Steven
Lorentz
C · CBJ · Defensive · Very good
- PAL
- 76
- WAR
- 0.6
- Value
- 85
- PTS
- 18
2025-26№ 214 / 615
Steven Lorentz (Columbus Blue Jackets) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Steven Lorentz
#18CPlays: Winger · 16% of faceoffs
Columbus Blue Jackets
HEIGHT : 193 cm · WEIGHT : 99 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : April 12, 1996 · Kitchener, Canada
Drafted : 2015 · CAR · round 7, pick #186
Contract : $1,350,000 · 2025-26 → 2027-28 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 71 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 16 |
| 2024-25 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 80 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 9 |
| 2023-24 | Florida Panthers | 38 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2022-23 | San Jose Sharks | 80 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 16 |
| 2021-22 | Carolina Hurricanes | 67 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 |
| 2020-21 | Carolina Hurricanes | 45 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| NHL totals | 382 | 36 | 44 | 80 | 67 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | Florida Panthers | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Carolina Hurricanes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2020-21 | Carolina Hurricanes | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Playoff totals | 45 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 25 | |
Honours
- 🏆 Stanley Cuponce · 2023-24
Steven Lorentz: our analysis
2025-26 season: 71 GP, 7 G, 11 A, 18 PTS, -2 +/-, 11:52 TOI. WAR 0.6 (214th of 615) · PAL 76, very good.
In 2025-26, Steven Lorentz, 30, posts a PAL Rating of 76 out of 100 (very good), and his WAR of 0.6 ranks 214th among 615 regulars, in the top half.
His strengths: penalty kill (98, among the best in the league) and defense (94, among the best in the league). On the other hand, offense (17, well below average) and shooting (24, well below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV defense (+1.9); his biggest cost: finishing (-1.7).
A marked decline: his PAL was 84 in 2024-25, against 76 now; his WAR went from 0.8 to 0.6.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 85 (very good contract) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Steven Lorentz's story
Growing up in Kitchener and raised in Waterloo, Steven Lorentz was on skates by age two and playing organised hockey at five. He led the Waterloo Wolves AAA in scoring before catching the eye of Ontario Hockey League clubs; Peterborough selected him in the 12th round, 226th overall, of the 2012 OHL Priority Selection. Those early years laid the groundwork for steady advancement rather than sudden stardom.
Carolina picked Lorentz in the seventh round, 186th overall, at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. After finishing his final junior season with the Petes, he inked a three-year entry-level deal with the Hurricanes on 21 April 2017. He split time between organisational affiliates and was among the 31 players invited into Carolina’s 2020 playoff “bubble,” although he did not see game action during that postseason.
Lorentz made his NHL debut in the pandemic-delayed 2020–21 season on 28 January 2021 versus the Tampa Bay Lightning, earned his first point two days later with an assist against Dallas, and scored his first NHL goal on 2 March 2021 against Nashville. On 13 July 2022 he was part of a trade to the San Jose Sharks; the Sharks followed by signing him to a two-year extension on 22 July. After a single season in San Jose, he was traded on 1 July 2023 to the Florida Panthers in a deal that included a 2025 fifth-round pick, and he went on to win the Stanley Cup with Florida in 2024.
At the end of that contract he entered free agency and remained unsigned over the summer, later accepting a professional tryout with the Toronto Maple Leafs’ training camp on 5 September 2024. The tryout led to a one-year contract on 7 October 2024, and he recorded his first goal of the season in Toronto’s second game, a 4–2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on 10 October.
His on-ice identity leans toward a reliable, two-way centre. As Carolina’s director of amateur scouting observed in 2015, Lorentz plays effectively both with and without the puck, a description that matches his steady, role-focused path through juniors and into the NHL.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 8:45
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:00
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:00
- Pts/GP
- 0.00
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 3
- Blocks
- 0
- Takeaways
- 0
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 69.2 %
- Off. zone starts
- 37.5 %
- Faceoffs
- 0.0 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
12between 0 and 23 (80% range)
- Goals
- 4
- Assists
- 8
- Games
- 53
So far: 0 pts in 1 games. The team has played 15 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.24 pts per game (last season: 0.25).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Stable
- Points per game: 0.08 in 23-24, 0.25 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 84 → 76
Outlook, age included
→ StableAge 30: prime years
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 74 %
77
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 79
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 89
- Confidence 78 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 55
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 74
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 89
- Confidence 78 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 73
- Confidence 62 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 77
- Confidence 78 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 70
- Confidence 68 %
- PA
- Passing
- 64
- Confidence 74 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 67
- Confidence 74 %
- DF
- Defense
- 93
- Confidence 70 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 79
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating79
- Top speed (35 %)36.2 · 77
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)7.462 · 80
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.5 · 78
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.6 · 77
ST — Strength89
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.914 · 81
- Body mass (50 %)1.139 · 89
EN — Endurance55
- Ice time per game (45 %)12 · 55
- Total ice time (20 %)829 · 68
- Shift length (15 %)41.4 · 58
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)9.548 · 45
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.921 · 68
DU — Durability74
- Share of games played (100 %)0.81 · 74
CK — Checking89
- Hits /60 (70 %)9.723 · 90
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)7.641 · 88
- Season volume (10 %)5.043 · 87
FG — Fighting73
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.798 · 73
DI — Discipline77
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.017 · 76
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.379 · 88
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.478 · 56
FO — Faceoffs70
- Faceoff % (85 %)48.9 · 72
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)19 · 59
PA — Passing64
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.481 · 60
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.42 · 70
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.008 · 68
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.641 · 77
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.25 · 60
SC — Scoring67
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.63 · 65
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.696 · 68
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.499 · 69
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.279 · 76
- xG per shot (10 %)0.082 · 72
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)10.8 · 67
DF — Defense93
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.085 · 83
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.364 · 91
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.393 · 88
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.319 · 94
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-0.829 · 88
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)55.9 · 85
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)3.442 · 86
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience79
- Career regular-season games (65 %)84
- Career playoff games (25 %)72
- NHL seasons (10 %)66
OV — Overall77
- SC · Scoring (20 %)67
- PA · Passing (20 %)64
- DF · Defense (20 %)93
- SK · Skating (12 %)79
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)70
- EN · Endurance (8 %)55
- DI · Discipline (5 %)77
- ST · Strength (3 %)89
- CK · Checking (2 %)89
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 77 | 79 | 67 | 93 |
| 2024-25 | 78 | 79 | 69 | 91 |
| 2023-24 | 67 | 79 | 69 | 81 |
| 2022-23 | 69 | 76 | 74 | 79 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
0.6
wins above replacement
214 of 615
PAL Rating
76/ 100
Performance · Very good
103 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
85/ 100
Very good contract
1.35 M$ · expected PAL 42
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 20
- Defense
- 97
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- Offense
- 17
- Creation
- 32
- Shooting
- 24
- Possession
- 37
- Defense
- 94
- Discipline
- 52
- Power play
- 39
- Penalty kill
- 98
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | TOR | 0.6 | 76 | 85 | 1.35 M$ |
| 2024-25 | TOR | 0.8 | 84 | 96 | 0.78 M$ |
| 2023-24 | FLA | -0.5 | 19 | 26 | 1.05 M$ |
| 2022-23 | SJS | -0.1 | 42 | 51 | 1.05 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
54/ 100
Average
better than 54% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
36/ 100
Below average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
65/ 100
Average
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 193 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 36
- Shot selection
- 59
- Penalties drawn
- 16
- Puck management
- 61
Defense
- Takeaways
- 23
- Discipline
- 93
- Safe zone exits
- 40
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | TOR | 54 | 36 | 65 |
| 2024-25 | TOR | 71 | 33 | 88 |
| 2023-24 | FLA | 51 | 19 | 79 |
| 2022-23 | SJS | 70 | 29 | 87 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.6
wins above replacement
-0.1 to 1.4 — 90% interval
214 of 615 forwards
+3.3 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -0.4
- EV defense
- +1.9
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- +1.1
- Shooting
- -1.7
- Penalties
- +0.3
- Average → replacement
- +2.2
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | TOR | 71 | 0.6 | -0.1 to 1.4 | 214/615 |
| 2024-25 | TOR | 76 | 0.8 | 0.0 to 1.7 | 173/596 |
| 2023-24 | FLA | 38 | -0.5 | -1.0 to -0.0 | 563/608 |
| 2022-23 | SJS | 80 | -0.1 | -1.1 to 1.0 | 459/617 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 112.0 km/h7th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 33.4 km/h9th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 12nd percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 48.7 %98th percentileleague avg. 43.0 %
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- Total distance, season
- 2.4 km0th percentileleague avg. 53.1 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 2.39 km2nd percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 48.7 %100th percentileleague avg. 41.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 21.1 %100th percentileleague avg. 18.7 %
- Defensive zone time
- 30.2 %100th percentileleague avg. 38.3 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 15th percentile | 024th percentile | 0.0 %3rd percentile |
| High danger | 08th percentile | 033rd percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 010th percentile | 054th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Long range | 153rd percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %86th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
BUFSteven Lorentz: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Steven Lorentz have in 2026-27?
Steven Lorentz has 0 goals and 0 points (0 assists) in 1 game in 2026-27.
How old is Steven Lorentz?
Steven Lorentz is 30 years old: he was born on April 13, 1996.
How tall is Steven Lorentz, and how much does he weigh?
Steven Lorentz is 6'4" (193 cm) and weighs 218 lb (99 kg).
Where is Steven Lorentz from?
Canada: Steven Lorentz was born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
What team does Steven Lorentz play for?
Steven Lorentz plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets in the NHL, at C, wearing number 18.
Is Steven Lorentz injured?
No: Steven Lorentz is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Steven Lorentz?
Steven Lorentz produced 0.6 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 214th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 76 out of 100: very good for his position.
How much does Steven Lorentz make?
Steven Lorentz earns $1.4M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 85 out of 100 (very good contract): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Steven Lorentz's contract end?
Steven Lorentz's contract runs through the 2027-28 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Steven Lorentz overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 85 out of 100 (very good contract), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Steven Lorentz a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 214th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Steven Lorentz getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 84 in 2024-25 to 76 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
What are Steven Lorentz's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Steven Lorentz has 382 games, 36 goals, 44 assists and 80 points. His best season: 2024-25, with 19 points in 80 games.
Where was Steven Lorentz drafted?
Steven Lorentz was drafted 186th overall (round 7) by Carolina Hurricanes in 2015.
How does Steven Lorentz perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Steven Lorentz has 45 games and 8 points in his career. His pace (0.18 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.21).
Which player is most similar to Steven Lorentz?
Alex Iafallo: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Alex Iafallo's page →Is Steven Lorentz a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 12 points in 2026-27, or 0.23 points per game.
What is Steven Lorentz's nationality?
Steven Lorentz is Canadian.
How many championships has Steven Lorentz won?
1: Stanley Cup 2024 with the Florida Panthers.
Where did Steven Lorentz play before turning pro?
Waterloo Wolves AAA club; drafted by the Peterborough Petes (OHL Priority Selection, 2012).
How many points is Steven Lorentz projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 12 points in 53 games in 2026-27 (0 to 23 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Columbus Blue Jackets teammates
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