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Stephen Johns

#28 · Defence · Dallas Stars

Born Apr 18, 1992 in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, USA · 6'4", 225 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 60th overall in 2010 by CHI (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Korbinian Holzer ANA · 3 P in 29 GP Chris Bigras COL · 3 P in 31 GP Robert Bortuzzo STL · 3 P in 40 GP Nate Prosser MIN · 3 P in 54 GP Fedor Tyutin CBJ · 3 P in 61 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.

0510152015-16: 3 points315-162016-17: 10 points1016-172017-18: 15 points1517-182019-20: 5 points519-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 DAL 14 1 2 3 -6 6 13 55 0.21
2016-17 DAL 61 4 6 10 -10 36 91 159 0.16 $725K
2017-18 DAL 75 8 7 15 10 41 121 201 0.20 $725K
2019-20 DAL 17 2 3 5 0 10 30 50 0.29 $2.35M
4 seasons Career 167 15 18 33 -6 93 255 465 0.20

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 DAL 13 0 0 0 0 6 6 41 0.00
2019-20 DAL 1 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 14 0 0 0 -2 6 7 43 0.00

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
14 1 2 3 -6 6 13 55 0.21 7.7 17:50

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2019-20 to 2020-21 $2.35M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $725K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 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
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence-0.2Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+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.

024682015-162016-172017-182019-20Goals 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

52.9Corsi for %183 attempts for, 163 against
-1.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.9Expected goals for %6.6 expected for, 6.1 against
-1.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
46.2Goals for %6 for, 7 against
100.2PDO7.9% shooting + 92.3% saves
32Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 131 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Johnny Oduya · Stephen Johns13151:1551.849.45-5
Kris Russell · Stephen Johns715:2251.943.70-1
Stephen Johns · John Klingberg87:2755.644.01-0
Jason Demers · Stephen Johns32:39100.0100.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 17 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.13 expected goals per 60 minutes31st
Shot quality 2.5% chance per attempt24th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected41stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 49 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 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, 2016 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 15:55
Apr 7, 2016 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 16:56
Apr 3, 2016 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 21:57
Apr 2, 2016 @ LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 18:58
Mar 31, 2016 vs ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 17:03
Mar 29, 2016 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:13
Mar 26, 2016 @ SJS W 4-2 0 1 1 -2 2 0 4 15:09
Mar 24, 2016 @ ARI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 16:19
Mar 22, 2016 @ CHI W 6-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 18:38
Mar 19, 2016 vs NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 17:56
Mar 17, 2016 vs TBL W 4-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 21:58
Mar 15, 2016 vs LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 17:27
Mar 12, 2016 vs STL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 0 8 18:41
Mar 11, 2016 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:27