- Age
- 22
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 212 lb
- Shoots
- L
- Born
- Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- GP
- 24
- G
- 3
- A
- 3
- P
- 6
- +/-
- -3
- SOG
- 37
2025–26 regular season
Drafted 2022 · Round 1, #14 overall (WPG)
Advanced · 2025–26
- CF%
- 52.7
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 54.0
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- +2.0
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 0.951
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 3.8
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- -0.8
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 60.8
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 11:19
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
63 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How McGroarty is used
#2 · R · Pittsburgh Penguins
Rutger McGroarty
How he’s used · 2025–26 · 24 games with shift charts
- Line 3
- PP · rarely
- PK · rarely
- Ice time / game
- 11:58
- 11:19 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 60.8%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 54.0%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 52.7%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL forwards
Average shift
McGroarty45.1s
NHL average47.6s
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
McGroarty23%
NHL average24%
Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.
Most-used linemates · 5v5
Ben Kindel191.3 min together54%shot attempts
Ville Koivunen110.1 min together57%shot attempts
Ryan Shea90.8 min together50%shot attempts
daily.hockeyUpdated after every game
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024–25 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Apr 14 | @ STL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:21 |
| Sun, Apr 12 | @ WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9:55 |
| Sat, Apr 11 | vsWSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:49 |
| Sat, Mar 28 | vs DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:41 |
| Thu, Feb 5 | @ BUF | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:01 |
| Mon, Feb 2 | vs OTT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:37 |
| Sat, Jan 31 | vs NYR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:31 |
| Thu, Jan 29 | vs CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 5 | 10:36 |
| Sat, Jan 3 | @ DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:25 |
| Thu, Jan 1 | vsDET | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 8:44 |
| Tue, Dec 30 | vs CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:16 |
| Sun, Dec 28 | @CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:04 |
| Tue, Dec 23 | @ TOR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:16 |
| Sun, Dec 21 | vs MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 12:49 |
| Sat, Dec 20 | @MTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:32 |
| Thu, Dec 18 | @OTT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:12 |
| Tue, Dec 16 | vs EDM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:38 |
| Sun, Dec 14 | vs UTA | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:11 |
| Sat, Dec 13 | vs SJS | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 12:26 |
| Thu, Dec 11 | vsMTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 10:24 |
| Tue, Dec 9 | vs ANA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12:00 |
| Sun, Dec 7 | @DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:04 |
| Thu, Dec 4 | @ TBL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:01 |
| Mon, Dec 1 | @ PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:31 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins · AHL | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025–26 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins · AHL | 30 | 10 | 24 | 34 |
| 2025–26 (P) | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins · AHL | 15 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2024–25 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins · AHL | 60 | 14 | 25 | 39 |
| 2023–24 | Univ. of Michigan · NCAA | 36 | 16 | 36 | 52 |
| 2023–24 | USA U20 · WJC-20 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022–23 | Univ. of Michigan · NCAA | 39 | 18 | 21 | 39 |
| 2022–23 | USA U20 · WJC-20 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2021–22 | U.S. National U18 Team · NTDP | 54 | 35 | 34 | 69 |
| 2021–22 | USNTDP Juniors · USHL | 25 | 15 | 18 | 33 |
| 2021–22 | USA U18 · WJC-18 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2020–21 | U.S. National U17 Team · NTDP | 34 | 17 | 18 | 35 |
| 2020–21 | USNTDP Juniors · USHL | 30 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2020–21 | U.S. National U18 Team · NTDP | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020–21 | USA U18 · WJC-18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | Team Orange · USA-S15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019–20 | Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 15U AAA · HPHL 15U | 9 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 2019–20 | Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 15U AAA · 15U AAA | 63 | 82 | 78 | 160 |
| 2019–20 | Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 16U AAA · HPHL 16U | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019–20 | USA U16 · YOG | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018–19 | Honeybaked 14U AAA · HPHL 14U | 20 | 25 | 29 | 54 |
| 2018–19 | Draftday Selects U15 · WSI U15 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| 2017–18 | Honeybaked 13U AAA · HPHL 13U | 17 | 40 | 7 | 47 |
| 2017–18 | Draftday Hockey Selects U14 2 · WSI U14 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2016–17 | Detroit Honeybaked · QC Int PW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015–16 | Draftday Hockey Selects U12 · WSI U12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 2013–14 | Toronto Bulldogs · Brick Invitational | 6 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2013–14 (P) | Toronto Bulldogs · Brick Invitational | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |