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Steve Montador

#5 · Defence · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Dec 21, 1979 in Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN · 6'0", 210 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kurtis Foster MIN · 14 P in 51 GP TJ Brodie CGY · 14 P in 54 GP Mark Stuart WPG · 14 P in 80 GP Sheldon Brookbank ANA · 14 P in 80 GP Bryan Allen CAR · 14 P in 82 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

010202001-02: 3 points301-022002-03: 2 points202-032003-04: 3 points303-042005-06: 7 points705-062006-07: 9 points906-072007-08: 23 points2307-082008-09: 21 points2108-092009-10: 23 points2309-102010-11: 26 points2610-112011-12: 14 points1411-12

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2001-02 CGY 11 1 2 3 -2 26 10 5 0.27
2002-03 CGY 50 1 1 2 -9 114 64 23 0.04
2003-04 CGY 26 1 2 3 -1 50 31 23 0.12
2005-06 CGY 7 1 0 1 0 11 13 9 0.14
2005-06 FLA 51 1 5 6 4 68 42 74 0.12
2006-07 FLA 72 1 8 9 1 119 88 126 0.13
2007-08 FLA 74 8 15 23 1 73 96 95 0.31
2008-09 ANA 65 4 16 20 14 125 100 84 0.31
2008-09 BOS 13 0 1 1 3 18 17 11 0.08
2009-10 BUF 78 5 18 23 0 75 134 54 0.29
2010-11 BUF 73 5 21 26 16 83 118 86 0.36
2011-12 CHI 52 5 9 14 4 45 57 49 0.27
10 seasons Career 572 33 98 131 31 807 770 639 0.23

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2003-04 CGY 19 1 2 3 3 4 44 15 0.16
2008-09 BOS 11 1 2 3 5 18 15 13 0.27
2009-10 BUF 6 1 0 1 3 4 6 21 0.17
2010-11 BUF 6 0 1 1 -1 8 3 7 0.17
4 seasons Playoffs 42 3 5 8 10 34 68 56 0.19

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
52 5 9 14 4 45 57 49 0.27 8.8 14:46

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+1.0Goals above replacement428th of 680 skaters, 133rd of 235 defencemen
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 235 ranked defencemen: 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.

Even-strength offence-0.5 59th percentileEven-strength defence+0.3 61st percentilePower play-0.1 45th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 43rd percentilePenalties-1.2 25th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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.

02462010-112011-12Goals 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

55.6Corsi for %643 attempts for, 513 against
+3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.3Expected goals for %26.9 expected for, 22.6 against
+2.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.9Goals for %27 for, 24 against
99.4PDO7.8% shooting + 91.6% saves
88Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 557 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
Sean O'Donnell · Steve Montador34308:0756.154.112-11
Steve Montador · Duncan Keith3872:0148.547.23-7
Steve Montador · Sami Lepisto971:1458.157.56-1
Steve Montador · Nick Leddy3056:3547.440.21-0

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.5Expected goalsfrom 80 unblocked attempts
+1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.27 expected goals per 60 minutes86th
Shot quality 4.4% chance per attempt95th
Finishing +1.5 goals above expected82ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012345Game 20Game 40Goals 5Expected 3.5

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 this season, 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
Mar 27, 2012 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:20
Feb 7, 2012 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:05
Feb 3, 2012 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 14:14
Feb 2, 2012 @ EDM L 4-8 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:23
Jan 31, 2012 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:20
Jan 24, 2012 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 5 0 3 10:14
Jan 21, 2012 @ NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:57
Jan 20, 2012 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:14
Jan 18, 2012 vs BUF W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:57
Jan 15, 2012 vs SJS W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:54
Jan 14, 2012 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:01
Jan 12, 2012 vs MIN W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 4 2 19:40
Jan 10, 2012 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 2 19 1 0 11:15
Jan 8, 2012 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:34
Dec 30, 2011 vs DET W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:11
Dec 28, 2011 vs LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:31
Dec 26, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:19
Dec 21, 2011 vs MTL W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:01
Dec 20, 2011 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:41
Dec 18, 2011 vs CGY W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:31
Dec 16, 2011 vs ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:25
Dec 14, 2011 @ MIN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 10:46
Dec 11, 2011 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:36
Dec 8, 2011 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:07
Dec 5, 2011 vs PHX L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:13
Dec 3, 2011 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 13:30
Dec 2, 2011 vs NYI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 13:55
Nov 29, 2011 vs PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:39
Nov 26, 2011 @ LAK W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:50
Nov 25, 2011 @ ANA W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:42
Nov 23, 2011 @ SJS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 13:27
Nov 19, 2011 @ EDM L 2-9 0 1 1 -4 0 5 0 15:41
Nov 18, 2011 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 23:50
Nov 16, 2011 @ VAN W 5-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 21:40
Nov 13, 2011 vs EDM W 6-3 2 0 2 2 0 3 4 21:18
Nov 11, 2011 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:20
Nov 10, 2011 @ CBJ W 6-3 1 1 2 0 5 2 0 14:45
Nov 8, 2011 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:28
Nov 6, 2011 vs VAN L 2-6 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:22
Nov 4, 2011 @ TBL L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 19:07
Nov 3, 2011 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:48
Oct 31, 2011 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 15:22
Oct 29, 2011 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:11
Oct 28, 2011 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:47
Oct 25, 2011 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:48
Oct 22, 2011 vs COL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:42
Oct 20, 2011 @ COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:59
Oct 18, 2011 @ PHX W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:13
Oct 15, 2011 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:47
Oct 13, 2011 vs WPG W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 15:04
Oct 8, 2011 vs DAL W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 15:13
Oct 7, 2011 @ DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 09:34