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Alexander Steen

#20 · Left wing · St. Louis Blues

Born Mar 1, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN · 6'0", 211 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 24th overall in 2002 by TOR (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2018-19

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brandon Sutter VAN · 17 P in 44 GP Alex Tuch VGK · 17 P in 42 GP Brock McGinn CAR · 17 P in 68 GP Kyle Clifford TOR · 17 P in 69 GP Blake Comeau DAL · 16 P in 55 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.

02040602005-06: 45 points4505-062006-07: 35 points352007-08: 42 points4207-082008-09: 28 points282009-10: 47 points4709-102010-11: 51 points512011-12: 28 points2811-122012-13: 27 points272013-14: 62 points6213-142014-15: 64 points642015-16: 52 points5215-162016-17: 51 points512017-18: 46 points4617-182018-19: 27 points272019-20: 17 points1719-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 TOR 75 18 27 45 -9 42 176 101 0.60
2006-07 TOR 82 15 20 35 5 26 192 73 0.43
2007-08 TOR 76 15 27 42 0 32 169 62 0.55
2008-09 TOR 20 2 2 4 -4 6 31 12 0.20 $1.7M
2008-09 STL 61 6 18 24 -6 24 117 26 0.39
2009-10 STL 68 24 23 47 6 30 189 45 0.69 $1.7M
2010-11 STL 72 20 31 51 -3 26 218 39 0.71 $3.363M
2011-12 STL 43 15 13 28 24 28 134 24 0.65 $3.363M
2012-13 STL 40 8 19 27 5 14 129 28 0.68 $3.363M
2013-14 STL 68 33 29 62 17 46 211 43 0.91 $3.363M
2014-15 STL 74 24 40 64 8 33 223 32 0.86 $5.8M
2015-16 STL 67 17 35 52 3 48 172 50 0.78 $5.8M
2016-17 STL 76 16 35 51 -2 53 117 33 0.67 $5.8M
2017-18 STL 76 15 31 46 -11 20 168 53 0.61 $5.75M
2018-19 STL 65 10 17 27 2 14 114 55 0.42 $5.75M
2019-20 STL 55 7 10 17 7 12 71 26 0.31 $5.75M
15 seasons Career 1018 245 377 622 42 454 2431 702 0.61

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 STL 4 0 1 1 -3 0 19 3 0.25
2011-12 STL 9 1 2 3 -2 6 21 4 0.33
2012-13 STL 6 3 0 3 2 6 17 4 0.50
2013-14 STL 6 1 2 3 -2 6 26 8 0.50
2014-15 STL 6 1 3 4 -3 2 15 2 0.67
2015-16 STL 20 4 6 10 -2 30 39 22 0.50
2016-17 STL 10 3 4 7 1 4 20 8 0.70
2018-19 STL 26 2 3 5 2 2 20 32 0.19
2019-20 STL 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0.00
9 seasons Playoffs 88 15 21 36 -7 58 177 84 0.41

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
55 7 10 17 7 12 71 26 0.31 9.9 14:02

Contract

$5.75MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$338KCap dollars per point17 points in 55 games
$1.297MCap dollars per goal above replacement4.4 goals above replacement
$4.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.4MValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2020-21, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $5.75M
2020-21 $5.75M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2020-21 $5.75M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $5.8M
2014-15 to 2016-17 $5.8M
2010-11 to 2013-14 $3.363M
2008-09 to 2009-10 $1.7M

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.1Even-strength defence0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill-0.1Penalties-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.

0510152010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

22.2Corsi for %2 attempts for, 7 against
-37.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
22.2Expected goals for %0.1 expected for, 0.3 against
-27.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
16.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
1Attempts 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
Alexander Steen · Troy Brouwer · Oskar Sundqvist15:2322.222.20-0
Alexander Steen · David Perron · Ryan O'Reilly10:420.00.00-0

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.

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. "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
Mar 11, 2020 @ ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:22
Mar 9, 2020 vs FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:50
Mar 8, 2020 @ CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:03
Mar 6, 2020 @ NJD L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:36
Mar 3, 2020 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:42
Feb 29, 2020 vs DAL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:46
Feb 27, 2020 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:01
Feb 25, 2020 vs CHI W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:15
Feb 23, 2020 @ MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 17:18
Feb 21, 2020 @ DAL W 5-1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 14:24
Feb 20, 2020 vs ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:04
Feb 18, 2020 vs NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:25
Feb 16, 2020 @ NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:37
Feb 15, 2020 vs NSH L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:21
Feb 13, 2020 @ VGK L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:45
Feb 8, 2020 vs DAL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:40
Feb 6, 2020 vs WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 14:41
Feb 4, 2020 vs CAR W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 12:17
Feb 1, 2020 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:05
Jan 31, 2020 @ EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:43
Jan 28, 2020 @ CGY W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 08:43
Jan 27, 2020 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 14:37
Jan 18, 2020 @ COL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 17:42
Jan 15, 2020 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 15:58
Jan 13, 2020 vs ANA W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:52
Jan 11, 2020 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:31
Jan 9, 2020 vs BUF W 5-1 2 1 3 4 0 5 1 14:52
Jan 7, 2020 vs SJS W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:19
Jan 4, 2020 @ VGK L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 15:39
Jan 2, 2020 @ COL L 3-7 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14:37
Dec 31, 2019 @ ARI L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 12:37
Dec 29, 2019 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 13:41
Dec 27, 2019 @ WPG W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:54
Dec 23, 2019 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:55
Dec 21, 2019 @ SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 13:39
Dec 18, 2019 vs EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:23
Dec 16, 2019 vs COL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:05
Dec 14, 2019 vs CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 15:13
Nov 6, 2019 @ EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:34
Nov 5, 2019 @ VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:12
Nov 2, 2019 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:26
Nov 1, 2019 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:46
Oct 30, 2019 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:19
Oct 27, 2019 @ DET W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:29
Oct 26, 2019 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:14
Oct 24, 2019 vs LAK W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:36
Oct 21, 2019 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 15:23
Oct 19, 2019 vs MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:52
Oct 17, 2019 vs VAN L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:44
Oct 14, 2019 @ NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:39
Oct 12, 2019 @ MTL L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:17
Oct 10, 2019 @ OTT W 6-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:22
Oct 7, 2019 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 14:06
Oct 5, 2019 vs DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:39
Oct 2, 2019 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:16