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Chandler Stephenson

#9 · Centre · Seattle Kraken

Born Apr 22, 1994 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN (age 32) · 6'0", 201 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 77th overall in 2012 by WSH (round 3)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ryan Callahan TBL · 18 P in 67 GP Alex Chiasson WSH · 18 P in 61 GP Brandon Tanev WPG · 18 P in 61 GP Cal Clutterbuck NYI · 18 P in 76 GP Colin Wilson COL · 18 P in 56 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.

02040602015-16: 0 points015-162016-17: 0 points016-172017-18: 18 points1817-182018-19: 11 points1118-192019-20: 26 points2619-202020-21: 35 points3520-212021-22: 64 points6421-222022-23: 65 points6522-232023-24: 51 points5123-242024-25: 51 points5124-252025-26: 49 points4925-262026-27: 5 points526-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 WSH 9 0 0 0 -3 2 2 5 0.00 $726K
2016-17 WSH 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 $726K
2017-18 WSH 67 6 12 18 13 8 36 26 0.27 $650K
2018-19 WSH 64 5 6 11 -13 0 36 38 0.17 $650K
2019-20 WSH 24 3 1 4 5 6 18 20 0.17 $1.05M
2019-20 VGK 41 8 14 22 19 10 55 32 0.54
2020-21 VGK 51 14 21 35 22 29 83 43 0.69 $2.75M
2021-22 VGK 79 21 43 64 5 26 125 68 0.81 $2.75M
2022-23 VGK 81 16 49 65 12 26 120 74 0.80 $2.75M
2023-24 VGK 75 16 35 51 -9 25 97 43 0.68 $2.75M
2024-25 SEA 78 13 38 51 -9 24 73 33 0.65 $6.25M
2025-26 SEA 80 16 33 49 -24 14 93 20 0.61 $6.25M
2026-27 SEA 5 1 4 5 1 4 4 0 1.00 $6.25M
12 seasons Career 658 119 256 375 19 174 745 402 0.57

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2017-18 WSH 24 2 5 7 3 8 19 24 0.29
2018-19 WSH 6 0 0 0 -2 2 3 5 0.00
2019-20 VGK 17 2 2 4 1 4 13 31 0.24
2020-21 VGK 16 0 6 6 8 0 15 20 0.38
2022-23 VGK 22 10 10 20 3 30 35 31 0.91
2023-24 VGK 7 0 1 1 -3 8 7 16 0.14
6 seasons Playoffs 92 14 24 38 10 52 92 127 0.41

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
67 6 12 18 13 8 36 26 0.27 16.7 11:52

Contract

$650KCap hitends in 2019
$36KCap dollars per point18 points in 67 games
$433KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.5 goals above replacement
$1.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$918KValueworth 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 691 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Washington Capitals on Jun 29, 2017, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.3M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2018-19, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $650K $650K $0 $650K
2018-19 $650K $650K $0 $650K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 1, 2024 Seattle Kraken New contract 2024-25 to 2030-31 7 $43.75M $6.25M
Oct 7, 2020 Vegas Golden Knights Extension 2020-21 to 2023-24 4 $11M $2.75M
Jul 26, 2019 Washington Capitals New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $1.05M $1.05M
Jun 29, 2017 Washington Capitals Extension 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.3M $650K
May 26, 2014 Washington Capitals Entry-level 2014-15 to 2016-17 3 $2.775M $726K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.5Goals above replacement412th of 691 skaters, 281st of 451 forwards
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 451 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-2.2 20th percentileEven-strength defence+1.3 73rd percentilePower play-0.1 37th percentilePenalty kill-0.2 16th percentilePenalties+0.6 60th 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.

-10-505102015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

44.1Corsi for %530 attempts for, 673 against
-4.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.3Expected goals for %23.1 expected for, 26.8 against
-2.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
59.1Goals for %26 for, 18 against
103.7PDO9.1% shooting + 94.6% saves
54Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 600 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
Jay Beagle · Devante Smith-Pelly · Chandler Stephenson31192:4139.744.74-7
Jay Beagle · Alex Chiasson · Chandler Stephenson21126:0146.545.93-2
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Chandler Stephenson1466:0043.348.72-1
Lars Eller · Tom Wilson · Chandler Stephenson1154:3650.060.15-2

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.5Expected goalsfrom 52 unblocked attempts
+1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.34 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 8.7% chance per attempt82nd
Finishing +1.5 goals above expected68thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 6Expected 4.5

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 7, 2018 vs NJD W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10:42
Apr 5, 2018 vs NSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:58
Apr 2, 2018 @ STL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:32
Apr 1, 2018 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 08:54
Mar 30, 2018 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:42
Mar 28, 2018 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:03
Mar 26, 2018 @ NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:09
Mar 24, 2018 @ MTL W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:05
Mar 22, 2018 @ DET W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:01
Mar 20, 2018 vs DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:24
Mar 18, 2018 @ PHI L 3-6 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 14:30
Mar 15, 2018 @ NYI W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:26
Mar 12, 2018 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10:29
Mar 10, 2018 @ SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:39
Mar 6, 2018 @ ANA L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:18
Mar 3, 2018 vs TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:48
Feb 27, 2018 vs OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:17
Feb 26, 2018 @ CBJ L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:37
Feb 24, 2018 vs BUF W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 14:09
Feb 22, 2018 @ FLA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:11
Feb 20, 2018 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:51
Feb 19, 2018 @ BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:09
Feb 17, 2018 @ CHI L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:17
Feb 15, 2018 @ MIN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:26
Feb 13, 2018 @ WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:19
Feb 11, 2018 vs DET L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:20
Feb 9, 2018 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:01
Feb 6, 2018 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:03
Feb 4, 2018 vs VGK L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11:26
Feb 2, 2018 @ PIT L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 12:29
Jan 31, 2018 vs PHI W 5-3 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 10:39
Jan 25, 2018 @ FLA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:50
Jan 21, 2018 vs PHI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:34
Jan 19, 2018 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:51
Jan 18, 2018 @ NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:12
Jan 12, 2018 @ CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:33
Jan 11, 2018 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:24
Jan 9, 2018 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:37
Jan 2, 2018 @ CAR W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 09:53
Dec 30, 2017 vs NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:39
Dec 23, 2017 @ VGK L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:27
Dec 22, 2017 @ ARI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:07
Dec 19, 2017 @ DAL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:57
Dec 16, 2017 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:09
Dec 14, 2017 @ BOS W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:01
Dec 12, 2017 vs COL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 14:27
Dec 11, 2017 @ NYI L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:12
Dec 8, 2017 vs NYR W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:10
Dec 6, 2017 vs CHI W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:20
Dec 2, 2017 vs CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 09:44
Nov 30, 2017 vs LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 08:44
Nov 25, 2017 @ TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:24
Nov 24, 2017 vs TBL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:59
Nov 22, 2017 vs OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:26
Nov 20, 2017 vs CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:22
Nov 18, 2017 vs MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 15:42
Nov 16, 2017 @ COL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:09
Nov 14, 2017 @ NSH L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 08:59
Nov 12, 2017 vs EDM W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:52
Nov 10, 2017 vs PIT W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11:57
Nov 7, 2017 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:27
Nov 6, 2017 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:26
Nov 4, 2017 @ BOS W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 12:17
Nov 2, 2017 vs NYI W 4-3 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 12:11
Oct 29, 2017 @ CGY L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:49
Oct 28, 2017 @ EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:08
Oct 26, 2017 @ VAN L 2-6 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:20