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Carter Hart

#79 · Goalie · Vegas Golden Knights

Born Aug 13, 1998 in Sherwood Park, Alberta, CAN (age 28) · 6'2", 196 lb · Catches left · Drafted 48th overall in 2016 by PHI (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jacob Fowler MTL · 17 GP, 0.908 Dennis Hildeby TOR · 20 GP, 0.914 Leevi Meriläinen OTT · 20 GP, 0.860 Thatcher Demko VAN · 20 GP, 0.897 Ville Husso ANA · 20 GP, 0.884

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.

020402018-19: 31 games3118-192019-20: 43 games4319-202020-21: 27 games2720-212021-22: 45 games4521-222022-23: 55 games5522-232023-24: 26 games2623-242025-26: 18 games1825-262026-27: 4 games426-27

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
2018-19 PHI 31 161310 976 895 81 2.83 0.917 $731K
2019-20 PHI 43 241331 1100 1005 95 2.42 0.914 $731K
2020-21 PHI 27 91151 721 632 89 3.67 0.877
2021-22 PHI 45 132471 1441 1304 137 3.16 0.905 $3.979M
2022-23 PHI 55 2223102 1665 1510 155 2.94 0.907 $3.979M
2023-24 PHI 26 12931 727 659 68 2.80 0.906 $3.979M
2025-26 VGK 18 11330 422 376 46 2.71 0.891 $2M
2026-27 VGK 4 3100 100 91 9 2.25 0.910 $2M
8 seasons Career 249 11097326 7152 6472 680 2.91 0.905

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2019-20 PHI 12 7502 372 342 30 2.43 0.919
2025-26 VGK 22 14800 637 579 59 2.56 0.909
2 seasons Playoffs 34 211302 1009 921 89 2.52 0.913

2025-26 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
18 18 11330 422 376 46 2.71 0.891

Contract

$2MCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$1.426MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.4 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Vegas Golden Knights on Oct 25, 2025, as a new contract: 2 years and $4M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2026-27, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $2M
2026-27 $2M

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
Oct 25, 2025 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $4M $2M
2021-22 to 2023-24 $3.979M
2018-19 to 2020-21 $731K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.2Goals 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.

-20-10010202018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242025-262026-27Goals 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. What these numbers mean

-3.2Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
55.8Expected goals againstfrom 1,018 unblocked attempts
59Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.908Save %0.913 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 12 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 -0.14 above expected per 60 minutes33rd
Shot difficulty 5.5% 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 12 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

02040Game 10Game 20Allowed 59Expected 55.8

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 15, 2026 vs SEA W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 59:42
Apr 13, 2026 vs WPG W 6-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 59:51
Apr 11, 2026 @ COL W 3-2 (OT) W 32 30 2 0.938 61:19
Apr 7, 2026 @ VAN W 2-1 W 11 10 1 0.909 59:43
Apr 4, 2026 @ EDM W 5-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Apr 2, 2026 vs CGY W 6-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 59:54
Jan 8, 2026 vs CBJ W 5-3 1 0 1 0.000 08:24
Jan 6, 2026 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) W 20 17 3 0.850 64:47
Jan 2, 2026 @ STL L 3-4 L 19 15 4 0.789 58:36
Dec 29, 2025 vs MIN L 2-5 L 12 7 5 0.583 26:51
Dec 27, 2025 vs COL L 5-6 (SO) OTL 39 34 5 0.872 65:00
Dec 23, 2025 vs SJS W 7-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Dec 21, 2025 @ EDM L 3-4 L 21 17 4 0.810 57:43
Dec 17, 2025 vs NJD L 1-2 (SO) OTL 33 32 1 0.970 65:00
Dec 13, 2025 @ CBJ W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 9, 2025 @ NYI L 4-5 (SO) OTL 27 23 4 0.852 63:48
Dec 7, 2025 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) W 24 22 2 0.917 64:09
Dec 2, 2025 vs CHI W 4-3 (SO) W 30 27 3 0.900 65:00