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Chandler Stephenson

#9 · Centre · Seattle Kraken

Born Apr 22, 1994 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN (age 32) · 6'0", 201 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 77th overall in 2012 by WSH (round 3)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jamie Benn DAL · 35 P in 52 GP Pavel Zacha NJD · 35 P in 50 GP Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EDM · 35 P in 52 GP Josh Bailey NYI · 35 P in 54 GP Jordan Kyrou STL · 35 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.

02040602015-16: 0 points015-162016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 18 points1817-182018-19: 11 points1118-192019-20: 26 points2619-202020-21: 35 points3520-212021-22: 64 points6421-222022-23: 65 points6522-232023-24: 51 points5123-242024-25: 51 points5124-252025-26: 49 points4925-262026-27: 6 points626-27

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 WSH 9 0 0 0 -3 2 2 5 0.00 $726K
2016-17 WSH 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 $726K
2017-18 WSH 67 6 12 18 13 8 36 26 0.27 $650K
2018-19 WSH 64 5 6 11 -13 0 36 38 0.17 $650K
2019-20 WSH 24 3 1 4 5 6 18 20 0.17 $1.05M
2019-20 VGK 41 8 14 22 19 10 55 32 0.54
2020-21 VGK 51 14 21 35 22 29 83 43 0.69 $2.75M
2021-22 VGK 79 21 43 64 5 26 125 68 0.81 $2.75M
2022-23 VGK 81 16 49 65 12 26 120 74 0.80 $2.75M
2023-24 VGK 75 16 35 51 -9 25 97 43 0.68 $2.75M
2024-25 SEA 78 13 38 51 -9 24 73 33 0.65 $6.25M
2025-26 SEA 80 16 33 49 -24 14 93 20 0.61 $6.25M
2026-27 SEA 6 1 5 6 0 6 4 0 1.00 $6.25M
12 seasons Career 659 119 257 376 18 176 745 402 0.57

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 WSH 24 2 5 7 3 8 19 24 0.29
2018-19 WSH 6 0 0 0 -2 2 3 5 0.00
2019-20 VGK 17 2 2 4 1 4 13 31 0.24
2020-21 VGK 16 0 6 6 8 0 15 20 0.38
2022-23 VGK 22 10 10 20 3 30 35 31 0.91
2023-24 VGK 7 0 1 1 -3 8 7 16 0.14
6 seasons Playoffs 92 14 24 38 10 52 92 127 0.41

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
51 14 21 35 22 29 83 43 0.69 16.9 18:06

Contract

$2.75MCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$79KCap dollars per point35 points in 51 games
$572KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.8 goals above replacement
$5.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.8MValueworth 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 633 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vegas Golden Knights on Oct 7, 2020, as an extension of the contract he was on: 4 years and $11M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2023-24, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $2.75M $1.625M $0 $1.625M
2021-22 $2.75M $3.025M $0 $3.025M
2022-23 $2.75M $3.125M $0 $3.125M
2023-24 $2.75M $3.225M $0 $3.225M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2024 Seattle Kraken New contract 2024-25 to 2030-31 7 $43.75M $6.25M
Oct 7, 2020 Vegas Golden Knights Extension 2020-21 to 2023-24 4 $11M $2.75M
Jul 26, 2019 Washington Capitals New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $1.05M $1.05M
Jun 29, 2017 Washington Capitals Extension 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.3M $650K
May 26, 2014 Washington Capitals Entry-level 2014-15 to 2016-17 3 $2.775M $726K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-1.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.7Even-strength defence-1.1Power play-0.1Penalty kill-0.3Penalties+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.

-10-505102015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

49.8Corsi for %240 attempts for, 242 against
-7.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.7Expected goals for %9.5 expected for, 10.4 against
-12.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
64.7Goals for %11 for, 6 against
104.3PDO9.1% shooting + 95.2% saves
23Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 147 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
Max Pacioretty · Mark Stone · Chandler Stephenson10115:5649.048.76-2
Mark Stone · Chandler Stephenson · Alex Tuch866:0354.549.63-2
Mark Stone · Chandler Stephenson · Mattias Janmark57:5025.08.80-0
Mark Stone · Chandler Stephenson · Tomas Nosek17:4763.256.20-0

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
1.6Expected goalsfrom 21 unblocked attempts
-1.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.32 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 7.6% chance per attempt28th
Finishing -1.6 goals above expected18thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 78 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.511.5Expected 1.6Goals 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
May 12, 2021 @ SJS W 6-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:04
May 10, 2021 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 20:08
May 8, 2021 vs STL W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 19:11
May 7, 2021 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 20:28
May 5, 2021 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 20:52
May 3, 2021 @ MIN L 5-6 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 20:42
May 1, 2021 @ ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 21:48
Apr 30, 2021 @ ARI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:44
Apr 28, 2021 vs COL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 20:36
Apr 24, 2021 @ ANA W 5-1 2 1 3 4 0 2 0 21:18
Apr 21, 2021 vs SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 19:29
Apr 19, 2021 vs SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 22:36
Apr 18, 2021 @ ANA W 5-2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 17:45
Apr 16, 2021 @ ANA W 4-0 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 16:18
Apr 14, 2021 @ LAK W 6-2 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 14:43
Apr 12, 2021 @ LAK W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 19:07
Apr 11, 2021 vs ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:00
Apr 9, 2021 vs ARI W 7-4 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 17:38
Apr 7, 2021 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:49
Mar 31, 2021 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 15 1 1 14:13
Mar 29, 2021 vs LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:45
Mar 27, 2021 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 5 4 19:48
Mar 25, 2021 @ COL L 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:49
Mar 22, 2021 vs STL W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 15:21
Mar 21, 2021 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:46
Mar 19, 2021 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 17:37
Mar 13, 2021 @ STL W 5-1 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 16:29
Mar 12, 2021 @ STL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 18:28
Mar 10, 2021 @ MIN L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 17:22
Mar 8, 2021 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:33
Mar 6, 2021 @ SJS W 4-0 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 15:35
Mar 5, 2021 @ SJS W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 18:40
Mar 3, 2021 vs MIN W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 3 3 16:02
Mar 1, 2021 vs MIN W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 19:48
Feb 27, 2021 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:20
Feb 22, 2021 @ COL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:25
Feb 20, 2021 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 18:32
Feb 16, 2021 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:54
Feb 14, 2021 vs COL W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:01
Feb 13, 2021 @ SJS W 3-1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 18:46
Feb 11, 2021 vs ANA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:53
Feb 9, 2021 vs ANA W 5-4 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 18:43
Feb 7, 2021 vs LAK W 4-3 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 15:47
Feb 5, 2021 vs LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 16:47
Jan 26, 2021 vs STL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:44
Jan 24, 2021 @ ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:36
Jan 22, 2021 @ ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:47
Jan 20, 2021 vs ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:33
Jan 18, 2021 vs ARI W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 14:16
Jan 16, 2021 vs ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:15
Jan 14, 2021 vs ANA W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 16:05