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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 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ben Meyers ANA · 3 P in 23 GP Brock McGinn ANA · 3 P in 24 GP Jonas Rondbjerg VGK · 3 P in 20 GP Mason Shaw MIN · 3 P in 20 GP Zack MacEwen OTT · 3 P in 30 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

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
23 2 1 3 2 4 16 8 0.13 12.5 9:03

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$258KCap dollars per point3 points in 23 games
-$115KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$890KValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Montreal Canadiens on Jul 4, 2023, as a new contract: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

-1.2Goals above replacement601st of 721 skaters, 403rd of 469 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 469 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-1.7 32nd percentileEven-strength defence+0.1 44th percentilePower play0.0 63rd percentilePenalty kill-0.1 25th percentilePenalties+0.0 41st 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

41.7Corsi for %136 attempts for, 190 against
-5.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
32.5Expected goals for %3.8 expected for, 7.9 against
-14.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
57.1Goals for %8 for, 6 against
106.1PDO12.3% shooting + 93.8% saves
23Attempts 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 · Michael Pezzetta · Jesse Ylonen1457:0539.830.74-0
Joel Armia · Mitchell Stephens · Michael Pezzetta1446:3241.130.62-3
Joel Armia · Mitchell Stephens · Jesse Ylonen718:2459.340.10-0
Mitchell Stephens · Jesse Ylonen · Emil Heineman210:2750.040.61-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.9Expected goalsfrom 21 unblocked attempts
+1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.25 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 4.1% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +1.1 goals above expected64thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Goals 2Expected 0.9

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
Jan 20, 2024 @ BOS L 4-9 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:44
Jan 18, 2024 @ OTT L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:30
Jan 17, 2024 @ NJD W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:57
Jan 15, 2024 vs COL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 07:35
Jan 13, 2024 vs EDM L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:27
Jan 11, 2024 vs SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:23
Jan 10, 2024 @ PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:17
Jan 6, 2024 vs NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 10:15
Jan 4, 2024 vs BUF L 1-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:04
Jan 2, 2024 @ DAL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:22
Dec 31, 2023 @ TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:33
Dec 30, 2023 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:37
Dec 28, 2023 @ CAR L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 09:08
Dec 22, 2023 @ CHI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 09:13
Dec 21, 2023 @ MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:46
Dec 18, 2023 @ WPG W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:38
Dec 16, 2023 vs NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:18
Dec 13, 2023 vs PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 06:49
Dec 10, 2023 vs NSH L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:19
Dec 9, 2023 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:54
Dec 7, 2023 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:23
Dec 4, 2023 vs SEA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:42
Dec 2, 2023 vs DET L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 08:17