GRIT & GF
Avery Hayes

Pittsburgh Penguins, Right wing

Avery Hayes

  • Finisher
  • Shot-eater
  • Physical
Points, 2025–26
5
5 G, 0 A in 16 GP
Individual xG
3.2
5 goals from it
Ice time per game
11:10
25 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
47.2
share of chances while he's on

Avery Hayes has 5 goals and 0 assists (5 points) in 16 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2025–26, with 25 shots on goal and 11:10 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 85.4 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

16 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

2025-26

85.4050100
Rated above 80% of forwards
Goals above average
+0.3
Wins
+0.05
Physicality85thGF66thIntimidation41thChemistry40thClutch28th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to +0.59, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 80.2% of 531 rated players

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

Physicality

+0.95 SD · 85th percentile · weight 38% · +0.3 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.6.968th pct
  • Blocked shotsper 60All situations.3.281th pct
  • Takeawaysper 60As recorded by the arena scorer, which varies by building.1.3490th pct
  • Penalties drawnper 60How often he gets under someone's skin enough to put his team on the power play.1.4895th pct
  • Penalties takenper 60Counts against him, at half the weight of penalties drawn.0.9130th pct
  • Ice time× position averagePer-game ice time against his position's average. Physical rates are scaled by this to the power 0.75.0.7521th pct

Percentiles are against 531 rated forwards in 2025-26, on 171 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. at STL

    Tuesday, April 14

    Two goals

    Avery Hayes scored twice. He has 5 goals this season. He played 13:48 and had three shots on goal. The Penguins lost 7-5 to the Blues.

  2. at BUF

    Thursday, February 5

    Two goals

    Avery Hayes scored twice. That was his second goal of the season. He played 10:09 and had six shots on goal. It finished 5-2 for the Penguins.

Player card

Percentile among 476 forwards with enough games this season. He hasn't played enough yet to be ranked, so treat these as early. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game11:10
    16
  • Points per 601.68
    46
  • Goals per 601.68
    98
  • Individual xG per 601.07
    78
  • Shots per 608.4
    86

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.43
    47
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.72
    25
  • xGF%47.2%
    31

Physical

  • Hits per 607.7
    75
  • Blocks per 603.7
    88
  • Penalty minutes per 604.0
    10

Who he plays with

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

LinematesGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Elmer Soderblom, Ben Kindel831:0035–291.5–1.41–253%
Kevin Hayes, Rutger McGroarty327:3522–221.3–1.12–153%
Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell526:3515–230.6–0.90–037%
Justin Brazeau, Ben Kindel610:138–150.4–0.81–034%
Noel Acciari, Elmer Soderblom19:553–70.1–0.30–020%
Tommy Novak, Ben Kindel49:0611–70.8–0.21–079%
Noel Acciari, Connor Dewar46:015–60.4–0.20–070%
Ville Koivunen, Ben Kindel13:492–50.1–0.60–221%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 5 goals from 45 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 16 games

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

ixGGoal
0.000.250.500.75
02-0504-14

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–2616505253.211:10231147.2

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-04-1413:482030.31210
2026-04-1115:220010.22200
2026-04-0911:130010.07310
2026-03-319:400000.02200
2026-03-3011:491010.33100
2026-03-1410:440000.00210
2026-03-129:310050.45010
2026-03-109:240000.19310
2026-03-089:340030.18120
2026-03-077:480000.05115
2026-03-0512:430020.03000
2026-03-039:580010.01000
2026-03-0113:180000.03105
2026-02-2811:540000.25120
2026-02-2611:470020.31212
2026-02-0510:092060.73200