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Shea Theodore

#27 · Defence · Vegas Golden Knights

Born Aug 3, 1995 in Aldergrove, British Columbia, CAN (age 31) · 6'2", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 26th overall in 2013 by ANA (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2022-23

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Greg Pateryn DAL · 9 P in 36 GP Scott Mayfield NYI · 9 P in 25 GP Brendan Smith NYR · 9 P in 51 GP Jonathan Ericsson DET · 9 P in 51 GP Johnny Oduya CHI · 9 P in 52 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.

020402015-16: 8 points815-162016-17: 9 points916-172017-18: 29 points2917-182018-19: 37 points3718-192019-20: 46 points4619-202020-21: 42 points4220-212021-22: 52 points5221-222022-23: 41 points4122-232023-24: 42 points4223-242024-25: 57 points5724-252025-26: 39 points3925-262026-27: 3 points326-27

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 ANA 19 3 5 8 7 2 28 6 0.42 $863K
2016-17 ANA 34 2 7 9 -6 28 60 14 0.26 $863K
2017-18 VGK 61 6 23 29 5 14 144 29 0.48 $863K
2018-19 VGK 79 12 25 37 -4 20 202 27 0.47 $5.2M
2019-20 VGK 71 13 33 46 12 25 219 20 0.65 $5.2M
2020-21 VGK 53 8 34 42 28 14 161 22 0.79 $5.2M
2021-22 VGK 78 14 38 52 6 24 205 37 0.67 $5.2M
2022-23 VGK 55 8 33 41 16 18 136 16 0.75 $5.2M
2023-24 VGK 47 5 37 42 4 6 105 9 0.89 $5.2M
2024-25 VGK 67 7 50 57 18 26 128 6 0.85 $5.2M
2025-26 VGK 70 10 29 39 19 24 130 2 0.56 $7.425M
2026-27 VGK 5 1 2 3 8 0 14 0 0.60 $7.425M
12 seasons Career 639 89 316 405 113 201 1532 188 0.63

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 ANA 6 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 0.00
2016-17 ANA 14 2 6 8 1 4 24 5 0.57
2017-18 VGK 20 3 7 10 2 8 39 7 0.50
2018-19 VGK 7 1 7 8 1 6 10 1 1.14
2019-20 VGK 17 5 10 15 6 6 69 8 0.88
2020-21 VGK 19 1 9 10 7 10 52 7 0.53
2022-23 VGK 21 1 12 13 8 10 41 9 0.62
2023-24 VGK 7 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 0.00
2024-25 VGK 11 2 3 5 -9 0 24 1 0.45
2025-26 VGK 22 6 12 18 10 10 42 5 0.82
10 seasons Playoffs 144 21 66 87 25 54 321 46 0.60

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
34 2 7 9 -6 28 60 14 0.26 3.3 17:19

Contract

$863KCap hitends in 2018, then RFA
$96KCap dollars per point9 points in 34 games
-$990KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.9MValueworth 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. 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 664 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Anaheim Ducks on Oct 1, 2013, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2017-18, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $863K $833K $93K $925K
2016-17 $863K $833K $0 $833K
2017-18 $863K $833K $0 $833K

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
Oct 24, 2024 Vegas Golden Knights Extension 2025-26 to 2031-32 7 $51.975M $7.425M
Sep 25, 2018 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2018-19 to 2024-25 7 $36.4M $5.2M
Oct 1, 2013 Anaheim Ducks Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 signed for 2013-14, slid 3 $2.775M $863K

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-2.5Goals above replacement634th of 664 skaters, 215th of 229 defencemen
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 229 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+0.4 72nd percentileEven-strength defence-2.9 14th percentilePower play-0.4 28th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 53rd percentilePenalties-1.6 16th 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.

-50510152015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

49.0Corsi for %428 attempts for, 445 against
-1.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.4Expected goals for %17.5 expected for, 19.4 against
-5.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.0Goals for %18 for, 22 against
98.5PDO7.3% shooting + 91.2% saves
85Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 565 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
Kevin Bieksa · Shea Theodore32272:4945.441.57-14
Josh Manson · Shea Theodore25110:2758.557.78-5
Sami Vatanen · Shea Theodore1641:3547.246.21-1
Hampus Lindholm · Shea Theodore1215:5351.746.40-1

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
3.8Expected goalsfrom 88 unblocked attempts
-1.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.39 expected goals per 60 minutes97th
Shot quality 4.3% chance per attempt95th
Finishing -1.8 goals above expected17thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 229 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Expected 3.8Goals 2

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 9, 2017 vs LAK W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 19:32
Apr 6, 2017 vs CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 20:57
Apr 4, 2017 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:50
Apr 2, 2017 @ CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:58
Feb 14, 2017 @ MIN W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:24
Feb 11, 2017 @ WSH L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:18
Feb 9, 2017 @ BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 17:36
Feb 7, 2017 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 22:21
Feb 4, 2017 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 6 1 0 16:20
Jan 23, 2017 @ WPG W 3-2 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 12:14
Jan 21, 2017 @ MIN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:48
Jan 14, 2017 @ ARI W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 14:12
Jan 12, 2017 @ COL W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 17:09
Dec 30, 2016 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 13:06
Dec 27, 2016 vs SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 14:43
Dec 22, 2016 @ OTT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:35
Dec 17, 2016 @ DET L 4-6 1 0 1 -3 0 2 1 13:57
Dec 15, 2016 @ BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:45
Dec 13, 2016 @ DAL L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:26
Dec 11, 2016 vs OTT W 5-1 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 15:36
Dec 9, 2016 vs SJS W 3-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 15:51
Dec 7, 2016 vs CAR W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 4 1 1 20:05
Dec 4, 2016 @ CGY L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 21:54
Dec 3, 2016 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:09
Dec 1, 2016 @ VAN W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 15:38
Nov 29, 2016 vs MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:21
Nov 25, 2016 vs CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 17:46
Nov 22, 2016 vs NYI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:46
Nov 2, 2016 vs PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 17:26
Nov 1, 2016 @ LAK W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:30
Oct 28, 2016 vs CBJ L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 20:18
Oct 26, 2016 vs NSH W 6-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 19:45
Oct 25, 2016 @ SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 15:34
Oct 23, 2016 vs VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:49