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Steve Oleksy

#61 · Defence · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Feb 4, 1986 in Chesterfield, Michigan, USA · 5'11", 188 lb · Shoots right

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Weaver FLA · 9 P in 27 GP Marc-Andre Bergeron CAR · 9 P in 25 GP Jack Hillen WSH · 9 P in 23 GP Joni Pitkanen CAR · 9 P in 22 GP Paul Postma WPG · 9 P in 34 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.

02468102012-13: 9 points912-132013-14: 10 points1013-142014-15: 0 points014-152016-17: 1 points116-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 WSH 28 1 8 9 9 33 25 58 0.32 $542K
2013-14 WSH 33 2 8 10 7 53 27 46 0.30 $542K
2014-15 WSH 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0.00 $542K
2016-17 PIT 11 0 1 1 2 24 11 20 0.09 $575K
4 seasons Career 73 3 17 20 17 110 64 126 0.27

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2012-13 WSH 7 0 1 1 -1 4 7 14 0.14
1 season Playoffs 7 0 1 1 -1 4 7 14 0.14

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
28 1 8 9 9 33 25 58 0.32 4.0 17:16

Contract

$542KCap hit2012-13
$60KCap dollars per point9 points in 28 games
$221KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.5 goals above replacement
$2.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.1MValueworth 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 558 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
2016-17 to 2016-17 $575K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $542K
2012-13 to 2013-14 $542K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.5Goals above replacement230th of 605 skaters, 68th of 208 defencemen
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 208 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+0.5 78th percentileEven-strength defence+1.1 75th percentilePower play0.0 61st percentilePenalty kill-0.6 9th percentilePenalties-0.1 68th 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.

-101232012-132013-142014-152016-17Goals 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

51.2Corsi for %419 attempts for, 399 against
+4.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.4Expected goals for %17.2 expected for, 15.6 against
+6.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
63.2Goals for %24 for, 14 against
105.0PDO11.3% shooting + 93.8% saves
65Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jack Hillen · Steve Oleksy17128:2351.655.19-4
Karl Alzner · Steve Oleksy19103:3253.052.87-4
John Erskine · Steve Oleksy1061:2640.647.31-1
Jeff Schultz · Steve Oleksy950:4452.551.01-2

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.9Expected goalsfrom 38 unblocked attempts
+0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.11 expected goals per 60 minutes20th
Shot quality 2.3% chance per attempt12th
Finishing +0.1 goals above expected56thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Goals 1Expected 0.9

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 27, 2013 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:53
Apr 25, 2013 vs OTT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:43
Apr 23, 2013 vs WPG W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:52
Apr 20, 2013 @ MTL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 19:29
Apr 18, 2013 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17:44
Apr 16, 2013 vs TOR W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 18:22
Apr 13, 2013 vs TBL W 6-5 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 14:10
Apr 11, 2013 vs CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:05
Apr 9, 2013 @ MTL W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 17:23
Apr 7, 2013 vs TBL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 15:24
Apr 6, 2013 @ FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17:24
Apr 4, 2013 vs NYI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:26
Apr 2, 2013 @ CAR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:31
Mar 31, 2013 @ PHI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 18:18
Mar 30, 2013 @ BUF W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:44
Mar 26, 2013 vs NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:00
Mar 24, 2013 @ NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:05
Mar 22, 2013 @ WPG W 6-1 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 18:04
Mar 21, 2013 @ WPG W 4-0 0 0 0 0 9 0 5 16:40
Mar 19, 2013 @ PIT L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 21:33
Mar 17, 2013 vs BUF W 5-3 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 21:09
Mar 16, 2013 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 3 24:01
Mar 14, 2013 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 27:55
Mar 12, 2013 vs CAR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 5 1 4 11:50
Mar 10, 2013 vs NYR L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 16:14
Mar 9, 2013 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 20:13
Mar 7, 2013 vs FLA W 7-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 4 22:13
Mar 5, 2013 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 10:05