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Steve Bernier

#8 · Right wing · New York Islanders

Born Mar 31, 1985 in Quebec City, Quebec, CAN · 6'3", 225 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 16th overall in 2003 by SJS (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alexei Ponikarovsky LAK · 15 P in 61 GP Dana Tyrell TBL · 15 P in 78 GP Craig Adams PIT · 15 P in 80 GP Chris Clark CBJ · 15 P in 53 GP Joey Crabb TOR · 15 P in 48 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.

01020302005-06: 27 points2705-062006-07: 31 points3106-072007-08: 32 points3207-082008-09: 32 points3208-092009-10: 22 points2209-102010-11: 15 points1510-112011-12: 6 points611-122012-13: 15 points1512-132013-14: 12 points1213-142014-15: 32 points3214-152015-16: 6 points615-162017-18: 0 points017-18

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 SJS 39 14 13 27 4 35 75 69 0.69
2006-07 SJS 62 15 16 31 5 29 104 131 0.50
2007-08 SJS 59 13 10 23 -2 62 96 127 0.39
2007-08 BUF 17 3 6 9 1 2 35 30 0.53
2008-09 VAN 81 15 17 32 4 27 137 146 0.40 $2.5M
2009-10 VAN 59 11 11 22 0 21 95 105 0.37 $2M
2010-11 FLA 69 5 10 15 -14 21 97 112 0.22 $2M
2011-12 NJD 32 1 5 6 6 16 23 61 0.19
2012-13 NJD 47 8 7 15 -7 17 88 64 0.32 $775K
2013-14 NJD 78 3 9 12 -15 33 104 118 0.15 $775K
2014-15 NJD 67 16 16 32 2 28 107 123 0.48 $600K
2015-16 NYI 24 1 5 6 3 9 27 42 0.25 $750K
2017-18 NYI 4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 11 0.00 $650K
12 seasons Career 638 105 125 230 -15 300 992 1139 0.36

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2005-06 SJS 11 1 5 6 4 8 14 18 0.55
2006-07 SJS 11 0 1 1 2 2 15 16 0.09
2008-09 VAN 10 2 2 4 -1 7 15 21 0.40
2009-10 VAN 12 4 1 5 -1 0 17 25 0.42
2011-12 NJD 24 2 5 7 3 27 22 64 0.29
2015-16 NYI 6 0 0 0 -2 0 6 25 0.00
6 seasons Playoffs 74 9 14 23 5 44 89 169 0.31

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
69 5 10 15 -14 21 97 112 0.22 5.2 12:51

Contract

$2MCap hitends in 2011, then UFA
$133KCap dollars per point15 points in 69 games
$457KWorth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 315 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2010-11, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $2M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2017-18 to 2017-18 $650K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $750K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $600K
2012-13 to 2013-14 $775K
2009-10 to 2010-11 $2M
2008-09 to 2008-09 $2.5M

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-0.1Goals above replacement509th of 672 skaters, 350th of 439 forwards
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 ranked forwards: 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-1.6 25th percentileEven-strength defence-0.5 36th percentilePower play-0.4 16th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 77th percentilePenalties-0.2 30th 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 forwards. 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.

-2024682010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162017-18Goals 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

47.8Corsi for %618 attempts for, 675 against
-3.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.0Expected goals for %26.2 expected for, 27.3 against
-4.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
38.0Goals for %19 for, 31 against
97.6PDO5.8% shooting + 91.8% saves
136Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Steve Bernier · David Booth · Mike Santorelli28167:3850.552.64-8
Steve Bernier · David Booth · Shawn Matthias1340:0751.966.50-2
Sergei Samsonov · Steve Bernier · Mike Santorelli428:0549.156.51-1
Steve Bernier · Mike Santorelli · Tim Kennedy326:2231.932.00-1

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
11.9Expected goalsfrom 136 unblocked attempts
-6.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.80 expected goals per 60 minutes63rd
Shot quality 8.7% chance per attempt87th
Finishing -6.9 goals above expected3rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 11.9Goals 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 6, 2011 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:23
Apr 2, 2011 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:22
Mar 31, 2011 vs OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:40
Mar 29, 2011 @ CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:10
Mar 27, 2011 @ PIT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 10:05
Mar 25, 2011 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:58
Mar 23, 2011 @ CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 16:44
Mar 22, 2011 @ NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 15:05
Mar 19, 2011 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:12
Mar 17, 2011 vs TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:50
Mar 15, 2011 vs PHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 09:43
Mar 12, 2011 vs TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 11:41
Mar 10, 2011 vs OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 14:38
Mar 8, 2011 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 18:58
Mar 6, 2011 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:07
Mar 5, 2011 @ ATL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:13
Mar 3, 2011 vs MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:48
Mar 1, 2011 @ CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:34
Feb 27, 2011 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:47
Feb 25, 2011 @ ATL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:02
Feb 23, 2011 @ OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:37
Feb 21, 2011 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 5 2 2 08:20
Feb 19, 2011 @ TBL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:02
Feb 18, 2011 vs DET L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:26
Feb 16, 2011 vs PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 13, 2011 vs SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 09:37
Feb 10, 2011 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 4 6 16:04
Feb 8, 2011 vs STL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 6 08:11
Feb 4, 2011 @ NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 10:52
Feb 2, 2011 @ MTL L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 09:21
Jan 23, 2011 @ NJD L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10:56
Jan 21, 2011 vs TBL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 05:40
Jan 19, 2011 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 09:25
Jan 17, 2011 vs ATL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 08:56
Jan 15, 2011 vs NJD W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:43
Jan 13, 2011 vs NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 07:38
Jan 11, 2011 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:27
Jan 8, 2011 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:08
Jan 7, 2011 vs CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 08:15
Jan 5, 2011 vs ATL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:14
Jan 3, 2011 @ CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 08:48
Jan 2, 2011 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:51
Dec 31, 2010 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:51
Dec 27, 2010 vs BOS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 16:10
Dec 23, 2010 @ BUF W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:18
Dec 22, 2010 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:18
Dec 20, 2010 @ PHI W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 16:28
Dec 17, 2010 vs BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:50
Dec 15, 2010 vs CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:34
Dec 11, 2010 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:45
Dec 9, 2010 @ WSH W 3-0 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 19:48
Dec 7, 2010 vs COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:44
Dec 4, 2010 @ PHX W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 19:17
Dec 2, 2010 @ LAK L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 20:04
Dec 1, 2010 @ ANA L 3-5 2 1 3 0 0 6 1 17:01
Nov 12, 2010 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 11:17
Nov 10, 2010 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:29
Nov 6, 2010 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:31
Nov 5, 2010 vs CAR W 7-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 12:48
Nov 3, 2010 vs ATL L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:50
Oct 30, 2010 @ MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:28
Oct 28, 2010 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:14
Oct 26, 2010 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:52
Oct 23, 2010 vs NYI W 4-3 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 13:52
Oct 21, 2010 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 12:26
Oct 16, 2010 vs TBL W 6-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 11:48
Oct 14, 2010 @ CGY W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:49
Oct 11, 2010 @ VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 11:21
Oct 10, 2010 @ EDM L 2-3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 09:43