Defence · #38 · Rookie

Owen Pickering

Pittsburgh Penguins

Age: 22
Shoots: Left
Height: 196 cm
Weight: 97 kg
Born: St. Adolphe, CAN
Draft: 2022, round 1, #21 (PIT)

Career · 2024–25 to 2025–26

Games: 29
Goals: 1
Points: 3
TOI per game: 14:26
xGF% (5v5): 47.7%
Goals above expected: +0.6

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.


On ice	380:43	49.4%	49.4%	47.7%	47.7%	2.12	2.33	11	18	964.3
Team with player off ice	1038:54	49.5%	49.7%	48.5%	48.4%	2.31	2.45	43	44	1,006.9
Relative (on − off)	–	-0.1%	–	-0.9%	–	–	–	–	–	–

Usage

Model-based

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition

24.7%

Opponents' xGF%: 50.0%

Quality of teammates

21.2%

Teammates' xGF%: 49.3%

Offensive zone starts

31.9%

66.8% of shifts start on the fly

Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

Close and late

Model-based

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late

On-ice xGF% at 5v5

47.7%

45.7%