Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All players

Photo of Shea Theodore

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)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2022-23

Compare with a similar player

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

Dougie Hamilton CAR · 42 P in 55 GP Jeff Petry MTL · 42 P in 55 GP Jakob Chychrun ARI · 41 P in 56 GP Quinn Hughes VAN · 41 P in 56 GP John Carlson WSH · 44 P in 52 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

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
53 8 34 42 28 14 161 22 0.79 5.0 22:33

Contract

$5.2MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$124KCap dollars per point42 points in 53 games
$881KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.9 goals above replacement
$6.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.5MValueworth 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 Sep 25, 2018, as a new contract: 7 years and $36.4M, beginning in 2018-19. It runs through 2024-25, with 4 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
2018-19 $5.2M $5.2M $0 $5.2M
2019-20 $5.2M $5.2M $0 $5.2M
2020-21 $5.2M $5.2M $0 $5.2M
2021-22 $5.2M $5.2M $0 $5.2M
2022-23 $5.2M $5.2M $0 $5.2M
2023-24 $5.2M $5.2M $0 $5.2M M-NTC
2024-25 $5.2M $5.2M $0 $5.2M NTC

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 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

+2.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.5Even-strength defence+2.1Power play-0.6Penalty kill-0.1Penalties-0.6

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

58.5Corsi for %404 attempts for, 287 against
+6.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
56.6Expected goals for %15.7 expected for, 12.0 against
+3.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
59.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
61.5Goals for %16 for, 10 against
101.1PDO7.6% shooting + 93.5% saves
81Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore13172:1052.651.37-3
Nick Holden · Shea Theodore988:4459.970.04-1
Alex Pietrangelo · Shea Theodore1865:3766.453.83-3
Shea Theodore · Zach Whitecloud1423:5271.961.31-0

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
1.9Expected goalsfrom 70 unblocked attempts
-0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.26 expected goals per 60 minutes83rd
Shot quality 2.7% chance per attempt49th
Finishing -0.9 goals above expected14thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 59 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.511.5Expected 1.9Goals 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
May 12, 2021 @ SJS W 6-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 17:55
May 10, 2021 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 29:34
May 8, 2021 vs STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:43
May 7, 2021 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 26:04
May 5, 2021 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23:30
May 3, 2021 @ MIN L 5-6 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 22:56
May 1, 2021 @ ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:07
Apr 30, 2021 @ ARI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 25:25
Apr 28, 2021 vs COL W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 3 1 19:13
Apr 24, 2021 @ ANA W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 21:01
Apr 21, 2021 vs SJS W 5-2 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 22:32
Apr 19, 2021 vs SJS W 3-2 (SO) 0 2 2 -1 0 4 1 25:33
Apr 18, 2021 @ ANA W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 17:19
Apr 16, 2021 @ ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 22:34
Apr 14, 2021 @ LAK W 6-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 19:35
Apr 12, 2021 @ LAK W 4-2 0 2 2 0 0 6 1 19:28
Apr 11, 2021 vs ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 19:06
Apr 9, 2021 vs ARI W 7-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 19:36
Apr 7, 2021 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 30:42
Apr 5, 2021 @ STL W 6-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 18:34
Apr 3, 2021 vs MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 22:15
Apr 1, 2021 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 6 3 24:39
Mar 31, 2021 vs LAK L 2-4 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 22:01
Mar 29, 2021 vs LAK W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:18
Mar 27, 2021 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 26:49
Mar 25, 2021 @ COL L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 20:29
Mar 22, 2021 vs STL W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 24:20
Mar 21, 2021 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 23:17
Mar 19, 2021 @ LAK W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 22:28
Mar 17, 2021 vs SJS W 5-4 1 2 3 0 0 6 0 26:02
Mar 15, 2021 vs SJS W 2-1 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 23:11
Mar 13, 2021 @ STL W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 19:36
Mar 12, 2021 @ STL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 23:51
Mar 10, 2021 @ MIN L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 23:00
Mar 8, 2021 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 26:13
Mar 6, 2021 @ SJS W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:33
Mar 5, 2021 @ SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 21:24
Mar 3, 2021 vs MIN W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 25:45
Mar 1, 2021 vs MIN W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 26:40
Feb 27, 2021 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 3 2 3 0 24:51
Feb 22, 2021 @ COL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 23:02
Feb 20, 2021 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 26:51
Feb 16, 2021 vs COL L 2-3 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 19:16
Feb 9, 2021 vs ANA W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:51
Feb 7, 2021 vs LAK W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:07
Feb 5, 2021 vs LAK W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 21:40
Jan 26, 2021 vs STL L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 8 1 25:23
Jan 24, 2021 @ ARI W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 21:48
Jan 22, 2021 @ ARI L 2-5 1 1 2 -2 2 3 0 22:21
Jan 20, 2021 vs ARI W 5-2 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 21:12
Jan 18, 2021 vs ARI W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 21:03
Jan 16, 2021 vs ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 27:09
Jan 14, 2021 vs ANA W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 22:05