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Steve Bernier

#8 · Right wing · New York Islanders

Born Mar 31, 1985 in Quebec City, Quebec, CAN · 6'3", 225 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 16th overall in 2003 by SJS (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jim O'Brien OTT · 6 P in 28 GP Harry Zolnierczyk PHI · 6 P in 37 GP Dustin Jeffrey PIT · 6 P in 26 GP David Van Der Gulik COL · 6 P in 25 GP Mattias Tedenby NJD · 6 P in 43 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.

01020302005-06: 27 points2705-062006-07: 31 points3106-072007-08: 32 points3207-082008-09: 32 points3208-092009-10: 22 points2209-102010-11: 15 points1510-112011-12: 6 points611-122012-13: 15 points1512-132013-14: 12 points1213-142014-15: 32 points3214-152015-16: 6 points615-162017-18: 0 points017-18

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 SJS 39 14 13 27 4 35 75 69 0.69
2006-07 SJS 62 15 16 31 5 29 104 131 0.50
2007-08 SJS 59 13 10 23 -2 62 96 127 0.39
2007-08 BUF 17 3 6 9 1 2 35 30 0.53
2008-09 VAN 81 15 17 32 4 27 137 146 0.40 $2.5M
2009-10 VAN 59 11 11 22 0 21 95 105 0.37 $2M
2010-11 FLA 69 5 10 15 -14 21 97 112 0.22 $2M
2011-12 NJD 32 1 5 6 6 16 23 61 0.19
2012-13 NJD 47 8 7 15 -7 17 88 64 0.32 $775K
2013-14 NJD 78 3 9 12 -15 33 104 118 0.15 $775K
2014-15 NJD 67 16 16 32 2 28 107 123 0.48 $600K
2015-16 NYI 24 1 5 6 3 9 27 42 0.25 $750K
2017-18 NYI 4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 11 0.00 $650K
12 seasons Career 638 105 125 230 -15 300 992 1139 0.36

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 SJS 11 1 5 6 4 8 14 18 0.55
2006-07 SJS 11 0 1 1 2 2 15 16 0.09
2008-09 VAN 10 2 2 4 -1 7 15 21 0.40
2009-10 VAN 12 4 1 5 -1 0 17 25 0.42
2011-12 NJD 24 2 5 7 3 27 22 64 0.29
2015-16 NYI 6 0 0 0 -2 0 6 25 0.00
6 seasons Playoffs 74 9 14 23 5 44 89 169 0.31

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
32 1 5 6 6 16 23 61 0.19 4.3 11:58

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2017-18 to 2017-18 $650K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $750K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $600K
2012-13 to 2013-14 $775K
2009-10 to 2010-11 $2M
2008-09 to 2008-09 $2.5M

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence-0.6Power play-0.1Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.4

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.

-2024682010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162017-18Goals 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

45.6Corsi for %165 attempts for, 197 against
-9.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.4Expected goals for %7.9 expected for, 8.5 against
-8.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
63.6Goals for %7 for, 4 against
105.0PDO8.3% shooting + 96.6% saves
35Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 136 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Steve Bernier · Stephen Gionta · Ryan Carter23134:5641.542.56-3
Alexei Ponikarovsky · Steve Bernier · Adam Henrique313:0672.792.00-0
Patrik Elias · Dainius Zubrus · Steve Bernier910:2610.08.00-0
Dainius Zubrus · Alexei Ponikarovsky · Steve Bernier98:5262.549.90-0

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
2.3Expected goalsfrom 30 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.56 expected goals per 60 minutes35th
Shot quality 7.7% chance per attempt63rd
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 83 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.511.52Game 20Expected 2.3Goals 2

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 7, 2012 vs OTT W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:12
Apr 5, 2012 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:39
Apr 3, 2012 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13:03
Mar 31, 2012 @ CAR W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 12:53
Mar 29, 2012 vs TBL W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 10:06
Mar 27, 2012 vs CHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:54
Mar 25, 2012 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 08:31
Mar 23, 2012 vs TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10:05
Mar 20, 2012 @ OTT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10:05
Mar 17, 2012 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 10 0 0 09:58
Mar 15, 2012 vs COL W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 06:25
Mar 13, 2012 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:13
Mar 10, 2012 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:26
Mar 8, 2012 vs NYI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:58
Mar 6, 2012 vs NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:25
Mar 4, 2012 @ NYI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 09:17
Mar 2, 2012 @ WSH W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:11
Mar 1, 2012 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 06:45
Feb 27, 2012 @ NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 14:28
Feb 26, 2012 vs TBL L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 15:23
Feb 24, 2012 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 14:28
Feb 21, 2012 @ TOR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 14:36
Feb 19, 2012 @ MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 16:07
Feb 17, 2012 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:35
Feb 14, 2012 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:54
Feb 11, 2012 vs FLA L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 12:41
Feb 9, 2012 vs STL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:37
Feb 7, 2012 @ NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:05
Feb 5, 2012 vs PIT W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:17
Feb 4, 2012 @ PHI W 6-4 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 13:33
Feb 2, 2012 vs MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:32
Jan 31, 2012 vs NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:30