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

Eric Selleck FLA · 1 P in 2 GP Joonas Rask NSH · 1 P in 2 GP Matt Anderson NJD · 1 P in 2 GP Ben Smith CHI · 1 P in 1 GP Chris Terry CAR · 1 P in 3 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 0 1 1 1 6 2 5 0.50 0.0 8:54

Contract

$2.65MCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$2.65MCap dollars per point1 points in 2 games
$163.977MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.0 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2013-14, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2012-13 $2.65M
2013-14 $2.65M

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
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 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

+0.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.5Even-strength defence+0.0Power play-0.1Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.5

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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

48.1Corsi for %13 attempts for, 14 against
-4.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
69.2Expected goals for %1.0 expected for, 0.5 against
+20.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %1 for, 0 against
112.5PDO12.5% shooting + 100.0% saves
4Attempts 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
Milan Hejduk · John Mitchell · Steve Downie211:4930.067.71-0
Milan Hejduk · Steve Downie · Mark Olver10:45100.0100.00-0
Patrick Bordeleau · Steve Downie · Mark Olver10:39100.0100.00-0
PA Parenteau · Steve Downie · Matt Duchene10:29100.0100.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 4 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.37 expected goals per 60 minutes99th
Shot quality 10.2% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected48thOne 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.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.4Goals 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. 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
Jan 22, 2013 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 04:55
Jan 19, 2013 @ MIN L 2-4 0 1 1 1 6 1 4 12:52