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Pius Suter

#22 · Centre · St. Louis Blues

Born May 24, 1996 in Zurich, CHE (age 30) · 5'11", 178 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jordan Staal CAR · 36 P in 78 GP Craig Smith BOS · 36 P in 74 GP Pavel Zacha NJD · 36 P in 70 GP Jesse Puljujarvi EDM · 36 P in 65 GP Zach Parise NYI · 35 P in 82 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.

0102030402020-21: 27 points2720-212021-22: 36 points3621-222022-23: 24 points2422-232023-24: 29 points2923-242024-25: 46 points4624-252025-26: 29 points2925-262026-27: 2 points226-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 CHI 55 14 13 27 -5 14 112 28 0.49 $925K
2021-22 DET 82 15 21 36 -11 22 166 24 0.44 $3.25M
2022-23 DET 79 14 10 24 -3 6 106 39 0.30 $3.25M
2023-24 VAN 67 14 15 29 17 16 105 54 0.43 $1.6M
2024-25 VAN 81 25 21 46 2 18 138 59 0.57 $1.6M
2025-26 STL 64 13 16 29 13 20 95 41 0.45 $4.125M
2026-27 STL 5 1 1 2 1 0 7 7 0.40 $4.125M
7 seasons Career 433 96 97 193 14 96 729 252 0.45

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2023-24 VAN 13 2 1 3 2 6 23 13 0.23
1 season Playoffs 13 2 1 3 2 6 23 13 0.23

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
82 15 21 36 -11 22 166 24 0.44 9.0 16:55

Contract

$3.25MCap hitends in 2023, then UFA
$90KCap dollars per point36 points in 82 games
$779KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.2 goals above replacement
$3.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$456KValueworth 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 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Detroit Red Wings on Jul 28, 2021, as a new contract: 2 years and $6.5M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2022-23, 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
2021-22 $3.25M $2.75M $0 $2.75M
2022-23 $3.25M $3.75M $0 $3.75M

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 2, 2025 St. Louis Blues New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $8.25M $4.125M
Aug 11, 2023 Vancouver Canucks New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $3.2M $1.6M
Jul 28, 2021 Detroit Red Wings New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $6.5M $3.25M
Jul 16, 2020 Chicago Blackhawks Entry-level 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $1.775M $925K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

+4.2Goals above replacement233rd of 723 skaters, 165th of 481 forwards
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 481 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+2.3 74th percentileEven-strength defence-1.2 21st percentilePower play-1.2 5th percentilePenalty kill+0.5 92nd percentilePenalties-0.1 36th 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. 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.

024682020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

46.7Corsi for %928 attempts for, 1059 against
+0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.0Expected goals for %46.8 expected for, 52.7 against
+2.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
45.7Goals for %42 for, 50 against
100.0PDO7.9% shooting + 92.1% saves
205Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 636 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
Tyler Bertuzzi · Robby Fabbri · Pius Suter28187:1050.549.49-10
Robby Fabbri · Pius Suter · Filip Zadina26147:4352.358.13-5
Jakub Vrana · Pius Suter · Filip Zadina1070:3750.351.15-1
Adam Erne · Pius Suter · Filip Zadina2362:5437.648.30-2

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. 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.

15Goalsnot counting empty-netters
22.5Expected goalsfrom 216 unblocked attempts
-7.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.97 expected goals per 60 minutes74th
Shot quality 10.4% chance per attempt95th
Finishing -7.5 goals above expected3rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

05101520Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected 22.5Goals 15

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 29, 2022 @ NJD W 5-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 20:00
Apr 26, 2022 @ TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 19:47
Apr 24, 2022 @ NJD W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 19:26
Apr 23, 2022 vs PIT L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:54
Apr 21, 2022 @ FLA L 2-5 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 18:59
Apr 19, 2022 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 18:51
Apr 17, 2022 vs FLA L 1-6 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 14:31
Apr 16, 2022 @ NYR L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:55
Apr 14, 2022 @ CAR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:01
Apr 12, 2022 vs OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:32
Apr 9, 2022 vs CBJ L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 18:04
Apr 6, 2022 @ WPG W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:30
Apr 5, 2022 vs BOS W 5-3 0 1 1 1 2 5 0 17:33
Apr 3, 2022 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:37
Apr 1, 2022 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 14:31
Mar 30, 2022 vs NYR L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 18:21
Mar 27, 2022 @ PIT L 2-11 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 16:58
Mar 26, 2022 vs TBL L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:20
Mar 24, 2022 @ NYI L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 15:35
Mar 22, 2022 vs PHI W 6-3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 15:23
Mar 19, 2022 @ SEA L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:09
Mar 17, 2022 @ VAN W 1-0 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 18:02
Mar 15, 2022 @ EDM L 5-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:02
Mar 12, 2022 @ CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:08
Mar 10, 2022 vs MIN L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:02
Mar 8, 2022 vs ARI L 2-9 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:59
Mar 5, 2022 @ FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:39
Mar 4, 2022 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16:58
Mar 1, 2022 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18:14
Feb 26, 2022 vs TOR L 7-10 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:02
Feb 23, 2022 vs COL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:30
Feb 17, 2022 @ NYR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:12
Feb 14, 2022 @ MIN L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 20:40
Feb 12, 2022 vs PHI W 4-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 16:29
Feb 9, 2022 @ PHI W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 17:41
Feb 2, 2022 vs LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:16
Jan 31, 2022 vs ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:35
Jan 29, 2022 vs TOR L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 15:32
Jan 28, 2022 @ PIT W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:14
Jan 26, 2022 vs CHI L 5-8 1 0 1 1 6 3 1 14:35
Jan 22, 2022 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 17:18
Jan 21, 2022 vs DAL L 4-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 22:03
Jan 17, 2022 @ BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 6 2 21:02
Jan 15, 2022 vs BUF W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:17
Jan 13, 2022 vs WPG L 0-3 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 14:29
Jan 11, 2022 @ SJS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:00
Jan 9, 2022 @ ANA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:59
Jan 8, 2022 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:47
Jan 4, 2022 vs SJS W 6-2 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 17:10
Jan 2, 2022 vs BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 18:02
Dec 31, 2021 vs WSH L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 17:40
Dec 18, 2021 vs NJD W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 17:35
Dec 16, 2021 @ CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:03
Dec 14, 2021 vs NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:44
Dec 10, 2021 @ COL L 3-7 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 19:26
Dec 9, 2021 @ STL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:55
Dec 7, 2021 vs NSH L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 13:52
Dec 4, 2021 vs NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 20:45
Dec 1, 2021 vs SEA W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 16:41
Nov 30, 2021 @ BOS W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:28
Nov 27, 2021 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:34
Nov 24, 2021 vs STL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:41
Nov 20, 2021 @ ARI L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:37
Nov 18, 2021 @ VGK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:19
Nov 16, 2021 @ DAL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:49
Nov 15, 2021 @ CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 14:50
Nov 13, 2021 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 15:34
Nov 11, 2021 vs WSH L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:09
Nov 9, 2021 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:54
Nov 7, 2021 vs VGK W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 21:28
Nov 6, 2021 @ BUF W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 7 0 19:22
Nov 4, 2021 @ BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:12
Nov 2, 2021 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:09
Oct 30, 2021 @ TOR L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:13
Oct 29, 2021 vs FLA L 2-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:07
Oct 27, 2021 @ WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:19
Oct 24, 2021 @ CHI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:18
Oct 23, 2021 @ MTL L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:19
Oct 21, 2021 vs CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 17:14
Oct 19, 2021 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 14:19
Oct 16, 2021 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:40
Oct 14, 2021 vs TBL L 6-7 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:36