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Shea Theodore

Position	Left Defense / Right Defense	Current Team	Vegas Golden Knights
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	7 years
Height	6'2"	Expires	2031-32
Weight (lbs)	197	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	36
Age	30 (Aug 3, 1995)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2013, Round 1, Overall 26 (ANA)

Date	Team	Transaction
Oct 24, 2024	Vegas Golden Knights	Signed 7 years @ $7.425M AAV starting in 2025-26
Sep 25, 2018	Vegas Golden Knights	Signed 7 years @ $5.200M AAV starting in 2018-19
Oct 1, 2013	Anaheim Ducks	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card

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2024-25 Player Card

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2023-24 Player Card

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance. In this case it shows the player performance over a 3 season span. Each square is separated into three separate sub-boxes with the two smaller boxes on top representing the past two seasons and the larger box on the bottom representing the current or most recent season. This allows the reader to guage how consistent a player has been, and if early in the season it can help identify whether a players performance may be impacted by small sample size and subject to regression or is consistent with recent past performance.

Notes and Definitions

The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	ANA	19	256:03	0.23	0.94	1.17	0.13	0.10	9.09	5.17	3.92	10.53	0.00
2016-17	ANA	34	455:46	0.00	0.66	0.66	0.30	-0.30	0.00	5.18	-5.18	5.17	3.45
2017-18	VGK	61	1001:01	0.30	0.66	0.96	0.31	-0.01	4.67	4.89	-0.22	5.76	2.88
2018-19	VGK	79	1315:13	0.27	0.68	0.96	0.26	0.02	4.35	4.09	0.26	0.00	2.62
2019-20	VGK	71	1250:47	0.43	0.58	1.01	0.38	0.05	5.66	4.94	0.72	1.32	3.52
2020-21	VGK	53	954:24	0.44	1.07	1.51	0.33	0.11	6.19	4.66	1.53	0.65	1.94
2021-22	VGK	78	1478:24	0.28	0.89	1.18	0.30	-0.01	4.27	4.44	-0.17	2.29	4.59
2022-23	VGK	55	973:00	0.31	1.42	1.73	0.32	-0.01	4.85	5.03	-0.18	0.00	3.55
2023-24	VGK	47	832:35	0.22	1.37	1.59	0.28	-0.06	3.66	4.67	-1.01	1.71	3.42
2024-25	VGK	67	1224:34	0.20	1.18	1.37	0.23	-0.03	4.17	4.84	-0.68	0.00	2.13
2025-26	VGK	19	343:55	0.17	0.35	0.52	0.29	-0.12	3.23	5.43	-2.20	0.00	0.00

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	ANA	19	256:03	40.77	2.58	2.52	40.54	0.94	2.32	73.33	52.14	-0.32	0.48	-8.53
2016-17	ANA	34	455:46	42.52	2.37	2.41	45.02	2.90	2.75	45.00	46.74	-0.09	0.66	-7.72
2017-18	VGK	61	1001:01	44.71	2.40	2.51	43.16	2.40	2.65	50.00	48.71	-0.13	0.32	-4.54
2018-19	VGK	79	1315:13	48.08	2.05	3.00	38.37	2.33	2.29	46.88	56.73	0.27	-0.13	3.63
2019-20	VGK	71	1250:47	51.18	2.49	3.27	37.51	2.11	2.27	54.17	58.97	0.53	-0.01	4.42
2020-21	VGK	53	954:24	45.45	3.71	2.92	38.29	2.14	2.46	63.44	54.25	0.15	0.08	0.48
2021-22	VGK	78	1478:24	46.39	2.72	2.86	39.45	2.15	2.57	55.83	52.73	0.10	0.03	0.54
2022-23	VGK	55	973:00	43.97	3.27	2.86	41.69	2.28	2.52	58.89	53.17	0.28	-0.19	4.44
2023-24	VGK	47	832:35	45.40	2.88	2.65	40.14	2.02	2.48	58.82	51.62	0.27	0.15	1.13
2024-25	VGK	67	1224:34	40.47	2.65	2.38	37.73	2.01	2.18	56.84	52.18	-0.17	-0.05	-1.14
2025-26	VGK	19	343:55	42.39	1.74	2.66	37.51	0.70	2.06	71.43	56.32	0.42	-0.05	4.78

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

7 Observations: Power Play Stays Hot in Golden Knights Victory at Vegas Hockey Now (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
The Shea Theodore and Brayden McNabb pairing is the NHL's best and this stat shows why at Vegas Hockey Knight (Mon Nov 17, 2025)
Can the Golden Knights secondary scoring build momentum vs a limp St. Louis Blues team? at Vegas Hockey Knight (Fri Nov 14, 2025)
VGK Analysis: Golden Knights Steal Point; Lightning Strike in OT at Vegas Hockey Now (Sun Oct 26, 2025)
Golden Knights Fantasy Steals & Sleepers For 2025 Season at Vegas Hockey Now (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
7 Observations: Golden Knights Roar Back, Stun Mammoth in OT at Vegas Hockey Now (Fri Sep 26, 2025)
The Golden Knights' leader in point shares is someone that everyone least expects at Vegas Hockey Knight (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Golden Knights’ Shea Theodore Named To NHL Network’s Top 20 Defensemen at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue Aug 19, 2025)
How far can Shea Theodore go with the Golden Knights' assists record? at Vegas Hockey Knight (Tue Aug 19, 2025)
Golden Knights defenseman gets recognized by the NHL Network as a top defenseman at Vegas Hockey Knight (Thu Aug 14, 2025)
Golden Knights Star Cracks NHL Network’s Top 20 Defensemen at Vegas Hockey Now (Wed Aug 13, 2025)
Will Golden Knights fans get more from an underrated Shea Theodore in 2025-26? at Vegas Hockey Knight (Wed Aug 13, 2025)

Current Contract

Shea Theodore signed a $51,975,000 7-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager Kelly McCrimmon on October 24, 2024 with an AAV of $7,425,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2031-32 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 7.77% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	30	NTC	$7,425,000	$7,425,000	-	$8,500,000	$1,000,000	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	UFA
2026-27	31	NTC	$7,425,000	$7,425,000	-	$8,500,000	$1,000,000	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	UFA
2027-28	32	NTC	$7,425,000	$7,425,000	-	$7,600,000	$1,000,000	$8,600,000	$8,600,000	UFA
2028-29	33	NTC	$7,425,000	$7,425,000	-	$6,275,000	$1,000,000	$7,275,000	$7,275,000	UFA
2029-30	34	NTC	$7,425,000	$7,425,000	-	-	$5,700,000	$5,700,000	$5,700,000	UFA
2030-31	35	M-NTC	$7,425,000	$7,425,000	-	-	$5,700,000	$5,700,000	$5,700,000	UFA
2031-32	36	M-NTC	$7,425,000	$7,425,000	-	-	$5,700,000	$5,700,000	$5,700,000	UFA
Total					-	$30,875,000	$21,100,000	$51,975,000	$51,975,000

Signed: Oct 24, 2024

Team: Vegas Golden Knights

GM: Kelly McCrimmon

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 7.77

Clause: Player can submit a 15 team no trade list in years 2030-31 and 2031-32.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Shea Theodore signed a $36,400,000 7-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager George McPhee on September 25, 2018 with an AAV of $5,200,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 6.54% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	23		$5,200,000	$5,200,000	-	-	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	RFA
2019-20	24		$5,200,000	$5,200,000	-	-	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	RFA-arb
2020-21	25		$5,200,000	$5,200,000	-	-	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	26		$5,200,000	$5,200,000	-	-	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	27		$5,200,000	$5,200,000	-	-	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	28	M-NTC	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	-	-	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	UFA
2024-25	29	M-NTC	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	-	-	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$36,400,000	$36,400,000	$36,400,000

Signed: Sep 25, 2018

Team: Vegas Golden Knights

GM: George McPhee

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 6.54

Clause: For 2023-24 and 2024-25 player can submit a 5 team not trade list.

Shea Theodore signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks and General Manager Bob Murray on October 1, 2013 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2013-14 and end after the 2017-18 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.44% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2013-14	18	$925,000	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2014-15	19	$894,167	$894,167	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2015-16	20	$863,333	$863,333	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2016-17	21	$863,333	$863,333	-	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	22	$863,333	$863,333	-	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				-	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: Oct 1, 2013

Team: Anaheim Ducks

GM: Bob Murray

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2010-11	BCMML	Fraser Valley	35	5	24	29		28
2010-11	WHL	Seattle	4	0	0	0	-2	2
2011-12	WHL	Seattle	69	4	31	35	-36	30
2012-13	WJ18-A	Canada	7	0	5	5	+5		6	0.0
2012-13	WHL	Seattle	71	19	31	50	-24	32				7		2	2	+1	4
2013-14	WHL	Seattle	70	22	57	79	+19	39				9		5	5	+1	4
2013-14	AHL	Norfolk	4	0	0	0	-2		1	0.0		4	1	2	3		2	7	1,429.0
2014-15	AHL	Norfolk	9	4	7	11	-3	2	23	1,740.0
2014-15	WJC-A	Canada	7	1	1	2	+12		9
2014-15	WHL	Seattle	43	13	35	48	+17	16				6	3	6	9	+1
2015-16	AHL	San Diego	50	9	28	37	-3	34	112	800.0		7	2	3	5	+2	4	22	910.0
2015-16	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	19	3	5	8	+7	2	28	10.7	19:07	6				-1		6	0.0	14:18
2016-17	AHL	San Diego Gulls	26	5	15	20	+11	12
2016-17	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	34	2	7	9	-6	28	60	3.3	17:19	14	2	6	8	+1	4	24	8.3	17:25
2017-18	AHL	Chicago Wolves	8	5	6	11	-4	2
2017-18	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	61	6	23	29	+5	14	144	4.2	20:21	20	3	7	10	+2	8	39	7.7	21:48
2018-19	WC	Canada	10	2	5	7	+9	4
2018-19	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	79	12	25	37	-4	20	202	5.9	20:06	7	1	7	8	+1	6	10	10.0	22:56
2019-20	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	71	13	33	46	+12	25	219	5.9	22:14	20	7	12	19	+7	8	80	8.8	22:24
2020-21	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	53	8	34	42	+28	14	161	5.0	22:33	19	1	9	10	+7	10	52	1.9	23:07
2021-22	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	78	14	38	52	+6	24	205	6.8	23:08
2022-23	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	55	8	33	41	+16	18	136	5.9	21:26	21	1	12	13	+8	10	41	2.4	20:08
2023-24	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	47	5	37	42	+4	6	105	4.8	22:05	7						14	0.0	22:13
2024-25	4 Nations	Canada	1	0	0	0					6:59
2024-25	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	67	7	50	57	+18	26	128	5.5	22:00	11	2	3	5	-9		24	8.3	23:02
2025-26	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	20	2	10	12	+6	4	45	4.4	23:59
NHL Career			584	80	295	375	+92	181	1433	5.6	21:27	125	17	56	73	+16	46	290	5.9	21:10