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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

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dwayne Roloson TBL · 40 GP, 0.886 Evgeni Nabokov NYI · 42 GP, 0.914 Jonas Gustavsson TOR · 42 GP, 0.902 Brian Elliott STL · 38 GP, 0.940 Michal Neuvirth WSH · 38 GP, 0.903

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

2011-12 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
40 40 122072 1114 1014 100 2.65 0.910

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+19.0Goals above replacement15th of 48 goalies
+3.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+8.0Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 48 ranked goalies: 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. Goals above average is coloured as it is under Shots faced below, where it is taken per 60 minutes.

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. 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

+8.0Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
108.0Expected goals againstfrom 1,568 unblocked attempts
100Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.910Save %0.903 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 47 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 +0.21 above expected per 60 minutes81st
Shot difficulty 6.9% chance per attempt faced89thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 47 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Expected 108.0Allowed 100

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. 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
Mar 30, 2012 vs LAK L 1-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Mar 22, 2012 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) OTL 21 19 2 0.905 65:00
Mar 10, 2012 @ COL L 2-3 (SO) OTL 32 30 2 0.938 65:00
Mar 8, 2012 vs MTL L 3-5 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:06
Mar 5, 2012 @ ANA L 2-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 58:50
Mar 2, 2012 vs DAL L 1-3 L 14 12 2 0.857 59:30
Feb 19, 2012 vs VAN L 2-5 17 15 2 0.882 19:58
Feb 15, 2012 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) OTL 26 22 4 0.846 61:39
Feb 11, 2012 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) W 42 39 3 0.929 60:17
Feb 8, 2012 @ DET L 2-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 58:07
Jan 21, 2012 vs CGY L 2-6 L 16 12 4 0.750 39:44
Jan 19, 2012 @ STL L 0-1 L 38 37 1 0.974 58:44
Jan 13, 2012 vs ANA L 0-5 L 14 11 3 0.786 30:54
Jan 11, 2012 vs NJD L 1-2 (OT) OTL 25 23 2 0.920 61:06
Jan 7, 2012 @ DAL L 1-4 L 33 30 3 0.909 58:59
Jan 3, 2012 @ BUF L 3-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 58:48
Dec 29, 2011 @ MIN L 3-4 L 19 15 4 0.789 40:00
Dec 26, 2011 @ VAN L 3-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 58:04
Dec 22, 2011 vs MIN W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 59:57
Dec 19, 2011 vs DET L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:14
Dec 17, 2011 @ SJS L 2-3 L 37 34 3 0.919 59:10
Dec 9, 2011 vs COL W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:55
Dec 3, 2011 vs CGY L 3-5 L 31 27 4 0.871 58:20
Nov 30, 2011 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) OTL 29 27 2 0.931 65:00
Nov 28, 2011 vs NSH L 1-2 L 31 29 2 0.935 58:34
Nov 25, 2011 @ MIN W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Nov 21, 2011 @ DAL L 1-4 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:05
Nov 19, 2011 vs CHI W 9-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Nov 17, 2011 vs OTT L 2-5 L 7 4 3 0.571 20:00
Nov 13, 2011 @ CHI L 3-6 L 34 29 5 0.853 59:48
Nov 11, 2011 @ DET L 0-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Nov 8, 2011 @ MTL W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Nov 3, 2011 @ LAK W 3-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 30, 2011 vs STL W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Oct 27, 2011 vs WSH W 2-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 59:46
Oct 25, 2011 vs VAN W 3-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Oct 22, 2011 vs NYR W 2-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 20, 2011 vs MIN L 1-2 (SO) OTL 31 30 1 0.968 65:00
Oct 17, 2011 vs NSH W 3-1 W 12 11 1 0.917 59:55
Oct 13, 2011 @ MIN L 1-2 (SO) OTL 35 34 1 0.971 65:00