Pittsburgh Penguins · #14 · Left wing

Nick Robertson

Age 25 · Shoots left · 5′9″ · 180 lb · Born Pasadena, California, USA

Drafted 2019, #53 overall by Toronto

Next game · tonightat Washington · 7:30 PM ET0 P in the last 3 vs WSH
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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals2T-1st on PIT
Assists0T-15th on PIT
Points2T-11th on PIT
P / GP0.67T-132nd in the NHL
Shots633.3% shooting
TOI / GP14:3713th on PIT

2025-262025-26: 78 games, 16-16-32, 0.41 points per game Season detail →

Nick Robertson has 2 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 32 points in 78 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

2 points in 3 games for the 13th-placed Pittsburgh

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Goals / 602.7492nd
Shooting %33.3%87th
Shots / GP2.0069th
Points / GP0.6767th
Blocked shots267th
Penalty differential048th
Ice time14:3743rd
PP points036th
Takeaways027th
Assists / 600.0021st
Hits05th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.70.71–3

Dashed line: season average (0.7). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2T-11th on PIT
Points per game0.67T-132nd in NHL
Goals2T-21st in NHL
Assists0T-15th on PIT
Shooting %33.3%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time14:3713th on PIT
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward 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 strength14:03
Power play0:00
Shorthanded0:34
Total14:37

20.3 shifts a game, averaging 43 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-4th on PIT
PP assists0T-6th on PIT
PP points0T-9th on PIT · T-142nd NHL
SH goals1
PP points / 600.00

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP4Pittsburgh total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every PIT PPG
PP TOI share0.0%of PIT PP time

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


Scoring detail

1 of 2 goals broke a tie

How the 2 goals and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals1T-1st on PIT
Overtime goals0T-2nd on PIT
First goal of the game1
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0
Shorthanded goals1

Goals by period

1st1
2nd0
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading1
Trailing0

1 of 2 goals broke a tie; 0 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 / 602.74
Goals / 602.74
Shots / 608.2
ES points / 602.852 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot6 att · 1 G
Wing2 att · 1 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

8 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.6197th
Goals2
Goals vs expected+1.4
Unblocked attempts8
xG per attempt.075
ixG per 600.82

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

20+ mph bursts in the 78th percentile of forwards: 7

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

20+ mph bursts778th
Top speed, mph21.7472nd
Distance / 60, mi9.8258th
Offensive-zone time41.7%52nd
90+ mph shots048th
Defensive-zone time40.6%46th
Distance skated, mi7.244th
22+ mph bursts041st
Hardest shot, mph62.7112th
Average shot, mph42.811th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.74Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph62.71Forward average 74.7
Distance skated7.2 mi2.51 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts29.6%29.6% defensive · 40.9% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

41.7%All situations40.6%
42.5%Even strength39.5%
23.2%Shorthanded67.0%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.74vsWPG5 Oct · 3rd 06:21
  2. 21.21@PHI30 Sep · 3rd 11:50
  3. 20.96@PHI30 Sep · 2nd 12:31
  4. 20.82vsMTL3 Oct · 1st 01:31
  5. 20.72@PHI30 Sep · 3rd 07:58
  6. 20.54vsWPG5 Oct · 3rd 16:31
  7. 20.29@PHI30 Sep · 3rd 03:57
  8. 19.61vsWPG5 Oct · 2nd 06:01

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph7 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph19 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 62.71vsWPG5 Oct · 3rd 16:38
  2. 52.85@PHI30 Sep · 3rd 11:52
  3. 50.27@PHI30 Sep · 2nd 14:59
  4. 33.86@PHI30 Sep · 1st 07:26
  5. 14.40vsMTL3 Oct · 1st 12:57

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.51vsWPG5 Oct · 15:14 TOI
  2. 2.34vsMTL3 Oct · 13:35 TOI
  3. 2.33@PHI30 Sep · 15:02 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.39 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-11th on PIT
Giveaways3
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits0T-17th on PIT
Blocked shots2T-6th on PIT

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken10.3 a game
Won1
Win %100.0%
Offensive zone1 of 1

A winger: fewer than one draw a game.


Game log

Against Washington, a point in zero of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
8 Apr 2026vsWSHL 0-40001−114:16
18 Dec 2025@WSHL 0-40006015:21
28 Nov 2025@WSHL 2-40000014:33

Prediction markets

Priced at 12% 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.

Goal tonight vs WSHAnytime scorer12%20%17¢Best16¢Not listed

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Contract

$3.25M a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he scored 9.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 151st of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$3.25M3.1% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 1 of 2
Expires2027-28RFA at 26
Cap value$6.5MReported 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

One season · 2026-27 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Kris Letang 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

Kris Letang1
Sidney Crosby1
Filip Hallander1

Assists on his 2 goals, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points2382nd for Pittsburgh
Goals2285th
Assists0422nd
Games played3499th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Seven seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2020-21TOR60110.170.0%
2021-22TOR101010.107.1%
2022-23TOR152350.337.4%
2023-24TOR561413270.4814.6%
2024-25TOR69157220.3213.4%
2025-26TOR781616320.4112.6%
2026-27PIT12022.0050.0%
Career2355040900.3812.9%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2019Toronto · round 2#53

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · PIT points

Games13
Goals2
Points30.23 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct