The Pittsburgh Penguins signed forward Blake Lizotte to a three-year extension with a salary cap hit of $2.25 million on Monday.
This contract will begin with the 2026-27 season.
Lizotte, 28, joined the Penguins as an unrestricted free agent during the 2024 offseason, signing a two-year contract with a salary cap hit of $1.85 million.
Typically stationed as center of the fourth line and on the penalty kill, Lizotte has appeared in 35 games this season and scored 10 points (five goals, five assists) while averaging 13:57 of ice time. He leads the team’s forwards with an average of 2:32 in short-handed ice time this season.
In the faceoff dot, Lizotte has won 163 of the 317 draws he has taken (51.4%).
Before signing this extension, Lizotte, a left-handed shot, was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent following the season.
In October, Lizotte was asked if he had any thoughts on his future with the team.
“Not really,” Lizotte said. “I’m a one-day-at-a-time kind of guy. I believe that God has a plan in it all. I trust him and where he ends up moving us or staying here or whatever it might be. I don’t think too much ahead. I just take one day at a time.”
