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Jean-Sebastien Giguere

#35 · Goalie · Colorado Avalanche

Born May 16, 1977 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN · 6'1", 202 lb · Catches left · Drafted 13th overall in 1995 by HFD (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2006-07
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 2002-03

Compare with a similar player

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

Anders Lindback TBL · 23 GP, 0.891 Cam Talbot NYR · 21 GP, 0.941 Justin Peters CAR · 21 GP, 0.919 Niklas Backstrom MIN · 21 GP, 0.899 Alex Stalock SJS · 24 GP, 0.932

Career

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

02040601996-97: 8 games896-971998-99: 15 games151999-00: 7 games799-002000-01: 34 games342001-02: 53 games5301-022002-03: 65 games652003-04: 55 games5503-042005-06: 60 games602006-07: 56 games5606-072007-08: 58 games582008-09: 46 games4608-092009-10: 35 games352010-11: 33 games3310-112011-12: 32 games322012-13: 18 games1812-132013-14: 22 games22

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1996-97 HFD 8 14000 201 177 24 3.65 0.881
1998-99 CGY 15 67100 447 401 46 3.21 0.897
1999-00 CGY 7 13100 175 160 15 2.72 0.914
2000-01 ANA 34 1117504 976 889 87 2.57 0.911
2001-02 ANA 53 2025604 1384 1273 111 2.13 0.920
2002-03 ANA 65 3422608 1820 1675 145 2.30 0.920
2003-04 ANA 55 1731603 1623 1483 140 2.62 0.914
2005-06 ANA 60 30150112 1692 1542 150 2.66 0.911
2006-07 ANA 56 3610084 1490 1368 122 2.26 0.918
2007-08 ANA 58 3517064 1508 1391 117 2.12 0.922
2008-09 ANA 46 1918062 1274 1147 127 3.10 0.900
2009-10 ANA 20 48051 580 522 58 3.14 0.900
2009-10 TOR 15 67022 451 413 38 2.49 0.916
2010-11 TOR 33 1111040 777 699 78 2.87 0.900
2011-12 COL 32 1511032 850 781 69 2.28 0.919
2012-13 COL 18 54040 469 426 43 2.84 0.908
2013-14 COL 22 116012 608 555 53 2.62 0.913
16 seasons Career 597 262216255038 16325 14902 1423 2.53 0.913

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2002-03 ANA 21 15605 697 659 38 1.62 0.945
2005-06 ANA 6 3300 132 114 18 3.39 0.864
2006-07 ANA 18 13401 451 416 35 1.97 0.922
2007-08 ANA 6 2400 187 168 19 3.19 0.898
2008-09 ANA 1 0000 6 6 0 0.00 1.000
5 seasons Playoffs 52 331706 1473 1363 110 2.08 0.925

2013-14 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
22 19 11612 608 555 53 2.62 0.913

2013-14 analytics

Rating

+8.0Goals above replacement34th of 61 goalies
+1.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.4Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 61 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

02468102010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

+2.4Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
55.4Expected goals againstfrom 886 unblocked attempts
53Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.913Save %0.909 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 63 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 +0.12 above expected per 60 minutes57th
Shot difficulty 6.2% chance per attempt faced57thA 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.

02040Game 10Game 20Expected 55.4Allowed 53

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
Apr 13, 2014 @ ANA L 2-3 (OT) OTL 36 33 3 0.917 61:33
Apr 11, 2014 @ SJS L 1-5 24 22 2 0.917 48:54
Apr 8, 2014 @ EDM W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Mar 18, 2014 @ MTL L 3-6 L 35 30 5 0.857 58:37
Mar 14, 2014 vs ANA L 4-6 9 8 1 0.889 24:14
Mar 6, 2014 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) W 37 35 2 0.946 64:28
Feb 26, 2014 vs LAK L 4-6 L 27 22 5 0.815 57:56
Feb 8, 2014 @ NYI W 5-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Feb 3, 2014 @ NJD W 2-1 (OT) W 28 27 1 0.964 59:38
Jan 21, 2014 vs TOR L 2-5 20 19 1 0.950 36:22
Jan 6, 2014 vs CGY L 3-4 L 19 15 4 0.789 58:19
Dec 27, 2013 @ CHI L 2-7 L 24 17 7 0.708 40:00
Dec 17, 2013 @ DAL L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:35
Dec 8, 2013 @ VAN L 1-3 L 21 18 3 0.857 56:08
Dec 6, 2013 @ CGY W 3-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 59:58
Nov 29, 2013 @ MIN W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 14, 2013 @ STL L 3-7 23 18 5 0.783 47:16
Nov 8, 2013 vs CGY W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Nov 2, 2013 vs MTL W 4-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Oct 21, 2013 @ PIT W 1-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 19, 2013 @ BUF W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 59:55
Oct 10, 2013 @ BOS W 2-0 W, SO 39 39 0 1.000 59:58