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Steve Downie

#17 · Right wing · Arizona Coyotes

Born Apr 3, 1987 in Newmarket, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 191 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 29th overall in 2005 by PHI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nic Petan WPG · 6 P in 26 GP Tyler Randell BOS · 6 P in 27 GP Scott Wilson PIT · 6 P in 24 GP Steve Bernier NYI · 6 P in 24 GP Ben Smith TOR · 6 P in 22 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.

0102030402007-08: 12 points1207-082008-09: 6 points608-092009-10: 46 points4609-102010-11: 32 points3210-112011-12: 41 points4111-122012-13: 1 points112-132013-14: 24 points2413-142014-15: 28 points2814-152015-16: 6 points615-16

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2007-08 PHI 32 6 6 12 2 73 25 29 0.38
2008-09 PHI 6 0 0 0 -4 11 1 3 0.00
2008-09 TBL 23 3 3 6 2 54 25 38 0.26
2009-10 TBL 80 22 24 46 14 208 116 140 0.58
2010-11 TBL 57 10 22 32 8 171 83 94 0.56 $1.85M
2011-12 TBL 55 12 16 28 -15 121 99 73 0.51 $1.85M
2011-12 COL 20 2 11 13 9 16 41 32 0.65
2012-13 COL 2 0 1 1 1 6 2 5 0.50 $2.65M
2013-14 COL 11 1 6 7 4 36 26 13 0.64 $2.65M
2013-14 PHI 51 3 14 17 -3 70 62 57 0.33
2014-15 PIT 72 14 14 28 2 238 104 108 0.39 $1M
2015-16 ARI 26 3 3 6 1 53 22 29 0.23 $1.75M
9 seasons Career 435 76 120 196 21 1057 606 621 0.45

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2007-08 PHI 6 0 1 1 -2 10 2 13 0.17
2010-11 TBL 17 2 12 14 7 40 27 34 0.82
2014-15 PIT 5 0 2 2 1 4 4 10 0.40
3 seasons Playoffs 28 2 15 17 6 54 33 57 0.61

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
26 3 3 6 1 53 22 29 0.23 13.6 9:00

Contract

$1.75MCap hit2015-16
$292KCap dollars per point6 points in 26 games
$459KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.3MValueworth 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 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
2015-16 to 2015-16 $1.75M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $1M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $2.65M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $2.65M
2010-11 to 2011-12 $1.85M

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

-0.2Goals above replacement518th of 675 skaters, 352nd of 445 forwards
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.8Goals 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-0.6 42nd percentileEven-strength defence0.0 47th percentilePower play-0.1 44th percentilePenalty kill0.0 43rd percentilePenalties-0.1 31st 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-4-202462010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

47.7Corsi for %175 attempts for, 192 against
-1.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.6Expected goals for %5.8 expected for, 8.4 against
-6.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
56.3Goals for %9 for, 7 against
103.2PDO10.0% shooting + 93.2% saves
34Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Boyd Gordon · Steve Downie · Jordan Martinook1251:3141.543.72-2
Brad Richardson · Steve Downie · Jordan Martinook1437:2054.852.33-0
Boyd Gordon · Kyle Chipchura · Steve Downie831:0348.039.10-1
Boyd Gordon · Steve Downie · John Scott421:2561.367.00-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.7Expected goalsfrom 29 unblocked attempts
+1.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.44 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 5.9% chance per attempt9th
Finishing +1.3 goals above expected70thOne 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.

0123Game 20Goals 3Expected 1.7

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
Feb 5, 2016 @ ANA L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 06:43
Jan 16, 2016 vs NJD L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:12
Jan 2, 2016 @ EDM L 3-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 06:48
Dec 27, 2015 @ COL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 17 0 1 04:33
Dec 22, 2015 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:52
Dec 17, 2015 vs CBJ L 5-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:44
Dec 12, 2015 vs CAR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 07:34
Dec 11, 2015 vs MIN W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:42
Dec 8, 2015 @ STL L 1-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:07
Dec 6, 2015 @ CAR L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:22
Dec 4, 2015 @ BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 11:21
Dec 3, 2015 @ DET L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 3 12:28
Nov 9, 2015 @ ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:33
Nov 7, 2015 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:52
Nov 5, 2015 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 06:02
Oct 30, 2015 vs VAN L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 10:04
Oct 27, 2015 @ BOS L 0-6 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 08:46
Oct 26, 2015 @ TOR W 4-3 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 10:02
Oct 24, 2015 @ OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:00
Oct 22, 2015 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:56
Oct 20, 2015 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:53
Oct 17, 2015 vs BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 06:06
Oct 15, 2015 vs MIN L 3-4 0 0 0 0 14 3 4 09:14
Oct 14, 2015 @ ANA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:25
Oct 10, 2015 vs PIT W 2-1 0 1 1 1 4 1 4 06:04
Oct 9, 2015 @ LAK W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 14:40