Bryan Rust
Age 34 · Shoots right · 5′11″ · 206 lb · Born Pontiac, Michigan, USA
Drafted 2010, #80 overall by Pittsburgh
Bryan Rust scored 65 points (29 goals, 36 assists) in 72 games in 2025-26, 3rd on Pittsburgh. Against Washington: 3 points in the last 2 meetings.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesPittsburgh have played 3 games and Bryan Rust has not dressed yet (ir, upper body). Next game tonight at Washington. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 72 games65 points in 72 games on a team that finished 10th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.9). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first 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.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 29 goals and 36 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
9 of 29 goals broke a tie; 8 came with Pittsburgh trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
348 attempts across the 72 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 72 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 leadersTop speed in the 67th percentile of forwards: 22.79 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in three games out of five (46 of 72)
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 0-30000−220:21WSHW 5-31235−121:36WSHL 0-30000−220:21
NJDW 5-21012+116:21
FLAW 5-21123+218:50FLAW 9-40001015:16
TBLL 3-60111−218:05
NYIW 8-31121+118:41
DALL 3-60002−321:33
OTTW 4-3 SO0114+120:32
COLL 2-60113−321:40
CARL 1-50114019:07Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Priced at 45% 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.
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$5.13M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 12.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 87th of 370 forwards 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
Twelve seasons · 2014-15 to 2025-26Sidney Crosby 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
Assists on his 29 goals, 2025-26.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 36 assists.
By opponent
Carolina7 P in 41.75 P/GP
San Jose3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Philadelphia6 P in 41.50 P/GPWashington3 P in 21.50 P/GPNY Islanders3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Vegas3 P in 21.50 P/GPFranchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsTwelve seasons, all with the Penguins
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct