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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)

Trophy case

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

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1999-00. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Trevor Letowski PHX · 39 P in 82 GP Andrei Kovalenko CAR · 39 P in 76 GP Scott Young STL · 39 P in 75 GP Lubos Bartecko STL · 39 P in 67 GP Randy Mckay NJD · 39 P in 67 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

1999-00 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 13 26 39 5 24 137 74 0.49 9.5 16:54

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 1999-00 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 5, 2000 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:19
Apr 3, 2000 vs NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15:22
Apr 1, 2000 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:06
Mar 26, 2000 vs PHX W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:08
Mar 24, 2000 @ VAN L 1-8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:52
Mar 22, 2000 @ EDM L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:51
Mar 21, 2000 @ LAK W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 17:25
Mar 19, 2000 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:02
Mar 17, 2000 vs SJS W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:40
Mar 15, 2000 vs LAK T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:01
Mar 14, 2000 @ COL L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:53
Mar 11, 2000 @ STL T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:04
Mar 8, 2000 vs NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 16:26
Mar 5, 2000 vs NSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:23
Mar 3, 2000 @ CGY L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 19:59
Mar 2, 2000 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:02
Feb 29, 2000 @ SJS W 4-2 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 17:36
Feb 27, 2000 vs EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:42
Feb 23, 2000 vs VAN T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 18:48
Feb 21, 2000 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 15:56
Feb 18, 2000 vs SJS T 4-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 18:49
Feb 16, 2000 vs CGY W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 19:41
Feb 14, 2000 @ CHI W 4-3 1 1 2 3 0 6 0 16:08
Feb 12, 2000 @ STL L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 17:31
Feb 9, 2000 vs DAL L 3-5 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 17:46
Feb 8, 2000 @ LAK W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 14:50
Feb 3, 2000 @ PHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:05
Feb 1, 2000 @ BUF T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:08
Jan 31, 2000 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:34
Jan 29, 2000 @ PIT W 7-1 1 0 1 0 2 4 1 19:27
Jan 26, 2000 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 15:42
Jan 22, 2000 @ SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:27
Jan 21, 2000 vs COL T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 14:59
Jan 19, 2000 vs DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:02
Jan 17, 2000 vs BUF L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:23
Jan 15, 2000 @ PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:54
Jan 14, 2000 vs STL W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:33
Jan 12, 2000 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:26
Jan 8, 2000 @ DET L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 17:35
Jan 7, 2000 @ CAR T 4-4 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 17:54
Jan 5, 2000 vs FLA L 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:28
Dec 31, 1999 @ DAL L 4-5 1 0 1 2 0 6 0 19:49
Dec 29, 1999 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:57
Dec 27, 1999 @ EDM L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:59
Dec 26, 1999 @ SJS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 15:51
Dec 22, 1999 vs PHX L 2-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:56
Dec 19, 1999 vs DET W 3-1 1 1 2 2 2 5 2 14:54
Dec 17, 1999 vs CHI W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 18:55
Dec 15, 1999 @ COL W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 15:55
Dec 12, 1999 vs ATL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:03
Dec 10, 1999 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 12:43
Dec 8, 1999 vs VAN T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 17:51
Dec 4, 1999 @ PHX W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 19:11
Dec 3, 1999 vs LAK T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:59
Dec 1, 1999 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 14:09
Nov 27, 1999 @ NSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:04
Nov 26, 1999 @ DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:08
Nov 24, 1999 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:43
Nov 22, 1999 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:31
Nov 19, 1999 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:31
Nov 17, 1999 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:32
Nov 15, 1999 @ DET L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:26
Nov 13, 1999 @ OTT L 2-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:10
Nov 11, 1999 @ MTL L 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18:08
Nov 9, 1999 @ TOR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:37
Nov 7, 1999 vs EDM W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 16:18
Nov 3, 1999 vs PHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:00
Oct 31, 1999 vs PHX L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 16:40
Oct 29, 1999 vs WSH W 5-2 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 18:05
Oct 27, 1999 vs PIT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:32
Oct 24, 1999 vs BOS L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 15:57
Oct 21, 1999 @ CHI T 5-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 20:28
Oct 19, 1999 @ WSH W 7-1 1 3 4 4 0 3 0 17:01
Oct 16, 1999 @ FLA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:19
Oct 15, 1999 @ TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18:10
Oct 13, 1999 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:11
Oct 11, 1999 vs SJS W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 22:23
Oct 8, 1999 vs DAL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:00
Oct 5, 1999 @ PHX L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 16:19
Oct 2, 1999 @ DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:07