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Shea Theodore

#27 · Defence · Vegas Golden Knights

Born Aug 3, 1995 in Aldergrove, British Columbia, CAN (age 31) · 6'2", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 26th overall in 2013 by ANA (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2022-23

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.

Andrew MacDonald PHI · 8 P in 28 GP Patrik Nemeth DAL · 8 P in 38 GP Luca Sbisa VAN · 8 P in 41 GP Cody Goloubef CBJ · 8 P in 43 GP Jakub Kindl FLA · 8 P in 44 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.

020402015-16: 8 points815-162016-17: 9 points916-172017-18: 29 points2917-182018-19: 37 points3718-192019-20: 46 points4619-202020-21: 42 points4220-212021-22: 52 points5221-222022-23: 41 points4122-232023-24: 42 points4223-242024-25: 57 points5724-252025-26: 39 points3925-262026-27: 3 points326-27

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 ANA 19 3 5 8 7 2 28 6 0.42 $863K
2016-17 ANA 34 2 7 9 -6 28 60 14 0.26 $863K
2017-18 VGK 61 6 23 29 5 14 144 29 0.48 $863K
2018-19 VGK 79 12 25 37 -4 20 202 27 0.47 $5.2M
2019-20 VGK 71 13 33 46 12 25 219 20 0.65 $5.2M
2020-21 VGK 53 8 34 42 28 14 161 22 0.79 $5.2M
2021-22 VGK 78 14 38 52 6 24 205 37 0.67 $5.2M
2022-23 VGK 55 8 33 41 16 18 136 16 0.75 $5.2M
2023-24 VGK 47 5 37 42 4 6 105 9 0.89 $5.2M
2024-25 VGK 67 7 50 57 18 26 128 6 0.85 $5.2M
2025-26 VGK 70 10 29 39 19 24 130 2 0.56 $7.425M
2026-27 VGK 6 1 2 3 8 0 15 0 0.50 $7.425M
12 seasons Career 640 89 316 405 113 201 1533 188 0.63

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 ANA 6 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 0.00
2016-17 ANA 14 2 6 8 1 4 24 5 0.57
2017-18 VGK 20 3 7 10 2 8 39 7 0.50
2018-19 VGK 7 1 7 8 1 6 10 1 1.14
2019-20 VGK 17 5 10 15 6 6 69 8 0.88
2020-21 VGK 19 1 9 10 7 10 52 7 0.53
2022-23 VGK 21 1 12 13 8 10 41 9 0.62
2023-24 VGK 7 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 0.00
2024-25 VGK 11 2 3 5 -9 0 24 1 0.45
2025-26 VGK 22 6 12 18 10 10 42 5 0.82
10 seasons Playoffs 144 21 66 87 25 54 321 46 0.60

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
19 3 5 8 7 2 28 6 0.42 10.7 19:07

Contract

$863KCap hitends in 2018, then RFA
$108KCap dollars per point8 points in 19 games
$681KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.3 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Anaheim Ducks on Oct 1, 2013, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2017-18, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $863K $833K $93K $925K
2016-17 $863K $833K $0 $833K
2017-18 $863K $833K $0 $833K

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
Oct 24, 2024 Vegas Golden Knights Extension 2025-26 to 2031-32 7 $51.975M $7.425M
Sep 25, 2018 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2018-19 to 2024-25 7 $36.4M $5.2M
Oct 1, 2013 Anaheim Ducks Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 signed for 2013-14, slid 3 $2.775M $863K

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

0.0Goals 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-0.1Power play-0.2Penalty 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.

-50510152015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

52.8Corsi for %66 attempts for, 59 against
+5.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Expected goals for %2.0 expected for, 2.1 against
-2.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
42.9Goals for %3 for, 4 against
97.5PDO10.0% shooting + 87.5% saves
14Attempts 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
Simon Despres · Shea Theodore649:1851.148.32-2
Sami Vatanen · Shea Theodore37:3568.476.00-0
Hampus Lindholm · Shea Theodore34:3044.461.00-0
Cam Fowler · Shea Theodore23:0150.015.00-1

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
0.5Expected goalsfrom 11 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.38 expected goals per 60 minutes92nd
Shot quality 4.9% chance per attempt98th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected37thOne 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 0.5Goals 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 10, 2016 @ WSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:41
Apr 9, 2016 @ COL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 19:08
Apr 1, 2016 vs VAN L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:37
Mar 30, 2016 vs CGY W 8-3 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 20:15
Mar 28, 2016 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:54
Mar 26, 2016 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:41
Jan 26, 2016 @ BOS W 6-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 16:55
Jan 23, 2016 @ DET W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:51
Jan 20, 2016 vs MIN W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:33
Jan 17, 2016 vs LAK L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 19:58
Jan 15, 2016 vs DAL W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 18:23
Jan 13, 2016 vs OTT W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 20:10
Jan 10, 2016 vs DET L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 21:19
Jan 8, 2016 vs STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 21:39
Jan 6, 2016 vs TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:45
Jan 3, 2016 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:28
Jan 1, 2016 @ VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:34
Dec 31, 2015 @ EDM W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:28
Dec 29, 2015 @ CGY W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:45