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Lee Stempniak

#18 · Right wing · Boston Bruins

Born Feb 4, 1983 in West Seneca, New York, USA · 5'11", 195 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 148th overall in 2003 by STL (round 5)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Matt Duchene COL · 28 P in 58 GP Nikolay Kulemin TOR · 28 P in 70 GP Chris Neil OTT · 28 P in 72 GP Matt Halischuk NSH · 28 P in 73 GP Alexander Burmistrov WPG · 28 P in 76 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.

020402005-06: 27 points2705-062006-07: 52 points5206-072007-08: 38 points3807-082008-09: 44 points4408-092009-10: 48 points4809-102010-11: 38 points3810-112011-12: 28 points2811-122012-13: 32 points3212-132013-14: 34 points3413-142014-15: 28 points2814-152015-16: 51 points5115-162016-17: 40 points4016-172017-18: 9 points917-182018-19: 0 points018-19

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 STL 57 14 13 27 -10 22 100 45 0.47
2006-07 STL 82 27 25 52 -2 33 166 64 0.63
2007-08 STL 80 13 25 38 0 40 162 103 0.48 $2.5M
2008-09 STL 14 3 10 13 -3 2 43 20 0.93 $2.5M
2008-09 TOR 61 11 20 31 -9 31 128 87 0.51
2009-10 TOR 62 14 16 30 -10 18 164 71 0.48 $2.5M
2009-10 PHX 18 14 4 18 10 8 48 16 1.00
2010-11 PHX 82 19 19 38 4 19 199 124 0.46 $1.9M
2011-12 CGY 61 14 14 28 -2 16 130 55 0.46 $1.9M
2012-13 CGY 47 9 23 32 2 12 113 47 0.68 $2.5M
2013-14 CGY 52 8 15 23 -21 28 144 71 0.44 $2.5M
2013-14 PIT 21 4 7 11 5 4 34 33 0.52
2014-15 NYR 53 9 9 18 7 18 86 58 0.34 $900K
2014-15 WPG 18 6 4 10 1 2 29 20 0.56
2015-16 NJD 63 16 25 41 3 34 120 85 0.65 $850K
2015-16 BOS 19 3 7 10 1 4 26 28 0.53
2016-17 CAR 82 16 24 40 2 32 131 113 0.49 $2.5M
2017-18 CAR 37 3 6 9 -8 4 41 40 0.24 $2.5M
2018-19 BOS 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0.00 $650K
14 seasons Career 911 203 266 469 -31 327 1864 1082 0.51

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2009-10 PHX 7 0 2 2 -4 0 14 13 0.29
2010-11 PHX 4 0 0 0 -3 0 8 4 0.00
2013-14 PIT 13 2 1 3 -4 6 22 19 0.23
2014-15 WPG 4 1 0 1 2 0 8 8 0.25
4 seasons Playoffs 28 3 3 6 -9 6 52 44 0.21

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
61 14 14 28 -2 16 130 55 0.46 10.8 16:14

Contract

$1.9MCap hitends in 2012, then UFA
$68KCap dollars per point28 points in 61 games
$488KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.9 goals above replacement
$2.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$362KValueworth 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 367 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 2011-12, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2011-12 $1.9M

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
2018-19 to 2018-19 $650K
2016-17 to 2017-18 $2.5M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $900K
2012-13 to 2013-14 $2.5M
2010-11 to 2011-12 $1.9M
2007-08 to 2009-10 $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 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

Rating

+3.9Goals above replacement250th of 680 skaters, 176th of 445 forwards
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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+1.1 65th percentileEven-strength defence-1.0 27th percentilePower play-0.5 14th percentilePenalty kill+0.5 91st percentilePenalties+1.0 76th 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.

024682010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

52.1Corsi for %701 attempts for, 645 against
+4.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.2Expected goals for %28.5 expected for, 29.5 against
-1.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.7Goals for %29 for, 25 against
101.2PDO7.9% shooting + 93.3% saves
185Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Lee Stempniak · Blake Comeau · Mikael Backlund17123:2756.547.43-7
Olli Jokinen · Lee Stempniak · Curtis Glencross1671:5355.555.74-4
Lee Stempniak · Paul Byron · Roman Horak952:1241.753.74-1
Lee Stempniak · Rene Bourque · Mikael Backlund444:0743.444.62-1

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.

13Goalsnot counting empty-netters
13.0Expected goalsfrom 171 unblocked attempts
+0.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.79 expected goals per 60 minutes68th
Shot quality 7.6% chance per attempt59th
Finishing +0.0 goals above expected56thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 13Expected 13.0

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. 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 7, 2012 vs ANA W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:10
Apr 5, 2012 vs VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:25
Mar 31, 2012 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:10
Mar 30, 2012 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:50
Mar 28, 2012 vs LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:48
Mar 26, 2012 vs DAL W 5-4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 17:41
Mar 24, 2012 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 14:15
Mar 22, 2012 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:00
Mar 20, 2012 @ COL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:45
Mar 18, 2012 vs CBJ L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:51
Jan 31, 2012 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:42
Jan 24, 2012 vs SJS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:44
Jan 21, 2012 @ EDM W 6-2 3 1 4 5 0 5 1 16:50
Jan 19, 2012 @ LAK W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:23
Jan 17, 2012 @ SJS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:53
Jan 14, 2012 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:41
Jan 12, 2012 vs ANA W 1-0 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:36
Jan 10, 2012 vs NJD W 6-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 14:51
Jan 7, 2012 vs MIN W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 17:22
Jan 5, 2012 @ BOS L 0-9 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 12:10
Jan 3, 2012 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:32
Jan 1, 2012 @ NSH L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 13:00
Dec 30, 2011 @ OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 17:15
Dec 29, 2011 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:39
Dec 27, 2011 @ CBJ W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:42
Dec 23, 2011 @ VAN W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 5 17:26
Dec 22, 2011 vs DET W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:15
Dec 20, 2011 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:38
Dec 18, 2011 @ CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 5 1 17:40
Dec 16, 2011 @ FLA L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 18:32
Dec 15, 2011 @ TBL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:44
Dec 13, 2011 @ NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:19
Dec 10, 2011 vs EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:45
Dec 8, 2011 vs COL W 3-2 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 18:44
Dec 6, 2011 vs CAR W 7-6 1 1 2 -1 0 1 0 16:16
Dec 4, 2011 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:51
Dec 3, 2011 @ EDM W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 14:29
Dec 1, 2011 vs CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 20:10
Nov 29, 2011 vs NSH W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:19
Nov 27, 2011 @ MIN W 5-2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 16:11
Nov 25, 2011 @ STL L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 17:25
Nov 23, 2011 @ DET L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:58
Nov 21, 2011 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:46
Nov 18, 2011 vs CHI W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 13:05
Nov 15, 2011 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:04
Nov 12, 2011 @ COL W 4-3 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 16:06
Nov 11, 2011 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 17:22
Nov 8, 2011 vs MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:56
Nov 6, 2011 @ COL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:18
Nov 4, 2011 @ BUF L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:54
Nov 3, 2011 @ DET W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 16:17
Nov 1, 2011 vs VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:18
Oct 28, 2011 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:57
Oct 26, 2011 vs COL W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 15:03
Oct 22, 2011 vs NSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:48
Oct 20, 2011 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 20:50
Oct 18, 2011 vs EDM W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:04
Oct 15, 2011 @ TOR L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 17:18
Oct 13, 2011 @ MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:08
Oct 10, 2011 @ STL L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 18:18
Oct 8, 2011 vs PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 13:29