Filip Hållander (born 29 June 2000) is a Swedish

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currently playing for Pittsburgh Penguins of the

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(NHL).

Playing career

He was selected by Pittsburgh with the 58th overall pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. On 15 July 2018, Hållander signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was returned to continue his development with original club,

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, after gaining promotion to the SHL. In the 2018–19 season, Hållander scored 7 goals and 14 assists as a rookie during his first SHL season and was the second best point producer for Timrå in their qualifying games with 5 goals and 3 assists in 7 matches, in their relegation and return to the

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. On 29 April 2019, Hållander signed a two-year contract to remain on loan in the SHL from the Penguins with

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. On 25 August 2020, Hållander was traded by the Penguins to the

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along with Evan Rodrigues, David Warsofsky and the 15th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft ( Rodion Amirov) in exchange for

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, Jesper Lindgren and

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. After another season with Luleå, where he recorded a career-high 13 goals in 51 SHL games, his team was defeated in the first round of the SHL playoffs by

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. That offseason, on July 17, 2021, Hållander was traded by the Maple Leafs back to Pittsburgh, along with a 7th-round pick, in exchange for

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.. As a pending restricted free agent with the Penguins, on 28 April 2023, Hållander opted to return to his original Swedish club by signing a five-year deal with Timrå IK, with the club having returned to the SHL in his absence. Following two productive seasons with Timrå, Hållander enacted his NHL-out clause and was signed to a two-year contract in a return to North America for another stint with the Pittsburgh Penguins on 29 April 2025.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 2000 births Living people Luleå HF players Ice hockey people from Sundsvall Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks Pittsburgh Penguins players Swedish ice hockey centres 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Timrå IK players Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players {{Sweden-icehockey-centre-stub