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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 2002-03. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Shawn Horcoff EDM · 33 P in 78 GP Scott Walker NSH · 33 P in 60 GP Theo Fleury CHI · 33 P in 54 GP Wes Walz MIN · 32 P in 80 GP Jonas Hoglund TOR · 32 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

2002-03 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 13 20 33 -8 34 131 12 0.41 9.9 14:28

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 2002-03 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 6, 2003 vs PHI L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 14:26
Apr 4, 2003 vs CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:50
Apr 1, 2003 @ WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:11
Mar 29, 2003 @ TBL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:09
Mar 27, 2003 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:09
Mar 26, 2003 @ BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16:31
Mar 24, 2003 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:10
Mar 22, 2003 vs OTT L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17:26
Mar 19, 2003 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:49
Mar 16, 2003 @ PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:59
Mar 15, 2003 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:58
Mar 12, 2003 vs MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:40
Mar 10, 2003 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:49
Mar 8, 2003 vs BUF L 0-4 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 15:10
Mar 7, 2003 @ ATL W 2-1 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 18:17
Mar 5, 2003 vs COL L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 18:55
Mar 3, 2003 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 14:51
Mar 1, 2003 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18:12
Feb 27, 2003 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:34
Feb 26, 2003 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:01
Feb 24, 2003 vs BUF T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:41
Feb 22, 2003 @ PHI W 4-2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 13:31
Feb 20, 2003 @ OTT W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 17:02
Feb 18, 2003 @ MTL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:32
Feb 15, 2003 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:50
Feb 14, 2003 vs BOS L 5-6 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 15:54
Feb 12, 2003 vs NYR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:45
Feb 8, 2003 vs TBL T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 14:57
Feb 6, 2003 @ PIT W 6-0 1 2 3 2 0 5 0 16:01
Feb 5, 2003 vs TOR L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 13:11
Jan 29, 2003 vs OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:14
Jan 24, 2003 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:43
Jan 22, 2003 vs LAK W 6-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 07:36
Jan 20, 2003 vs MIN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:48
Jan 18, 2003 @ MIN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:42
Jan 16, 2003 @ OTT L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 13:35
Jan 15, 2003 @ CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12:36
Jan 12, 2003 vs STL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:07
Jan 9, 2003 @ COL W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 17:45
Jan 8, 2003 vs EDM L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:48
Jan 5, 2003 vs DAL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:42
Jan 3, 2003 vs PHI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:25
Dec 31, 2002 @ MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 06:53
Dec 29, 2002 @ CGY L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 13:54
Dec 28, 2002 @ VAN L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:51
Dec 26, 2002 @ SJS L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 16:26
Dec 22, 2002 vs PHX W 4-0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 16:19
Dec 19, 2002 @ LAK L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:58
Dec 18, 2002 vs STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:28
Dec 15, 2002 vs PIT W 5-0 0 4 4 3 2 2 0 17:05
Dec 11, 2002 vs WSH W 3-0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 14:43
Dec 8, 2002 vs NSH W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:57
Dec 6, 2002 @ CHI W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 14:00
Dec 4, 2002 @ BUF L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:16
Dec 3, 2002 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:34
Dec 1, 2002 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:44
Nov 29, 2002 vs LAK T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:17
Nov 27, 2002 vs PHX T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 19:27
Nov 24, 2002 vs FLA T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:50
Nov 22, 2002 vs DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:28
Nov 19, 2002 @ NYR L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 14:58
Nov 17, 2002 @ ATL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 15:06
Nov 15, 2002 @ DET L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:11
Nov 14, 2002 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 14:11
Nov 12, 2002 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 15:43
Nov 10, 2002 vs MIN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:33
Nov 8, 2002 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:16
Nov 6, 2002 vs NSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:09
Nov 3, 2002 vs SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:25
Oct 31, 2002 @ BOS W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:54
Oct 29, 2002 @ MTL T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:20
Oct 28, 2002 @ TOR L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:50
Oct 26, 2002 @ EDM L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 12:18
Oct 24, 2002 @ VAN T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:20
Oct 20, 2002 vs COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:42
Oct 18, 2002 vs VAN T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:54
Oct 16, 2002 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:14
Oct 13, 2002 vs DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 13:48
Oct 11, 2002 @ DAL L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15:20
Oct 10, 2002 @ STL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:53