Centre · #21

Derek Stepan

New York Rangers

Arizona Coyotes

Ottawa Senators

Carolina Hurricanes(traded during the season)

Age: 36
Shoots: Right
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 89 kg
Born: Hastings, USA
Draft: 2008, round 2, #51 (NYR)

Career · 2010–11 to 2022–23

Games: 890
Goals: 182
Points: 515
TOI per game: 17:05
xGF% (5v5): 52.6%
Goals above expected: −18.7

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Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.


2010–11	NYR	82	21	24	45	+8	16:27	166	12.7%	10	21.1	56.4%
2011–12	NYR	82	17	34	51	+14	18:57	169	10.1%	16	18.8	53.3%
2012–13	NYR	48	18	26	44	+25	20:55	108	16.7%	10	13.1	57.1%
2013–14	NYR	82	17	40	57	+12	18:03	199	8.5%	18	20.9	53.9%
2014–15	NYR	68	16	39	55	+26	18:11	155	10.3%	10	13.7	48.6%
2015–16	NYR	72	22	31	53	+5	17:45	192	11.5%	14	19.8	49.5%
2016–17	NYR	81	17	38	55	+19	18:37	209	8.1%	18	17.5	53.1%
2017–18	ARI	82	14	42	56	−7	19:16	209	6.7%	18	18.6	47.0%
2018–19	ARI	72	15	20	35	−2	19:13	195	7.7%	3	19.4	50.0%
2019–20	ARI	70	10	18	28	−4	17:39	158	6.3%	7	14.8	47.8%
2020–21	OTT	20	1	5	6	−6	15:04	44	2.3%	2	3.9	50.3%
2021–22	CAR	58	9	10	19	0	10:48	96	9.4%	0	10.9	57.4%
2022–23	CAR	73	5	6	11	+8	9:05	98	5.1%	0	8.3	63.4%
Total	4 teams	890	182	333	515	+98	17:05	1,998	9.1%	126	200.7	52.6%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)

Player card

Model-based

How 2010–11 to 2022–23 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd line

78th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

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3rd line
4th line
Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd line

Goals /600.7260th pct
Assists /601.3186th pct
ixG /600.7969th pct
Goals above expected−18.74th pct

Play-driving

1st line

xGF% (5v5)52.6%85th pct
CF% (5v5)51.3%74th pct
Relative xGF%+1.878th pct
Penalty diff /600.0548th pct

Usage

1st line

TOI per game17:0587th pct
PP time share41.9%80th pct
Offensive zone starts56.9%53rd pct
Quality of competition24.8%83rd 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).

Most similar players this season

Faceoffs

How often Stepan wins the draw over 2010–11 to 2022–23, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 2461+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

46.5%

6135–7046 · #171 of 200 regulars, 15th percentile

Against an average centre

47.0%

Opponents won 50.4% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.6% against them.

Wins above average

−397

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

14.9

13,181 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 zone46.7% 2199–2507
Neutral zone44.4% 1862–2336
Defensive zone48.5% 2074–2203

By strength

Even strength46.5% 4748–5456
Power play48.8% 776–815
Shorthanded44.3% 605–762

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +15 after a win, −10 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

John Tavares52.0% 144–133
Nicklas Backstrom42.9% 108–144
Sidney Crosby44.8% 108–133
Claude Giroux41.5% 97–137
Travis Zajac34.1% 62–120
Anze Kopitar41.8% 74–103
Brandon Sutter40.5% 68–100
Jordan Staal41.1% 69–99

Season by season

Season	Draws	Win rate	Against average
2010–11	719	38.5%	38.6%
2011–12	867	44.5%	44.3%
2012–13	977	45.9%	46.3%
2013–14	1512	45.2%	45.7%
2014–15	1232	44.1%	44.6%
2015–16	1103	46.7%	47.2%
2016–17	1522	47.0%	47.5%
2017–18	1550	47.7%	48.6%
2018–19	1376	47.3%	48.0%
2019–20	1197	47.5%	48.1%
2020–21	260	50.0%	51.1%
2021–22	444	55.9%	55.4%
2022–23	422	54.3%	54.1%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

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.

−18.7 goals above expected

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

Top skating speed34.7 km/h25th pct
Speed bursts over 20 mph1524th pct
Hardest shot137.4 km/h38th pct
Distance skated167 km42nd pct
Offensive-zone time47.8%98th pct

Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

34.7 km/h11th pct

▲ +0.5 km/h since 2021–22

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.48th pct

▼ −0.5 since 2021–22

Distance skated per 60

15.1 km33rd pct

▼ −0.2 km since 2021–22

Hardest shot

137.4 km/h23rd pct

▼ −3.6 km/h since 2021–22

Offensive-zone time

47.8%98th pct

▲ +2.1 points since 2021–22