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Steven Lorentz

#18 · Centre · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Apr 13, 1996 in Kitchener, Ontario, CAN (age 30) · 6'4", 219 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 186th overall in 2015 by CAR (round 7)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2023-24

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

William Carrier CAR · 18 P in 70 GP Liam Ohgren VAN · 18 P in 69 GP Ryan Winterton SEA · 18 P in 68 GP Eric Robinson CAR · 18 P in 67 GP Vinnie Hinostroza FLA · 18 P in 65 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.

0510152020-21: 8 points820-212021-22: 13 points1321-222022-23: 19 points1922-232023-24: 3 points323-242024-25: 19 points1924-252025-26: 18 points1825-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 CAR 45 2 6 8 1 8 40 47 0.18 $725K
2021-22 CAR 67 8 5 13 0 8 80 67 0.19 $725K
2022-23 SJS 80 10 9 19 -18 16 111 133 0.24 $1.05M
2023-24 FLA 38 1 2 3 -9 10 30 70 0.08 $1.05M
2024-25 TOR 80 8 11 19 6 9 76 199 0.24 $775K
2025-26 TOR 71 7 11 18 -2 16 70 154 0.25 $1.35M
6 seasons Career 381 36 44 80 -22 67 407 670 0.21

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2020-21 CAR 11 0 3 3 -3 4 12 23 0.27
2021-22 CAR 5 0 0 0 0 17 6 9 0.00
2023-24 FLA 16 2 1 3 -1 0 7 40 0.19
2024-25 TOR 13 0 2 2 -4 4 13 42 0.15
4 seasons Playoffs 45 2 6 8 -8 25 38 114 0.18

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 7 11 18 -2 16 70 154 0.25 10.0 11:52

Contract

$1.35MCap hitends in 2028
$75KCap dollars per point18 points in 71 games
$827KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.6 goals above replacement
$2.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$809KValueworth 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 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2027-28, with 2 seasons left after this one.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $1.35M
2026-27 $1.35M
2027-28 $1.35M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2025-26 to 2027-28 $1.35M
Oct 7, 2024 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 22, 2022 San Jose Sharks New contract 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $2.1M $1.05M
Oct 15, 2020 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.45M $725K
Apr 21, 2017 Carolina Hurricanes Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $2.185M $728K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

+1.6Goals above replacement402nd of 715 skaters, 288th of 476 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 476 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-2.9 14th percentileEven-strength defence+3.5 96th percentilePower play0.0 58th percentilePenalty kill-1.6 1st percentilePenalties+0.3 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 forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance.

-202462020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

44.3Corsi for %542 attempts for, 682 against
-2.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.8Expected goals for %21.4 expected for, 26.3 against
-1.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
44.4Goals for %24 for, 30 against
100.1PDO9.4% shooting + 90.7% saves
108Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 615 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Calle Jarnkrok · Scott Laughton · Steven Lorentz22148:3443.643.43-4
Calle Jarnkrok · Steven Lorentz · Jacob Quillan1261:3939.533.31-3
Scott Laughton · Steven Lorentz · Nick Robertson1340:4333.843.83-0
Scott Laughton · Steven Lorentz · Easton Cowan938:0749.348.41-1

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.

7Goalsnot counting empty-netters
8.1Expected goalsfrom 104 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.57 expected goals per 60 minutes15th
Shot quality 7.7% chance per attempt30th
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 8.1Goals 7

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 15, 2026 @ OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 8 16:22
Apr 13, 2026 vs DAL L 5-6 0 1 1 0 2 2 8 13:19
Apr 11, 2026 vs FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:48
Apr 9, 2026 @ NYI L 3-5 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 15:15
Apr 8, 2026 vs WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 12:05
Apr 4, 2026 @ LAK L 6-7 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 2 3 10:33
Apr 2, 2026 @ SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:03
Mar 28, 2026 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:30
Mar 25, 2026 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:47
Mar 24, 2026 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:27
Mar 21, 2026 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:30
Mar 20, 2026 vs CAR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 12:18
Mar 17, 2026 vs NYI L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 12:03
Mar 15, 2026 @ MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:54
Mar 10, 2026 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:38
Mar 7, 2026 vs TBL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 11:50
Mar 5, 2026 @ NYR L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:07
Mar 4, 2026 @ NJD L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:21
Mar 2, 2026 vs PHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:05
Feb 26, 2026 @ FLA L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:45
Feb 25, 2026 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:18
Feb 3, 2026 @ EDM W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:09
Feb 2, 2026 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:53
Jan 31, 2026 @ VAN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:31
Jan 29, 2026 @ SEA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:53
Jan 27, 2026 vs BUF L 4-7 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 13:04
Jan 25, 2026 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:16
Jan 23, 2026 vs VGK L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 09:33
Jan 21, 2026 vs DET L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 14:09
Jan 19, 2026 vs MIN L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 4 6 15:04
Jan 17, 2026 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 11:18
Jan 15, 2026 @ VGK L 5-6 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 10:49
Jan 13, 2026 @ UTA L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:18
Jan 12, 2026 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:08
Jan 10, 2026 vs VAN W 5-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:57
Jan 8, 2026 @ PHI W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:28
Jan 6, 2026 vs FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 14:05
Jan 3, 2026 @ NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:05
Jan 1, 2026 vs WPG W 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:53
Dec 30, 2025 vs NJD W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:14
Dec 28, 2025 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:24
Dec 27, 2025 vs OTT W 7-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15:40
Dec 23, 2025 vs PIT W 6-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 12:53
Dec 21, 2025 @ DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:19
Dec 18, 2025 @ WSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 12:31
Dec 16, 2025 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 11:06
Dec 13, 2025 vs EDM L 3-6 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 11:17
Dec 11, 2025 vs SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:01
Dec 8, 2025 vs TBL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:00
Dec 6, 2025 vs MTL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:21
Dec 4, 2025 @ CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10:45
Dec 2, 2025 @ FLA W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10:23
Nov 29, 2025 @ PIT W 7-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 10:40
Nov 28, 2025 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:39
Nov 26, 2025 @ CBJ W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:38
Nov 22, 2025 @ MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 10 4 1 13:03
Nov 20, 2025 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:27
Nov 18, 2025 vs STL W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 15:27
Nov 15, 2025 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:55
Nov 13, 2025 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 10:19
Nov 11, 2025 @ BOS L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 11:49
Nov 8, 2025 vs BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 10:05
Nov 5, 2025 vs UTA W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:30
Oct 29, 2025 @ CBJ L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 07:17
Oct 28, 2025 vs CGY W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 15:15
Oct 25, 2025 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:36
Oct 24, 2025 @ BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 10:49
Oct 21, 2025 vs NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:52
Oct 18, 2025 vs SEA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13:16
Oct 11, 2025 @ DET L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 01:17
Oct 8, 2025 vs MTL W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 12:09