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G · Buffalo Sabres Sabres · DEU
Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
35 (1991)
Contract
$5,900,000 × 1yr  NTC
Expires
UFA 2027 · age 36
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Free Agent · Aug 2026
Drafted
2010 Rd 3 (#61) WSH
Vitals
6'1" · 188 lb

Ratings

Percentile vs 71 goalies
SK 84 89th
DU 64 45th
EN 65 48th
SZ 72 13th
AG 82 92nd
RB 76 80th
SC 79 72nd
HS 83 89th
RT 79 85th
PH 84 89th
PS 79 56th
EX 69 82nd
LD 72 83rd
PO 79 85th
OV 75 85th

Contract

Cap hit $5,900,000 5.7% of cap
Year 1 of 1
2026-27
Expiry Status
UFA
2027 age 36
Clauses NTC

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP W L OTL GAA Sv% SO GA SA MP GS
2014-15 WSH 2 0 1 0 2.09 .912 0 3 34 86 1
2017-18 WSH 12 3 5 1 2.06 .928 1 22 306 640 9
2018-19 OTT 22 13 5 2 2.03 .937 3 43 683 1272 21
2019-20 NYI 58 36 12 3 2.28 .920 4 121 1513 3178 52
2020-21 NYI 56 27 21 5 2.48 .921 5 133 1680 3219 55
2021-22 NYI 67 46 14 4 2.28 .924 3 146 1918 3836 64
2022-23 CGY 65 39 21 2 2.99 .902 2 185 1885 3707 60
2023-24 COL 49 9 28 3 4.20 .892 0 177 1645 2527 39
2024-25 COL 48 10 32 2 3.51 .890 1 153 1390 2618 44
2025-26 COL 48 17 22 3 3.38 .895 0 147 1395 2610 43
Career 10 yrs 427 200 161 25 2.86 .909 19 1130 12449 23696 388
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP W L OTL GAA Sv% SO GA SA MP GS
2018-19 OTT 1 0 0 1 1.92 .929 0 2 28 62 1
2019-20 NYI 3 1 0 0 1.47 .959 0 3 74 122 1
2020-21 NYI 10 4 3 2 2.94 .919 0 29 356 590 10
2021-22 NYI 15 10 2 1 3.02 .899 0 38 376 755 15
2022-23 CGY 6 2 3 1 3.00 .914 0 19 222 379 6
Career 5 app. 35 17 8 5 2.86 .914 0 91 1056 1910 33
2026-27 · no games in this range

No games logged in this range.

Season Team GP GS W L OTL GAA Sv% SO MP
2025-26 SEA 32 28 13 12 4 2.65 .909 0 1791
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP GS W L OT GAA Sv% SO GA SA A PiM MP
2012-13 WSH 2 1 0 1 0 3.57 .915 0 5 59 0 - 83
2013-14 WSH 17 14 6 5 5 2.38 .925 0 35 469 0 - 883
2014-15 WSH 1 1 1 0 0 1.85 .920 0 2 25 0 - 65
2015-16 WSH 22 16 8 9 1 2.32 .918 0 43 523 0 2 1111
2016-17 WSH 24 19 13 6 2 2.04 .926 3 43 585 0 - 1264
2017-18 WSH 35 28 15 10 3 2.35 .923 3 73 953 1 - 1864
2018-19 COL 37 33 18 9 5 2.64 .917 3 89 1071 0 - 2020
2019-20 COL 36 36 18 12 4 2.63 .916 2 90 1067 0 - 2057
2020-21 COL 40 39 30 9 1 1.95 .922 7 77 993 2 - 2366
2021-22 SEA 55 54 18 31 5 3.16 .889 2 164 1479 1 - 3111
2022-23 SEA 39 36 17 14 4 2.85 .895 0 98 930 1 - 2065
2023-24 SEA 36 34 14 16 2 2.85 .899 2 95 941 1 4 1996
2024-25 SEA 26 26 8 17 1 3.49 .875 0 85 681 0 - 1460
2025-26 SEA 32 28 13 12 4 2.65 .909 0 79 866 2 0 1791
Career NHL 402 365 179 151 37 2.65 .908 22 978 10642 8 6 22142

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Goalies, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team SK DU EN SZ AG RB SC HS RT PH PS EX LD OV
2014-15 23 G WSH 69 58 74 69 75 70 71 74 75 70 65 58 58 69
2015-16 24 G WSH 63 56 68 69 72 68 68 70 70 65 65 60 59 66
2016-17 25 G WSH 82 80 65 67 81 83 95 81 84 82 76 47 48 75
2017-18 26 G WSH 78 53 53 70 84 71 76 77 84 78 80 51 52 70
2018-19 27 G OTT 85 59 59 70 93 77 75 83 89 85 73 56 57 75
2019-20 28 G NYI 81 66 65 73 86 77 66 81 86 81 78 59 60 73
2020-21 29 G NYI 84 69 68 73 89 78 72 83 85 83 79 61 62 75
2021-22 30 G NYI 81 77 75 72 83 78 99 80 88 81 79 63 64 78
2022-23 31 G CGY 73 82 79 72 74 72 91 74 76 73 84 65 67 74
2023-24 32 G COL 63 77 75 72 65 60 69 64 65 63 81 66 68 65
2024-25 33 G COL 64 67 67 71 67 60 69 65 65 63 85 67 70 65
2025-26 34 G COL 62 59 60 72 65 58 69 64 65 62 85 68 71 64
2026-27 35 G BUF 84 64 65 72 82 76 79 83 79 84 79 69 72 75
Season Age Pos Team SK DU EN SZ AG RB SC HS RT PH PS EX LD OV
2014-15 23 G WSH 69 58 74 69 75 70 71 74 75 70 65 58 58 69
2015-16 24 G WSH −6 −2 −6 · −3 −2 −3 −4 −5 −5 · +2 +1 −3
2016-17 25 G WSH +19 +24 −3 −2 +9 +15 +27 +11 +14 +17 +11 −13 −11 +9
2017-18 26 G WSH −4 −27 −12 +3 +3 −12 −19 −4 · −4 +4 +4 +4 −5
2018-19 27 G OTT +7 +6 +6 · +9 +6 −1 +6 +5 +7 −7 +5 +5 +5
2019-20 28 G NYI −4 +7 +6 +3 −7 · −9 −2 −3 −4 +5 +3 +3 −2
2020-21 29 G NYI +3 +3 +3 · +3 +1 +6 +2 −1 +2 +1 +2 +2 +2
2021-22 30 G NYI −3 +8 +7 −1 −6 · +27 −3 +3 −2 · +2 +2 +3
2022-23 31 G CGY −8 +5 +4 · −9 −6 −8 −6 −12 −8 +5 +2 +3 −4
2023-24 32 G COL −10 −5 −4 · −9 −12 −22 −10 −11 −10 −3 +1 +1 −9
2024-25 33 G COL +1 −10 −8 −1 +2 · · +1 · · +4 +1 +2 ·
2025-26 34 G COL −2 −8 −7 +1 −2 −2 · −1 · −1 · +1 +1 −1
2026-27 35 G BUF +22 +5 +5 · +17 +18 +10 +19 +14 +22 −6 +1 +1 +11
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Status
2014-15 WSH $607,222 3 yr 0.9% 23 ELC Rookie
2017-18 WSH $1,500,000 1 yr 2.0% 26 RFA
2018-19 OTT $3,250,000 1 yr 4.1% 27 RFA
2019-20 NYI $3,330,000 3 yr 4.1% 28 RFA
2022-23 CGY $6,002,000 4 yr 7.3% 31 UFA
2026-27 BUF $5,900,000 1 yr 5.7% 35 UFA CURRENT
2018-19
Aug 25 2018
2018-19
to SENATORS
  • Philipp Grubauer 75
2019-20
Aug 26 2019
2019-20
to ISLANDERS
2023-24
Aug 11 2023
2023-24
to AVALANCHE
  • Philipp Grubauer 65

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