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Spencer Stastney

#24 · Defence · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Jan 4, 2000 in Woodridge, Illinois, USA (age 26) · 5'11", 196 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 131st overall in 2018 by NSH (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Derrick Pouliot SJS · 2 P in 8 GP Henry Thrun SJS · 2 P in 8 GP Tyler Kleven OTT · 2 P in 8 GP Brandt Clarke LAK · 2 P in 9 GP Simon Edvinsson DET · 2 P in 9 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.

02468102022-23: 2 points222-232023-24: 4 points423-242024-25: 3 points324-252025-26: 10 points1025-262026-27: 0 points026-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2022-23 NSH 8 0 2 2 5 2 9 2 0.25 $925K
2023-24 NSH 20 2 2 4 9 4 11 2 0.20 $925K
2024-25 NSH 23 0 3 3 -7 4 15 8 0.13 $825K
2025-26 NSH 30 1 8 9 -1 10 30 5 0.30 $825K
2025-26 EDM 36 1 0 1 -10 10 26 8 0.03
2026-27 PIT 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00 $1.525M
5 seasons Career 118 4 15 19 -3 30 92 25 0.16

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 NSH 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00
1 season Playoffs 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.00

2022-23 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
8 0 2 2 5 2 9 2 0.25 0.0 17:37

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2024
$463KCap dollars per point2 points in 8 games

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.

The contract

Signed by the Nashville Predators on Mar 31, 2022, as an entry-level contract: 2 years and $1.85M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2023-24, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2023-24 $925K $833K $93K $925K

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 5, 2026 Edmonton Oilers New contract 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $1.525M $1.525M
Jul 24, 2024 Nashville Predators New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.65M $825K
Mar 31, 2022 Nashville Predators Entry-level 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.85M $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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

-0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.8Even-strength defence-0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties-0.2

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-2-10122022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

40.4Corsi for %82 attempts for, 121 against
-2.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.5Expected goals for %3.6 expected for, 5.5 against
-5.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
62.5Goals for %5 for, 3 against
105.6PDO10.6% shooting + 94.9% saves
13Attempts 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

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cal Foote · Spencer Stastney760:2136.436.93-1
Tyson Barrie · Spencer Stastney748:1445.840.61-1
Spencer Stastney · Jake Livingstone55:0222.265.90-0
Dante Fabbro · Spencer Stastney44:1933.311.00-1

The pairs 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 pairs 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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.3Expected goalsfrom 11 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.11 expected goals per 60 minutes12th
Shot quality 2.4% chance per attempt11th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected47thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.3Goals 0

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 14, 2023 vs COL L 3-4 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 18:49
Apr 13, 2023 vs MIN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18:15
Apr 10, 2023 @ CGY W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:03
Apr 8, 2023 @ WPG L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:38
Apr 6, 2023 vs CAR W 3-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 19:25
Apr 4, 2023 vs VGK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 17:47
Apr 3, 2023 @ DAL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:40
Apr 1, 2023 vs STL W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:16