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Right Wing•#2PPI 42Rutger McGroarty is a 22-year-old right wing for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Selected 14th overall by WPG in the 2022 NHL Draft. Born in Lincoln, USA. At 22, Rutger is among the younger players in the league.
This season, the left-shooting forward has 0 goals and 0 assists for 0 points in 2 games. He averages 0.00 points per game on 13:40 of ice time.
2026-27 · Regular season
2026-27 projection
Projected September 28, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 10–38 pts
2026-27 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2026-27 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
2026-27 pace
Where Rutger's current rate finishes the 2026-27 season.
End of season forecast, current pace
68
games remaining
Goals
0
Current: 0
Assists
0
Current: 0
Points
0
Current: 0
Limited offensive production projected. Expected range of 0-0 points based on current usage patterns.
0.0%
Art Ross
Most Points
0.0%
Rocket
Most Goals
0.0%
Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
5v5
What happened while Rutger was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2026-27.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 2 games, 21 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
52.4 vs 57.3 lg
14th percentile
Quality of teammates
— vs 56.8 lg
—th percentile
Deployment
soft-comp
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Rutger takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
5
Goals vs expected
0 vs 0.3 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
40%
2026-27
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
39
Offense
50
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays a top on-ice shot share, strong defensive results per minute. Areas for improvement: limited offensive impact.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
11-pt spreadLeans defensive. The 11-point spread between offensive (39th) and defensive (50th) percentiles is typical of a shutdown winger.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays a top on-ice shot share, strong defensive results per minute. Areas for improvement: limited offensive impact.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
11-pt spreadLeans defensive. The 11-point spread between offensive (39th) and defensive (50th) percentiles is typical of a shutdown winger.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Rutger McGroarty's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-272026-27 | PIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | |||
| 25-262025-26 | PIT | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 37 | 8.1% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | PIT | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 9.1% |
Form
Rutger's last five games played — playoff games included if his team advanced, since the NHL does not separate them here.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | vs NSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:15 |
| Oct 22 | vs FLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:05 |
Similar right wings
Same position, comparable 2026-27 projected rate and 2026-27 shot/power-play rate. Compare Rutger to another player
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Pittsburgh Penguins this season.
Bars are share of unblocked attempts, where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a forward. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy, zones marked * are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
| Career | — | 34 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 51 | 7.8% |
Ben Kindel
C · 6 pts
