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Defence · #16

Steven Santini

New Jersey Devils Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues Tampa Bay Lightning(traded during the season)
Age
31
Shoots
Right
Height
191 cm
Weight
98 kg
Born
Bronxville, USA
Draft
2013, round 2, #42 (NJD)

Career · 9 seasons

Games
136
Goals
5
Points
24
TOI per game
16:34
xGF% (5v5)
46.3%
Goals above expected
−0.9
ShowAll teamsNew Jersey DevilsNashville PredatorsSt. Louis BluesTampa Bay Lightning

Season by season

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

2015–16NJD1000+214:3510.0%00.058.5%
2016–17NJD38257−616:05464.3%01.952.1%
2017–18NJD362810020:16563.6%01.541.5%
2018–19NJD39134−616:39412.4%01.945.2%
2019–20NSH2000+19:3310.0%00.034.0%
2020–21STL3011+114:0090.0%00.235.0%
After a break: 2022–23STL4011012:3150.0%00.157.1%
After a break: 2024–25TBL1000011:3710.0%00.068.3%
2025–26TBL12011+110:2040.0%00.248.0%
Total4 teams13651924−716:341643.0%05.946.3%

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)
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Player card

Model-based

How 9 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

21st percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.1335th pct
  • Assists /600.5130th pct
  • ixG /600.1637th pct
  • Shots /604.3767th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)46.3%20th pct
  • CF% (5v5)42.8%3rd pct
  • Relative xGF%−3.714th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.2282nd pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game16:3442nd pct
  • PP time share1.0%15th pct
  • PK time share27.2%53rd pct
  • Quality of competition24.1%41st pct

Percentiles among defencemen 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

  1. Jarred Tinordi0.88
  2. Simon Benoit0.85
  3. Joshua BrownFLA0.83
  4. Robert HaggPHI0.82
  5. Jared Cowen0.81
  6. Christian JarosOTT0.81

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.

−0.9 goals above expected

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

−20−100+10+20+30+40

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 speed32.8 km/h13th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph320th pct
  • Hardest shot142.0 km/h38th pct
  • Distance skated31 km19th pct
  • Offensive-zone time40.2%27th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen 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 defencemanMiddle 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

32.8 km/h1st pct

▲ +1.5 km/h since 2024–25

303234363822–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2022–23: 35.8 km/h, 69th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 31.3 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 32.8 km/h, 1st percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.543rd pct

▲ +1.5 since 2024–25

012322–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2022–23: 2.4, 80th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 0.0, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 1.5, 43rd percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

14.8 km99th pct

▼ −0.5 km since 2024–25

121314151622–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2022–23: 14.7 km, 99th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 15.3 km, 100th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 14.8 km, 99th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

142.0 km/h21st pct

▲ +28.5 km/h since 2024–25

10012014016018022–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2022–23: 140.5 km/h, 10th percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 113.5 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 142.0 km/h, 21st percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

40.2%28th pct

▼ −9.1 points since 2024–25

35%40%45%50%55%22–2323–2424–2525–262023–24: no NHL games2022–23: 40.7%, 33rd percentile (4 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 49.3%, 100th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 40.2%, 28th percentile (12 games, too few to rank reliably)