Kris Letang
Age 39 · Shoots right · 6′0″ · 199 lb · Born Montréal, Quebec, CAN
Drafted 2005, #62 overall by Pittsburgh
2025-262025-26: 74 games, 3-31-34, 0.46 points per game Season detail →
Kris Letang has 3 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 34 points in 74 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample3 points in 3 games for the 13th-placed Pittsburgh
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (1.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Pittsburgh's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
No goals yet: all 3 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 3 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
14 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 74 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 84th percentile of defencemen: 89.87 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.54vs
WPG5 Oct · 2nd 06:48 - 20.49vsWPG5 Oct · 3rd 04:08
- 19.79@
PHI30 Sep · 2nd 04:50 - 19.41@PHI30 Sep · 2nd 02:43
- 18.93@PHI30 Sep · 3rd 13:09
- 18.88vsWPG5 Oct · 1st 04:07
- 18.86vsWPG5 Oct · 1st 03:03
- 18.70vs
MTL3 Oct · 2nd 16:45
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 89.87vsMTL3 Oct · 1st 14:04
- 83.15@PHI30 Sep · 2nd 11:46
- 82.41@PHI30 Sep · 1st 06:50
- 77.53vsMTL3 Oct · 1st 15:32
- 77.31vsMTL3 Oct · 1st 03:03
- 75.16vsWPG5 Oct · 2nd 12:50
- 73.13vsWPG5 Oct · 1st 06:07
- 72.24@PHI30 Sep · 2nd 14:49
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.31vsWPG5 Oct · 23:23 TOI
- 2.82vsMTL3 Oct · 19:30 TOI
- 2.63@PHI30 Sep · 18:44 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.92 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Washington, a point in one of two
WSHL 0-30000−117:39WSHW 5-30112021:11WPGL 2-30002023:23MTLW 6-5 OT0223+119:30PHIL 0-70114+118:44Priced at 33% for a point tonight
From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.
Kalshi
Polymarket
ProphetXSnapshot 7 Oct, 11:12 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
34 points in 74 games on a team that finished 10th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Pittsburgh's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
2 of 3 goals broke a tie
How the 3 goals and 31 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
2 of 3 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Pittsburgh trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
259 attempts across the 75 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 74 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 72nd percentile of defencemen: 8.68 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (29 of 74)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run, and how that compares with the market price.
Streaks
Against Washington, a point in one of two
WSHL 0-30000−117:39WSHW 5-30112021:11WSHL 0-30000−117:39
NJDW 5-20110+120:15
FLAW 5-20001016:06FLAW 9-40001+120:37
TBLL 3-60220+120:04
DETW 5-10110+119:19
NYIW 8-30220+319:43
DALL 3-60000−221:50
OTTW 4-3 SO0001−121:11
COLL 2-60111+117:16WPGL 2-30002023:23MTLW 6-5 OT0223+119:30PHIL 0-70114+118:44Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Priced at 33% for a point tonight
From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.
Snapshot 7 Oct, 11:12 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure
$6.1M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 5.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 98th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Pittsburgh
Twenty-one seasons · 2006-07 to 2026-275th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 3 assists.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwenty-one seasons, all with the Penguins
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct