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Photo of NHL player Rutger McGroarty

Pittsburgh Penguins Logo Rutger McGroarty

Position Left Wing / Right Wing Current Team Pittsburgh Penguins
Shoots Left Current Contract 3 years ($950.0K CapHit)
Height 6'1" Expires 2026-27
Weight (lbs) 212 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 23
Age (DOB) 22 (Mar 30, 2004) Expiry Status RFA
Drafted 2022, Round 1, Overall 14 (WPG)
Date Team Transaction
Apr 15, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins Assigned to AHL
Apr 11, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins Recalled from AHL
Apr 2, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins Assigned to AHL
Apr 1, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins Recalled from AHL
Mar 30, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins Assigned to AHL
Mar 28, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins Recalled from AHL
Feb 6, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins Assigned to AHL
Jan 29, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins Recalled from AHL
Jan 18, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins Activated from IR
Jan 18, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins Assigned to AHL
Jan 7, 2026 Pittsburgh Penguins Placed on IR
Dec 1, 2025 Pittsburgh Penguins Recalled from AHL
Nov 15, 2025 Pittsburgh Penguins Assigned to AHL
Nov 15, 2025 Pittsburgh Penguins Activated from SOIR.
Oct 6, 2025 Pittsburgh Penguins Placed on SOIR
Mar 28, 2025 Pittsburgh Penguins Recalled from AHL
Oct 16, 2024 Pittsburgh Penguins Assigned to AHL
Aug 22, 2024 Pittsburgh Penguins Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon


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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Data Sources
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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI Producer Playmaker Shooter Sniper Rebound Rush Skating Defend
2024-25 PIT 8 -0.66 2.47 -1.58 -3.68 -0.40 2.50 -0.53 1.02
2025-26 PIT 24 -0.88 -0.86 -0.45 -0.14 -0.58 0.98 -0.01 -2.58

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI 5v5 TOI 5v4 TOI 4v5 TOI Possession Drive Suppress Faceoffs
2024-25 PIT 8 0.34 -1.35 -1.67 0.68 0.81 -0.10 -
2025-26 PIT 24 -0.49 -1.70 -1.62 2.11 0.26 -2.67 -

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

5v5 Individual Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI G/60 A/60 Pts/60 xG/60 GAE/60 Sh% xSh% Sh%AE %SA Rush %SA Reb.
2024-25 PIT 8 104:40 0.00 1.15 1.15 0.56 -0.56 0.00 13.94 -13.94 6.25 6.25
2025-26 PIT 24 269:55 0.67 0.67 1.33 0.77 -0.10 8.33 9.60 -1.27 4.17 6.25

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAF/60 GF/60 xGF/60 SAA/60 GA/60 xGA/60 GF% xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
2024-25 PIT 8 104:40 49.30 1.72 2.88 38.98 1.72 2.59 50.00 52.65 0.21 -0.03 2.19
2025-26 PIT 24 269:55 42.46 2.67 2.49 31.79 3.11 2.21 46.15 52.99 -0.42 -0.50 1.18

NHL Edge Stats

Skating Shooting Zone Time
Season GP Top Speed Bursts>20/mi Avg. Speed ES Avg. Speed Top Speed Avg. Speed %Long Range %Mid Range %High Danger ES DZ% ES NZ% ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100
Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season
Season Teammate Teammate Team TOI GF/60 GA/60 GF% xGF/60 xGA/60 xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.
Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Rutger McGroarty signed a $2,850,000 3-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins and General Manager Kyle Dubas on August 22, 2024 with an AAV of $950,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2026-27 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.08% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2024-25 20 $950,000 $1,450,000 $500,000 $95,000 $855,000 $950,000 $82,500 ELC
2025-26 21 $950,000 $1,450,000 $500,000 $95,000 $855,000 $950,000 $82,500 ELC
2026-27 22 $950,000 $1,450,000 $500,000 $95,000 $855,000 $950,000 $82,500 ELC
Total $1,500,000 $285,000 $2,565,000 $2,850,000 $247,500
Signed: Aug 22, 2024
Team: Pittsburgh Penguins
GM: Kyle Dubas
Exp. Status: RFA

Career Statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G
2013-14 Brick Invitational Toronto Bulldogs 6 9 3 12 2 2 4 4
2015-16 WSI U12 Draftday Hockey Selects U12 9 8 10 18 2
2016-17 QC Int PW Detroit Honeybaked 5 0 2 2 2
2017-18 HPHL 13U Honeybaked 13U AAA 17 40 7 47
2017-18 WSI U14 Draftday Hockey Selects U14 2 9 9 7 16
2018-19 HPHL 14U Honeybaked 14U AAA 20 25 29 54 8
2018-19 WSI U15 Draftday Selects U15 9 10 9 19 4
2019-20 15U AAA Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 15U AAA 63 82 78 160 +90
2019-20 HPHL 15U Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 15U AAA 9 8 10 18 8
2019-20 USA-S15 Team Orange 4 4 3 7 9
2019-20 YOG USA U16 4 1 2 3 +2 2
2019-20 HPHL 16U Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 16U AAA 1 0 1 1
2020-21 NTDP U.S. National U17 Team 34 17 18 35 26
2020-21 USHL USNTDP Juniors 30 12 7 19 -7 22
2020-21 NTDP U.S. National U18 Team 19 3 3 6 8
2020-21 WJC-18 USA U18 5 0 0 0 -2 2
2021-22 USHL USNTDP Juniors 25 15 18 33 +24 26
2022-23 NCAA Univ. of Michigan 39 18 21 39 +15 18
2022-23 WJC-20 USA U20 7 1 6 7 -2
2023-24 NCAA Univ. of Michigan 36 16 36 52 +17 6
2023-24 WJC-20 USA U20 7 5 4 9 +8 10
2024-25 AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 60 14 25 39 -10 37
2024-25 NHL Pittsburgh Penguins 8 1 2 3 11 9.1 14:37
2025-26 NHL Pittsburgh Penguins 24 3 3 6 -3 4 37 8.1 11:58
2025-26 AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 30 10 24 34 +10 9 6 1 2 3 -2 2
NHL Career 32 4 5 9 -3 4 48 8.3 12:37