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Steve Sullivan

#15 · Left wing · New Jersey Devils

Born Jul 6, 1974 in Timmins, Ontario, CAN · 5'9", 165 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 233rd overall in 1994 by NJD (round 9)

Trophy case

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Perseverance, Sportsmanship and Dedication 2008-09

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

David Desharnais MTL · 22 P in 43 GP Nikolay Zherdev PHI · 22 P in 56 GP Mattias Tedenby NJD · 22 P in 58 GP Radek Dvorak ATL · 22 P in 66 GP Andreas Nodl PHI · 22 P in 67 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.

02040601995-96: 9 points995-961996-97: 38 points381997-98: 28 points2897-981998-99: 40 points401999-00: 65 points6599-002000-01: 75 points752001-02: 60 points6001-022002-03: 61 points612003-04: 73 points7303-042005-06: 68 points682006-07: 60 points6006-072008-09: 32 points322009-10: 51 points5109-102010-11: 22 points222011-12: 48 points4811-122012-13: 17 points17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1995-96 NJD 16 5 4 9 3 8 23 0 0.56
1996-97 NJD 33 8 14 22 9 14 63 0 0.67
1996-97 TOR 21 5 11 16 5 23 45 0 0.76
1997-98 TOR 63 10 18 28 -8 40 112 12 0.44
1998-99 TOR 63 20 20 40 12 28 110 26 0.63
1999-00 TOR 7 0 1 1 -1 4 11 1 0.14
1999-00 CHI 73 22 42 64 20 52 169 39 0.88
2000-01 CHI 81 34 41 75 3 54 204 34 0.93
2001-02 CHI 78 21 39 60 23 67 155 54 0.77
2002-03 CHI 82 26 35 61 15 42 190 24 0.74
2003-04 CHI 56 15 28 43 -7 36 140 19 0.77
2003-04 NSH 24 9 21 30 8 12 78 9 1.25
2005-06 NSH 69 31 37 68 2 50 192 26 0.99
2006-07 NSH 57 22 38 60 16 20 122 36 1.05
2008-09 NSH 41 11 21 32 2 30 83 15 0.78
2009-10 NSH 82 17 34 51 2 35 152 26 0.62
2010-11 NSH 44 10 12 22 4 28 79 18 0.50
2011-12 PIT 79 17 31 48 -3 20 140 38 0.61
2012-13 PHX 33 5 7 12 -8 20 48 11 0.36 $1.85M
2012-13 NJD 9 2 3 5 -4 4 13 1 0.56
16 seasons Career 1011 290 457 747 93 587 2129 389 0.74

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1998-99 TOR 13 3 3 6 -3 14 21 10 0.46
2001-02 CHI 5 1 0 1 -1 2 7 6 0.20
2005-06 NSH 5 0 2 2 -2 0 12 1 0.40
2009-10 NSH 6 0 3 3 2 2 7 7 0.50
2010-11 NSH 9 2 1 3 2 2 7 3 0.33
2011-12 PIT 6 2 4 6 -4 4 13 5 1.00
6 seasons Playoffs 44 8 13 21 -6 24 67 32 0.48

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
44 10 12 22 4 28 79 18 0.50 12.7 16:02

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.85M

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.2Even-strength defence-0.6Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.2

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. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-10122010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

50.0Corsi for %61 attempts for, 61 against
-1.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Expected goals for %2.9 expected for, 3.1 against
-3.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
75.0Goals for %3 for, 1 against
107.4PDO10.3% shooting + 97.1% saves
10Attempts 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
Steve Sullivan · Blake Geoffrion · Matt Halischuk729:5552.851.71-0
Steve Sullivan · David Legwand · Joel Ward512:2260.059.80-0
Steve Sullivan · J-P Dumont · Blake Geoffrion211:2845.547.41-1
Steve Sullivan · Joel Ward · Blake Geoffrion12:1950.0100.00-0

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. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.0Expected goalsfrom 9 unblocked attempts
+1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.73 expected goals per 60 minutes50th
Shot quality 11.5% chance per attempt98th
Finishing +1.0 goals above expected72ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 60 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.511.52Goals 2Expected 1.0

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 in these playoffs, 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
Apr 8, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:05
Feb 24, 2011 vs CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:54
Feb 22, 2011 @ CBJ L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:51
Feb 19, 2011 vs PHX L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:48
Feb 17, 2011 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 07:56
Feb 15, 2011 vs SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 13:30
Feb 12, 2011 vs COL W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 14:32
Feb 9, 2011 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:00
Feb 7, 2011 vs EDM L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:34
Feb 5, 2011 vs DET W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:04
Dec 23, 2010 vs OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:00
Dec 22, 2010 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:56
Dec 18, 2010 vs LAK L 1-6 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 09:52
Dec 17, 2010 @ NJD W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15:50
Dec 15, 2010 vs SJS W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:58
Dec 13, 2010 vs NYI W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:04
Dec 11, 2010 vs FLA W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:21
Dec 8, 2010 @ DET W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14:52
Dec 6, 2010 @ ATL L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:34
Dec 4, 2010 vs CAR W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:02
Dec 1, 2010 @ CBJ W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 17:43
Nov 30, 2010 vs PHX W 3-0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 16:17
Nov 27, 2010 vs NYR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:46
Nov 26, 2010 @ MIN L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 18:19
Nov 24, 2010 vs STL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:21
Nov 22, 2010 @ CBJ L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:36
Nov 20, 2010 @ CAR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:18
Nov 18, 2010 @ MTL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0 18:51
Nov 16, 2010 @ TOR L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:52
Nov 13, 2010 vs CHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 19:16
Nov 11, 2010 @ STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 19:21
Nov 7, 2010 @ ANA L 4-5 1 0 1 3 2 3 1 15:54
Nov 6, 2010 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 18:09
Nov 3, 2010 @ PHX L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:05
Oct 30, 2010 @ DET L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18:10
Oct 28, 2010 vs STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:47
Oct 24, 2010 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:37
Oct 23, 2010 @ DAL W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 19:43
Oct 21, 2010 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:27
Oct 19, 2010 vs CGY L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:55
Oct 16, 2010 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 22:57
Oct 14, 2010 vs STL W 4-3 2 0 2 1 2 4 0 17:31
Oct 13, 2010 @ CHI W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 19:20
Oct 9, 2010 vs ANA W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 6 2 16:26