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Brian Boucher

#33 · Goalie · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Jan 2, 1977 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA · 6'2", 200 lb · Catches left · Drafted 22nd overall in 1995 by PHI (round 1)

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.

Andrew Raycroft DAL · 10 GP, 0.898 Ben Bishop OTT · 10 GP, 0.909 Dan Ellis ANA · 10 GP, 0.911 Allen York CBJ · 11 GP, 0.920 Henrik Karlsson CGY · 9 GP, 0.900

Career

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

0102030401999-00: 35 games3599-002000-01: 27 games2700-012001-02: 41 games4101-022002-03: 45 games4502-032003-04: 40 games4003-042005-06: 14 games1405-062006-07: 18 games1806-072007-08: 5 games507-082008-09: 22 games2208-092009-10: 33 games3309-102010-11: 34 games3410-112011-12: 10 games1011-122012-13: 4 games412-13

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 PHI 35 2010304 790 725 65 1.91 0.918
2000-01 PHI 27 812501 644 564 80 3.27 0.876
2001-02 PHI 41 1816402 972 880 92 2.41 0.905
2002-03 PHX 45 1520800 1210 1082 128 3.02 0.894
2003-04 PHX 40 10191005 1150 1042 108 2.74 0.906
2005-06 PHX 11 36000 268 235 33 3.87 0.877
2005-06 CGY 3 12000 103 88 15 4.94 0.854
2006-07 CHI 15 110031 389 344 45 3.27 0.884
2006-07 CBJ 3 11000 67 58 9 3.79 0.866
2007-08 SJS 5 31011 103 96 7 1.76 0.932
2008-09 SJS 22 126032 563 516 47 2.18 0.917
2009-10 PHI 33 918031 796 716 80 2.76 0.899
2010-11 PHI 34 1810040 902 826 76 2.42 0.916
2011-12 CAR 10 16010 260 229 31 3.40 0.881
2012-13 PHI 4 02000 55 49 6 2.50 0.891
13 seasons Career 328 120139301517 8272 7450 822 2.71 0.901

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 PHI 18 11701 484 444 40 2.03 0.917
2000-01 PHI 1 0000 17 14 3 4.92 0.824
2001-02 PHI 2 0100 33 31 2 1.37 0.939
2007-08 SJS 1 0000 0 0 0 0.00 0.000
2009-10 PHI 12 6601 298 271 27 2.47 0.909
2010-11 PHI 9 4400 229 207 22 3.13 0.904
6 seasons Playoffs 43 211802 1061 967 94 2.36 0.911

2011-12 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
10 8 1610 260 229 31 3.40 0.881

2011-12 analytics

Rating

-3.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-5.8Goals 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.

-50510152010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

-5.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
25.2Expected goals againstfrom 361 unblocked attempts
31Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.881Save %0.903 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.64 above expected per 60 minutes4th
Shot difficulty 7.0% chance per attempt faced91stA 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.

0102030Game 10Allowed 31Expected 25.2

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 7, 2012 @ FLA L 1-4 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:50
Mar 31, 2012 vs NJD L 0-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 59:53
Mar 17, 2012 @ MIN W 5-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Dec 3, 2011 vs PIT L 2-3 L 40 37 3 0.925 58:26
Nov 18, 2011 vs BUF L 0-1 L 20 19 1 0.950 59:20
Nov 14, 2011 vs PHI L 3-5 11 10 1 0.909 31:41
Nov 6, 2011 vs DAL L 2-5 13 12 1 0.923 36:12
Oct 29, 2011 @ PHI L 1-5 L 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Oct 22, 2011 @ WPG L 3-5 L 24 19 5 0.792 58:52
Oct 8, 2011 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) OTL 36 32 4 0.889 62:07