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Steve Eminger

#44 · Defence · New York Rangers

Born Oct 31, 1983 in Woodbridge, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 207 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 12th overall in 2002 by WSH (round 1)

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.

Keaton Ellerby FLA · 5 P in 40 GP Mike Komisarek TOR · 5 P in 45 GP Marc Staal NYR · 5 P in 46 GP Ben Lovejoy PIT · 5 P in 34 GP Mike Weber BUF · 5 P in 51 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.

010202002-03: 2 points202-032003-04: 4 points403-042005-06: 18 points1805-062006-07: 17 points1706-072007-08: 2 points207-082008-09: 26 points2608-092009-10: 16 points1609-102010-11: 6 points610-112011-12: 5 points511-122012-13: 3 points312-13

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2002-03 WSH 17 0 2 2 -3 24 6 0 0.12
2003-04 WSH 41 0 4 4 -11 45 12 39 0.10
2005-06 WSH 66 5 13 18 -12 81 50 49 0.27
2006-07 WSH 68 1 16 17 -14 63 27 77 0.25
2007-08 WSH 20 0 2 2 -4 8 14 17 0.10
2008-09 PHI 12 0 2 2 0 8 9 11 0.17
2008-09 TBL 50 4 19 23 -4 36 63 55 0.46
2008-09 FLA 9 1 0 1 1 6 13 11 0.11
2009-10 ANA 63 4 12 16 1 30 45 102 0.25
2010-11 NYR 65 2 4 6 -5 22 23 143 0.09
2011-12 NYR 42 2 3 5 0 28 19 63 0.12
2012-13 NYR 35 0 3 3 9 8 22 53 0.09 $750K
10 seasons Career 488 19 80 99 -42 359 303 620 0.20

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 5 1 0 1 2 2 1 14 0.20
2011-12 NYR 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.00
2012-13 NYR 11 0 2 2 1 4 3 22 0.18
3 seasons Playoffs 20 1 2 3 3 6 6 39 0.15

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
42 2 3 5 0 28 19 63 0.12 10.5 13:17

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2012-13 to 2012-13 $750K

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.4Goals above replacement478th of 680 skaters, 152nd of 235 defencemen
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.5Goals 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-1.1 47th percentileEven-strength defence+0.3 60th percentilePower play+0.0 83rd percentilePenalty kill+0.3 78th percentilePenalties-1.0 33rd 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.

00.511.52010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

44.9Corsi for %368 attempts for, 451 against
-2.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.8Expected goals for %20.3 expected for, 19.6 against
+0.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %18 for, 18 against
101.3PDO8.7% shooting + 92.7% saves
43Attempts 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
Jeff Woywitka · Steve Eminger20168:4552.357.57-4
Steve Eminger · Michael Del Zotto2691:4047.852.65-3
Steve Eminger · Marc Staal968:1041.056.30-1
Steve Eminger · Anton Stralman549:1840.344.32-2

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.0Expected goalsfrom 29 unblocked attempts
+1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.11 expected goals per 60 minutes18th
Shot quality 3.4% chance per attempt66th
Finishing +1.0 goals above expected76thOne 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.

00.511.52Game 20Game 40Goals 2Expected 1.0

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
Mar 15, 2012 vs PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15:46
Mar 13, 2012 vs CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:23
Mar 11, 2012 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:09
Mar 9, 2012 @ CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:55
Mar 6, 2012 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 11:40
Feb 21, 2012 @ PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:18
Feb 19, 2012 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 12:58
Feb 16, 2012 vs CHI L 2-4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 10:08
Feb 14, 2012 @ BOS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 15:18
Feb 12, 2012 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 18:11
Feb 11, 2012 @ PHI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 4 1 2 12:52
Feb 9, 2012 vs TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 12:59
Dec 17, 2011 @ PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:26
Dec 15, 2011 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:38
Dec 13, 2011 vs DAL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:37
Dec 11, 2011 vs FLA W 6-1 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 19:16
Dec 10, 2011 @ BUF W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 4 17:58
Dec 8, 2011 vs TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 18:06
Dec 5, 2011 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:30
Dec 3, 2011 @ TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:04
Dec 1, 2011 @ CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10:20
Nov 29, 2011 vs PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 11:03
Nov 26, 2011 vs PHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:53
Nov 25, 2011 @ WSH W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:04
Nov 23, 2011 @ FLA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:03
Nov 19, 2011 @ MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:39
Nov 15, 2011 @ NYI W 4-2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 09:45
Nov 11, 2011 vs CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:16
Nov 9, 2011 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 10:00
Nov 6, 2011 vs WPG W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:07
Nov 5, 2011 vs MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18:27
Nov 3, 2011 vs ANA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 11:36
Oct 31, 2011 vs SJS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:14
Oct 29, 2011 vs OTT L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 12:40
Oct 27, 2011 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 12:12
Oct 24, 2011 @ WPG W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:26
Oct 22, 2011 @ EDM L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:45
Oct 20, 2011 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:51
Oct 18, 2011 @ VAN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:58
Oct 15, 2011 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:48
Oct 8, 2011 @ ANA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:28
Oct 7, 2011 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 16:02