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David Steckel

#20 · Centre · Anaheim Ducks

Born Mar 15, 1982 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA · 6'6", 215 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 30th overall in 2001 by LAK (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Arron Asham NYR · 0 P in 6 GP Brandon Mashinter NYR · 0 P in 6 GP Bryce Van Brabant CGY · 0 P in 6 GP Ryan Craig CBJ · 0 P in 6 GP Brett Bulmer MIN · 0 P in 5 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.

0510152005-06: 0 points005-062006-07: 0 points006-072007-08: 12 points1207-082008-09: 19 points1908-092009-10: 16 points1609-102010-11: 12 points1210-112011-12: 13 points1311-122012-13: 7 points712-132013-14: 0 points013-14

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2005-06 WSH 7 0 0 0 1 0 6 5 0.00
2006-07 WSH 5 0 0 0 -2 2 4 2 0.00
2007-08 WSH 67 5 7 12 1 34 66 91 0.18
2008-09 WSH 76 8 11 19 2 34 103 91 0.25
2009-10 WSH 79 5 11 16 4 19 90 115 0.20
2010-11 WSH 57 5 6 11 -3 24 61 88 0.19
2010-11 NJD 18 1 0 1 -3 2 18 16 0.06
2011-12 TOR 76 8 5 13 -14 10 79 170 0.17
2012-13 TOR 13 0 1 1 -2 0 4 11 0.08 $1.1M
2012-13 ANA 21 1 5 6 2 4 19 30 0.29
2013-14 ANA 6 0 0 0 0 0 8 15 0.00
9 seasons Career 425 33 46 79 -14 129 458 634 0.19

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 WSH 7 1 1 2 -2 4 9 12 0.29
2008-09 WSH 14 3 2 5 0 4 19 26 0.36
2009-10 WSH 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0.00
2012-13 ANA 7 1 1 2 1 0 7 13 0.29
4 seasons Playoffs 31 5 4 9 0 8 35 58 0.29

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
6 0 0 0 0 0 8 15 0.00 0.0 10:50

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2012-13 $1.1M

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

+0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.2Even-strength defence+0.6Power play+0.0Penalty 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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

0123452010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

63.5Corsi for %61 attempts for, 35 against
+18.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
69.0Expected goals for %2.6 expected for, 1.2 against
+22.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
63.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
0.0Goals for %0 for, 0 against
100.0PDO0.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
11Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Steckel · Tim Jackman · Matt Beleskey419:3057.158.70-0
David Steckel · Daniel Winnik · Kyle Palmieri19:4482.687.40-0
David Steckel · Tim Jackman · Patrick Maroon28:1570.084.20-0
David Steckel · Matt Beleskey · Kyle Palmieri16:0668.874.80-0

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
0.5Expected goalsfrom 9 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.47 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 5.7% chance per attempt6th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

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 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
Feb 3, 2014 vs CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 15:38
Feb 1, 2014 vs DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 07:56
Dec 11, 2013 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:12
Dec 9, 2013 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:52
Dec 7, 2013 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:55
Dec 6, 2013 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 09:29