OUTMissed 4 straight team games
Bryan Rust
Pittsburgh Penguins · #17 · Right wing · age 34 · 5'11" · 202 lb · shoots RBorn 🇺🇸 Pontiac, Michigan · Drafted 2010 · Rd 3 #20
5 points in 7 games — 218th of 424 forwards. The average forward has 6.7.
30HEAT · FORM, LAST 5 GAMEShotter than 61% of forwards · average forward 27
100ENERGY · FRESHaverage forward 95 · last game 14 days ago
SCOUTING REPORT · AI, FROM THE NUMBERS
The player.
WHO HE IS · LONG TERM
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RIGHT NOW · LAST 5 GAMES
FORM OVER TIME · GAME BY GAME
Heat over time.
Steady around 30 lately — hotter than 61% of forwards, against an average forward at 27.
Now 30 · +14 over these 7 games
━● Heat after each game╍ average forward (27)┈ top 5% of forwards (65)
LAST 5 GAMES
The last stretch.
3 points and 1 goal in 5 games — below his own pace (3.6 per 5), yet still 1.2× what an average forward scores in 5 games.
| LAST 5 GAMES | HIM | HIS USUAL · PER 5 GAMES | AVERAGE FORWARD | VERDICT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | ▼ 0.5× his usual |
| Assists | 2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | ▲ 1.4× his usual |
| Points | 3 | 3.6 | 2.5 | ▼ 0.8× his usual |
| Shots | 4 | 6 | 8 | ▼ 0.6× his usual |
| Shooting % | 25.0% | 33.3% | 13.6% | ▼ 0.8× his usual |
| Plus/minus | −6 | −5.0 | −0.2 | −1 vs his usual |
| Ice time a game | 16:49 | 17:22 | 14:51 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | G | A | POINTS | SOG | +/- | TOI | HEAT AFTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19 | @ UTA | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | −2 | 9:32 | 30 |
| Oct 17 | @ VGK | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 19:02 | 18 |
| Oct 16 | @ COL | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 18:38 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | @ CHI | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 15:58 | 17 |
| Oct 10 | vs DAL | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:55 | 17 |
THIS SEASON · 2026–27 · AMONG 424 FORWARDS
Where he stands.
The bar runs from zero to the league's best forward; the white tick is the average forward.
Points218th of 424 forwards5leader 
McDavid 39
McDavid 39Goals138th of 424 forwards3leader 
Kaprizov 15
Kaprizov 15Assists243rd of 424 forwards2leader McDavid 30
McDavid 30Shots342nd of 424 forwards9leader Boldy 68
Boldy 68Power-play points112th of 424 forwards2leader McDavid 15
McDavid 15Plus/minus402nd of 424 forwards−7leader McDavid +20
McDavid +20Ice time a game110th of 424 forwards17:22leader McDavid 23:28
McDavid 23:28PERFORMANCE RADAR · PER GAME, PERCENTILE VS FORWARDS
Shape of his game.
Separates in: goals (86th), power-play points (82nd). Below the middle: plus/minus (0th), shots (40th).
■ Rust this season╍ the average forward┈ top 5% of forwards
CAREER · NHL REGULAR SEASON · SOURCE: NHL.COM
Season by season.
On pace for 59 points over 82 games, against his best season so far: 65 in 2024–25.
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | POINTS PER GAME | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 · now | PIT | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.71 | −7 |
| 2025–26 | PIT | 72 | 29 | 36 | 65 | 0.90 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | PIT | 71 | 31 | 34 | 65 | 0.92 | −21 |
| 2023–24 | PIT | 62 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 0.90 | +10 |
| 2022–23 | PIT | 81 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 0.57 | −4 |
| 2021–22 | PIT | 60 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 0.97 | +7 |
| 2020–21 | PIT | 56 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 0.75 | +9 |
| 2019–20 · best | PIT | 55 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 1.02 | +14 |
| 2018–19 | PIT | 72 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 0.49 | +10 |
| 2017–18 | PIT | 69 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 0.55 | +11 |
| 2016–17 | PIT | 57 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 0.49 | +4 |
| 2015–16 | PIT | 41 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.27 | +1 |
| 2014–15 | PIT | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.14 | −3 |