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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adam Henrique NJD · 40 P in 82 GP Phillip Danault MTL · 40 P in 82 GP Michael Grabner NYR · 40 P in 76 GP Brayden Point TBL · 40 P in 68 GP Paul Stastny STL · 40 P in 66 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

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 16 24 40 2 32 131 113 0.49 12.2 15:51

Contract

$2.5MCap hit2016-17
$63KCap dollars per point40 points in 82 games
$732KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.4 goals above replacement
$2.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$250KValueworth 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 664 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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

+3.4Goals above replacement272nd of 664 skaters, 191st of 435 forwards
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 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+1.2 67th percentileEven-strength defence-0.1 46th percentilePower play-1.1 4th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 57th percentilePenalties-0.2 32nd 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

50.2Corsi for %1035 attempts for, 1026 against
-1.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.7Expected goals for %45.5 expected for, 44.2 against
-0.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.6Goals for %50 for, 45 against
101.8PDO9.8% shooting + 91.9% saves
218Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 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 · Teuvo Teravainen · Sebastian Aho27273:3953.354.911-9
Lee Stempniak · Jeff Skinner · Derek Ryan32191:0950.850.913-8
Lee Stempniak · Jeff Skinner · Victor Rask53187:0850.450.613-9
Lee Stempniak · Brock McGinn · Derek Ryan1260:1149.053.00-3

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.

15Goalsnot counting empty-netters
16.9Expected goalsfrom 186 unblocked attempts
-1.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.78 expected goals per 60 minutes66th
Shot quality 9.1% chance per attempt89th
Finishing -1.9 goals above expected33rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 16.9Goals 15

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, 2017 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:27
Apr 8, 2017 vs STL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17:18
Apr 6, 2017 vs NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:33
Apr 4, 2017 @ MIN L 3-5 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 17:33
Apr 2, 2017 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:25
Apr 1, 2017 vs DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:56
Mar 30, 2017 vs CBJ W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:16
Mar 28, 2017 vs DET W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 15:43
Mar 27, 2017 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 17:27
Mar 25, 2017 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:05
Mar 23, 2017 @ MTL W 4-1 2 0 2 2 0 4 2 16:48
Mar 21, 2017 @ FLA W 4-3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 13:54
Mar 19, 2017 @ PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:56
Mar 18, 2017 vs NSH W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 17:24
Mar 16, 2017 vs MIN W 3-1 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 16:06
Mar 14, 2017 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 15:40
Mar 13, 2017 @ NYI W 8-4 0 1 1 -1 2 2 2 13:37
Mar 11, 2017 vs TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:35
Mar 9, 2017 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:47
Mar 7, 2017 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:09
Mar 5, 2017 @ ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 15:45
Mar 3, 2017 vs ARI L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 14:56
Mar 1, 2017 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:12
Feb 28, 2017 @ FLA L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 16:39
Feb 26, 2017 vs CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:11
Feb 24, 2017 vs OTT W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:31
Feb 21, 2017 vs PIT L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 2 1 4 16:49
Feb 19, 2017 vs TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:25
Feb 17, 2017 vs COL L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 17:06
Feb 11, 2017 @ DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 16:35
Feb 7, 2017 @ WSH L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:55
Feb 4, 2017 @ NYI W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:17
Feb 3, 2017 vs EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:34
Jan 31, 2017 vs PHI W 5-1 0 1 1 1 4 5 2 16:21
Jan 26, 2017 vs LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:53
Jan 23, 2017 @ WSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 16:36
Jan 21, 2017 @ CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 17:45
Jan 20, 2017 vs PIT L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 13:52
Jan 17, 2017 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 12:52
Jan 14, 2017 vs NYI W 7-4 1 2 3 3 0 3 2 13:23
Jan 13, 2017 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 16:15
Jan 10, 2017 vs CBJ W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:54
Jan 8, 2017 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 16:01
Jan 6, 2017 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:08
Jan 5, 2017 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:18
Jan 3, 2017 vs NJD L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 18:04
Dec 31, 2016 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:03
Dec 30, 2016 vs CHI W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 15:57
Dec 28, 2016 @ PIT L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 5 3 17:10
Dec 23, 2016 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:59
Dec 22, 2016 @ BUF W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:43
Dec 17, 2016 vs BUF W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:10
Dec 16, 2016 vs WSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:25
Dec 13, 2016 vs VAN W 8-6 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 16:08
Dec 10, 2016 @ SJS L 3-4 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 18:49
Dec 8, 2016 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 15:28
Dec 7, 2016 @ ANA L 5-6 (SO) 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 17:13
Dec 4, 2016 vs TBL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:05
Dec 3, 2016 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:04
Dec 1, 2016 @ BOS L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 12:04
Nov 29, 2016 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:02
Nov 27, 2016 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 15:08
Nov 26, 2016 @ OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:13
Nov 24, 2016 @ MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:31
Nov 22, 2016 @ TOR W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 13:23
Nov 20, 2016 vs WPG W 3-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 14:03
Nov 18, 2016 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:39
Nov 15, 2016 vs SJS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:01
Nov 12, 2016 vs WSH W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 21:19
Nov 10, 2016 vs ANA L 2-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 4 18:48
Nov 8, 2016 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:15
Nov 6, 2016 vs NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 16:59
Nov 5, 2016 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 18:27
Nov 1, 2016 @ OTT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17:30
Oct 30, 2016 vs PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 17:12
Oct 28, 2016 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 16:04
Oct 25, 2016 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:53
Oct 22, 2016 @ PHI L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 14:51
Oct 20, 2016 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 15:50
Oct 18, 2016 @ EDM L 2-3 2 0 2 1 2 3 1 19:45
Oct 16, 2016 @ VAN L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17:54
Oct 13, 2016 @ WPG L 4-5 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 15:11