Derek Stepan

#21Center

2022-23 regular season

SOG

5.1% SH

9:05

TOI/GP

C · CAR · NHL id 8474613

Derek Stepan has played 73 games for the Carolina Hurricanes in 2022-23, scoring 5 goals and 6 assists (11 points) on 98 shots while averaging 9:05 a night (8:20 at even strength, 0:03 on the power play and 0:40 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Hurricanes have controlled 65% of shot attempts with Stepan on the ice (22-15 in goals, 66% offensive-zone starts). In the Hurricanes' most recent game against FLA he was on L4 with Paul Stastny and Jack Drury and off the power play; dropped to L4 (from L2) in the last game. He is shooting 5.1% this season against 6.6% across the 389 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 18 game vs FLA, detected from shift data

Line

Paul Stastny Jack Drury

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Dropped to L4 (from L2) in the last gameLast 5: L2 · L1 · L3 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2022-23 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

17 games shown, 10:59 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2022-23 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed24th2521.5 mph

Bursts 20+ mph23rd2415

Hardest shot38th3885.4 mph

Offensive-zone time97th9847.8%

Distance skated41st42103.8 mi

High-danger SOG39th4023

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2022-23 · 215 attempts, 120 on goal, 5 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2022-23 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2022-23 regular season · 72 of 73 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: +0.032
Season net: +0.33xG

Offensive TK/600.79 (8)

Offensive GV/600.10 (1)

Neutral TK/600.59 (6)

Neutral GV/600.49 (5)

Defensive TK/600.49 (5)

Defensive GV/600.30 (3)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: +0.061
Season: +0.26G
: 54.3%422 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 74-63 · NZ 64-53 · DZ 91-77

Method Leaders

Per 60: 1.28
Attempts: 13
: 0.047

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: +0.19G
Per 60: +0.017
Drawn / taken: 5 / 4minors

Method Leaders

: 61.0%
: 63.0%
: 61.4%
Transition CF/60: 3.9
Turnovers won/60: 19.1
Turnovers lost/60: 12.3

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

98 shots on goal, 5 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Outside R	10%	4%	0
Low Slot	19%	24%	3
Outside L	8%	5%	0
Center Point	5%	8%	0
R Point	3%	6%	0
R Corner	3%	1%	0
High Slot	6%	8%	1

Linemates

2022-23 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Stepan

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

84 games in 2022-23, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
May 18PO	vs FLA	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	38%	20:25	20:25	—	—
May 11PO	vs NJD	W 3-2	0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	54%	13:52	13:52	—	—
May 9PO	@ NJD	W 6-1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	88%	12:10	12:10	—	—
May 7PO	@ NJD	L 4-8	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	29%	14:08	14:08	—	—
May 5PO	vs NJD	W 6-1	0	0	-1	4	0	0	1	64%	12:39	12:32	—	0:07
May 3PO	vs NJD	W 5-1	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	75%	12:56	12:45	—	0:11
Apr 28PO	@ NYI	W 2-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	29%	10:01	10:01	—	—
Apr 25PO	vs NYI	L 2-3	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	71%	10:18	9:55	—	—
Apr 21PO	@ NYI	L 1-5	0	0	-2	1	2	1	0	75%	8:10	8:08	0:02	—
Apr 19PO	vs NYI	W 4-3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	40%	9:24	9:24	—	—
Apr 17PO	vs NYI	W 2-1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	14%	7:35	7:35	—	—
Apr 10	@ OTT	L 2-3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33%	5:34	5:14	—	0:20
Apr 8	@ BUF	L 3-4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	50%	6:11	6:11	—	—
Apr 6	@ NSH	L 0-3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	40%	9:59	9:59	—	—
Apr 4	vs OTT	W 3-2	0	0	-1	1	0	1	1	86%	6:56	6:56	—	—
Apr 2	vs NYI	W 2-1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	33%	12:03	11:31	—	0:32
Apr 1	@ MTL	W 3-0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	50%	14:45	14:20	—	0:25
Mar 30	@ DET	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	9:52	8:33	—	1:03
Mar 28	vs TBL	L 0-4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	25%	7:52	7:52	—	—
Mar 26	vs BOS	OTL 3-4	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	64%	13:01	11:50	1:11	—

Season splits by strength

2022-23 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	73	662:53	9:05	790	495	61.5%	61.4%	397	273	23	21	52%	29.3	23.8	56%
Even strength	73	608:13	8:20	770	416	64.9%	65.0%	382	226	22	15	59%	28.5	17.9	66%
5v5	73	607:28	8:19	770	416	64.9%	65.0%	382	226	22	15	59%	28.5	17.9	66%
Power play	8	4:05	0:31	6	0	100.0%	100.0%	5	0	0	0	—	0.4	0.0	100%
Penalty kill	48	49:14	1:02	13	78	14.3%	16.0%	10	46	1	6	14%	0.3	5.8	6%
5v4	8	4:05	0:31	6	0	100.0%	100.0%	5	0	0	0	—	0.4	0.0	100%
4v5	48	49:14	1:02	13	78	14.3%	16.0%	10	46	1	6	14%	0.3	5.8	6%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2022-23Playoffs	CAR	11	0	1	1	-4	2	22	0.0%	11	7	11:58
2022-23	CAR	73	5	6	11	+8	8	98	5.1%	29	21	9:05
2021-22Playoffs	CAR	3	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0%	6	0	8:37
2021-22	CAR	58	9	10	19	0	14	96	9.4%	29	25	10:48
2020-21	OTT	20	1	5	6	-6	8	44	2.3%	25	16	15:04
2019-20	ARI	70	10	18	28	-4	16	158	6.3%	43	54	17:39
2018-19	ARI	72	15	20	35	-2	14	195	7.7%	50	51	19:13
2017-18	ARI	82	14	42	56	-7	26	209	6.7%	52	54	19:16

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season