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Alex Steeves

#21 · Centre · Boston Bruins

Born Dec 10, 1999 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA (age 26) · 6'0", 205 lb · Shoots left

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.

Jonny Brodzinski NYR · 16 P in 55 GP Andrew Mangiapane CHI · 16 P in 62 GP Tyson Jost NSH · 16 P in 69 GP Sam Carrick BUF · 16 P in 73 GP Hendrix Lapierre WSH · 16 P in 74 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.

0510152021-22: 1 points121-222022-23: 0 points022-232023-24: 0 points023-242024-25: 2 points224-252025-26: 16 points1625-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 TOR 3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 0.33 $834K
2022-23 TOR 3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 0.00 $834K
2023-24 TOR 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 0.00 $834K
2024-25 TOR 7 1 1 2 3 0 7 19 0.29 $775K
2025-26 BOS 43 9 7 16 6 34 55 144 0.37 $850K
5 seasons Career 57 10 9 19 5 34 68 173 0.33

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2025-26 BOS 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0.00
1 season Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0.00

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
43 9 7 16 6 34 55 144 0.37 16.4 11:56

Contract

$850KCap hitends in 2026, then extended to 2028
$53KCap dollars per point16 points in 43 games
$271KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.1 goals above replacement
$3.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.6MValueworth 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

Signed by the Boston Bruins on Jul 1, 2025, as a new contract: 1 year and $850K, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Boston Bruins on Jan 21, 2026, 2 years and $3.25M at $1.625M a season, beginning in 2026-27.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $850K

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
Jan 21, 2026 Boston Bruins Extension not begun 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $3.25M $1.625M
Jul 1, 2025 Boston Bruins New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $850K $850K
Toronto Maple Leafs New contract (two-way) 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Mar 29, 2021 Toronto Maple Leafs Entry-level 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $2.503M $834K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.1Goals above replacement307th of 715 skaters, 216th of 476 forwards
+0.5Wins 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 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-0.3 50th percentileEven-strength defence+1.6 76th percentilePower play+0.0 71st percentilePenalty kill+0.0 50th percentilePenalties+0.4 52nd 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.

-1012342021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

49.5Corsi for %420 attempts for, 429 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.6Expected goals for %18.6 expected for, 17.5 against
+3.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.6Goals for %20 for, 16 against
102.1PDO9.9% shooting + 92.2% saves
91Attempts 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
Elias Lindholm · Morgan Geekie · Alex Steeves17109:4152.456.66-4
Morgan Geekie · Alex Steeves · Fraser Minten1771:1252.148.10-0
Marat Khusnutdinov · Alex Steeves · Fraser Minten1235:5756.451.91-1
Viktor Arvidsson · Pavel Zacha · Alex Steeves533:0153.356.31-0

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.

9Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.6Expected goalsfrom 85 unblocked attempts
+2.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.78 expected goals per 60 minutes47th
Shot quality 7.8% chance per attempt33rd
Finishing +2.4 goals above expected80thOne 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 40Goals 9Expected 6.6

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 12, 2026 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 11:13
Apr 7, 2026 @ CAR L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:13
Mar 16, 2026 @ NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 11:34
Mar 12, 2026 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 10:44
Mar 7, 2026 vs WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 10:31
Feb 4, 2026 @ FLA L 4-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 10:56
Feb 1, 2026 @ TBL L 5-6 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 08:02
Jan 26, 2026 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:25
Jan 24, 2026 vs MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:35
Jan 22, 2026 vs VGK W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:29
Jan 20, 2026 @ DAL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 11:42
Jan 17, 2026 @ CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:26
Jan 15, 2026 vs SEA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 09:28
Jan 13, 2026 vs DET W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:01
Jan 11, 2026 vs PIT W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:37
Jan 10, 2026 vs NYR W 10-2 0 1 1 2 0 4 4 16:02
Jan 8, 2026 vs CGY W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 14:36
Jan 6, 2026 @ SEA L 4-7 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 11:41
Jan 3, 2026 @ VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 11:51
Dec 31, 2025 @ EDM W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 10:56
Dec 29, 2025 @ CGY L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:13
Dec 27, 2025 @ BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 10:02
Dec 23, 2025 vs MTL L 2-6 1 0 1 1 4 2 3 10:44
Dec 21, 2025 vs OTT L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 13:27
Dec 18, 2025 vs EDM L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:44
Dec 16, 2025 vs UTA W 4-1 0 0 0 1 10 2 1 12:22
Dec 14, 2025 @ MIN L 2-6 1 0 1 1 0 3 5 12:28
Dec 11, 2025 @ WPG W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 13:04
Dec 9, 2025 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13:13
Dec 6, 2025 vs NJD W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 15:15
Dec 4, 2025 vs STL W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 6 16:06
Dec 2, 2025 @ DET L 4-5 2 0 2 0 0 2 3 16:52
Nov 29, 2025 vs DET W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 14:44
Nov 28, 2025 vs NYR L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 6 13:38
Nov 26, 2025 @ NYI W 3-1 2 0 2 2 0 4 4 11:41
Nov 23, 2025 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:42
Nov 21, 2025 @ LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 12:37
Nov 19, 2025 @ ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 5 1 6 10:25
Nov 17, 2025 vs CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 12:31
Nov 15, 2025 @ MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:58
Nov 13, 2025 @ OTT L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 13:43
Nov 11, 2025 vs TOR W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 11:01
Nov 8, 2025 @ TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 13:22