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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 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andrew Shaw CHI · 15 P in 48 GP Daniel Cleary DET · 15 P in 48 GP Sean Couturier PHI · 15 P in 46 GP Sergei Kostitsyn NSH · 15 P in 46 GP Zack Smith OTT · 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
47 8 7 15 -7 17 88 64 0.32 9.1 13:46

Contract

$775KCap hit2012-13
$52KCap dollars per point15 points in 47 games
$213KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.6 goals above replacement
$3.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.9MValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 558 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+3.6Goals above replacement148th of 605 skaters, 115th of 397 forwards
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 397 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+0.3 55th percentileEven-strength defence+0.6 66th percentilePower play-0.3 19th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 60th percentilePenalties+1.3 90th 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

54.2Corsi for %431 attempts for, 364 against
-2.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
59.1Expected goals for %21.1 expected for, 14.6 against
+3.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
43.8Goals for %14 for, 18 against
96.9PDO6.2% shooting + 90.7% saves
106Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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 · Stephen Gionta · Ryan Carter38253:3450.056.29-9
Steve Bernier · Travis Zajac · Ryan Carter1834:3471.760.40-2
Patrik Elias · Steve Bernier · Adam Henrique427:1971.879.52-0
Steve Bernier · Ryan Carter · Adam Henrique1018:0478.480.61-1

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
10.8Expected goalsfrom 113 unblocked attempts
-3.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.00 expected goals per 60 minutes90th
Shot quality 9.5% chance per attempt95th
Finishing -3.8 goals above expected7thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 355 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Expected 10.8Goals 7

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
Apr 27, 2013 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:46
Apr 23, 2013 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:12
Apr 21, 2013 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:02
Apr 20, 2013 vs FLA W 6-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 12:30
Apr 18, 2013 @ PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 14:52
Apr 15, 2013 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:02
Apr 12, 2013 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 14:54
Apr 10, 2013 vs BOS L 4-5 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 12:36
Apr 7, 2013 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 2 14:15
Apr 6, 2013 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:32
Apr 4, 2013 @ BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:07
Apr 1, 2013 vs NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:16
Mar 30, 2013 @ FLA L 2-3 (OT) 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 16:15
Mar 29, 2013 @ TBL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 15:29
Mar 25, 2013 @ OTT L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 19:30
Mar 23, 2013 vs FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:00
Mar 21, 2013 @ CAR W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:29
Mar 19, 2013 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 15:17
Mar 16, 2013 vs MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:12
Mar 15, 2013 @ PHI L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:39
Mar 13, 2013 vs PHI W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 13:30
Mar 10, 2013 vs WPG W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 15:42
Mar 9, 2013 @ CAR L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:39
Mar 7, 2013 vs BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:18
Mar 5, 2013 vs TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 4 16:29
Mar 4, 2013 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:55
Mar 2, 2013 @ BUF L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 2 4 3 13:11
Feb 28, 2013 @ WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 11:48
Feb 24, 2013 vs WPG L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 15:26
Feb 23, 2013 @ WSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 13:14
Feb 21, 2013 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:41
Feb 18, 2013 vs OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 6 14:10
Feb 16, 2013 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 12:52
Feb 15, 2013 vs PHI W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 14:21
Feb 12, 2013 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:56
Feb 10, 2013 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:07
Feb 9, 2013 vs PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:54
Feb 7, 2013 vs TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 10:34
Feb 5, 2013 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 10:35
Feb 3, 2013 @ NYI W 3-0 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 12:15
Feb 2, 2013 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:44
Jan 31, 2013 vs NYI L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13:45
Jan 29, 2013 @ BOS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:06
Jan 27, 2013 @ MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:34
Jan 25, 2013 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:49
Jan 22, 2013 vs PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 9 1 2 11:27
Jan 19, 2013 @ NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:53