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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 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tyler Johnson BOS · 2 P in 9 GP Michael Sgarbossa WSH · 2 P in 3 GP Ivan Demidov MTL · 2 P in 2 GP Joshua Roy MTL · 2 P in 12 GP Justin Robidas CAR · 2 P in 2 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

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
7 1 1 2 3 0 7 19 0.29 14.3 9:53

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2025
$388KCap dollars per point2 points in 7 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 Toronto Maple Leafs, as a new contract (two-way): 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $775K $775K $0 $775K

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
Jan 21, 2026 Boston Bruins Extension 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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

-0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence+0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+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.

-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

47.3Corsi for %53 attempts for, 59 against
+0.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.3Expected goals for %2.2 expected for, 2.2 against
-6.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %3 for, 0 against
110.0PDO10.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
12Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Steven Lorentz · Connor Dewar · Alex Steeves322:2754.151.30-0
Steven Lorentz · David Kampf · Alex Steeves318:1638.964.01-0
David Kampf · Pontus Holmberg · Alex Steeves110:3940.019.90-0
Alex Steeves · Fraser Minten · Nikita Grebenkin21:590.00.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 11 unblocked attempts
+0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.50 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 5.3% chance per attempt1st
Finishing +0.4 goals above expected59thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.6

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
Feb 25, 2025 @ BOS W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 05:41
Feb 23, 2025 @ CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10:24
Feb 22, 2025 vs CAR W 6-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 09:04
Nov 27, 2024 @ FLA L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:08
Nov 24, 2024 vs UTA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 11:19
Nov 20, 2024 vs VGK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:29
Nov 13, 2024 @ WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:09