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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Carl Soderberg COL · 51 P in 82 GP Jeff Skinner CAR · 51 P in 82 GP Patric Hornqvist PIT · 51 P in 82 GP Mika Zibanejad OTT · 51 P in 81 GP Mikkel Boedker COL · 51 P in 80 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 19 32 51 4 38 146 113 0.62 13.0 17:57

Contract

$850KCap hit2015-16
$17KCap dollars per point51 points in 82 games
$194KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.4 goals above replacement
$3.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.5MValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 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
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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+4.4Goals above replacement227th of 675 skaters, 159th of 445 forwards
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals 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+2.5 80th percentileEven-strength defence-1.1 24th percentilePower play-0.1 36th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 20th percentilePenalties-0.8 12th 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

48.6Corsi for %891 attempts for, 942 against
+0.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.7Expected goals for %42.2 expected for, 39.4 against
+3.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
53.4Goals for %47 for, 41 against
101.5PDO9.6% shooting + 91.9% saves
198Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Michael Cammalleri · Lee Stempniak · Adam HenriqueNJD36372:5749.456.721-9
Patrice Bergeron · Lee Stempniak · Brad MarchandBOS17186:3958.462.09-3
Lee Stempniak · Adam Henrique · Joseph BlandisiNJD20129:0043.451.55-7
Lee Stempniak · Adam Henrique · Sergey KalininNJD1729:5646.942.31-1

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.

18Goalsnot counting empty-netters
18.6Expected goalsfrom 196 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.76 expected goals per 60 minutes63rd
Shot quality 9.5% chance per attempt94th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 18.6Goals 18

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 9, 2016 vs OTT L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:25
Apr 7, 2016 vs DET W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 13:22
Apr 5, 2016 vs CAR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:10
Apr 3, 2016 @ CHI L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:07
Apr 1, 2016 @ STL W 6-5 0 1 1 -2 2 0 1 13:20
Mar 29, 2016 @ NJD L 1-2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 13:57
Mar 26, 2016 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 17:19
Mar 24, 2016 vs FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:52
Mar 23, 2016 @ NYR L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 14:13
Mar 19, 2016 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:59
Mar 18, 2016 @ ANA L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 12:53
Mar 15, 2016 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:16
Mar 12, 2016 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:27
Mar 10, 2016 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:51
Mar 8, 2016 @ TBL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 14:17
Mar 7, 2016 @ FLA W 5-4 (OT) 1 2 3 3 0 1 1 17:52
Mar 5, 2016 vs WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 15:21
Mar 3, 2016 vs CHI W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 16:26
Mar 1, 2016 vs CGY W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:12
Feb 26, 2016 vs TBL L 0-4 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 13:49
Feb 25, 2016 @ CBJ L 1-6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:37
Feb 23, 2016 vs NYR W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 18:05
Feb 20, 2016 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:28
Feb 19, 2016 vs NYI L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:31
Feb 16, 2016 vs PHI L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:38
Feb 14, 2016 vs LAK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:52
Feb 13, 2016 @ PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:20
Feb 9, 2016 vs EDM W 2-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 22:40
Feb 8, 2016 @ NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 19:09
Feb 6, 2016 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 18:54
Feb 4, 2016 @ TOR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 21:01
Feb 2, 2016 vs NYR W 3-2 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 17:11
Jan 26, 2016 @ PIT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 19:29
Jan 23, 2016 @ WPG W 3-1 2 0 2 2 0 2 3 17:37
Jan 21, 2016 vs OTT W 6-3 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 14:26
Jan 19, 2016 vs CGY W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 16:02
Jan 16, 2016 @ ARI W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 17:45
Jan 14, 2016 @ COL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 19:02
Jan 12, 2016 @ STL L 2-5 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 17:47
Jan 10, 2016 @ MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17:15
Jan 8, 2016 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 15:01
Jan 6, 2016 @ MTL L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16:39
Jan 4, 2016 vs DET L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:58
Jan 2, 2016 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 19:26
Dec 30, 2015 @ OTT W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 18:24
Dec 29, 2015 vs CAR W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:44
Dec 26, 2015 @ CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:45
Dec 22, 2015 @ DET W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 18:20
Dec 20, 2015 @ BOS L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 19:49
Dec 19, 2015 vs ANA L 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 17:09
Dec 17, 2015 vs FLA L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 2 0 1 16:58
Dec 15, 2015 @ BUF W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 20:19
Dec 13, 2015 @ NYI L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 19:11
Dec 11, 2015 vs DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20:00
Dec 8, 2015 @ TOR L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 21:29
Dec 6, 2015 vs FLA W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 20:04
Dec 4, 2015 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 22:34
Dec 3, 2015 @ CAR W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 20:01
Dec 1, 2015 vs COL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:27
Nov 28, 2015 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 21:39
Nov 27, 2015 vs MTL L 2-3 (SO) 1 1 2 1 2 7 2 20:48
Nov 25, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 19:07
Nov 22, 2015 @ VAN W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 19:14
Nov 20, 2015 @ EDM L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 2 1 1 16:56
Nov 17, 2015 @ CGY L 2-3 0 1 1 -2 4 1 3 16:41
Nov 14, 2015 vs PIT W 4-0 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 15:14
Nov 12, 2015 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 21:01
Nov 10, 2015 vs STL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:52
Nov 8, 2015 vs VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 18:33
Nov 6, 2015 vs CHI W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 4 20:43
Nov 3, 2015 @ NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:54
Oct 31, 2015 vs NYI W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 23:34
Oct 29, 2015 @ PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 21:53
Oct 27, 2015 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:48
Oct 24, 2015 @ BUF W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 19:52
Oct 22, 2015 @ OTT W 5-4 (SO) 1 1 2 0 2 2 3 23:43
Oct 20, 2015 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20:24
Oct 18, 2015 @ NYR W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 4 3 18:42
Oct 16, 2015 vs SJS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 21:29
Oct 13, 2015 vs NSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:51
Oct 10, 2015 @ WSH L 3-5 0 1 1 0 4 1 2 12:31
Oct 9, 2015 vs WPG L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 18:39