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Roberto Luongo

#1 · Goalie · Florida Panthers · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Apr 4, 1979 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN · 6'3", 215 lb · Catches left · Drafted 4th overall in 1997 by NYI (round 1)

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William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 2010-11

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Thomas Greiss NYI · 43 GP, 0.927 Mike Smith CGY · 42 GP, 0.898 David Rittich CGY · 45 GP, 0.911 Anton Khudobin DAL · 41 GP, 0.923 Keith Kinkaid NJD · 41 GP, 0.891

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040601999-00: 24 games2499-002000-01: 47 games472001-02: 58 games5801-022002-03: 65 games652003-04: 72 games7203-042005-06: 75 games752006-07: 76 games7606-072007-08: 73 games732008-09: 54 games5408-092009-10: 68 games682010-11: 60 games6010-112011-12: 55 games552012-13: 20 games2012-132013-14: 56 games562014-15: 61 games6114-152015-16: 62 games622016-17: 40 games4016-172017-18: 35 games352018-19: 43 games4318-19

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
1999-00 NYI 24 714101 730 660 70 3.25 0.904
2000-01 FLA 47 1224705 1333 1226 107 2.44 0.920
2001-02 FLA 58 1633404 1653 1513 140 2.77 0.915
2002-03 FLA 65 2034706 2011 1847 164 2.71 0.918
2003-04 FLA 72 25331407 2475 2303 172 2.43 0.931
2005-06 FLA 75 3530094 2488 2275 213 2.97 0.914 $3.2M
2006-07 VAN 76 4722065 2169 1998 171 2.28 0.921 $6.75M
2007-08 VAN 73 3529096 2029 1861 168 2.38 0.917 $6.75M
2008-09 VAN 54 3313079 1542 1418 124 2.34 0.920 $6.75M
2009-10 VAN 68 4022044 1915 1748 167 2.57 0.913 $6.75M
2010-11 VAN 60 3815074 1753 1627 126 2.11 0.928 $5.333M
2011-12 VAN 55 3114085 1577 1450 127 2.41 0.919 $5.333M
2012-13 VAN 20 96032 551 500 51 2.56 0.907 $5.333M
2013-14 VAN 42 1916063 1157 1061 96 2.38 0.917 $5.333M
2013-14 FLA 14 67011 432 399 33 2.46 0.924
2014-15 FLA 61 28190122 1743 1605 138 2.35 0.921 $5.333M
2015-16 FLA 62 3519064 1801 1660 141 2.35 0.922 $5.333M
2016-17 FLA 40 1715061 1217 1113 104 2.68 0.915 $5.333M
2017-18 FLA 35 1811023 1143 1062 81 2.47 0.929 $5.333M
2018-19 FLA 43 1816051 1205 1083 122 3.12 0.899 $5.333M
19 seasons Career 1044 489392339177 30924 28409 2515 2.52 0.919

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2006-07 VAN 12 5700 427 402 25 1.77 0.941
2008-09 VAN 10 6401 304 278 26 2.52 0.914
2009-10 VAN 12 6600 362 324 38 3.23 0.895
2010-11 VAN 25 151004 711 650 61 2.56 0.914
2011-12 VAN 2 0200 64 57 7 3.59 0.891
2012-13 VAN 3 0200 71 65 6 2.58 0.915
2015-16 FLA 6 2400 227 212 15 2.05 0.934
7 seasons Playoffs 70 343505 2166 1988 178 2.49 0.918

2018-19 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
43 40 181651 1205 1083 122 3.12 0.899

Contract

$5.333MCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$644KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.7MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 60 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2021-22, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $5.333M
2019-20 $5.333M
2020-21 $5.333M
2021-22 $5.333M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2010-11 to 2021-22 $5.333M
2006-07 to 2009-10 $6.75M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $3.2M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2018-19 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

0.0Goals above replacement51st of 60 goalies
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-11.3Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 60 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.

0102030402010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

-11.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
110.7Expected goals againstfrom 1,691 unblocked attempts
122Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.899Save %0.908 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 60 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 -0.29 above expected per 60 minutes17th
Shot difficulty 6.5% chance per attempt faced50thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 60 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Allowed 122Expected 110.7

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 Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 6, 2019 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) OTL 27 23 4 0.852 60:31
Apr 1, 2019 vs WSH W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Mar 30, 2019 @ BOS W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Mar 28, 2019 @ OTT W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 25, 2019 @ TOR L 5-7 L 33 28 5 0.848 53:30
Mar 21, 2019 vs ARI W 4-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Mar 7, 2019 @ BOS L 3-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 59:08
Mar 5, 2019 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) OTL 37 34 3 0.919 62:34
Mar 3, 2019 vs OTT L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 58:51
Feb 28, 2019 @ VGK L 5-6 (SO) OTL 46 41 5 0.891 65:00
Feb 26, 2019 @ ARI L 3-4 (SO) OTL 30 27 3 0.900 44:28
Feb 25, 2019 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) W 39 36 3 0.923 59:29
Feb 23, 2019 vs LAK W 6-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 59:07
Feb 12, 2019 vs DAL L 0-3 L 18 16 2 0.889 59:11
Feb 10, 2019 vs TBL L 2-5 11 9 2 0.818 18:36
Feb 9, 2019 @ WSH W 5-4 (OT) W 30 26 4 0.867 61:31
Feb 7, 2019 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) W 31 29 2 0.935 64:14
Feb 1, 2019 vs NSH L 1-4 L 25 22 3 0.880 58:44
Jan 21, 2019 vs SJS W 6-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Jan 18, 2019 vs TOR W 3-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Jan 13, 2019 @ VAN L 1-5 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:21
Jan 11, 2019 @ CGY L 3-4 L 23 20 3 0.870 58:45
Jan 8, 2019 @ PIT L 1-5 L 16 12 4 0.750 28:56
Jan 3, 2019 @ BUF L 3-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 57:22
Dec 31, 2018 @ DET W 4-3 (SO) 8 5 3 0.625 20:00
Dec 28, 2018 vs MTL L 3-5 L 27 23 4 0.852 57:45
Dec 22, 2018 @ DET W 2-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Dec 20, 2018 @ TOR L 1-6 L 22 17 5 0.773 45:41
Dec 18, 2018 @ BUF W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 59:39
Dec 15, 2018 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) W 32 29 3 0.906 63:24
Dec 11, 2018 @ STL L 3-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 58:51
Dec 8, 2018 vs NYR L 4-5 (SO) OTL 26 22 4 0.846 65:00
Dec 6, 2018 vs COL L 2-5 L 36 32 4 0.889 58:20
Dec 4, 2018 vs BOS W 5-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 59:50
Nov 23, 2018 @ CAR L 1-4 10 9 1 0.900 19:22
Nov 21, 2018 @ TBL L 3-7 L 28 22 6 0.786 43:21
Nov 17, 2018 @ NYR L 2-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 56:14
Nov 15, 2018 @ CBJ L 3-7 L 36 30 6 0.833 59:28
Nov 13, 2018 @ PHI W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 59:57
Nov 10, 2018 vs NYI W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 59:52
Nov 8, 2018 vs EDM W 4-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Nov 2, 2018 @ WPG W 4-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 59:15
Oct 6, 2018 @ TBL L 1-2 (SO) 13 13 0 1.000 32:21