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Steve Ott

#92 · Centre · Montréal Canadiens

Born Aug 19, 1982 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, CAN · 6'0", 193 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 25th overall in 2000 by DAL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare PHI · 12 P in 81 GP Ryan Reaves STL · 12 P in 81 GP Cody McLeod COL · 12 P in 82 GP Patrick Dwyer CAR · 12 P in 71 GP Gregory Campbell BOS · 12 P in 70 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.

0102030402002-03: 7 points702-032003-04: 12 points1203-042005-06: 22 points2205-062006-07: 4 points406-072007-08: 22 points2207-082008-09: 46 points4608-092009-10: 36 points3609-102010-11: 32 points3210-112011-12: 39 points3911-122012-13: 24 points2412-132013-14: 23 points2313-142014-15: 12 points1214-152015-16: 2 points215-162016-17: 7 points716-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2002-03 DAL 26 3 4 7 6 31 25 35 0.27
2003-04 DAL 73 2 10 12 -2 152 74 159 0.16
2005-06 DAL 82 5 17 22 1 178 89 186 0.27
2006-07 DAL 19 0 4 4 -4 35 17 41 0.21 $788K
2007-08 DAL 73 11 11 22 2 147 89 182 0.30 $788K
2008-09 DAL 64 19 27 46 3 135 132 220 0.72 $1.425M
2009-10 DAL 73 22 14 36 -14 153 146 251 0.49 $1.425M
2010-11 DAL 82 12 20 32 -9 183 120 252 0.39 $2.95M
2011-12 DAL 74 11 28 39 5 156 108 278 0.53 $2.95M
2012-13 BUF 48 9 15 24 3 93 73 187 0.50 $2.95M
2013-14 BUF 59 9 11 20 -26 55 99 194 0.34 $2.95M
2013-14 STL 23 0 3 3 -12 37 28 52 0.13
2014-15 STL 78 3 9 12 -8 86 49 184 0.15 $2.6M
2015-16 STL 21 0 2 2 -3 34 21 34 0.10 $2.6M
2016-17 DET 42 3 3 6 -6 63 33 101 0.14 $800K
2016-17 MTL 11 0 1 1 -2 17 12 43 0.09
14 seasons Career 848 109 179 288 -66 1555 1115 2399 0.34

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2002-03 DAL 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.00
2003-04 DAL 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 9 0.25
2005-06 DAL 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 13 0.20
2006-07 DAL 6 0 0 0 0 8 5 14 0.00
2007-08 DAL 18 2 1 3 -2 22 15 59 0.17
2013-14 STL 6 0 2 2 -3 14 8 29 0.33
2014-15 STL 6 0 0 0 0 26 6 12 0.00
2015-16 STL 9 0 1 1 1 8 6 27 0.11
2016-17 MTL 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 25 0.00
9 seasons Playoffs 61 3 5 8 -5 80 48 188 0.13

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 3 9 12 -8 86 49 184 0.15 6.1 11:38

Contract

$2.6MCap hit2014-15
$217KCap dollars per point12 points in 78 games
-$2.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$5.2MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2016-17 to 2016-17 $800K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $2.6M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $2.6M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $2.95M
2010-11 to 2013-14 $2.95M
2008-09 to 2009-10 $1.425M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $788K

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence+0.6Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.3

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.

-6-4-2022010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

60.7Corsi for %51 attempts for, 33 against
+4.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
65.0Expected goals for %1.2 expected for, 0.7 against
+15.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
67.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
96.9PDO4.5% shooting + 92.3% 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 Ott · Chris Porter · Ryan Reaves319:2163.083.51-0
Steve Ott · Marcel Goc · Ryan Reaves317:3156.047.30-0
Steve Ott · David Backes · T.J. Oshie39:1691.7100.00-0
Steve Ott · Patrik Berglund · Dmitrij Jaskin35:330.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 8 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.19 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 2.7% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 63 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 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 9, 2015 vs CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 10:43
Apr 7, 2015 vs WPG L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:08
Apr 5, 2015 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 12:16
Apr 3, 2015 @ DAL W 7-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 12:09
Apr 2, 2015 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 10:30
Mar 30, 2015 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:21
Mar 28, 2015 vs CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:48
Mar 24, 2015 @ PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 5 3 5 10:58
Mar 22, 2015 @ DET L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:11
Mar 21, 2015 @ MIN L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:37
Mar 19, 2015 @ WPG L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 06:55
Mar 17, 2015 @ CGY W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:09
Mar 14, 2015 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:52
Mar 12, 2015 vs PHI W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 09:23
Mar 10, 2015 vs WPG W 5-4 1 0 1 1 5 1 4 09:09
Mar 7, 2015 @ TOR W 6-1 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 11:06
Mar 5, 2015 @ PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:12
Mar 1, 2015 @ VAN L 5-6 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 06:44
Feb 28, 2015 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:13
Feb 26, 2015 @ WPG W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:09
Feb 24, 2015 vs MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 10:22
Feb 20, 2015 vs BOS W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:40
Feb 17, 2015 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:15
Feb 15, 2015 @ FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:41
Feb 12, 2015 @ TBL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:20
Feb 10, 2015 vs ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:58
Feb 8, 2015 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 5 1 2 09:49
Feb 6, 2015 @ CBJ L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 11:14
Feb 5, 2015 @ BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:32
Feb 3, 2015 vs TBL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:31
Feb 1, 2015 @ WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 7 15:05
Jan 30, 2015 @ CAR W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 13:42
Jan 29, 2015 vs NSH W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 13:43
Jan 19, 2015 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:30
Jan 17, 2015 vs TOR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 08:08
Jan 15, 2015 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 07:20
Jan 13, 2015 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10:23
Jan 10, 2015 vs CAR W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:23
Jan 8, 2015 vs SJS W 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:26
Jan 6, 2015 @ ARI W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:31
Jan 3, 2015 @ SJS W 7-2 0 0 0 -1 6 1 2 12:58
Jan 2, 2015 @ ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 09:25
Dec 30, 2014 @ NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 07:37
Dec 29, 2014 vs COL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:01
Dec 27, 2014 vs DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:52
Dec 23, 2014 @ COL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 14:42
Dec 20, 2014 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 13:46
Dec 18, 2014 @ LAK L 4-6 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 15:42
Dec 16, 2014 vs LAK W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 13:38
Dec 13, 2014 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:26
Dec 11, 2014 vs NYI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:03
Dec 8, 2014 vs FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:15
Dec 6, 2014 @ NYI W 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:16
Dec 4, 2014 @ NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:19
Dec 3, 2014 @ CHI L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 13:28
Nov 28, 2014 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 07:09
Nov 25, 2014 vs OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10:12
Nov 23, 2014 @ WPG W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 10:00
Nov 22, 2014 @ OTT W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 10:46
Nov 20, 2014 @ MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:41
Nov 18, 2014 @ BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:17
Nov 15, 2014 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:09
Nov 13, 2014 vs NSH W 4-3 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 09:13
Nov 11, 2014 vs BUF W 6-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:41
Nov 8, 2014 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 12:21
Nov 6, 2014 vs NJD W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:49
Nov 4, 2014 @ NJD W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:43
Nov 3, 2014 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:42
Nov 1, 2014 vs COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:44
Oct 30, 2014 vs ANA W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:05
Oct 28, 2014 @ DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 13:58
Oct 25, 2014 vs CHI W 3-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 10:29
Oct 23, 2014 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:28
Oct 19, 2014 @ ANA L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:25
Oct 18, 2014 @ ARI W 6-1 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 15:27
Oct 16, 2014 @ LAK L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:58
Oct 11, 2014 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:24
Oct 9, 2014 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 14:13