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Derek Stepan

#21 · Centre · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Jun 18, 1990 in Hastings, Minnesota, USA · 5'11", 196 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 51st overall in 2008 by NYR (round 2)

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.

Andrei Kostitsyn MTL · 45 P in 81 GP Dustin Penner LAK · 45 P in 81 GP Todd Bertuzzi DET · 45 P in 81 GP Tyler Kennedy PIT · 45 P in 80 GP James Neal PIT · 45 P in 79 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.

020402010-11: 45 points4510-112011-12: 51 points5111-122012-13: 44 points4412-132013-14: 57 points5713-142014-15: 55 points5514-152015-16: 53 points5315-162016-17: 55 points5516-172017-18: 56 points5617-182018-19: 35 points3518-192019-20: 28 points2819-202020-21: 6 points620-212021-22: 19 points1921-222022-23: 11 points1122-23

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 NYR 82 21 24 45 8 20 166 83 0.55
2011-12 NYR 82 17 34 51 14 22 169 137 0.62
2012-13 NYR 48 18 26 44 25 12 108 52 0.92 $821K
2013-14 NYR 82 17 40 57 12 18 199 30 0.70 $3.075M
2014-15 NYR 68 16 39 55 26 22 155 36 0.81 $3.075M
2015-16 NYR 72 22 31 53 5 20 192 38 0.74 $6.5M
2016-17 NYR 81 17 38 55 19 16 209 26 0.68 $6.5M
2017-18 ARI 82 14 42 56 -7 26 209 52 0.68 $6.5M
2018-19 ARI 72 15 20 35 -2 14 195 50 0.49 $6.5M
2019-20 ARI 70 10 18 28 -4 16 158 43 0.40 $6.5M
2020-21 OTT 20 1 5 6 -6 8 44 25 0.30 $6.5M
2021-22 CAR 58 9 10 19 0 14 96 29 0.33 $1.35M
2022-23 CAR 73 5 6 11 8 8 98 29 0.15 $750K
13 seasons Career 890 182 333 515 98 216 1998 630 0.58

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 NYR 5 0 0 0 -5 2 4 3 0.00
2011-12 NYR 20 1 8 9 -2 4 38 40 0.45
2012-13 NYR 12 4 1 5 4 2 32 12 0.42
2013-14 NYR 24 5 10 15 -1 2 50 20 0.63
2014-15 NYR 19 5 7 12 -1 10 48 8 0.63
2015-16 NYR 5 2 0 2 0 0 20 4 0.40
2016-17 NYR 12 2 4 6 -3 4 33 14 0.50
2019-20 ARI 9 1 4 5 -4 6 12 12 0.56
2021-22 CAR 3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 6 0.00
2022-23 CAR 11 0 1 1 -4 2 22 11 0.09
10 seasons Playoffs 120 20 35 55 -18 32 261 130 0.46

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 21 24 45 8 20 166 83 0.55 12.7 16:27

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2022-23 $750K
2021-22 to 2021-22 $1.35M
2018-19 to 2020-21 $6.5M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $6.5M
2015-16 to 2020-21 $6.5M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $3.075M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $821K

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

-1.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.0Even-strength defence-0.5Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+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.

0510152010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

41.7Corsi for %60 attempts for, 84 against
-6.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
23.4Expected goals for %1.4 expected for, 4.5 against
-20.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
37.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 5 against
88.4PDO0.0% shooting + 88.4% saves
8Attempts 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
Ruslan Fedotenko · Brandon Dubinsky · Derek Stepan325:1946.322.00-2
Vinny Prospal · Artem Anisimov · Derek Stepan218:2545.232.10-0
Vinny Prospal · Marian Gaborik · Derek Stepan38:0623.12.80-0
Ruslan Fedotenko · Artem Anisimov · Derek Stepan34:3511.16.80-0

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
0.5Expected goalsfrom 7 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.27 expected goals per 60 minutes3rd
Shot quality 6.7% chance per attempt35th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected47thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.5Goals 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, 2011 vs NJD W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 22:12
Apr 7, 2011 vs ATL L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 21:31
Apr 4, 2011 vs BOS W 5-3 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 19:25
Apr 3, 2011 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 17:06
Mar 31, 2011 @ NYI L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 24:32
Mar 30, 2011 @ BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:54
Mar 26, 2011 @ BOS W 1-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:32
Mar 24, 2011 vs OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:33
Mar 22, 2011 vs FLA W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:43
Mar 20, 2011 @ PIT W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18:22
Mar 18, 2011 vs MTL W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:19
Mar 15, 2011 vs NYI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:47
Mar 12, 2011 @ SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:46
Mar 9, 2011 @ ANA L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:34
Mar 6, 2011 vs PHI W 7-0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 15:48
Mar 4, 2011 @ OTT W 4-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 15:36
Mar 3, 2011 vs MIN L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:28
Mar 1, 2011 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:32
Feb 27, 2011 vs TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 17:42
Feb 25, 2011 @ WSH W 6-0 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 15:18
Feb 22, 2011 @ CAR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 17:47
Feb 20, 2011 vs PHI L 2-4 1 0 1 1 2 5 3 19:36
Feb 18, 2011 @ NJD L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:14
Feb 17, 2011 vs LAK W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16:15
Feb 13, 2011 vs PIT W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 14:17
Feb 11, 2011 @ ATL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 08:57
Feb 7, 2011 @ DET L 2-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 16:45
Feb 5, 2011 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:30
Feb 3, 2011 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:43
Feb 1, 2011 vs PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 15:46
Jan 25, 2011 vs FLA L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 18:20
Jan 24, 2011 @ WSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:50
Jan 22, 2011 @ ATL W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 20:00
Jan 20, 2011 @ CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 19:46
Jan 19, 2011 vs TOR W 7-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:44
Jan 16, 2011 vs PHI L 2-3 1 1 2 1 0 7 4 18:25
Jan 15, 2011 @ MTL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 14:08
Jan 13, 2011 vs VAN W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:46
Jan 11, 2011 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:10
Jan 8, 2011 @ STL W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 17:16
Jan 7, 2011 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 21:25
Jan 5, 2011 vs CAR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 18:42
Jan 2, 2011 @ FLA L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:51
Jan 1, 2011 @ TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 19:03
Dec 29, 2010 @ NJD W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 13:39
Dec 27, 2010 vs NYI W 7-2 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 18:20
Dec 23, 2010 vs TBL L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 18:27
Dec 18, 2010 @ PHI L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 16:56
Dec 16, 2010 vs PHX W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 14:04
Dec 15, 2010 @ PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:22
Dec 12, 2010 vs WSH W 7-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:18
Dec 11, 2010 @ CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:28
Dec 9, 2010 @ OTT W 5-3 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 18:02
Dec 5, 2010 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 20:29
Dec 3, 2010 vs NYI W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 16:37
Dec 2, 2010 @ NYI W 6-5 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 18:53
Nov 29, 2010 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:00
Nov 27, 2010 @ NSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:56
Nov 26, 2010 @ FLA W 3-0 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 17:45
Nov 24, 2010 @ TBL L 3-5 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 21:42
Nov 22, 2010 vs CGY W 2-1 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 19:08
Nov 20, 2010 @ MIN W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 17:07
Nov 19, 2010 @ COL L 1-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 16:53
Nov 17, 2010 vs BOS L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:31
Nov 15, 2010 @ PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:00
Nov 14, 2010 vs EDM W 8-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 13:34
Nov 11, 2010 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:58
Nov 9, 2010 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:20
Nov 7, 2010 vs STL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:50
Nov 5, 2010 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:45
Nov 4, 2010 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:51
Nov 1, 2010 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:36
Oct 30, 2010 @ TOR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:44
Oct 29, 2010 vs CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:14
Oct 27, 2010 vs ATL L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:39
Oct 24, 2010 vs NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:56
Oct 23, 2010 @ BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:20
Oct 21, 2010 @ TOR W 2-1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 17:26
Oct 18, 2010 vs COL L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:06
Oct 15, 2010 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 13:00
Oct 11, 2010 @ NYI L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:11
Oct 9, 2010 @ BUF W 6-3 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 17:21