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Filip Hallander

#11 · Centre · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Jun 29, 2000 in Sundsvall, SWE (age 26) · 6'2", 207 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 58th overall in 2018 by PIT (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Charlie Coyle CBJ · 3 P in 2 GP Alex Laferriere LAK · 3 P in 3 GP Alex Tuch WSH · 3 P in 3 GP Artemi Panarin LAK · 3 P in 3 GP Bo Horvat NYI · 3 P in 3 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.

012342021-22: 0 points021-222022-23: 0 points022-232025-26: 4 points425-262026-27: 3 points326-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2022-23 PIT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 $760K
2025-26 PIT 13 1 3 4 4 2 22 3 0.31 $775K
2026-27 PIT 2 1 2 3 4 0 3 1 1.50 $850K
4 seasons Career 18 2 5 7 8 2 25 5 0.39

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 1 2 3 4 0 3 1 1.50 33.3 10:17

Contract

$850KCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$283KCap dollars per point3 points in 2 games
$413KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.1 goals above replacement, projected

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 season is still being played, so each rating is projected over all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one.

The contract

Signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Apr 28, 2025, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.625M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2026-27, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $775K
2026-27 $850K

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
Apr 28, 2025 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $1.625M $775K
Jul 15, 2018 Pittsburgh Penguins Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $760K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 2 games (+1.4 goals above replacement), plus the 15 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+2.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+1.3Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.3

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. His projection rests on fewer than 20 games, counting the last three seasons, too few to be ranked.

-0.500.511.522.52021-222022-232025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

62.1Corsi for %18 attempts for, 11 against
+11.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
88.9Expected goals for %1.8 expected for, 0.2 against
+32.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
72.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %3 for, 0 against
125.0PDO25.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
5Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Filip Hallander · Connor Dewar · Blake Lizotte27:5630.075.00-0
Filip Hallander · Hendrix Lapierre · Ville Koivunen16:2876.998.73-0
Filip Hallander · Blake Lizotte · Ville Koivunen10:440.00.00-0
Sidney Crosby · Filip Hallander · Connor Dewar10:220.00.00-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.1Expected goalsfrom 5 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 3.19 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 21.9% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.1Goals 1

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Oct 3, 2026 vs MTL W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:39
Sep 30, 2026 @ PHI W 7-0 1 2 3 4 0 3 1 10:55