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Tim Thomas

#30 · Goalie · Dallas Stars

Born Apr 15, 1974 in Flint, Michigan, USA · 5'11", 201 lb · Catches left · Drafted 217th overall in 1994 by QUE (round 9)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2010-11
×2 Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 2010-11, 2008-09
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 2010-11
William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 2008-09

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ilya Bryzgalov PHI · 59 GP, 0.909 Kari Lehtonen DAL · 59 GP, 0.922 Martin Brodeur NJD · 59 GP, 0.908 Ryan Miller BUF · 61 GP, 0.916 Corey Crawford CHI · 57 GP, 0.903

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040602002-03: 4 games402-032005-06: 38 games3805-062006-07: 66 games6606-072007-08: 57 games5707-082008-09: 54 games5408-092009-10: 43 games4309-102010-11: 57 games5710-112011-12: 59 games5911-122013-14: 48 games4813-14

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2002-03 BOS 4 3100 118 107 11 3.01 0.907
2005-06 BOS 38 1213101 1213 1112 101 2.77 0.917
2006-07 BOS 66 302943 1985 1796 189 3.13 0.905
2007-08 BOS 57 281963 1731 1595 136 2.44 0.921
2008-09 BOS 54 361175 1694 1580 114 2.10 0.933
2009-10 BOS 43 171885 1221 1117 104 2.56 0.915
2010-11 BOS 57 351199 1811 1699 112 2.00 0.938
2011-12 BOS 59 351915 1659 1527 132 2.36 0.920
2013-14 FLA 40 162030 1206 1096 110 2.87 0.909
2013-14 DAL 8 2410 184 166 18 2.97 0.902
9 seasons Career 426 2141454931 12822 11795 1027 2.52 0.920

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2007-08 BOS 7 3400 221 202 19 2.65 0.914
2008-09 BOS 11 7401 323 302 21 1.85 0.935
2010-11 BOS 25 16904 849 798 51 1.98 0.940
2011-12 BOS 7 3401 207 191 16 2.14 0.923
2013-14 DAL 1 0000 2 1 1 4.10 0.500
5 seasons Playoffs 51 292106 1602 1494 108 2.08 0.933

2011-12 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
59 55 351915 1659 1527 132 2.36 0.920

2011-12 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-3.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.7Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-2002040602010-112011-122013-14Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

-4.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
11.3Expected goals againstfrom 260 unblocked attempts
16Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.923Save %0.946 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 11 goalies who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. The two goals against tiles are left plain, since they follow how much he played.

Goals saved -0.64 above expected per 60 minutes18th
Shot difficulty 4.3% chance per attempt faced1stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 11 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

051015Allowed 16Expected 11.3

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced in these playoffs, with his net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 7, 2012 vs BUF W 4-3 (SO) W 28 25 3 0.893 65:00
Apr 1, 2012 @ NYR W 2-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Mar 29, 2012 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) OTL 23 21 2 0.913 65:00
Mar 27, 2012 vs TBL W 5-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 59:56
Mar 24, 2012 @ LAK W 4-2 W 42 40 2 0.952 60:00
Mar 22, 2012 @ SJS L 1-2 L 27 25 2 0.926 58:58
Mar 19, 2012 vs TOR W 8-0 W, SO 13 13 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 17, 2012 vs PHI W 3-2 (SO) W 29 27 2 0.931 65:00
Mar 15, 2012 @ FLA L 2-6 L 29 23 6 0.793 59:55
Mar 13, 2012 @ TBL L 1-6 5 3 2 0.600 18:35
Mar 11, 2012 @ PIT L 2-5 L 10 7 3 0.700 20:00
Mar 10, 2012 vs WSH L 3-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 58:40
Mar 8, 2012 vs BUF W 3-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Mar 6, 2012 @ TOR W 5-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Mar 4, 2012 @ NYR L 3-4 L 17 13 4 0.765 58:55
Mar 3, 2012 vs NYI L 2-3 L 13 11 2 0.846 29:40
Mar 1, 2012 vs NJD W 4-3 (OT) W 31 28 3 0.903 62:59
Feb 28, 2012 vs OTT L 0-1 L 38 37 1 0.974 59:02
Feb 25, 2012 @ OTT W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Feb 22, 2012 @ STL W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Feb 19, 2012 @ MIN L 0-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 58:30
Feb 15, 2012 @ MTL W 4-3 (SO) W 29 26 3 0.897 65:00
Feb 14, 2012 vs NYR L 0-3 L 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Feb 11, 2012 vs NSH W 4-3 (SO) W 22 19 3 0.864 64:58
Feb 8, 2012 @ BUF L 0-6 19 16 3 0.842 38:08
Feb 5, 2012 @ WSH W 4-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Feb 4, 2012 vs PIT L 1-2 L 28 26 2 0.929 59:18
Jan 31, 2012 vs OTT W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Jan 22, 2012 @ PHI W 6-5 (SO) W 38 33 5 0.868 65:00
Jan 19, 2012 @ NJD W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Jan 17, 2012 @ TBL L 3-5 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:16
Jan 14, 2012 @ CAR L 2-4 L 20 17 3 0.850 58:51
Jan 12, 2012 vs MTL W 2-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 59:56
Jan 7, 2012 vs VAN L 3-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:07
Jan 4, 2012 @ NJD W 6-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Dec 31, 2011 @ DAL L 2-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 58:15
Dec 19, 2011 vs MTL W 3-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Dec 17, 2011 @ PHI W 6-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 59:51
Dec 14, 2011 @ OTT W 5-2 W 49 47 2 0.959 60:00
Dec 10, 2011 @ CBJ W 5-3 25 22 3 0.880 40:00
Dec 8, 2011 vs FLA L 0-2 L 29 28 1 0.966 58:50
Dec 5, 2011 @ PIT W 3-1 W 46 45 1 0.978 59:43
Nov 30, 2011 @ TOR W 6-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 59:52
Nov 26, 2011 vs WPG W 4-2 W 42 40 2 0.952 60:00
Nov 23, 2011 @ BUF W 4-3 (SO) W 34 31 3 0.912 64:50
Nov 21, 2011 @ MTL W 1-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 59:57
Nov 19, 2011 @ NYI W 6-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 15, 2011 vs NJD W 4-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Nov 12, 2011 vs BUF W 6-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Nov 5, 2011 @ TOR W 7-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 59:55
Nov 1, 2011 vs OTT W 5-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 59:58
Oct 29, 2011 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0.000 00:07
Oct 27, 2011 vs MTL L 1-2 L 35 33 2 0.943 58:52
Oct 22, 2011 vs SJS L 2-4 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:03
Oct 20, 2011 vs TOR W 6-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Oct 15, 2011 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) W 29 27 2 0.931 65:00
Oct 12, 2011 @ CAR L 2-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:20
Oct 8, 2011 vs TBL W 4-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 59:59
Oct 6, 2011 vs PHI L 1-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 59:15