2026-10-1012:580010.01010
2026-03-1913:230000.00042
2026-03-1716:240000.00010
2026-03-1513:450000.00000
2026-03-1315:370000.00000
2026-03-1217:500010.00000
2026-03-0316:340000.00010
2026-02-2816:210010.00002
2026-02-2619:220000.13010
2026-02-2516:510000.00000
2026-02-0412:330010.04002
2026-02-0314:420000.00000
2026-01-3113:260010.02030
2026-01-2914:280000.00000
2026-01-2614:231010.10000
2026-01-2412:370000.00010