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Steven Kampfer

#44 · Defence · Boston Bruins

Born Sep 24, 1988 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA · 5'11", 198 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 93rd overall in 2007 by ANA (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Fredrik Claesson NYR · 6 P in 37 GP Lawrence Pilut BUF · 6 P in 33 GP Carl Dahlstrom CHI · 6 P in 38 GP Casey Nelson BUF · 6 P in 38 GP Slater Koekkoek CHI · 6 P in 31 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.

02468102010-11: 10 points1010-112011-12: 5 points511-122014-15: 4 points414-152015-16: 4 points415-162016-17: 2 points216-172017-18: 1 points117-182018-19: 6 points618-192019-20: 2 points219-202020-21: 5 points520-21

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 BOS 38 5 5 10 9 12 57 41 0.26
2011-12 BOS 10 0 2 2 6 4 8 7 0.20
2011-12 MIN 13 2 1 3 -7 2 12 12 0.23
2014-15 FLA 25 2 2 4 -4 12 28 49 0.16 $550K
2015-16 FLA 47 0 4 4 5 26 54 70 0.09 $612K
2016-17 FLA 1 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 0.00 $613K
2016-17 NYR 10 1 1 2 -1 2 10 23 0.20
2017-18 NYR 22 0 1 1 -7 20 31 46 0.05 $650K
2018-19 BOS 35 3 3 6 -6 22 40 44 0.17 $650K
2019-20 BOS 11 0 2 2 2 2 13 15 0.18 $800K
2020-21 BOS 20 2 3 5 3 4 28 20 0.25 $800K
9 seasons Career 232 15 24 39 -1 110 281 328 0.17

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2018-19 BOS 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 0.33
1 season Playoffs 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 0.33

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
35 3 3 6 -6 22 40 44 0.17 7.5 14:38

Contract

$650KCap hit2018-19
$108KCap dollars per point6 points in 35 games
$443KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$207KValueworth 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 696 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
2019-20 to 2020-21 $800K
2014-15 to 2018-19 $550K

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.2Goals 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+0.1Even-strength defence-0.3Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

-101232010-112014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

54.1Corsi for %33 attempts for, 28 against
+3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.3Expected goals for %1.1 expected for, 1.8 against
-13.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %1 for, 1 against
98.3PDO5.0% shooting + 93.3% saves
6Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Steven Kampfer · Matt Grzelcyk217:4361.348.41-1
Steven Kampfer · Torey Krug37:4447.147.70-0
Steven Kampfer · John Moore14:3850.011.60-0
Zdeno Chara · Steven Kampfer10:5233.326.30-0

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 4 unblocked attempts
+0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.18 expected goals per 60 minutes48th
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt24th
Finishing +0.9 goals above expected83rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 42 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.1

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 6, 2019 vs TBL L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:41
Apr 4, 2019 @ MIN W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 19:51
Mar 27, 2019 vs NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:18
Mar 25, 2019 @ TBL L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:18
Mar 23, 2019 @ FLA W 7-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 12:34
Mar 21, 2019 @ NJD W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:50
Mar 19, 2019 @ NYI W 5-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 15:34
Mar 16, 2019 vs CBJ W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:11
Mar 14, 2019 @ WPG L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:11
Mar 12, 2019 @ CBJ L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 12:15
Dec 23, 2018 @ CAR L 3-5 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 13:02
Dec 22, 2018 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:12
Dec 20, 2018 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:15
Dec 17, 2018 @ MTL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:20
Dec 16, 2018 vs BUF L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 12:52
Dec 14, 2018 @ PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:04
Dec 11, 2018 vs ARI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:41
Dec 9, 2018 @ OTT W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 15:12
Dec 8, 2018 vs TOR W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:17
Dec 6, 2018 @ TBL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:19
Nov 29, 2018 vs NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:52
Nov 21, 2018 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:15
Nov 17, 2018 @ ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:17
Nov 16, 2018 @ DAL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:53
Nov 14, 2018 @ COL L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:31
Nov 11, 2018 vs VGK W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 15:09
Nov 10, 2018 vs TOR W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 11:03
Nov 8, 2018 vs VAN L 5-8 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 15:51
Nov 5, 2018 vs DAL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:19
Nov 3, 2018 @ NSH L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 10:27
Oct 30, 2018 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:19
Oct 27, 2018 vs MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:47
Oct 25, 2018 vs PHI W 3-0 0 1 1 0 4 2 1 14:09
Oct 23, 2018 @ OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:55
Oct 20, 2018 @ VAN L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:10