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

Michael Carcone ARI · 29 P in 74 GP Aliaksei Protas WSH · 29 P in 78 GP Kevin Hayes STL · 29 P in 79 GP Leo Carlsson ANA · 29 P in 55 GP Egor Chinakhov CBJ · 29 P in 53 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

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
67 14 15 29 17 16 105 54 0.43 13.3 15:30

Contract

$1.6MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$55KCap dollars per point29 points in 67 games
$217KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.4 goals above replacement
$6.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.7MValueworth 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 718 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vancouver Canucks on Aug 11, 2023, as a new contract: 2 years and $3.2M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2024-25, 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
2023-24 $1.6M $1.6M $0 $1.6M
2024-25 $1.6M $1.6M $0 $1.6M

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 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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+7.4Goals above replacement123rd of 721 skaters, 97th of 469 forwards
+1.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+4.5Goals 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+0.5 59th percentileEven-strength defence+2.4 88th percentilePower play-0.4 27th percentilePenalty kill+0.8 96th percentilePenalties+1.2 79th 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.

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

53.5Corsi for %792 attempts for, 687 against
+2.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
57.2Expected goals for %34.2 expected for, 25.6 against
+4.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
53.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
66.1Goals for %39 for, 20 against
104.7PDO10.7% shooting + 94.0% saves
144Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 616 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
J.T. Miller · Brock Boeser · Pius Suter27192:5460.364.116-4
Pius Suter · Ilya Mikheyev · Andrei Kuzmenko1277:1954.455.82-3
Elias Pettersson · Pius Suter · Nils Hoglander975:2852.254.95-4
Dakota Joshua · Conor Garland · Pius Suter1675:2562.968.63-0

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.

14Goalsnot counting empty-netters
13.5Expected goalsfrom 146 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.78 expected goals per 60 minutes52nd
Shot quality 9.2% chance per attempt90th
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected57thOne 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.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 14Expected 13.5

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 18, 2024 @ WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:32
Apr 16, 2024 vs CGY W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 12:45
Apr 13, 2024 @ EDM W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 12:47
Apr 10, 2024 vs ARI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:12
Apr 8, 2024 vs VGK W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:26
Apr 6, 2024 @ LAK L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:21
Apr 2, 2024 @ VGK L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:03
Mar 31, 2024 vs ANA W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 14:50
Mar 28, 2024 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15:50
Mar 25, 2024 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:23
Mar 23, 2024 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:59
Mar 21, 2024 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15:29
Mar 19, 2024 vs BUF W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 5 4 20:07
Mar 16, 2024 vs WSH L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:00
Mar 13, 2024 vs COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:36
Mar 9, 2024 vs WPG W 5-0 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 13:02
Mar 7, 2024 @ VGK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:54
Mar 5, 2024 @ LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:39
Mar 3, 2024 @ ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:44
Feb 29, 2024 vs LAK L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 17:30
Feb 27, 2024 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:47
Feb 24, 2024 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:05
Feb 22, 2024 @ SEA L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:03
Feb 20, 2024 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17:00
Feb 19, 2024 @ MIN L 7-10 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 15:12
Feb 17, 2024 vs WPG L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 16:51
Feb 15, 2024 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 16:00
Feb 13, 2024 @ CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:08
Feb 11, 2024 @ WSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:55
Feb 10, 2024 @ DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12:47
Feb 8, 2024 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:52
Feb 6, 2024 @ CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:20
Jan 27, 2024 vs CBJ W 5-4 (OT) 0 2 2 -1 0 3 0 21:36
Jan 24, 2024 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 3 0 3 1 0 4 0 18:29
Jan 22, 2024 vs CHI W 2-0 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 17:11
Jan 20, 2024 vs TOR W 6-4 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 14:51
Jan 18, 2024 vs ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:27
Jan 15, 2024 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:08
Jan 13, 2024 @ BUF W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:21
Jan 11, 2024 @ PIT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:05
Jan 9, 2024 @ NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:38
Jan 8, 2024 @ NYR W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:11
Jan 6, 2024 @ NJD W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:40
Jan 4, 2024 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 18:17
Jan 2, 2024 vs OTT W 6-3 2 1 3 4 0 5 1 16:10
Dec 28, 2023 vs PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:36
Dec 23, 2023 vs SJS W 7-4 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 14:15
Dec 21, 2023 @ DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:37
Dec 19, 2023 @ NSH W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 13:34
Dec 17, 2023 @ CHI W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:19
Dec 16, 2023 @ MIN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:02
Dec 14, 2023 vs FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 15:01
Nov 12, 2023 @ MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 12:59
Nov 11, 2023 @ TOR L 2-5 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 17:20
Nov 9, 2023 @ OTT W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:19
Nov 6, 2023 vs EDM W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 13:42
Nov 4, 2023 vs DAL W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13:33
Nov 2, 2023 @ SJS W 10-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 19:42
Oct 31, 2023 vs NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:03
Oct 28, 2023 vs NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:24
Oct 27, 2023 vs STL W 5-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 17:37
Oct 24, 2023 @ NSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:07
Oct 21, 2023 @ FLA W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:17
Oct 19, 2023 @ TBL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:44
Oct 17, 2023 @ PHI L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:58
Oct 14, 2023 @ EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:17
Oct 11, 2023 vs EDM W 8-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:31