Nashville Predators · #91 · Centre

Steven Stamkos

Age 36 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 193 lb · Born Markham, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2008, #1 overall by Tampa Bay

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals3T-1st on NSH
Assists1T-4th on NSH
Points41st on NSH
P / GP1.33T-35th in the NHL
Shots837.5% shooting
TOI / GP19:305th on NSH

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 42-24-66, 0.80 points per game Season detail →

Steven Stamkos has 4 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 66 points in 82 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

4 points in 3 games for the 21st-placed Nashville

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

Percentile among NHL forwards

Goals / 603.0895th
Points / GP1.3392nd
PP points292nd
Shooting %37.5%90th
Ice time19:3088th
Shots / GP2.6786th
Assists / 601.0351st
Penalty differential048th
Hits345th
Blocked shots141st
Takeaways027th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

1.31.31–3

Dashed line: season average (1.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points41st on NSH
Points per game1.33T-35th in NHL
Goals3T-6th in NHL
Assists1T-4th on NSH
Shooting %37.5%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time19:305th on NSH
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Ice time and special teams

A top-six forward who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength16:01
Power play3:29
Shorthanded0:00
Total19:30

22.7 shifts a game, averaging 52 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals21st on NSH
PP assists0T-6th on NSH
PP points2T-1st on NSH · T-17th NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6011.465th on NSH

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Nashville total
Involved in2goals or assists
Share66.7%of every NSH PPG
PP TOI share70.7%of NSH PP time

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


Scoring detail

The power play drives the goal total

How the 3 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-2nd on NSH
Overtime goals0T-1st on NSH
First goal of the game1
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals2

Goals by period

1st2
2nd1
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading1
Trailing1

1 of 3 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Nashville trailing.

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary1 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 604.10
Goals / 603.08
Shots / 608.2
ES points / 602.502 ES points
PP points / 6011.462 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease5 att · 1 G
Slot9 att · 0 G
Wing7 att · 2 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

21 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)1.632nd
Goals3
Goals vs expected+1.4
Unblocked attempts14
xG per attempt.111
ixG per 601.60

2026-27 · 3 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

Top speed in the 95th percentile of forwards: 22.74 mph

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

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

22+ mph bursts297th
Top speed, mph22.7495th
20+ mph bursts1089th
Hardest shot, mph85.9689th
Average shot, mph62.675th
Distance skated, mi9.168th
Defensive-zone time38.4%65th
90+ mph shots048th
Offensive-zone time40.8%43rd
Distance / 60, mi9.3020th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards 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, mph22.74Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph85.96Forward average 74.7
Distance skated9.1 mi3.30 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts21.3%40.4% defensive · 38.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

40.6%All situations39.7%
39.4%Even strength41.7%
45.0%Power play32.6%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.98vsDAL3 Oct · 3rd 04:18
  2. 20.85vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 14:37
  3. 20.78vsDAL3 Oct · 2nd 11:49
  4. 20.45vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 03:05
  5. 20.18vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 05:59
  6. 19.66vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 18:36
  7. 19.58vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 13:11
  8. 19.16vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 09:36

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph2 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph8 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph19 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 85.96vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 11:04
  2. 74.39vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 05:51
  3. 72.63vsDAL3 Oct · 2nd 08:42
  4. 72.45vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 07:25
  5. 67.27vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 04:46
  6. 59.47vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 03:38
  7. 29.07vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 03:34
  8. 20.33vsDAL3 Oct · 1st 16:59

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph4 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph4 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.30@TOR6 Oct · 19:43 TOI
  2. 2.93vsDAL3 Oct · 20:02 TOI
  3. 2.85vsMIN1 Oct · 18:46 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.02 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

Takeaways0T-11th on NSH
Giveaways3
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits3T-6th on NSH
Blocked shots1T-12th on NSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken144.7 a game
Won9
Win %64.3%
Offensive zone1 of 4

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Montréal, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026vsMTLL 1-40001016:35
16 Oct 2025@MTLOTL 2-3 OT1012−118:14

Prediction markets

1.0% for the Rocket Richard Trophy

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

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Contract

$8M a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he scored 8.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 208th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$8M7.7% of the $104M ceiling
Term4 yearsYear 3 of 4
Expires2027-28UFA at 38
Cap value$32MCap hit × 4 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 2 Oct 2026.


With Nashville

Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Ryan O'Reilly 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

Ryan O'Reilly2
Roman Josi2
Matthew Wood1
Brady Skjei1

Assists on his 3 goals, 2026-27.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points12338th for Nashville
Goals7225th
Assists5152nd
Games played16777th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eighteen seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2008-09TBL792323460.5812.7%
2009-10TBL825144951.1617.2%
2010-11TBL824546911.1116.5%
2011-12TBL826037971.1819.8%
2012-13TBL482928571.1918.5%
2013-14TBL372515401.0820.2%
2014-15TBL824329720.8816.0%
2015-16TBL773628640.8316.7%
2016-17TBL17911201.1815.5%
2017-18TBL782759861.1012.7%
2018-19TBL824553981.2019.2%
2019-20TBL572937661.1616.5%
2020-21TBL381717340.8918.7%
2021-22TBL8142641061.3117.4%
2022-23TBL813450841.0414.2%
2023-24TBL794041811.0315.3%
2024-25NSH822726530.6515.5%
2025-26NSH824224660.8020.4%
Career124662463212561.0116.8%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2008Tampa Bay · round 1From Sarnia (OHL)#1

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NSH points

Games128
Goals50
Points1010.79 P/GP
Game-winning goals5
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct