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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ryan McDonagh TBL · 29 P in 63 GP Matt Niskanen WSH · 29 P in 68 GP Olli Maatta PIT · 29 P in 82 GP Jaccob Slavin CAR · 30 P in 82 GP Justin Schultz PIT · 27 P in 63 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

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
61 6 23 29 5 14 144 29 0.48 4.2 20:21

Contract

$863KCap hitends in 2018, then RFA
$30KCap dollars per point29 points in 61 games
$673KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.3 goals above replacement
$1.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$566KValueworth 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 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, so this is its last season, after which he is 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 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

+1.3Goals above replacement433rd of 691 skaters, 139th of 240 defencemen
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 240 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+0.7 75th percentileEven-strength defence-3.5 8th percentilePower play-0.5 17th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 67th percentilePenalties+0.3 88th 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. 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

51.3Corsi for %1017 attempts for, 966 against
-0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.5Expected goals for %38.1 expected for, 42.1 against
-5.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
49.4Goals for %40 for, 41 against
99.4PDO7.2% shooting + 92.1% saves
195Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Deryk Engelland · Shea Theodore56790:5249.646.931-32
Colin Miller · Shea Theodore39110:1660.654.73-6
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore3441:0258.850.32-0
Nate Schmidt · Shea Theodore3128:2161.149.02-1

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.1Expected goalsfrom 186 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.35 expected goals per 60 minutes93rd
Shot quality 3.8% chance per attempt90th
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected25thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 242 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 7.1Goals 6

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 2018 @ CGY L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 20:11
Apr 5, 2018 @ EDM L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 20:39
Apr 3, 2018 @ VAN W 5-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 23:13
Mar 31, 2018 vs SJS W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 6 2 22:53
Mar 30, 2018 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:41
Mar 28, 2018 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:28
Mar 26, 2018 vs COL W 4-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 20:18
Mar 24, 2018 @ COL L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 8 1 26:38
Mar 22, 2018 @ SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 17:28
Mar 20, 2018 vs VAN W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 21:34
Mar 18, 2018 vs CGY W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:27
Mar 16, 2018 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 20:06
Mar 14, 2018 vs NJD L 3-8 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 22:31
Mar 12, 2018 @ PHI W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 2 6 1 15:24
Mar 10, 2018 @ BUF W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:31
Mar 8, 2018 @ DET W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:18
Mar 6, 2018 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 22:54
Mar 4, 2018 @ NJD W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:43
Mar 2, 2018 vs OTT L 4-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 25:16
Feb 15, 2018 vs EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:02
Feb 13, 2018 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 23:07
Feb 11, 2018 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 23:09
Feb 8, 2018 @ SJS W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 19:36
Feb 6, 2018 @ PIT L 4-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 19:46
Feb 4, 2018 @ WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 16:50
Feb 2, 2018 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 4 5 0 20:30
Feb 1, 2018 @ WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:04
Jan 30, 2018 @ CGY W 4-2 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 19:20
Jan 25, 2018 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 24:00
Jan 23, 2018 vs CBJ W 6-3 0 2 2 3 0 2 1 21:34
Jan 21, 2018 @ CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:46
Jan 19, 2018 @ FLA L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 24:14
Jan 18, 2018 @ TBL W 4-1 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 15:38
Jan 16, 2018 @ NSH L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:43
Jan 13, 2018 vs EDM L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 24:01
Jan 7, 2018 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:10
Jan 5, 2018 @ CHI W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 22:04
Jan 4, 2018 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:36
Jan 2, 2018 vs NSH W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 18:20
Dec 31, 2017 vs TOR W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:49
Dec 28, 2017 @ LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 20:14
Dec 27, 2017 @ ANA W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 17:45
Dec 23, 2017 vs WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:54
Dec 19, 2017 vs TBL W 4-3 1 3 4 0 0 2 0 20:39
Dec 17, 2017 vs FLA W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 20:48
Dec 14, 2017 vs PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:39
Dec 12, 2017 vs CAR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 19:24
Dec 8, 2017 @ NSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:31
Dec 5, 2017 vs ANA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:47
Dec 3, 2017 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 21:01
Dec 1, 2017 @ WPG L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:44
Nov 30, 2017 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:59
Nov 28, 2017 vs DAL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:20
Nov 25, 2017 @ ARI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:49
Nov 24, 2017 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 22:54
Nov 22, 2017 @ ANA W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:44
Nov 19, 2017 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:12
Nov 16, 2017 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 21:04
Nov 6, 2017 @ TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13:22
Nov 4, 2017 @ OTT W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:01
Oct 31, 2017 @ NYR L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:06