Darcy Kuemper

Born May 5, 1990 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN (age 36) · 6'5", 215 lb · Catches left · Drafted 161st overall in 2009 by MIN (round 6)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2021-22

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ray Emery PHI · 31 GP, 0.894

Curtis McElhinney CBJ · 32 GP, 0.914

Michal Neuvirth NYI · 32 GP, 0.914

Petr Mrazek DET · 29 GP, 0.918

Anton Khudobin CAR · 34 GP, 0.900

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

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

Season	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %	Cap hit
2012-13	MIN	6	1	2	0	0	119	109	10	2.08	0.916	$777K
2013-14	MIN	26	12	8	4	2	702	642	60	2.43	0.915	$777K
2014-15	MIN	31	14	12	2	3	718	650	68	2.60	0.905	$1.25M
2015-16	MIN	21	6	7	5	2	507	464	43	2.43	0.915	$1.25M
2016-17	MIN	18	8	5	3	0	562	507	55	3.13	0.902	$1.55M
2017-18	LAK	19	10	1	3	3	516	481	35	2.10	0.932	$650K
2017-18	ARI	10	2	6	2	1	317	285	32	3.22	0.899
2018-19	ARI	55	27	20	8	5	1677	1551	126	2.33	0.925	$1.85M
2019-20	ARI	29	16	11	2	2	903	838	65	2.22	0.928	$1.85M
2020-21	ARI	27	10	11	3	2	710	644	66	2.56	0.907	$4.5M
2021-22	COL	57	37	12	4	5	1754	1616	138	2.54	0.921	$4.5M
2022-23	WSH	57	22	26	7	5	1674	1521	154	2.87	0.909	$5.25M
2023-24	WSH	33	13	14	3	1	940	837	103	3.31	0.890	$5.25M
2024-25	LAK	50	31	11	7	5	1267	1168	100	2.02	0.922	$5.25M
2025-26	LAK	50	19	14	15	3	1234	1100	134	2.78	0.891	$5.25M
2026-27	LAK	3	0	2	1	0	89	77	12	4.03	0.865	$5.25M
15 seasons	Career	492	228	162	69	39	13689	12490	1201	2.57	0.912

Playoffs

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

Season	Team	GP	W	L	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
2012-13	MIN	2	0	0	0	33	29	4	3.27	0.879
2013-14	MIN	6	3	1	1	127	116	11	2.03	0.913
2014-15	MIN	1	0	0	0	9	9	0	0.00	1.000
2019-20	ARI	9	4	5	0	334	305	29	3.47	0.913
2021-22	COL	16	10	4	1	386	348	38	2.57	0.902
2024-25	LAK	6	2	4	0	207	184	23	3.74	0.889
6 seasons	Playoffs	40	19	14	2	1096	991	105	2.89	0.904

2014-15 season totals

GP	Starts	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
31	28	14	12	2	3	718	650	68	2.60	0.905

Contract

$1.25MCap hitends in 2016

-$704KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his

-$2MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 48 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Minnesota Wild on Sep 20, 2014, as a new contract: 2 years and $2.5M, beginning in 2014-15. It runs through 2015-16, with 1 season left after this one.

Season	Cap hit	Base salary	Signing bonus	Performance bonuses	Paid in all	Clause
2014-15	$1.25M	$1M	$0		$1M
2015-16	$1.25M	$1.5M	$0		$1.5M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed	Signed by	Kind	Seasons	Years	In all	Cap hit
Jul 13, 2022	Washington Capitals	New contract	2022-23 to 2026-27	5	$26.25M	$5.25M
Oct 2, 2019	Arizona Coyotes	Extension	2020-21 to 2021-22	2	$9M	$4.5M
Feb 21, 2018	Arizona Coyotes	Extension	2018-19 to 2019-20	2	$3.7M	$1.85M
Jul 1, 2017	Los Angeles Kings	New contract	2017-18 to 2017-18	1	$650K	$650K
Jul 5, 2016	Minnesota Wild	New contract	2016-17 to 2016-17	1	$1.55M	$1.55M
Sep 20, 2014	Minnesota Wild	New contract	2014-15 to 2015-16	2	$2.5M	$1.25M
May 26, 2011	Minnesota Wild	Entry-level	2011-12 to 2013-14	3	$2.7M	$777K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2014-15 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2014-15 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win

+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six

+0.8Goals 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.

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

+0.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against

0.8Expected goals againstfrom 16 unblocked attempts

0Goals againstwhile he was in net

1.000Save %0.909 expected from his shots

Goals saved +2.12 above expected per 60 minutes99th

Shot difficulty 5.1% chance per attempt faced20thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 10 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced in these playoffs, with his net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date	Opponent	Result	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save %	TOI
Apr 11, 2015	@ STL	L 2-4		9	8	1	0.889	18:35
Apr 9, 2015	@ NSH	W 4-2	W	34	32	2	0.941	60:00
Jan 20, 2015	@ DET	L 4-5 (SO)	OTL	14	14	0	1.000	37:35
Jan 6, 2015	vs SJS	L 3-4 (OT)	OTL	26	22	4	0.846	63:09
Jan 3, 2015	@ DAL	L 1-7	L	21	17	4	0.810	28:56
Jan 2, 2015	vs TOR	W 3-1	W	35	34	1	0.971	59:59
Dec 31, 2014	@ CBJ	L 1-3	L	25	23	2	0.920	59:06
Dec 29, 2014	@ WPG	W 3-2	W	30	28	2	0.933	60:00
Dec 23, 2014	vs PHI	L 2-5	L	29	25	4	0.862	57:50
Dec 20, 2014	vs NSH	L 5-6 (OT)		14	11	3	0.786	20:00
Dec 11, 2014	@ SJS	L 1-2	L	30	28	2	0.933	57:32
Dec 5, 2014	vs ANA	L 4-5	L	18	13	5	0.722	48:28
Dec 3, 2014	vs MTL	W 2-1	W	19	18	1	0.947	60:00
Nov 28, 2014	@ DAL	W 5-4 (OT)	W	45	41	4	0.911	61:55
Nov 26, 2014	vs LAK	L 0-4	L	10	6	4	0.600	20:00
Nov 22, 2014	@ TBL	L 1-2	L	28	26	2	0.929	58:12
Nov 20, 2014	@ PHI	W 3-2	W	39	37	2	0.949	59:41
Nov 16, 2014	vs WPG	W 4-3 (OT)	W	3	3	0	1.000	10:14
Nov 15, 2014	@ DAL	W 2-1	W	28	27	1	0.964	59:35
Nov 13, 2014	vs BUF	W 6-3		2	0	2	0.000	06:24
Nov 11, 2014	@ NJD	L 1-3	L	22	20	2	0.909	59:54
Nov 8, 2014	@ MTL	L 1-4	L	31	27	4	0.871	60:00
Nov 4, 2014	vs PIT	L 1-4	L	21	18	3	0.857	59:10
Nov 1, 2014	vs DAL	W 4-1	W	20	19	1	0.950	60:00
Oct 30, 2014	vs SJS	W 4-3 (SO)	W	28	25	3	0.893	65:00
Oct 27, 2014	@ NYR	L 4-5	L	20	15	5	0.750	59:07
Oct 25, 2014	vs TBL	W 7-2	W	19	17	2	0.895	60:00
Oct 23, 2014	vs ARI	W 2-0	W, SO	26	26	0	1.000	60:00
Oct 17, 2014	@ ANA	L 1-2	L	26	24	2	0.923	58:37
Oct 11, 2014	@ COL	W 3-0	W, SO	30	30	0	1.000	59:52
Oct 9, 2014	vs COL	W 5-0	W, SO	16	16	0	1.000	59:52