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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 1998-99. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Watt NYI · 25 P in 75 GP Robert Kron CAR · 25 P in 75 GP Valeri Zelepukin PHI · 25 P in 74 GP Patrick Poulin MTL · 25 P in 81 GP Oleg Kvasha FLA · 25 P in 68 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

1998-99 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
75 11 14 25 -12 47 112 41 0.33 9.8 15:31

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 1998-99 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 17, 1999 @ SJS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 19:25
Apr 15, 1999 @ LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:24
Apr 14, 1999 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:56
Apr 11, 1999 vs PHX W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 21:37
Apr 9, 1999 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:24
Apr 7, 1999 @ DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:17
Apr 5, 1999 @ DET L 2-3 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 20:05
Apr 3, 1999 @ NYI T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 19:59
Apr 2, 1999 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 22:28
Mar 31, 1999 @ NJD L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:57
Mar 28, 1999 vs CGY W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 17:10
Mar 26, 1999 vs DAL W 5-1 1 0 1 3 0 3 3 17:57
Mar 21, 1999 vs FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 19:20
Mar 18, 1999 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:15
Mar 17, 1999 vs OTT T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:48
Mar 13, 1999 @ PHX L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:10
Mar 12, 1999 @ DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:02
Mar 10, 1999 vs VAN T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:08
Mar 7, 1999 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:13
Mar 5, 1999 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:44
Mar 3, 1999 vs LAK W 2-1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 19:30
Feb 27, 1999 @ SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 17:37
Feb 26, 1999 vs SJS W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 18:20
Feb 24, 1999 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:37
Feb 20, 1999 @ VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 05:53
Feb 19, 1999 @ CGY L 3-6 0 1 1 -3 0 0 0 16:51
Feb 17, 1999 vs EDM L 2-6 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 15:16
Feb 15, 1999 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:41
Feb 14, 1999 @ PHX W 5-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 16:41
Feb 12, 1999 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:48
Feb 10, 1999 vs PHI W 5-4 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 17:25
Feb 6, 1999 @ STL W 4-3 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 17:31
Feb 5, 1999 @ TBL W 5-3 1 0 1 -1 2 4 0 18:20
Feb 3, 1999 vs CHI W 3-0 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 17:54
Jan 30, 1999 @ EDM L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:23
Jan 28, 1999 @ COL L 2-6 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 15:23
Jan 27, 1999 vs COL L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 20:01
Jan 21, 1999 @ PHX T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:35
Jan 20, 1999 vs NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 15:29
Jan 18, 1999 vs PIT W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 2 1 1 16:06
Jan 15, 1999 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:17
Jan 13, 1999 vs CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:44
Jan 10, 1999 vs EDM W 6-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 17:34
Jan 8, 1999 vs PHX W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 14:42
Jan 6, 1999 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:31
Jan 4, 1999 @ NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:09
Jan 2, 1999 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:34
Jan 1, 1999 @ BUF W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:57
Dec 28, 1998 @ OTT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:16
Dec 22, 1998 @ COL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:57
Dec 21, 1998 vs COL L 2-4 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 12:55
Dec 16, 1998 vs NSH W 6-1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 08:22
Dec 13, 1998 vs LAK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:07
Dec 11, 1998 vs WSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:27
Dec 9, 1998 vs VAN T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:19
Dec 6, 1998 @ SJS W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:42
Dec 3, 1998 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 18:13
Dec 1, 1998 @ PIT T 4-4 (OT) 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 20:24
Nov 22, 1998 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:32
Nov 20, 1998 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:11
Nov 18, 1998 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:49
Nov 16, 1998 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:56
Nov 14, 1998 @ CGY W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:20
Nov 13, 1998 @ VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:26
Nov 11, 1998 vs CAR W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 15:30
Nov 4, 1998 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:33
Oct 31, 1998 @ STL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:57
Oct 30, 1998 @ DAL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1998 vs TBL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 07:28
Oct 25, 1998 vs PHX T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:23
Oct 21, 1998 vs BOS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:01
Oct 15, 1998 @ CHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 16:01
Oct 13, 1998 @ MTL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:02
Oct 11, 1998 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:23
Oct 10, 1998 @ WSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:24