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Chris Mason

#30 · Goalie · Nashville Predators

Born Apr 20, 1976 in Red Deer, Alberta, CAN · 6'0", 198 lb · Catches left · Drafted 122nd overall in 1995 by NJD (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jhonas Enroth BUF · 12 GP, 0.919 Nikolai Khabibulin EDM · 12 GP, 0.923 Robin Lehner OTT · 12 GP, 0.936 Michal Neuvirth WSH · 13 GP, 0.910 Peter Budaj MTL · 13 GP, 0.908

Career

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

02040601998-99: 3 games398-992000-01: 1 games100-012003-04: 17 games1703-042005-06: 23 games2305-062006-07: 40 games4006-072007-08: 51 games5107-082008-09: 57 games5708-092009-10: 61 games6109-102010-11: 33 games3310-112011-12: 20 games2011-122012-13: 11 games1112-13

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1998-99 NSH 3 00000 44 38 6 5.21 0.864
2000-01 NSH 1 01000 20 18 2 2.05 0.900
2003-04 NSH 17 44101 365 338 27 2.18 0.926
2005-06 NSH 23 125012 597 545 52 2.54 0.913
2006-07 NSH 40 2411045 1244 1151 93 2.38 0.925
2007-08 NSH 51 1822064 1278 1148 130 2.90 0.898
2008-09 STL 57 2721076 1544 1415 129 2.41 0.916
2009-10 STL 61 3022082 1699 1551 148 2.53 0.913
2010-11 ATL 33 1313031 882 787 95 3.39 0.892
2011-12 WPG 20 87012 422 379 43 2.59 0.898
2012-13 NSH 11 17010 229 200 29 3.73 0.873
11 seasons Career 317 13711313123 8324 7570 754 2.66 0.909

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2005-06 NSH 5 1400 171 154 17 3.45 0.901
2008-09 STL 4 0400 119 109 10 2.34 0.916
2 seasons Playoffs 9 1800 290 263 27 2.93 0.907

2012-13 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
11 6 1710 229 200 29 3.73 0.873

2012-13 analytics

Rating

-4.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-7.1Goals 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.

-6-4-2022010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

-7.1Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
21.9Expected goals againstfrom 313 unblocked attempts
29Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.873Save %0.905 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.92 above expected per 60 minutes2nd
Shot difficulty 7.0% chance per attempt faced96thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 54 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

01020Game 10Allowed 29Expected 21.9

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 27, 2013 @ CBJ L 1-3 L 46 44 2 0.957 59:08
Apr 25, 2013 @ DET L 2-5 L 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Apr 12, 2013 vs DAL L 2-5 L 18 13 5 0.722 60:00
Mar 28, 2013 vs PHX L 4-7 L 9 6 3 0.667 16:10
Mar 15, 2013 @ CGY L 3-6 L 19 16 3 0.842 50:52
Mar 14, 2013 @ VAN L 4-7 L 9 7 2 0.778 33:50
Mar 4, 2013 @ LAK L 1-5 3 3 0 1.000 09:06
Feb 27, 2013 @ ANA L 1-5 7 7 0 1.000 20:00
Feb 18, 2013 @ COL L 5-6 L 18 12 6 0.667 33:17
Feb 9, 2013 @ MIN L 1-2 (OT) OTL 32 30 2 0.938 64:21
Jan 22, 2013 @ MIN W 3-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00