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Eddie Lack

#31 · Goalie · New Jersey Devils

Born Jan 5, 1988 in Norrtalje, SWE · 6'4", 187 lb · Catches left

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.

Michael Hutchinson WPG · 38 GP, 0.914 Ryan Miller VAN · 45 GP, 0.911 Jake Allen STL · 37 GP, 0.913 Brian Elliott STL · 46 GP, 0.917 Henrik Lundqvist NYR · 46 GP, 0.922

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.

0102030402013-14: 41 games4113-142014-15: 41 games4114-152015-16: 34 games3415-162016-17: 20 games2016-172017-18: 8 games817-18

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2013-14 VAN 41 161754 1052 959 93 2.41 0.912 $750K
2014-15 VAN 41 181342 1201 1106 95 2.45 0.921 $1.15M
2015-16 CAR 34 121462 910 820 90 2.81 0.901 $1.15M
2016-17 CAR 20 8731 492 444 48 2.64 0.902 $2.75M
2017-18 CGY 4 1200 64 52 12 5.29 0.813 $2.75M
2017-18 NJD 4 1200 113 102 11 3.18 0.903
5 seasons Career 144 5655189 3832 3483 349 2.62 0.909

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2014-15 VAN 4 1300 88 78 10 3.03 0.886
1 season Playoffs 4 1300 88 78 10 3.03 0.886

2014-15 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
41 35 181342 1201 1106 95 2.45 0.921

Contract

$1.15MCap hitends in 2016, then UFA
$45KCap dollars per goal above replacement25.6 goals above replacement
$6.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$5MValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 48 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2015-16, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2014-15 $1.15M
2015-16 $1.15M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2016-17 to 2017-18 $2.75M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $1.15M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $750K

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

-2.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.9Goals 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.

-1001020302013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

-2.9Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
7.1Expected goals againstfrom 124 unblocked attempts
10Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.886Save %0.919 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.87 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 5.7% chance per attempt faced60thA 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.

0246810Allowed 10Expected 7.1

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. 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 9, 2015 vs ARI W 5-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 59:58
Apr 6, 2015 vs LAK W 2-1 (SO) W 37 36 1 0.973 65:00
Apr 4, 2015 @ WPG L 4-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 57:44
Apr 2, 2015 @ CHI L 1-3 L 38 35 3 0.921 58:00
Mar 31, 2015 @ NSH W 5-4 (SO) W 38 34 4 0.895 65:00
Mar 30, 2015 @ STL W 4-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Mar 28, 2015 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) OTL 40 36 4 0.900 63:53
Mar 26, 2015 vs COL L 1-4 L 37 34 3 0.919 58:50
Mar 24, 2015 vs WPG W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Mar 21, 2015 @ LAK W 4-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Mar 19, 2015 vs CBJ L 2-6 L 30 25 5 0.833 49:28
Mar 17, 2015 vs PHI W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Mar 14, 2015 vs TOR W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:56
Mar 12, 2015 vs LAK L 0-4 L 19 16 3 0.842 59:48
Mar 9, 2015 vs ANA W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 59:48
Mar 7, 2015 @ SJS W 3-2 W 40 38 2 0.950 60:00
Mar 5, 2015 @ ARI L 2-3 (SO) OTL 35 33 2 0.943 64:29
Mar 3, 2015 vs SJS L 2-6 24 23 1 0.958 51:07
Mar 1, 2015 vs STL W 6-5 (SO) W 39 34 5 0.872 65:00
Feb 26, 2015 @ BUF L 3-6 L 23 18 5 0.783 58:45
Feb 24, 2015 @ BOS W 2-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Feb 22, 2015 @ NYI W 4-0 27 27 0 1.000 38:47
Feb 20, 2015 @ NJD L 2-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 57:41
Feb 16, 2015 vs MIN W 3-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Feb 11, 2015 @ CHI W 5-4 (OT) W 41 37 4 0.902 61:20
Feb 9, 2015 @ MIN L 3-5 14 14 0 1.000 31:10
Feb 3, 2015 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) W 28 26 2 0.929 60:34
Jan 13, 2015 @ NSH L 1-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 59:58
Jan 10, 2015 vs CGY L 0-1 L 23 22 1 0.957 59:10
Jan 6, 2015 vs NYI W 3-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Dec 17, 2014 vs DAL L 0-2 L 28 27 1 0.964 58:57
Dec 7, 2014 @ OTT L 3-4 (OT) OTL 45 41 4 0.911 61:21
Dec 6, 2014 @ TOR L 2-5 13 13 0 1.000 34:02
Dec 4, 2014 @ PIT W 3-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 20, 2014 vs ANA L 3-4 (SO) OTL 26 23 3 0.885 64:39
Nov 9, 2014 @ ANA W 2-1 (SO) W 29 28 1 0.966 65:00
Nov 8, 2014 @ LAK L 1-5 14 13 1 0.929 19:51
Nov 2, 2014 vs NSH L 1-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 58:53
Oct 24, 2014 @ COL L 3-7 L 48 41 7 0.854 60:00
Oct 21, 2014 @ DAL L 3-6 15 14 1 0.933 38:39
Oct 18, 2014 vs TBL L 2-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 57:10