PIT Pittsburgh Penguins

Eastern Conference • Metropolitan Division • 2026-27

Projected Cap Hit

$87,072,360

Projected Cap Space

$16,927,640

% of Upper Limit

83.7%

NHL Roster

22/23

Contracts

45/50

Potential Bonuses

$4,000,000

Forwards $48,486,250 · 46.6%Defense $34,350,000 · 33.0%Goalies $3,736,110 · 3.6%Dead Cap $500,000 · 0.5%Cap Space $16,927,640 · 16.3%

$87,072,360 of $104,000,000 Upper Limit — hover any segment for details

Future Cap Commitments under current contracts

Committed counting dollars by season (NHL roster + dead cap, as signed today). % shown against the 2026-27 Upper Limit of $104.0M — future ceilings will be set annually and are expected to rise.

Season	Committed	Signed Contracts	% of 2026-27 Cap
2026-27	$87,072,360	23	83.7%
2027-28	$42,511,250	12	40.9%
2028-29	$16,250,000	4	15.6%
2029-30	$3,250,000	1	3.1%
2030-31	$0	0	0.0%

Forwards 13 $48,486,250

Player	Pos	Age	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	% of Cap
Sidney Crosby	C	38	$8,700,000	UFA			8.4%
Evgeni Malkin	C	39	$5,500,000	UFA			5.3%
Bryan Rust	RW	34	$5,125,000	$5,125,000	UFA		4.9%
Rickard Rakell	RW	33	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	UFA		4.8%
Thomas Novak	C	29	$3,500,000	UFA			3.4%
Connor Dewar	C	27	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	UFA		2.2%
Justin Brazeau	RW	28	$1,500,000	UFA			1.4%
Blake Lizotte	C	28	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	$2,250,000	UFA	2.2%
Elmer Soderblom	LW	25	$1,125,000	RFA			1.1%
Egor Chinakhov	LW	25	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	$6,250,000	UFA	6.0%
Hendrix Lapierre	C	24	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	RFA		1.2%
Andrei Kuzmenko	LW	30	$5,000,000	UFA			4.8%
Benjamin Kindel	C	19	$986,250	$986,250	RFA		0.9%

Defense 7 $34,350,000

Player	Pos	Age	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	% of Cap
Kris Letang	RD	39	$6,100,000	$6,100,000	UFA			5.9%
Erik Karlsson	RD	36	$10,000,000	UFA				9.6%
Ryan Graves	LD	31	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA		4.3%
Trevor van Riemsdyk	RD	34	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	UFA			3.8%
Samuel Girard	LD	28	$5,000,000	UFA				4.8%
Kaedan Korczak	RD	25	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	UFA	3.1%
Declan Carlile	LD	26	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	UFA			1.4%

Goalies 2 $3,736,110

Player	Pos	Age	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	% of Cap
Arturs Silovs	G	25	$2,800,000	RFA				2.7%
Sergei Murashov	G	22	$936,110	RFA				0.9%

Dead Cap — Buyouts, Retained, Buried & Overages 1 $500,000

Counts against the cap; players not on the active roster.

Player	Pos	Age	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	% of Cap
Parker Wotherspoon	LD	28	$500,000	UFA				0.5%

Unsigned RFAs 4 $0

Team retains negotiating rights — $0 cap hit until signed.

Player	Pos	Age	2026-27	% of Cap
Nicholas Robertson	LW	24	RFA	0.0%
Vasiliy Ponomarev	C	24	RFA	0.0%
Ville Koivunen	LW	23	RFA	0.0%
Alexander Alexeyev	D	26	RFA	0.0%

Non-Roster / Minors 25 $23,124,999

Does not count against the cap while off the NHL roster.

Player	Pos	Age	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	% of Cap
Filip Hallander	C	26	$850,000	UFA			0.8%
David Gustafsson	C	26	$850,000	UFA			0.8%
Tristan Broz	C	23	$942,500	RFA			0.9%
Rutger McGroarty	LW	22	$950,000	RFA			0.9%
Mikhail Ye. Ilyin	LW	21	$951,667	$951,667	RFA		0.9%
Oliver Okuliar	LW	26	$850,000	UFA			0.8%
Tanner Howe	LW	20	$929,166	$929,166	$929,166	RFA	0.9%
Melvin Fernström	RW	20	$965,000	$965,000	$965,000	RFA	0.9%
Bill Zonnon	LW	19	$1,075,000	$1,075,000	$1,075,000	RFA	1.0%
Avery Hayes	C	23	$905,000	RFA			0.9%
Atley Calvert		22	$930,000	$930,000	RFA		0.9%
Caleb Jones	D	29	$900,000	UFA			0.9%
Philip Kemp	D	27	$850,000	UFA			0.8%
Ilya Solovyov	LD	25	$850,000	UFA			0.8%
Daniel Laatsch	D	24	$935,000	RFA			0.9%
Owen Pickering	D	22	$886,667	RFA			0.9%
Harrison Brunicke	RD	20	$929,166	$929,166	$929,166	RFA	0.9%
Chase Pietila	D	22	$960,000	$960,000	RFA		0.9%
Finn Harding	D	21	$955,000	$955,000	RFA		0.9%
Jake Livanavage	LD	22	$975,000	RFA			0.9%
Tomas Galvas	D	20	$1,007,500	$1,007,500	$1,007,500	RFA	1.0%
Peyton Kettles	D	18	$958,333	$958,333	$958,333	RFA	0.9%
Joel Blomqvist		24	$875,000	$875,000	RFA		0.8%
Taylor Gauthier		25	$850,000	UFA			0.8%
Gabriel D'Aigle		19	$995,000	$995,000	$995,000	RFA	1.0%