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Nikolai Khabibulin

#39 · Goalie · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Jan 13, 1973 in Sverdlovsk, RUS · 6'1", 208 lb · Catches left · Drafted 204th overall in 1992 by WIN (round 9)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2003-04

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The goalies closest to him in games played in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike McKenna CBJ · 4 GP, 0.904 Dustin Tokarski MTL · 3 GP, 0.946 John Gibson ANA · 3 GP, 0.954 Michael Hutchinson WPG · 3 GP, 0.943 Richard Bachman EDM · 3 GP, 0.916

Career

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

02040601994-95: 26 games2694-951995-96: 53 games531996-97: 72 games7296-971997-98: 70 games701998-99: 63 games6398-992000-01: 2 games22001-02: 70 games7001-022002-03: 65 games652003-04: 55 games5503-042005-06: 50 games502006-07: 60 games6006-072007-08: 50 games502008-09: 42 games4208-092009-10: 18 games182010-11: 47 games4710-112011-12: 40 games402012-13: 12 games1212-132013-14: 4 games4

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1994-95 WIN 26 89400 723 647 76 3.41 0.895
1995-96 WIN 53 2620302 1656 1504 152 3.13 0.908
1996-97 PHX 72 3033607 2094 1901 193 2.83 0.908
1997-98 PHX 70 30281004 1835 1651 184 2.74 0.900
1998-99 PHX 63 3223708 1681 1551 130 2.13 0.923
2000-01 TBL 2 11000 69 63 6 2.92 0.913
2001-02 TBL 70 24321007 1914 1761 153 2.36 0.920
2002-03 TBL 65 30221104 1760 1604 156 2.47 0.911
2003-04 TBL 55 2819703 1414 1287 127 2.33 0.910
2005-06 CHI 50 1726060 1379 1222 157 3.35 0.886
2006-07 CHI 60 2526051 1668 1505 163 2.86 0.902
2007-08 CHI 50 2320062 1389 1262 127 2.63 0.909
2008-09 CHI 42 258073 1192 1096 96 2.33 0.919
2009-10 EDM 18 79020 602 547 55 3.03 0.909
2010-11 EDM 47 1032042 1389 1236 153 3.40 0.890
2011-12 EDM 40 1220072 1114 1014 100 2.65 0.910
2012-13 EDM 12 46011 376 347 29 2.55 0.923
2013-14 CHI 4 10010 74 60 14 5.01 0.811
18 seasons Career 799 333334583946 22329 20258 2071 2.72 0.907

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1995-96 WIN 6 2400 214 195 19 3.17 0.911
1996-97 PHX 7 3401 222 207 15 2.11 0.932
1997-98 PHX 4 2100 106 93 13 4.21 0.877
1998-99 PHX 7 3400 236 218 18 2.41 0.924
2002-03 TBL 10 5500 299 273 26 2.42 0.913
2003-04 TBL 23 16705 598 558 40 1.71 0.933
2008-09 CHI 15 8600 421 378 43 2.93 0.898
7 seasons Playoffs 72 393106 2096 1922 174 2.40 0.917

2013-14 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
4 4 1010 74 60 14 5.01 0.811

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-6.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-1.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-7.1Goals 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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-10010202010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

-7.1Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
6.9Expected goals againstfrom 99 unblocked attempts
14Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.811Save %0.907 expected from his shots
Goals saved -2.54 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 7.0% chance per attempt faced97thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 63 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0510Allowed 14Expected 6.9

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 this season, 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
Nov 16, 2013 @ NSH L 2-7 8 6 2 0.750 15:23
Oct 29, 2013 vs OTT W 6-5 22 18 4 0.818 31:14
Oct 24, 2013 @ TBL L 5-6 (OT) OTL 25 19 6 0.760 61:02
Oct 11, 2013 vs NYI W 3-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00