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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 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dmitry Kulikov FLA · 26 P in 72 GP Ian White SJS · 26 P in 78 GP Tom Gilbert EDM · 26 P in 79 GP Victor Hedman TBL · 26 P in 79 GP Carlo Colaiacovo STL · 26 P in 65 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

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
73 5 21 26 16 83 118 86 0.36 4.2 19:43

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+5.5Goals above replacement180th of 672 skaters, 34th of 233 defencemen
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 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+2.5 94th percentileEven-strength defence-0.7 34th percentilePower play-0.1 49th percentilePenalty kill+0.7 92nd percentilePenalties-1.7 21st 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

49.5Corsi for %1167 attempts for, 1190 against
-1.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.1Expected goals for %50.0 expected for, 45.9 against
+0.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
56.1Goals for %55 for, 43 against
101.4PDO8.1% shooting + 93.3% saves
191Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 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
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador57781:4949.153.630-29
Steve Montador · Andrej Sekera39140:5848.749.310-3
Steve Montador · Chris Butler25109:3159.464.19-3
Steve Montador · Marc-Andre Gragnani771:1153.643.01-3

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
5.0Expected goalsfrom 155 unblocked attempts
0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.21 expected goals per 60 minutes66th
Shot quality 3.2% chance per attempt52nd
Finishing 0.0 goals above expected56thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

024Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 5.0Goals 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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 2011 @ CBJ W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 19:47
Apr 8, 2011 vs PHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 20:13
Apr 5, 2011 vs TBL W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 22:41
Apr 3, 2011 @ CAR W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:03
Apr 2, 2011 @ WSH L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:35
Mar 30, 2011 vs NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 13:52
Mar 29, 2011 @ TOR L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 23:52
Mar 26, 2011 vs NJD W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:12
Mar 19, 2011 vs ATL W 8-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 14:19
Mar 15, 2011 vs CAR L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 16:28
Mar 12, 2011 @ TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 21:18
Mar 10, 2011 @ BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20:42
Mar 8, 2011 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 18:43
Mar 6, 2011 @ MIN W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 19:17
Mar 5, 2011 @ PHI W 5-3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 20:36
Mar 3, 2011 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 18:35
Mar 1, 2011 @ NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 17:06
Feb 26, 2011 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:36
Feb 25, 2011 vs OTT W 4-2 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 18:30
Feb 23, 2011 vs ATL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 17:49
Feb 20, 2011 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:25
Feb 18, 2011 vs STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 19:19
Feb 5, 2011 vs TOR W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:41
Feb 4, 2011 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 21:04
Jan 25, 2011 @ OTT W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 23:37
Jan 23, 2011 @ NYI W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:28
Jan 21, 2011 vs NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 20:06
Jan 20, 2011 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:13
Jan 18, 2011 vs MTL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:18
Jan 15, 2011 @ NYI L 3-5 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 20:24
Jan 13, 2011 vs CAR W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 21:24
Jan 11, 2011 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 17:08
Jan 8, 2011 @ PHX W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22:46
Jan 6, 2011 @ SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:31
Jan 4, 2011 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 18:45
Jan 1, 2011 vs BOS W 7-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 18:55
Dec 28, 2010 @ EDM W 4-2 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 21:18
Dec 27, 2010 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 21:20
Dec 23, 2010 vs FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:44
Dec 21, 2010 vs ANA W 5-2 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 19:34
Dec 18, 2010 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:33
Dec 17, 2010 @ FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 17:22
Dec 15, 2010 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:49
Dec 11, 2010 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 2 4 0 20:56
Dec 9, 2010 vs SJS W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:18
Dec 7, 2010 @ BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 19:02
Dec 4, 2010 @ OTT W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 24:49
Dec 3, 2010 vs CBJ W 5-0 0 0 0 0 19 0 1 14:33
Nov 27, 2010 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 23:31
Nov 26, 2010 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:54
Nov 24, 2010 vs PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:13
Nov 20, 2010 vs TBL L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 22:04
Nov 19, 2010 vs LAK W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20:04
Nov 17, 2010 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22:35
Nov 15, 2010 vs VAN W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 22:39
Nov 13, 2010 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 20:30
Nov 11, 2010 @ NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 23:39
Nov 10, 2010 @ NJD W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:43
Nov 6, 2010 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 7 1 4 23:48
Nov 5, 2010 vs MTL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:10
Nov 3, 2010 vs BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:40
Oct 30, 2010 @ DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 23:04
Oct 29, 2010 @ ATL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 20:54
Oct 26, 2010 @ PHI L 3-6 1 1 2 -1 2 7 0 23:08
Oct 23, 2010 @ NJD W 6-1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 19:05
Oct 22, 2010 vs OTT L 2-4 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 18:32
Oct 20, 2010 @ ATL W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 14:35
Oct 16, 2010 @ CHI L 3-4 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 14:14
Oct 15, 2010 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:23
Oct 13, 2010 vs NJD L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 23:16
Oct 11, 2010 vs CHI L 3-4 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 17:58
Oct 9, 2010 vs NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 21:01
Oct 8, 2010 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 17:29