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Mitchell Stephens

#67 · Centre · Free agent, last with the Seattle Kraken

Born Feb 5, 1997 in Peterborough, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 203 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 33rd overall in 2015 by TBL (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2019-20

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Akil Thomas LAK · 3 P in 25 GP Nicolas Deslauriers PHI · 3 P in 31 GP Matt Nieto PIT · 3 P in 32 GP Walker Duehr SJS · 3 P in 24 GP Zack MacEwen OTT · 3 P in 21 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.

02462019-20: 6 points619-202020-21: 1 points120-212021-22: 6 points621-222023-24: 3 points323-242024-25: 3 points324-25

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2019-20 TBL 38 3 3 6 -9 10 43 36 0.16 $833K
2020-21 TBL 7 0 1 1 -5 0 3 8 0.14 $738K
2021-22 DET 27 0 6 6 -8 8 17 21 0.22 $738K
2023-24 MTL 23 2 1 3 2 4 16 8 0.13 $775K
2024-25 SEA 28 1 2 3 -8 6 19 25 0.11 $775K
5 seasons Career 123 6 13 19 -28 28 98 98 0.15

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 TBL 4 0 0 0 -2 2 8 9 0.00
1 season Playoffs 4 0 0 0 -2 2 8 9 0.00

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
28 1 2 3 -8 6 19 25 0.11 5.3 9:14

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026, then UFA
$258KCap dollars per point3 points in 28 games
$72KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$703KValueworth 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 698 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: 2 years and $1.55M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2025-26, with 1 season 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 $775K $775K $0 $775K
2025-26 $775K $775K $0 $775K

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 2025-26 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 4, 2023 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 13, 2022 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Oct 7, 2020 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.475M $738K
Apr 4, 2016 Tampa Bay Lightning Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 signed for 2016-17, slid 3 $2.775M $833K

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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacement593rd of 698 skaters, 397th of 456 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 456 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-0.9 39th percentileEven-strength defence-0.4 40th percentilePower play0.0 54th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 23rd percentilePenalties-0.1 30th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

-3-2-1012019-202020-212021-222023-242024-25Goals 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

42.4Corsi for %172 attempts for, 234 against
-5.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.2Expected goals for %6.4 expected for, 8.8 against
-4.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %4 for, 12 against
93.8PDO5.0% shooting + 88.8% saves
36Attempts 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
Mitchell Stephens · Brandon Tanev · Tye Kartye1668:1236.935.51-5
Mitchell Stephens · Tye Kartye · Ryan Winterton632:3258.361.41-2
John Hayden · Mitchell Stephens · Brandon Tanev529:0548.336.51-1
Mitchell Stephens · Brandon Tanev · Eeli Tolvanen1414:5443.842.90-0

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
1.8Expected goalsfrom 30 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.41 expected goals per 60 minutes4th
Shot quality 5.8% chance per attempt4th
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected46thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.5Game 20Expected 1.8Goals 1

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
Feb 25, 2025 @ STL L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 08:39
Feb 23, 2025 @ TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:46
Feb 22, 2025 @ FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:05
Feb 8, 2025 @ CGY W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:04
Feb 6, 2025 vs TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 07:39
Feb 4, 2025 vs DET L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 08:34
Feb 2, 2025 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:32
Jan 30, 2025 vs SJS W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:15
Jan 28, 2025 vs ANA L 4-6 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 09:29
Jan 27, 2025 @ EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:42
Jan 25, 2025 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:14
Jan 23, 2025 vs WSH L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 06:42
Jan 20, 2025 vs BUF W 6-4 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 08:55
Jan 18, 2025 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:58
Jan 16, 2025 @ WPG L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:45
Jan 14, 2025 @ PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:51
Jan 12, 2025 @ DET L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:19
Jan 11, 2025 @ BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:53
Jan 9, 2025 @ CBJ L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:11
Dec 17, 2024 vs OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 08:13
Dec 14, 2024 vs TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:34
Dec 12, 2024 vs BOS W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:16
Dec 10, 2024 vs FLA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:59
Dec 8, 2024 @ NYR W 7-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 10:25
Dec 6, 2024 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 09:26
Dec 5, 2024 @ NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:00
Dec 3, 2024 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:00
Nov 30, 2024 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:53