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Stefan Elliott

#29 · Defence · Ottawa Senators

Born Jan 30, 1991 in Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN · 6'1", 190 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 49th overall in 2009 by COL (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

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

Anthony Bitetto NSH · 6 P in 28 GP Joel Hanley MTL · 6 P in 10 GP Zach Redmond COL · 6 P in 37 GP Frank Corrado TOR · 6 P in 39 GP Eric Gelinas COL · 6 P in 40 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.

05102011-12: 13 points1311-122012-13: 4 points412-132013-14: 1 points113-142014-15: 0 points014-152015-16: 6 points615-162018-19: 1 points118-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 COL 39 4 9 13 2 8 84 3 0.33
2012-13 COL 18 1 3 4 -3 2 35 10 0.22
2013-14 COL 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1.00
2014-15 COL 5 0 0 0 -2 2 10 2 0.00 $851K
2015-16 ARI 19 2 4 6 -2 4 35 10 0.32 $650K
2015-16 NSH 2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0.00
2018-19 OTT 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 0.33 $650K
6 seasons Career 87 8 17 25 -5 16 170 31 0.29

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
21 2 4 6 -3 4 37 12 0.29 5.4 14:10

Contract

$650KCap hitends in 2016, then RFA
$108KCap dollars per point6 points in 21 games
$682KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.0 goals above replacement
$1.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$515KValueworth 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. It runs through 2015-16, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $650K

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
2015-16 to 2015-16 $650K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $851K

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

+1.0Goals above replacement444th of 675 skaters, 140th of 230 defencemen
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 230 ranked defencemen: 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+1.3 83rd percentileEven-strength defence-1.1 30th percentilePower play-0.2 34th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 55th percentilePenalties+0.0 78th 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 defencemen. 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.

-101232011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162018-19Goals 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

48.0Corsi for %240 attempts for, 260 against
+0.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.9Expected goals for %8.9 expected for, 10.9 against
-4.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.0Goals for %9 for, 11 against
99.7PDO7.7% shooting + 92.0% saves
62Attempts 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

Defence pairTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Stefan Elliott · Klas DahlbeckARI13111:5850.944.73-5
Nicklas Grossmann · Stefan ElliottARI1059:1643.649.74-2
Stefan Elliott · Connor MurphyARI546:2949.450.01-1
Barret Jackman · Stefan ElliottNSH221:4534.133.01-1

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.8Expected goalsfrom 46 unblocked attempts
+0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.37 expected goals per 60 minutes96th
Shot quality 4.0% chance per attempt88th
Finishing +0.2 goals above expected63rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 230 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Goals 2Expected 1.8

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
Apr 2, 2016 vs SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:41
Mar 31, 2016 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:20
Jan 7, 2016 @ CGY W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:11
Jan 4, 2016 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:50
Dec 27, 2015 @ COL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:12
Dec 26, 2015 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:06
Dec 22, 2015 vs TOR W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 15:31
Dec 19, 2015 vs NYI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:10
Dec 17, 2015 vs CBJ L 5-7 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 15:01
Dec 12, 2015 vs CAR L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:24
Dec 8, 2015 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:24
Dec 6, 2015 @ CAR L 4-5 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 19:22
Dec 4, 2015 @ BUF L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 16:39
Nov 28, 2015 vs OTT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:22
Nov 14, 2015 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:53
Nov 12, 2015 vs EDM W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 14:55
Nov 10, 2015 @ LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:46
Nov 9, 2015 @ ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:03
Oct 27, 2015 @ BOS L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:03
Oct 22, 2015 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 11:39
Oct 10, 2015 vs PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 12:58