Pittsburgh Penguins · #27 · Defence

Ryan Graves

Age 31 · Shoots left · 6′5″ · 228 lb · Born Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, CAN

Drafted 2013, #110 overall by NY Rangers

Next game · tonightat Washington · 7:30 PM ET0 P in the last 2 vs WSHGame preview →
Games222025-26 · missed 60
Goals1T-25th on PIT
Assists0T-32nd on PIT
Points1T-30th on PIT
P / GP0.05
Shots214.8% shooting
TOI / GP15:1816th on PIT

Ryan Graves scored 1 point (1 goal, 0 assists) in 22 games in 2025-26, T-30th on Pittsburgh. Against Washington: 0 points in the last 2 meetings.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

Pittsburgh have played 3 games and Ryan Graves has not dressed yet (ir, knee). Next game tonight at Washington. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 22 games
2025-26 · The season

1 point in 22 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.

Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Ryan Graves has 22.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.00.11–100.011–200.021–22

Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-30th on PIT
Points per game0.05
Goals1T-657th in NHL
Assists0T-32nd on PIT
Shooting %4.8%Below avg (11.1%)
Ice time15:1816th on PIT
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Pittsburgh's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength14:47
Power play0:00
Shorthanded0:31
Total15:18

18.5 shifts a game, averaging 50 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-13th on PIT
PP assists0T-13th on PIT
PP points0T-13th on PIT · T-453rd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-13th on PIT

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP56Pittsburgh total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every PIT PPG
PP TOI share0.1%of PIT PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 1 goal and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-20th on PIT
Overtime goals0T-4th on PIT
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd1
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading0
Trailing1

0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 1 came with Pittsburgh trailing.

Assists at 5-on-5

Primary0
Secondary0

Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.18
Goals / 600.18
Shots / 603.7
ES points / 600.181 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the point

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease1 att · 0 G
Slot15 att · 0 G
Wing21 att · 0 G
Point33 att · 1 G
Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

71 attempts across the 21 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)1.1719th
Goals1
Goals vs expected−0.1
Unblocked attempts41
xG per attempt.027
ixG per 600.20

2025-26 · 22 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 leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Top speed 21.34 mph, hardest shot 91.61 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.

Tracking percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Ryan Graves has 22.

Top speed, mph21.34Defenceman average 22.09
Hardest shot, mph91.61Defenceman average 92.6
Distance skated48.4 mi2.82 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts26.0%33.7% defensive · 40.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

42.6%All situations38.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph0 · avg 1.9
20-22 mph7 · avg 46
18-20 mph44 · avg 267

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.1
90-99 mph3 · avg 6.4
80-89 mph10 · avg 33
70-79 mph23 · avg 72

Shot attempts per speed band.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways723rd on PIT
Giveaways20
TK / GV ratio0.35
Hits23T-22nd on PIT
Blocked shots3815th on PIT

Discipline

Penalty minutes10
Minors5
Majors0
Penalties drawn3
Net penalties−2drawn minus taken

Consistency

Points come in bunches, not every night (1 of 22)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point15% of games
Multi-point games00%
Goals in1 game5%
Pointless games2195%

Streaks

Longest point streak1 game
Longest goal streak1 game
Longest pointless run20 games
Final ten0 in 10point in 0

Game log

Against Washington, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
11 Apr 2026vsWSHL 3-60000−215:30
6 Nov 2025vsWSHW 5-30000015:59

Splits · 2025-26

Better on the road

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Home1300.00
Road910.11

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs Washington200.00
vs Metropolitan610.17
vs Western Conf.1200.00

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
November1010.10
December700.00
January200.00
March100.00
April200.00

Contract

$4.5M a season through 2028-29

Cap hit$4.5M4.3% of the $104M ceiling
Term6 yearsYear 4 of 6
Expires2028-29UFA
Cap value$27MReported total

Contract terms from public reports. 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

Three seasons · 2023-24 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Bryan Rust sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Bryan Rust1
Sidney Crosby1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2025-26.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

Washington0 P in 20.00 P/GP
Nashville0 P in 20.00 P/GP
Seattle0 P in 20.00 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points19201st for Pittsburgh
Goals5211th
Assists14183rd
Games played153104th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eight seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2018-19COL263250.1911.5%
2019-20COL69917260.386.7%
2020-21COL54213150.282.0%
2021-22NJD75622280.375.4%
2022-23NJD78818260.335.7%
2023-24PIT70311140.203.9%
2024-25PIT611340.072.6%
2025-26PIT221010.054.8%
Career45533861190.265.1%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2013NY Rangers · round 4#110

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · PIT points

Games35
Goals2
Points100.29 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct