
Centre · #20
David Steckel
- Age
- 44
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 198 cm
- Weight
- 98 kg
- Born
- Milwaukee, USA
- Draft
- 2001, round 1, #30 (LAK)
Career · 2009–10 to 2013–14
- Games
- 270
- Goals
- 20
- Points
- 48
- TOI per game
- 11:57
- xGF% (5v5)
- 50.4%
- Goals above expected
- −8.5
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2009–10 | 79 | 5 | 11 | 16 | +4 | 12:24 | 90 | 5.6% | 1 | 8.4 | – | |
| 2010–11 | 57 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −3 | 11:34 | 61 | 8.2% | 0 | 7.3 | 50.3% | |
| 2010–11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 12:50 | 18 | 5.6% | 0 | 1.3 | 50.6% | |
| 2010–11 | All teams | 75 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 11:53 | 79 | 7.6% | 0 | 8.6 | 50.4% |
| 2011–12 | 76 | 8 | 5 | 13 | −14 | 12:50 | 79 | 10.1% | 1 | 9.0 | 48.6% | |
| 2012–13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 7:04 | 4 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.6 | 56.2% | |
| 2012–13 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +2 | 10:37 | 19 | 5.3% | 0 | 1.5 | 49.4% | |
| 2012–13 | All teams | 34 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 9:16 | 23 | 4.3% | 0 | 2.1 | 51.3% |
| 2013–14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:50 | 8 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.4 | 68.5% | |
| Total | 4 teams | 270 | 20 | 28 | 48 | −16 | 11:57 | 279 | 7.2% | 2 | 28.5 | 50.4% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2009–10 to 2013–14 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
25th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
Extra / AHL- Goals /600.3715th pct
- Assists /600.5213th pct
- ixG /600.5321st pct
- Goals above expected−8.511th pct
Play-driving
2nd line- xGF% (5v5)50.4%59th pct
- CF% (5v5)48.5%41st pct
- Relative xGF%+1.568th pct
- Penalty diff /600.1961st pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game11:5730th pct
- PP time share2.7%20th pct
- Offensive zone starts29.5%3rd pct
- Quality of competition23.7%34th pct
Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Faceoffs
How often Steckel wins the draw over 2009–10 to 2013–14, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 929+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
59.3%
2011–1379 · #4 of 176 regulars, 98th percentile
Against an average centre
59.3%
Opponents won 50.0% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.0% against them.
Wins above average
+317
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
12.6
3,390 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone57.0% 378–285
- Neutral zone58.6% 578–408
- Defensive zone60.6% 1055–686
By strength
- Even strength59.5% 1409–960
- Power play57.1% 48–36
- Shorthanded58.5% 522–370
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +3 after a win, −20 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Jason Spezza51.9% 42–39
- John Tavares54.1% 40–34
- Steven Stamkos60.0% 42–28
- Patrice Bergeron50.8% 31–30
- Eric Staal67.2% 39–19
- Vincent Lecavalier68.4% 39–18
- Nik Antropov68.5% 37–17
- Sidney Crosby47.2% 25–28
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | 1073 | 59.5% | 59.7% |
| 2010–11 | 820 | 62.3% | 62.0% |
| 2011–12 | 1108 | 58.0% | 57.8% |
| 2012–13 | 321 | 54.5% | 55.0% |
| 2013–14 | 68 | 64.7% | 65.9% |
Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.
−8.5 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games