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Matt Cullen

#7 · Centre · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Nov 2, 1976 in Virginia, Minnesota, USA · 6'1", 202 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 35th overall in 1996 by ANA (round 2)

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×3 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2016-17, 2015-16, 2005-06

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brent Gilchrist DET · 27 P in 61 GP Mike Gartner PHX · 27 P in 60 GP Mike Ricci SJS · 27 P in 65 GP Tony Hrkac EDM · 27 P in 49 GP Rob DiMaio BOS · 27 P in 79 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0102030401997-98: 27 points2797-981998-99: 25 points251999-00: 39 points3999-002000-01: 40 points402001-02: 48 points4801-022002-03: 33 points332003-04: 19 points1903-042005-06: 49 points492006-07: 41 points4106-072007-08: 49 points492008-09: 43 points4308-092009-10: 48 points482010-11: 39 points3910-112011-12: 35 points352012-13: 27 points2712-132013-14: 39 points392014-15: 25 points2514-152015-16: 32 points322016-17: 31 points3116-172017-18: 22 points222018-19: 20 points2018-19

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1997-98 ANA 61 6 21 27 -4 23 75 39 0.44
1998-99 ANA 75 11 14 25 -12 47 112 41 0.33
1999-00 ANA 80 13 26 39 5 24 137 74 0.49
2000-01 ANA 82 10 30 40 -23 38 159 49 0.49
2001-02 ANA 79 18 30 48 -1 24 164 57 0.61
2002-03 ANA 50 7 14 21 -4 12 77 0 0.42
2002-03 FLA 30 6 6 12 -4 22 54 12 0.40
2003-04 FLA 56 6 13 19 -2 24 75 37 0.34
2005-06 CAR 78 25 24 49 4 40 214 26 0.63
2006-07 NYR 80 16 25 41 0 52 217 61 0.51 $2.875M
2007-08 CAR 59 13 36 49 2 32 137 33 0.83 $2.875M
2008-09 CAR 69 22 21 43 11 20 139 41 0.62 $2.875M
2009-10 CAR 60 12 28 40 0 26 137 63 0.67 $2.875M
2009-10 OTT 21 4 4 8 -7 8 58 12 0.38
2010-11 MIN 78 12 27 39 -14 34 150 39 0.50 $3.5M
2011-12 MIN 73 14 21 35 -10 24 164 46 0.48 $3.5M
2012-13 MIN 42 7 20 27 9 10 79 18 0.64 $3.5M
2013-14 NSH 77 10 29 39 4 32 134 18 0.51 $3.5M
2014-15 NSH 62 7 18 25 8 16 90 10 0.40 $3.5M
2015-16 PIT 82 16 16 32 5 20 118 40 0.39 $800K
2016-17 PIT 72 13 18 31 4 30 93 36 0.43 $1M
2017-18 MIN 79 11 11 22 -1 20 104 14 0.28 $1M
2018-19 PIT 71 7 13 20 6 14 87 32 0.28 $650K
21 seasons Career 1516 266 465 731 -24 592 2774 798 0.48

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1998-99 ANA 4 0 0 0 -2 0 6 7 0.00
2005-06 CAR 25 4 14 18 2 12 56 27 0.72
2006-07 NYR 10 1 3 4 -2 6 23 9 0.40
2008-09 CAR 18 3 3 6 0 14 29 16 0.33
2009-10 OTT 6 3 5 8 -3 0 14 6 1.33
2012-13 MIN 5 0 3 3 1 2 8 3 0.60
2014-15 NSH 6 1 1 2 -1 4 11 6 0.33
2015-16 PIT 24 4 2 6 3 8 25 25 0.25
2016-17 PIT 25 2 7 9 -1 24 22 20 0.36
2017-18 MIN 5 1 1 2 -3 2 4 3 0.40
2018-19 PIT 4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 6 0.00
11 seasons Playoffs 132 19 39 58 -7 72 201 128 0.44

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
61 6 21 27 -4 23 75 39 0.44 8.0 14:15

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2018-19 $650K
2016-17 to 2017-18 $1M
2015-16 to 2015-16 $800K
2012-13 to 2014-15 $3.5M
2010-11 to 2012-13 $3.5M
2006-07 to 2009-10 $2.875M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 1997-98 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 19, 1998 vs STL L 3-5 0 0 0 -4 0 2 1 14:12
Apr 18, 1998 @ LAK W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 18:22
Apr 15, 1998 @ EDM L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 20:53
Apr 13, 1998 vs COL T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 2 0 2 20:03
Apr 9, 1998 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:42
Apr 8, 1998 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:56
Apr 5, 1998 vs CGY T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:03
Apr 3, 1998 @ PHX L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 5 1 0 16:20
Apr 1, 1998 vs PHX L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 18:03
Mar 28, 1998 @ COL L 3-5 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 17:04
Mar 26, 1998 @ DET T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:48
Mar 25, 1998 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:23
Mar 22, 1998 @ OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 15:41
Mar 21, 1998 @ MTL W 5-4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 20:55
Mar 19, 1998 @ PHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:34
Mar 18, 1998 @ NJD L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 14:48
Mar 15, 1998 vs COL W 5-3 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 15:51
Mar 13, 1998 @ DAL L 3-6 1 1 2 2 0 5 1 19:15
Mar 11, 1998 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 3 17:15
Mar 9, 1998 @ LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:04
Mar 8, 1998 vs CAR L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19:12
Mar 6, 1998 vs SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:43
Mar 4, 1998 vs DET L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:57
Mar 1, 1998 vs STL L 2-6 1 0 1 -3 0 2 0 16:20
Feb 27, 1998 @ EDM W 4-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 16:59
Feb 25, 1998 @ VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 19:02
Feb 7, 1998 vs LAK L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 17:18
Feb 4, 1998 vs NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 13:58
Feb 1, 1998 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 19:43
Jan 28, 1998 vs CGY L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 11:27
Jan 27, 1998 @ SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:08
Jan 24, 1998 vs LAK T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 14:35
Jan 22, 1998 @ COL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:51
Jan 21, 1998 vs FLA W 8-3 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 14:07
Jan 3, 1998 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:44
Dec 30, 1997 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:27
Dec 22, 1997 vs CGY W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:14
Dec 21, 1997 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:06
Dec 19, 1997 vs PHX L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 09:36
Dec 17, 1997 vs TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 11:52
Dec 12, 1997 vs WSH W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:13
Dec 10, 1997 vs PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 09:47
Dec 6, 1997 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:33
Dec 3, 1997 @ BUF L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:27
Dec 2, 1997 @ TOR T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:26
Nov 29, 1997 @ CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:22
Nov 28, 1997 @ EDM W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10:14
Nov 26, 1997 vs NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:42
Nov 24, 1997 @ DAL L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 14:39
Nov 22, 1997 @ STL W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:00
Nov 19, 1997 vs CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 12:51
Nov 16, 1997 vs DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:10
Nov 14, 1997 vs VAN T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:08
Nov 12, 1997 vs MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 08:59
Nov 10, 1997 vs SJS L 4-6 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 13:03
Nov 8, 1997 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:54
Nov 7, 1997 @ CGY W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:30
Nov 5, 1997 vs TBL W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 12:16
Nov 2, 1997 @ DET L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 06:28
Oct 30, 1997 @ BOS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:06
Oct 28, 1997 @ TOR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:26