Vegas Golden Knights · #27 · Defence

Shea Theodore

Age 31 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 200 lb · Born Aldergrove, British Columbia, CAN

Drafted 2013, #26 overall by Anaheim

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Toronto · 10:00 PM ET0 P in the last 2 vs TORGame preview →
Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-5th on VGK
Assists2T-4th on VGK
Points3T-6th on VGK
P / GP0.75T-113th in the NHL
Shots119.1% shooting
TOI / GP21:501st on VGK

2025-262025-26: 70 games, 10-29-39, 0.56 points per game Season detail →

Shea Theodore has 3 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 39 points in 70 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

3 points in 4 games for the 3rd-placed Vegas

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Shots / GP2.7595th
PP points190th
Points / GP0.7586th
Ice time21:5082nd
Goals / 600.6981st
Shooting %9.1%77th
Blocked shots677th
Assists / 601.3776th
Takeaways161st
Penalty differential056th
Hits08th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.80.81–4

Dashed line: season average (0.8). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points3T-6th on VGK
Points per game0.75T-113th in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists2T-4th on VGK
Shooting %9.1%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time21:501st on VGK
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who runs the first power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vegas's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength17:12
Power play3:33
Shorthanded1:05
Total21:50

25.3 shifts a game, averaging 52 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on VGK
PP assists1T-3rd on VGK
PP points1T-5th on VGK · T-51st NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 604.236th on VGK

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP5Vegas total
Involved in1goals or assists
Share20.0%of every VGK PPG
PP TOI share56.6%of VGK PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 1 goal and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-4th on VGK
Overtime goals0T-1st on VGK
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0
2nd0
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied0
Leading0
Trailing1

0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 1 came with Vegas trailing.

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary2 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 602.06
Goals / 600.69
Shots / 607.6
ES points / 601.742 ES points
PP points / 604.231 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot3 att · 0 G
Wing10 att · 1 G
Point6 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

19 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.6212th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.4
Unblocked attempts12
xG per attempt.047
ixG per 600.39

2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Hardest shot in the 88th percentile of defencemen: 90.86 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Distance skated, mi13.095th
90+ mph shots190th
Hardest shot, mph90.8688th
Defensive-zone time35.1%88th
20+ mph bursts486th
Offensive-zone time46.5%86th
Distance / 60, mi8.9381st
Top speed, mph21.0170th
Average shot, mph71.064th
22+ mph bursts048th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.01Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph90.86Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated13.0 mi3.76 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts33.3%35.2% defensive · 31.5% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

45.2%All situations35.7%
44.1%Even strength36.2%
55.8%Power play27.2%
28.9%Shorthanded53.3%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.01vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 04:05
  2. 20.99@VAN4 Oct · 1st 09:34
  3. 19.24vsANA2 Oct · 1st 14:30
  4. 19.21vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 19:52
  5. 18.79@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 16:31
  6. 18.75vsCHI29 Sep · 1st 09:47
  7. 18.44vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 14:48
  8. 18.39@VAN4 Oct · 1st 07:04

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph4 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph14 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 84.38vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 18:59
  2. 82.18vsCHI29 Sep · 3rd 10:46
  3. 76.39vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 04:58
  4. 75.69vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 04:38
  5. 75.21vsCHI29 Sep · 1st 08:49
  6. 74.17@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 06:19
  7. 68.92vsANA2 Oct · 3rd 18:55
  8. 63.69@VAN4 Oct · 1st 08:07

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph1 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph3 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph5 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.86@SEA6 Oct · 19:05 TOI
  2. 3.11@VAN4 Oct · 22:11 TOI
  3. 3.76vsANA2 Oct · 24:40 TOI
  4. 3.28vsCHI29 Sep · 21:22 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.25 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways1T-4th on VGK
Giveaways10
TK / GV ratio0.10
Hits0T-13th on VGK
Blocked shots6T-1st on VGK

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Toronto, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
23 Jan 2026@TORW 6-30000+122:09
15 Jan 2026vsTORW 6-5 OT0002+224:32

Prediction markets

1.5% for the Norris Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

Norris TrophyBest defenceman1.5%—Best1¢2¢Not listed

Snapshot 7 Oct, 10:42 AM ET. "Best" is the cheapest price to buy Yes after venue fees. Prices are snapshots taken every 15 minutes (season futures hourly), not live. Prediction markets carry risk of loss and are not available in every jurisdiction. 18+/21+ where applicable. How markets work · Affiliate disclosure


Contract

$7.43M a season through 2031-32

In 2025-26 he scored 5.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 103rd of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$7.43M7.1% of the $104M ceiling
Term7 yearsYear 2 of 7
Expires2031-32UFA at 36
Cap value$52MCap hit × 7 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.


With Vegas

Ten seasons · 2017-18 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

Brett Howden sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Brett Howden1
Jack Eichel1

Assists on his 1 goal, 2026-27.

Who he sets up

Victor Olofsson1
Trevor Connelly1

Scorers on his 2 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points3884th for Vegas
Goals848th
Assists3041st
Games played5852nd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Twelve seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2015-16ANA193580.4210.7%
2016-17ANA342790.263.3%
2017-18VGK61623290.484.2%
2018-19VGK791225370.475.9%
2019-20VGK711333460.655.9%
2020-21VGK53834420.795.0%
2021-22VGK781438520.676.8%
2022-23VGK55833410.755.9%
2023-24VGK47537420.894.8%
2024-25VGK67750570.855.5%
2025-26VGK701029390.567.7%
2026-27VGK10222.000.0%
Career635883164040.645.8%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2013Anaheim · round 1From Seattle (WHL)#26

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · VGK points

Games147
Goals23
Points910.62 P/GP
Game-winning goals4
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct