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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 2007-08. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jochen Hecht BUF · 49 P in 75 GP Mike Comrie NYI · 49 P in 76 GP Sam Gagner EDM · 49 P in 79 GP Shawn Horcoff EDM · 50 P in 53 GP Mark Recchi ATL · 48 P in 72 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

2007-08 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
59 13 36 49 2 32 137 33 0.83 9.5 16:52

Contract

$2.875MCap hitends in 2010, then UFA
$59KCap dollars per point49 points in 59 games

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2009-10, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2007-08 $2.875M
2008-09 $2.875M
2009-10 $2.875M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

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 2007-08 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 4, 2008 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:56
Apr 2, 2008 vs TBL W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:29
Mar 14, 2008 @ BUF L 1-7 0 0 0 -3 4 2 0 11:30
Mar 12, 2008 @ CHI W 3-0 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 16:41
Mar 8, 2008 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 24:21
Mar 6, 2008 vs MIN W 3-2 1 1 2 0 2 4 2 20:38
Mar 5, 2008 @ ATL W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 20:30
Mar 1, 2008 vs TBL W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20:10
Feb 28, 2008 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 23:24
Feb 26, 2008 vs NJD W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 21:13
Feb 23, 2008 vs WSH W 6-3 2 1 3 1 0 5 1 17:48
Feb 21, 2008 vs ATL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:36
Feb 19, 2008 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 23:35
Feb 18, 2008 @ NJD L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:44
Feb 16, 2008 vs FLA W 5-4 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 09:05
Jan 29, 2008 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:03
Jan 22, 2008 vs NYI L 3-6 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 17:30
Jan 21, 2008 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13:34
Jan 18, 2008 vs EDM W 7-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 15:51
Jan 17, 2008 @ OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:20
Dec 31, 2007 vs NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 04:23
Dec 26, 2007 @ NYR L 2-4 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 07:10
Dec 22, 2007 @ TBL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 14:15
Dec 20, 2007 @ FLA L 4-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 16:52
Dec 18, 2007 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 23:12
Dec 15, 2007 @ PHI W 6-5 (SO) 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 16:18
Dec 14, 2007 vs CGY L 3-4 1 2 3 1 0 3 0 18:35
Dec 12, 2007 vs OTT L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 13:59
Dec 9, 2007 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:25
Dec 8, 2007 @ MTL W 5-1 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 15:55
Dec 6, 2007 @ TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:38
Dec 3, 2007 @ NYR W 4-0 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 12:21
Dec 1, 2007 @ BUF L 1-8 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 18:54
Nov 30, 2007 vs WSH W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:04
Nov 28, 2007 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:58
Nov 24, 2007 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 18:34
Nov 23, 2007 vs TBL W 4-3 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 18:21
Nov 21, 2007 vs PHI L 3-6 1 2 3 -1 0 3 0 17:56
Nov 17, 2007 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:52
Nov 16, 2007 vs ATL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 18:07
Nov 14, 2007 @ TBL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:35
Nov 12, 2007 @ FLA W 4-3 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 17:15
Nov 10, 2007 @ ATL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:02
Nov 8, 2007 vs TBL L 1-5 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 18:52
Nov 5, 2007 vs WSH W 5-0 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 14:27
Nov 3, 2007 vs FLA W 4-2 1 1 2 -1 0 1 1 15:27
Oct 31, 2007 @ FLA L 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 14:53
Oct 27, 2007 @ NYI W 8-3 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 14:04
Oct 26, 2007 vs MTL L 4-7 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 17:47
Oct 24, 2007 vs BUF W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 21:44
Oct 22, 2007 vs VAN W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:45
Oct 20, 2007 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 18:56
Oct 19, 2007 @ PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 14:40
Oct 13, 2007 @ MTL W 3-1 1 0 1 0 2 4 1 17:32
Oct 11, 2007 @ OTT W 5-3 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 15:33
Oct 9, 2007 @ TOR W 7-1 1 2 3 1 2 4 0 18:48
Oct 6, 2007 @ WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:48
Oct 5, 2007 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:29
Oct 3, 2007 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:11