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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

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Neal Pionk WPG · 45 P in 71 GP Brent Burns SJS · 45 P in 70 GP Keith Yandle FLA · 45 P in 69 GP Ryan Suter MIN · 48 P in 69 GP Kris Letang PIT · 44 P in 61 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 6 1 2 3 8 0 15 0 0.50 $7.425M
12 seasons Career 640 89 316 405 113 201 1533 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 13 33 46 12 25 219 20 0.65 5.9 22:14

Contract

$5.2MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$113KCap dollars per point46 points in 71 games
$435KCap dollars per goal above replacement12.0 goals above replacement
$10.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$5.4MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vegas Golden Knights on Sep 25, 2018, as a new contract: 7 years and $36.4M, beginning in 2018-19. It runs through 2024-25, with 5 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
2018-19 $5.2M $5.2M $0 $5.2M
2019-20 $5.2M $5.2M $0 $5.2M
2020-21 $5.2M $5.2M $0 $5.2M
2021-22 $5.2M $5.2M $0 $5.2M
2022-23 $5.2M $5.2M $0 $5.2M
2023-24 $5.2M $5.2M $0 $5.2M M-NTC
2024-25 $5.2M $5.2M $0 $5.2M 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
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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+12.0Goals above replacement25th of 670 skaters, 8th of 231 defencemen
+2.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+6.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 231 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+5.0 96th percentileEven-strength defence+2.2 87th percentilePower play0.0 50th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 55th percentilePenalties-0.5 50th 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

58.8Corsi for %1411 attempts for, 988 against
+6.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
60.1Expected goals for %69.6 expected for, 46.3 against
+5.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.7Goals for %54 for, 43 against
99.1PDO6.9% shooting + 92.2% saves
339Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Nick Holden · Shea Theodore48362:4960.661.716-14
Shea Theodore · Nicolas Hague31308:5958.155.411-13
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore37192:5256.759.35-7
Jon Merrill · Shea Theodore32125:3455.255.86-2

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.

13Goalsnot counting empty-netters
11.6Expected goalsfrom 315 unblocked attempts
+1.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.44 expected goals per 60 minutes98th
Shot quality 3.7% chance per attempt81st
Finishing +1.4 goals above expected79thOne 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.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 13Expected 11.6

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
Mar 9, 2020 @ EDM W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 24:15
Mar 8, 2020 @ CGY W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 22:47
Mar 6, 2020 @ WPG L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:57
Mar 3, 2020 vs NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 21:06
Mar 1, 2020 vs LAK L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 26:55
Feb 28, 2020 vs BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:47
Feb 26, 2020 vs EDM W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 24:49
Feb 23, 2020 @ ANA W 6-5 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 23:25
Feb 22, 2020 vs FLA W 5-3 0 1 1 2 0 6 0 21:11
Feb 20, 2020 vs TBL W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 19:21
Feb 17, 2020 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 20:45
Feb 15, 2020 vs NYI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 21:54
Feb 13, 2020 vs STL W 6-5 (OT) 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 26:27
Feb 11, 2020 @ MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:05
Feb 8, 2020 vs CAR L 5-6 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 25:31
Feb 6, 2020 @ FLA W 7-2 1 1 2 3 0 4 0 22:36
Feb 4, 2020 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 25:10
Feb 1, 2020 @ NSH W 3-0 0 1 1 1 2 6 0 20:33
Jan 31, 2020 @ CAR W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 23:43
Jan 21, 2020 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:11
Jan 18, 2020 @ MTL L 4-5 (SO) 0 3 3 2 0 3 0 28:43
Jan 16, 2020 @ OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23:45
Jan 14, 2020 @ BUF L 2-4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 23:04
Jan 11, 2020 vs CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 25:05
Jan 9, 2020 vs LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 25:58
Jan 7, 2020 vs PIT L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 26:01
Jan 4, 2020 vs STL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:41
Jan 2, 2020 vs PHI W 5-4 1 1 2 1 0 8 0 19:09
Dec 31, 2019 vs ANA W 5-2 0 0 0 1 5 4 1 22:19
Dec 28, 2019 vs ARI W 4-1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 17:35
Dec 27, 2019 @ ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 23:30
Dec 23, 2019 vs COL L 3-7 0 0 0 -4 2 0 1 17:39
Dec 22, 2019 @ SJS W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 18:35
Dec 19, 2019 @ VAN L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 5 0 24:09
Dec 17, 2019 vs MIN W 3-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 18:33
Dec 15, 2019 vs VAN W 6-3 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 20:43
Dec 13, 2019 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 21:52
Dec 12, 2019 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 23:41
Dec 10, 2019 vs CHI W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 20:09
Dec 8, 2019 vs NYR L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 2 6 0 24:58
Dec 5, 2019 @ NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 25:06
Dec 3, 2019 @ NJD W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 20:59
Dec 2, 2019 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 19:19
Nov 29, 2019 vs ARI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 22:49
Nov 27, 2019 @ NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 21:35
Nov 25, 2019 @ DAL L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 21:53
Nov 23, 2019 vs EDM L 2-4 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 19:30
Nov 21, 2019 vs SJS L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 22:44
Nov 19, 2019 vs TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 19:52
Nov 17, 2019 vs CGY W 6-0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 22:20
Nov 16, 2019 @ LAK L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 22:15
Nov 13, 2019 vs CHI L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 25:20
Nov 10, 2019 @ DET L 2-3 0 1 1 1 2 4 2 19:13
Nov 9, 2019 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 22:04
Nov 7, 2019 @ TOR L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 19:43
Nov 5, 2019 @ CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:05
Nov 2, 2019 vs WPG L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 21:59
Oct 31, 2019 vs MTL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:07
Oct 27, 2019 vs ANA W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 22:52
Oct 25, 2019 vs COL L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 20:08
Oct 22, 2019 @ CHI W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 26:57
Oct 21, 2019 @ PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22:11
Oct 19, 2019 @ PIT W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:48
Oct 17, 2019 vs OTT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 23:33
Oct 15, 2019 vs NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 21:20
Oct 13, 2019 @ LAK W 5-2 0 2 2 -1 0 4 1 19:38
Oct 12, 2019 vs CGY W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:29
Oct 10, 2019 @ ARI L 1-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 24:42
Oct 8, 2019 vs BOS L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 20:47
Oct 4, 2019 @ SJS W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 19:36
Oct 2, 2019 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 23:37