Jan Rutta

Date of Birth: Jul 29, 1990
Age: 36
Place of Birth: Pisek, CZE
Nation: Czechia
Youth Team: IHC Pisek
Position: D
Height: 190 cm / 6'3"
Weight: 93 kg / 205 lbs
Shoots: R
Contract: 26/27

Jan Rutta Facts

Player Type: Defensive Defenseman
Agency: Premium

Jan Rutta Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2005-2006	HC Plzen U18	Czechia U18	45	2	5	7	18	-2	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	4	2
2006-2007	HC Plzen U18	Czechia U18	40	6	21	27	32	9	Playoffs	8	1	4	5	6	-2
2006-2007	HC Plzeň U20	Czechia U20	1	1	1	2	0	2	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	-1
2006-2007	Czechia U17 (all)	International-Jr	3	0	0	0	0	0
2007-2008	HC Plzeň U20	Czechia U20	43	3	15	18	16	26	Playoffs	5	0	2	2	4	3
2007-2008	Czechia U18	WJC-18 D1	5	0	0	0	0	6
2007-2008	Czechia U18 (all)	International-Jr	23	0	1	1	20	-
2008-2009	KLH Chomutov U20	Czechia U20	38	4	19	23	26	4	Playoffs	3	1	2	3	2	-1
2008-2009	KLH Chomutov	Czechia2	2	0	0	0	0	1
2008-2009	SK Kadaň Loan	Czechia2	2	0	0	0	0	-1
2008-2009	IHC Písek Loan	Czechia3	2	0	0	0	0	-
2008-2009	Czechia U20 (all)	International-Jr	4	0	1	1	0	-
2009-2010	KLH Chomutov U20	Czechia U20	21	5	6	11	14	2
2009-2010	SK Kadaň Loan	Czechia2	18	1	4	5	0	3	Playoffs	9	0	3	3	0	-1
2009-2010	HC Klášterec nad Ohří Loan	Czechia3	3	0	1	1	0	-	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	4	-
2009-2010	Czechia U20 (all)	International-Jr	10	1	0	1	12	-
2010-2011	KLH Chomutov U20	Czechia U20	44	14	21	35	40	39
2010-2011	KLH Chomutov	Czechia2	24	0	0	0	10	2
2011-2012	Piráti Chomutov U20	Czechia U20	0	0	0	0	0	-	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	4	3
2011-2012	Piráti Chomutov	Czechia2	48	2	6	8	16	18	Playoffs	9	1	2	3	6	4
2011-2012	Piráti Chomutov	Czechia Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	Qualification	3	0	2	2	0	1
2012-2013	Piráti Chomutov	Czechia	37	1	3	4	18	-5	Relegation	6	1	5	6	2	1
2012-2013	Piráti Chomutov	Czechia Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	Qualification	7	0	0	0	6	-2
2012-2013	SK Kadaň Loan	Czechia2	7	0	3	3	0	2
2013-2014	Piráti Chomutov	Czechia	17	1	2	3	4	-10	Relegation	2	0	0	0	2	-1
2013-2014	Piráti Chomutov	Czechia Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	Qualification	9	1	1	2	0	-4
2013-2014	SK Kadaň Loan	Czechia2	18	1	3	4	8	-6
2014-2015	Piráti Chomutov	Czechia2	50	11	16	27	28	17	Playoffs	11	4	3	7	24	5
2014-2015	Piráti Chomutov	Czechia Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	Qualification	11	1	4	5	22	5
2015-2016	Piráti Chomutov	Czechia	44	10	11	21	22	7	Playoffs	7	1	2	3	8	-3
2015-2016	Czechia (all)	International	7	1	0	1	2	-2
2016-2017	Piráti Chomutov	Czechia	46	8	24	32	30	-3	Playoffs	17	2	11	13	8	0
2016-2017	Czechia	WC	8	1	0	1	0	-3
2016-2017	Czechia (all)	International	21	3	4	7	0	-7
2017-2018	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	57	6	14	20	24	-1
2018-2019	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	23	2	4	6	12	0
2018-2019	Rockford IceHogs	AHL	8	1	3	4	2	-2
2018-2019	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	14	0	2	2	4	4	Playoffs	4	0	2	2	0	2
2018-2019	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	18	3	5	8	10	15
2018-2019	Czechia	WC	10	1	2	3	4	8
2018-2019	Czechia (all)	International	13	1	3	4	4	9
2019-2020	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	33	1	6	7	14	6	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	12	0
2020-2021	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	35	0	8	8	22	12	Playoffs	23	2	1	3	8	3
2021-2022	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	76	3	15	18	47	25	Playoffs	17	1	4	5	17	5
2022-2023	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	56	3	6	9	30	3
2023-2024	San Jose Sharks	NHL	69	5	14	19	38	-21
2023-2024	Czechia	WC	9	1	0	1	8	-1
2023-2024	Czechia (all)	International	11	1	0	1	10	-3
2024-2025	San Jose Sharks	NHL	54	3	6	9	28	-3
2025-2026	Genève-Servette HC	NL	42	5	17	22	25	13	Playoffs	12	1	1	2	30	5
2025-2026	Czechia Olympics	OG	3	0	1	1	4	-1
2025-2026	Czechia (all)	International	5	0	1	1	6	-1
2026-2027	Genève-Servette HC	NL	15	2	2	4	6	-3
2026-2027	Projected	NL	52	7	7	14	21	-10

Jan Rutta Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2007-2008	Czechia U18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	-	0	-	-	-	-
2012-2013	Piráti Chomutov	ET	8	1	1	2	2	-
2013-2014	Piráti Chomutov	ET	3	0	0	0	6	-
2015-2016	Czechia	EHT	3	0	0	0	0	0
2016-2017	Czechia	EHT	11	2	2	4	0	-3
2018-2019	Czechia	EHT	3	0	1	1	0	1
2023-2024	Czechia	EHT	2	0	0	0	2	-1
2025-2026	Czechia	EHT	2	0	0	0	2	0
2026-2027	Genève-Servette HC	Champions HL	4	0	0	0	2	1

Jan Rutta Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	1	26	4	8	12	0.46	12	13	0
Champions HL	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0
Czechia	4	144	20	40	60	0.42	74	-11	4	32	4	18	22	0.69	20	-3
Czechia Q	0								4	30	2	7	9	0.30	28	0
Czechia U18	2	85	8	26	34	0.40	50	7	2	13	1	4	5	0.38	10	0
Czechia U20	6	147	27	62	89	0.61	96	73	4	11	1	5	6	0.55	10	4
Czechia2	7	169	15	32	47	0.28	62	36	3	29	5	8	13	0.45	30	8
Czechia3	2	5	0	1	1	0.20	0	-	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	4	-
EHT	5	21	2	3	5	0.24	4	-3	0
ET	2	11	1	1	2	0.18	8	-	0
International	5	57	6	8	14	0.25	22	-4	0
International-Jr	4	40	1	2	3	0.08	32	0	0
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)	1	-	0	-	0	-	-	-	0
NHL	8	417	23	75	98	0.24	219	25	4	49	3	8	11	0.22	37	10
NL	2	57	7	19	26	0.46	31	10	1	12	1	1	2	0.17	30	5
OG	1	3	0	1	1	0.33	4	-1	0
WC	3	27	3	2	5	0.19	12	4	0
WJC-18 D1	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	0	6	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Jan Rutta Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Chicago Blackhawks	2	80	8	18	26	0.33	36	-1	0
Czechia	3	27	3	2	5	0.19	12	4	0
Czechia (EHT)	5	21	2	3	5	0.24	4	-3	0
Czechia (all)	5	57	6	8	14	0.25	22	-4	0
Czechia Olympics	1	3	0	1	1	0.33	4	-1	0
Czechia U17 (all)	1	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Czechia U18	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	0	6	0
Czechia U18 (Cup)	1	-	0	-	0	-	-	-	0
Czechia U18 (all)	1	23	0	1	1	0.04	20	-	0
Czechia U20 (all)	2	14	1	1	2	0.14	12	-	0
Genève-Servette HC	2	61	7	19	26	0.43	33	11	1	12	1	1	2	0.17	30	5
HC Klášterec nad Ohří	1	3	0	1	1	0.33	0	-	1	5	0	0	0	0.00	4	-
HC Plzen U18	2	85	8	26	34	0.40	50	7	2	13	1	4	5	0.38	10	0
HC Plzeň U20	2	44	4	16	20	0.45	16	28	2	6	0	2	2	0.33	4	2
IHC Písek	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
Pirati Chomutov	8	279	34	63	97	0.35	136	27*	6	82	11	30	41	0.50	78	6
Pirati Chomutov U20	4	103	23	46	69	0.67	80	45	2	5	1	3	4	0.80	6	2
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	56	3	6	9	0.16	30	3	0
Rockford IceHogs	1	8	1	3	4	0.50	2	-2	0
San Jose Sharks	2	123	8	20	28	0.23	66	-24	0
SK Kadaň	4	45	2	10	12	0.27	8	-2	1	9	0	3	3	0.33	0	-1
Syracuse Crunch	1	18	3	5	8	0.44	10	15	0
Tampa Bay Lightning	4	158	4	31	35	0.22	87	47	4	49	3	8	11	0.22	37	10

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Jan Rutta Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2007-2008	U18 WJC (D1\|A) Gold Medal
2010-2011	Czechia U20 Most Goals by Defenseman (14)
2011-2012	Czechia U20 Champion Czechia2 Champion Czechia2 to Czechia Promotion (KLH Chomutov)
2014-2015	Czechia2 Champion Czechia2 Most Goals by Defenseman (11) Czechia2 to Czechia Promotion (KLH Chomutov)
2019-2020	NHL Stanley Cup Champion
2020-2021	NHL Stanley Cup Champion
2023-2024	World Championship Gold Medal

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
08/25/2025	Confirmed	San Jose Sharks	Genève-Servette HC
08/06/2023	Confirmed	Pittsburgh Penguins	San Jose Sharks
07/13/2022	Confirmed	Tampa Bay Lightning	Pittsburgh Penguins
12/22/2020	Extension	Tampa Bay Lightning	Tampa Bay Lightning
05/03/2019	Extension	Tampa Bay Lightning	Tampa Bay Lightning
01/11/2019	Confirmed	Chicago Blackhawks	Tampa Bay Lightning
03/08/2018	Extension	Chicago Blackhawks	Chicago Blackhawks
06/07/2017	Confirmed	Piráti Chomutov	Chicago Blackhawks

Jan Rutta Biography and Trivia

Other memorable dates
- 2017-10-07 • Scored his first NHL goal (vs. Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Joonas Korpisalo)
- 2017-10-05 • Made his NHL debut (vs. Pittsburgh Penguins)

Jan Rutta signed his first NHL contract with the Chicago Blackhawks in June of 2017, and made the team out of training camp as a 27-year-old rookie.

He had spent his entire career in the Czech Republic until the Hawks picked him up, and his game has translated to NHL ice very nicely so far. He has shown great poise with the puck and has been steady in his own end.

In case you needed a reminder of the Blackhawks' ingenious scouting team, Rutta is a perfect example of a player who seemingly came out of nowhere, but Chicago’s scouts clearly saw him as being ready to make the jump. It is pretty uncommon for a player to come over from Europe in his mid-late 20’s and have an immediate impact for an NHL team with no prior North American pro experience.

Look for Rutta to help stabilize an aging blue line on a Chicago team that will have a lot of question marks over the next few years.

(Peter Oundjian, EP 2018)