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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 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andrei Svechnikov CAR · 4 P in 4 GP Anton Frondell CHI · 4 P in 4 GP Evgeni Malkin PIT · 4 P in 4 GP Jordan Eberle SEA · 4 P in 4 GP Kaapo Kakko SEA · 4 P in 4 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: 4 points426-27

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 4 1 3 4 1 2 4 0 1.00 $6.25M
12 seasons Career 657 119 255 374 19 172 745 402 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

2026-27 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
4 1 3 4 1 2 4 0 1.00 25.0 17:06

Contract

$6.25MCap hitends in 2031, then UFA
$1.563MCap dollars per point4 points in 4 games
-$2.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$8.7MValueworth less cap hit

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 season is still being played, so each rating is projected over all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one. 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 647 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Seattle Kraken on Jul 1, 2024, as a new contract: 7 years and $43.75M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2030-31, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $6.25M $2.25M $4M $6.25M NMC
2025-26 $6.25M $6.25M $2M $6.25M NMC
2026-27 $6.25M $4.25M $0 $6.25M NMC
2027-28 $6.25M $6.25M $0 $6.25M NMC
2028-29 $6.25M $6.25M $0 $6.25M M-NTC
2029-30 $6.25M $6.25M $0 $6.25M M-NTC
2030-31 $6.25M $6.25M $0 $6.25M M-NTC

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 4 games (+0.6 goals above replacement), plus the 77 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

-3.4Goals above replacement636th of 647 skaters, 420th of 422 forwards
-0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-7.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 422 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-1.6 21st percentileEven-strength defence-4.3 3rd percentilePower play-1.2 2nd percentilePenalty kill-1.1 1st percentilePenalties+0.5 62nd 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.

-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

50.5Corsi for %54 attempts for, 53 against
+9.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.2Expected goals for %2.9 expected for, 2.5 against
+5.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
75.0Goals for %3 for, 1 against
105.8PDO11.1% shooting + 94.7% saves
3Attempts 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
Jordan Eberle · Chandler Stephenson · Bobby McMann443:0351.857.13-1
Chandler Stephenson · Bobby McMann · Mackie Samoskevich21:2125.052.00-0
Chandler Stephenson · Frederick Gaudreau · Ryan Winterton10:4425.00.00-0
Chandler Stephenson · Bobby McMann · Shane Wright10:4366.72.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 4 unblocked attempts
+0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.33 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 9.3% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.6 goals above expected1stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 0 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.4

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
Oct 6, 2026 vs VGK L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 17:31
Oct 4, 2026 vs CGY W 6-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 15:46
Oct 3, 2026 @ EDM L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 18:07
Oct 1, 2026 @ CGY W 6-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:59