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Casey DeSmith

#1 · Goalie · Dallas Stars

Born Aug 13, 1991 in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA (age 35) · 6'0", 188 lb · Catches left

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Chris Driedger SEA · 27 GP, 0.899 Adin Hill SJS · 25 GP, 0.906 Mackenzie Blackwood NJD · 25 GP, 0.892 Nico Daws NJD · 25 GP, 0.893 Anthony Stolarz ANA · 28 GP, 0.917

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.

01020302017-18: 14 games1417-182018-19: 36 games3618-192020-21: 20 games2020-212021-22: 26 games2621-222022-23: 38 games3822-232023-24: 29 games2923-242024-25: 27 games2724-252025-26: 30 games3025-262026-27: 1 games126-27

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
2017-18 PIT 14 6411 356 328 28 2.40 0.921 $675K
2018-19 PIT 36 151153 1060 971 89 2.75 0.916 $675K
2020-21 PIT 20 11702 543 495 48 2.54 0.912 $1.25M
2021-22 PIT 26 11653 769 703 66 2.79 0.914 $1.25M
2022-23 PIT 38 151640 1142 1033 109 3.17 0.905 $1.8M
2023-24 VAN 29 12961 759 680 80 2.89 0.896 $1.8M
2024-25 DAL 27 14822 761 696 65 2.59 0.915 $1M
2025-26 DAL 30 15861 760 689 71 2.43 0.907 $1M
2026-27 DAL 1 0100 26 24 2 2.05 0.923 $1.05M
9 seasons Career 221 99702913 6176 5619 558 2.73 0.910

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2021-22 PIT 1 0000 51 48 3 2.02 0.941
2023-24 VAN 2 1100 45 41 4 2.02 0.911
2024-25 DAL 2 0100 34 30 4 3.42 0.882
3 seasons Playoffs 5 1200 130 119 11 2.37 0.915

2021-22 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
26 24 11653 769 703 66 2.79 0.914

Contract

$1.25MCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$169KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.4 goals above replacement
$2.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$862KValueworth 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 59 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Jan 11, 2019, as an extension of the contract he was on: 3 years and $3.75M, beginning in 2019-20. It runs through 2021-22, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2019-20 $1.25M $1M $0 $1M
2020-21 $1.25M $1.25M $0 $1.25M
2021-22 $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
Sep 30, 2026 Dallas Stars Extension 2027-28 to 2028-29 2 $5M $2.5M
Jul 1, 2024 Dallas Stars New contract 2024-25 to 2026-27 3 $3.05M $1M
Jul 5, 2022 Pittsburgh Penguins Extension 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $3.6M $1.8M
Jan 11, 2019 Pittsburgh Penguins Extension 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $3.75M $1.25M
Jul 1, 2017 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.35M $675K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
0.0Goals 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.

-505101520252017-182020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

0.0Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
3.0Expected goals againstfrom 58 unblocked attempts
3Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.941Save %0.942 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.02 above expected per 60 minutes36th
Shot difficulty 5.1% 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.

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 29, 2022 vs CBJ W 5-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Apr 26, 2022 vs EDM L 1-5 L 41 37 4 0.902 56:17
Apr 23, 2022 @ DET W 7-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Apr 21, 2022 vs BOS W 4-0 W, SO 52 52 0 1.000 60:00
Apr 16, 2022 @ BOS L 1-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 57:54
Apr 12, 2022 @ NYI L 4-5 (SO) OTL 37 33 4 0.892 64:28
Apr 10, 2022 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) W 35 33 2 0.943 62:21
Mar 31, 2022 @ MIN W 4-3 (OT) W 31 28 3 0.903 63:52
Mar 25, 2022 @ NYR L 1-5 3 3 0 1.000 04:19
Mar 23, 2022 @ BUF L 3-4 (SO) OTL 33 30 3 0.909 65:00
Mar 15, 2022 @ NSH L 1-4 L 24 21 3 0.875 59:27
Mar 4, 2022 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) OTL 42 39 3 0.929 62:56
Feb 27, 2022 @ CBJ W 3-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Feb 24, 2022 vs NJD L 1-6 17 16 1 0.941 26:23
Feb 15, 2022 vs PHI W 5-4 (OT) W 27 23 4 0.852 60:31
Feb 10, 2022 @ OTT W 2-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 28, 2022 vs DET L 2-3 (SO) OTL 32 30 2 0.938 64:57
Jan 21, 2022 @ CBJ W 5-2 12 10 2 0.833 20:00
Jan 5, 2022 vs STL W 5-3 16 13 3 0.813 33:49
Jan 2, 2022 vs SJS W 8-5 W 27 22 5 0.815 59:40
Dec 11, 2021 vs ANA W 1-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 59:55
Dec 6, 2021 @ SEA W 6-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Nov 27, 2021 vs MTL L 3-6 L 31 28 3 0.903 58:00
Nov 13, 2021 @ OTT L 3-6 L 23 18 5 0.783 56:55
Oct 28, 2021 vs CGY L 0-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Oct 14, 2021 @ FLA L 4-5 (OT) OTL 39 34 5 0.872 61:25