Bryan Rust
Fantasy Hub Player Intelligence

Bryan Rust

PIT · R · Age 34
GP 1 · G-A-PTS 1-0-1
Limited sample OVERPERFORMING VERY LOW confidence
Expected P/G 0,82 Limited sample · Rank appears after 20 GP
Current trajectory Early season 1 GP · 3Y baseline 0,91
Actual P/G 1,00 Limited sample
Deployment 88 #1 among F on team
Driver 71 #9 among F on team
1 GP current season Process: 5% current Role: 10% current
Team context
Pittsburgh Penguins Balanced environment
Fantasy environment #17 of 32 NHL teams
Team xP/G #17 0,73 top-8 xP/G
Offensive environment Above Average EV OZ #14 · shot diff #11
Power-play environment Strong PP OZ #9
Pace & activity Average #13 NHL · 19,5 bursts/g · 55,5 km/g · 47,7 attempts/g

Balanced environment · above average offensive process · strong power-play environment.

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Usage & Deployment
Overall usageSeason rate
TOI/G19:52
PP TOI/G3:17
SOG/G3,00
5v5 roleObserved role
L15v5 usage band

Bryan Rust · Ville Koivunen · Ben Kindel

Line time · last game
5:08
TOI · With this line · last game
44%
TOI · With this line · last 3
44%
TOI · With this line · season
44%
Trend
StableStable
Power playObserved PP role
PP1 rotationPower-play unit

Evgeni Malkin · Sidney Crosby · Erik Karlsson · Bryan Rust · Egor Chinakhov

PP share · last game
43%
PP share · last 3
43%
PP share · season
43%
First-unit starts · last 3
1 / 4
Trend
StableStable
SituationalLast 5
Vs empty net
No team opportunity
Own goalie pulled
58% · 2:16

Derived from official NHL shift charts + play-by-play · Observed · Low confidence · 4 recent PP opportunities

Production

2026–27 season

GP
1
G
1
A
0
PTS
1
P/G
1,00
SOG/G
3,00
TOI/G
19:52
PP TOI/G
3:17
Official NHL video

Recent highlights

Goals & assists · last 5 games
Performance

Process vs Deployment

0–100 · F/D percentile · sample-adjusted
Limited sample

The process-versus-Deployment profile is still sample-sensitive.

Process 71
Deployment 88
Offensive Driver Above average · limited sample
71
Shot Creation Above average · limited sample
78
Play Creation Average · limited sample
57
Deployment High-end · limited sample
88
Median High-end Elite
Trajectory

Early season

Early season
3Y baseline 0,91 Historical P/G
2026–27 1,00 vs baseline +0,09
Expected P/G 0,82 vs baseline −0,09

Current-season production is still below the 20-game threshold; the historical baseline is shown without a strong trajectory call.

Intelligence

Model signals

MODEL

Strong Deployment provides a solid fantasy opportunity base.

Current usage ranks clearly above the position-group median.

MODEL

Production is running above expectation.

Actual P/G exceeds Expected P/G by 0,18.

MODEL

Sample size limits confidence in the current profile.

The model currently reports VERY LOW confidence.

Current value

The current fantasy profile has above-average support from both process and Deployment. Expected P/G currently sits at 0,82.

Model details

Performance model
performance_v2_1_4

Scale
transition_ref_v2

Driver vs Deployment
-17,2

Published
2026-10-09 06:29:21