GRIT & GF
Rutger McGroarty

Pittsburgh Penguins, Right wing

Rutger McGroarty

  • Stingy
  • Steady
Points, 2025–26
6
3 G, 3 A in 24 GP
Individual xG
3.6
3 goals from it
Ice time per game
11:58
37 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
52.8
share of chances while he's on

Rutger McGroarty has 3 goals and 3 assists (6 points) in 24 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2025–26, with 37 shots on goal and 11:58 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 71.2 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

71.2050100
Rated above 61% of forwards
Goals above average
+0.2
Wins
+0.03
Physicality66thGF61thIntimidation74thChemistry24thClutch79th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to +0.33, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 60.8% of 531 rated players

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Clutch

+0.61 SD · 79th percentile · weight 0%

His team's expected-goal differential with him on the ice in the third period or overtime of a one-goal game, against his own usual rate. Not counted in the rating since grit-0.5: it didn't repeat from season to season, so it was mostly luck.

  • Close-and-late liftxGD per 60Heavily shrunk: close-and-late minutes are scarce.0.0779th pct
  • Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.4014th pct

Percentiles are against 531 rated forwards in 2025-26, on 272 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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Percentile among 476 forwards with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game11:58
    24
  • Points per 601.25
    23
  • Goals per 600.63
    35
  • Individual xG per 600.76
    41
  • Shots per 607.7
    79

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.52
    55
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.26
    82
  • xGF%52.8%
    75

Physical

  • Hits per 605.4
    61
  • Blocks per 602.3
    46
  • Penalty minutes per 600.8
    82

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
Ville Koivunen, Ben Kindel1197:26115–754.7–3.21–459%
Justin Brazeau, Ben Kindel1234:1730–361.0–1.63–238%
Kevin Hayes, Avery Hayes327:3522–221.3–1.12–153%
Anthony Mantha, Ben Kindel1121:5627–192.0–0.44–082%
Egor Chinakhov, Ben Kindel317:2515–180.2–0.81–219%
Kevin Hayes, Ben Kindel212:109–40.1–0.20–040%
Joona Koppanen, Elmer Soderblom17:2411–50.3–0.20–063%
Noel Acciari, Connor Dewar54:105–20.1–0.10–140%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 3 goals from 51 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
0.000.200.400.60
12-1104-14

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–2624336373.611:58261152.8
2024–258123111.514:3712656.3

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-04-1415:211010.11000
2026-04-129:550020.15000
2026-04-1114:490000.00300
2026-03-2810:410000.00202
2026-02-0510:010100.09110
2026-02-0210:370000.16120
2026-01-319:310110.01002
2026-01-2910:360050.53320
2026-01-0312:250010.04110
2026-01-018:440000.00110
2025-12-3012:160010.21020
2025-12-2812:040000.16000
2025-12-2312:161030.13100
2025-12-2112:490040.27000
2025-12-2012:320010.06100
2025-12-1814:120010.05000
2025-12-1611:360000.04100
2025-12-1414:110100.00200
2025-12-1312:261040.25100
2025-12-1110:240030.38010