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Evgeni Nabokov

#20 · Goalie · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Jul 25, 1975 in Kamenogorsk, KAZ · 6'0", 202 lb · Catches left · Drafted 219th overall in 1994 by SJS (round 9)

Trophy case

Calder Memorial Trophy Rookie of the Year 2000-01

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.

Justin Peters WSH · 12 GP, 0.881 Rob Zepp PHI · 10 GP, 0.888 Antti Raanta CHI · 14 GP, 0.936 Scott Darling CHI · 14 GP, 0.936 Dan Ellis FLA · 8 GP, 0.914

Career

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

02040601999-00: 11 games1199-002000-01: 66 games6600-012001-02: 67 games6701-022002-03: 55 games5502-032003-04: 59 games5903-042005-06: 45 games4505-062006-07: 50 games5006-072007-08: 77 games7707-082008-09: 62 games6208-092009-10: 71 games7109-102011-12: 42 games4211-122012-13: 41 games4112-132013-14: 40 games4013-142014-15: 11 games1114-15

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

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
1999-00 SJS 11 166 151 15 0.910
2000-01 SJS 66 1582 1447 135 0.915
2001-02 SJS 67 1818 1669 149 0.918
2002-03 SJS 55 1561 1415 146 0.906
2003-04 SJS 59 1610 1483 127 0.921
2005-06 SJS 45 1160 1027 133 0.885
2006-07 SJS 50 1227 1121 106 0.914
2007-08 SJS 77 1802 1639 163 0.910
2008-09 SJS 62 1663 1513 150 0.910
2009-10 SJS 71 2168 1998 170 0.922
2011-12 NYI 42 1172 1071 101 0.914
2012-13 NYI 41 1139 1036 103 0.910
2013-14 NYI 40 1085 982 103 0.905
2014-15 TBL 11 245 216 29 0.882
14 seasons Career 697 18398 16768 1630 0.911

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
1999-00 SJS 1 10 10 0 1.000
2000-01 SJS 4 103 93 10 0.903
2001-02 SJS 12 322 291 31 0.904
2003-04 SJS 12 334 312 22 0.934
2005-06 SJS 1 4 3 1 0.750
2006-07 SJS 11 323 297 26 0.920
2007-08 SJS 13 333 302 31 0.907
2008-09 SJS 6 155 138 17 0.890
2009-10 SJS 15 407 369 38 0.907
2012-13 NYI 6 152 128 24 0.842
10 seasons Playoffs 81 2143 1943 200 0.907

2014-15 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
11 245 216 29 0.882 2.64

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-4.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-6.3Goals 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.

-5051015202011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

-6.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
22.7Expected goals againstfrom 334 unblocked attempts
29Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.882Save %0.907 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.68 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 6.8% chance per attempt faced98thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 49 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

01020Game 10Allowed 29Expected 22.7

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 Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Jan 12, 2015 @ PHI L 3-7 13 9 4 0.692 22:36
Jan 2, 2015 @ PIT L 3-6 18 16 2 0.889 45:10
Dec 19, 2014 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 18 16 2 0.889 64:10
Dec 15, 2014 @ PIT L 2-4 21 18 3 0.857 37:18
Dec 11, 2014 vs CAR W 2-1 30 29 1 0.967 59:45
Dec 2, 2014 @ BUF L 1-2 (SO) 22 21 1 0.955 65:00
Nov 18, 2014 @ NYI L 2-5 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Nov 8, 2014 @ CBJ W 7-4 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Oct 25, 2014 @ MIN L 2-7 8 4 4 0.500 17:15
Oct 21, 2014 @ CGY W 2-1 (OT) 22 21 1 0.955 63:00
Oct 14, 2014 vs NJD L 1-2 25 23 2 0.920 59:12