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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 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jonas Gustavsson TOR · 42 GP, 0.902 Dwayne Roloson TBL · 40 GP, 0.886 Nikolai Khabibulin EDM · 40 GP, 0.910 Jaroslav Halak STL · 46 GP, 0.926 Niklas Backstrom MIN · 46 GP, 0.919

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 WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1999-00 SJS 11 22101 166 151 15 2.17 0.910
2000-01 SJS 66 3221706 1582 1447 135 2.19 0.915
2001-02 SJS 67 3724507 1818 1669 149 2.29 0.918
2002-03 SJS 55 1928803 1561 1415 146 2.71 0.906
2003-04 SJS 59 3119809 1610 1483 127 2.21 0.921
2005-06 SJS 45 1619071 1160 1027 133 3.10 0.885
2006-07 SJS 50 2516047 1227 1121 106 2.29 0.914
2007-08 SJS 77 4621086 1802 1639 163 2.14 0.910
2008-09 SJS 62 4112087 1663 1513 150 2.44 0.910
2009-10 SJS 71 44160103 2168 1998 170 2.43 0.922
2011-12 NYI 42 1918032 1172 1071 101 2.55 0.914
2012-13 NYI 41 2311073 1139 1036 103 2.50 0.910
2013-14 NYI 40 1514084 1085 982 103 2.74 0.905
2014-15 TBL 11 36020 245 216 29 3.14 0.882
14 seasons Career 697 353227295759 18398 16768 1630 2.44 0.911

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1999-00 SJS 1 0000 10 10 0 0.00 1.000
2000-01 SJS 4 1301 103 93 10 2.75 0.903
2001-02 SJS 12 7500 322 291 31 2.61 0.904
2003-04 SJS 12 6602 334 312 22 1.77 0.934
2005-06 SJS 1 0000 4 3 1 5.17 0.750
2006-07 SJS 11 6501 323 297 26 2.23 0.920
2007-08 SJS 13 6701 333 302 31 2.18 0.907
2008-09 SJS 6 2400 155 138 17 2.82 0.890
2009-10 SJS 15 8701 407 369 38 2.56 0.907
2012-13 NYI 6 2400 152 128 24 4.44 0.842
10 seasons Playoffs 81 384106 2143 1943 200 2.48 0.907

2011-12 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
42 41 191832 1172 1071 101 2.55 0.914

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+18.5Goals above replacement16th of 48 goalies
+3.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+7.5Goals 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.

-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

+7.5Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
108.5Expected goals againstfrom 1,691 unblocked attempts
101Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.914Save %0.907 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 +0.19 above expected per 60 minutes74th
Shot difficulty 6.4% chance per attempt faced68thA 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 108.5Allowed 101

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 27, 2012 @ PIT W 5-3 W 32 30 2 0.938 40:00
Mar 25, 2012 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) W 35 33 2 0.943 65:00
Mar 20, 2012 @ TOR W 5-2 W 14 12 2 0.857 60:00
Mar 15, 2012 vs PHI L 2-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 58:39
Mar 13, 2012 vs WSH L 4-5 (SO) OTL 28 24 4 0.857 65:00
Mar 11, 2012 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) OTL 36 32 4 0.889 64:54
Mar 8, 2012 @ NJD L 1-5 L 20 15 5 0.750 60:00
Mar 3, 2012 @ BOS W 3-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Mar 1, 2012 @ PHI L 3-6 L 29 24 5 0.828 58:36
Feb 28, 2012 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) OTL 34 31 3 0.912 61:35
Feb 26, 2012 @ OTT L 2-5 L 23 19 4 0.826 59:24
Feb 24, 2012 vs NYR W 4-3 (SO) W 36 33 3 0.917 65:00
Feb 14, 2012 @ WPG W 3-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Feb 12, 2012 vs FLA L 1-4 L 15 11 4 0.733 40:00
Feb 11, 2012 vs LAK W 2-1 (OT) W 35 34 1 0.971 61:36
Feb 9, 2012 vs MTL L 2-4 L 31 28 3 0.903 58:52
Feb 7, 2012 @ PHI W 1-0 (SO) W, SO 45 45 0 1.000 65:00
Feb 3, 2012 @ OTT W 2-1 (OT) W 24 23 1 0.958 62:35
Jan 23, 2012 @ TOR L 0-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Jan 21, 2012 vs CAR W 2-1 (OT) W 33 32 1 0.970 63:58
Jan 19, 2012 @ PHI W 4-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Jan 17, 2012 @ WSH W 3-0 W, SO 17 17 0 1.000 59:57
Jan 14, 2012 vs BUF W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Jan 12, 2012 vs PHI L 2-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 59:12
Jan 10, 2012 vs DET W 5-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Jan 7, 2012 @ PHX L 1-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 60:00
Jan 6, 2012 @ ANA L 2-4 L 20 16 4 0.800 57:36
Jan 3, 2012 @ CAR W 4-3 (SO) W 40 37 3 0.925 64:54
Dec 31, 2011 vs EDM W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Dec 29, 2011 vs CGY W 3-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Dec 26, 2011 @ NYR L 0-3 L 30 28 2 0.933 59:10
Dec 23, 2011 vs TOR L 3-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:05
Dec 22, 2011 @ NYR L 2-4 L 24 21 3 0.875 59:18
Dec 20, 2011 @ WPG W 3-2 (SO) W 19 19 0 1.000 26:20
Nov 17, 2011 vs MTL W 4-3 2 2 0 1.000 07:55
Nov 15, 2011 vs NYR L 2-4 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:01
Nov 13, 2011 @ VAN L 1-4 L 35 32 3 0.914 59:21
Nov 7, 2011 @ BOS L 2-6 L 12 9 3 0.750 14:07
Oct 27, 2011 @ PIT L 2-3 (SO) 32 30 2 0.938 64:45
Oct 25, 2011 vs PIT L 0-3 L 28 26 2 0.929 58:31
Oct 22, 2011 @ FLA L 2-4 L 32 29 3 0.906 58:53
Oct 15, 2011 vs NYR W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 59:32