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Jason LaBarbera

#45 · Goalie · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Jan 18, 1980 in Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN · 6'3", 232 lb · Catches left · Drafted 66th overall in 1998 by NYR (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anton Forsberg CBJ · 5 GP, 0.866 Matt Hackett BUF · 5 GP, 0.884 Joni Ortio CGY · 6 GP, 0.908 Richard Bachman EDM · 6 GP, 0.911 Jonas Gustavsson DET · 7 GP, 0.911

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.

0102030402000-01: 1 games100-012003-04: 4 games403-042005-06: 29 games2905-062007-08: 45 games4507-082008-09: 28 games2808-092009-10: 17 games1709-102010-11: 17 games1710-112011-12: 19 games1911-122012-13: 15 games1512-132013-14: 7 games713-142014-15: 5 games514-15

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2000-01 NYR 1 0000 2 2 0 0.00 1.000
2003-04 NYR 4 1200 91 75 16 4.84 0.824
2005-06 LAK 29 11921 688 619 69 2.89 0.900
2007-08 LAK 45 172321 1341 1220 121 3.00 0.910 $825K
2008-09 LAK 19 5842 439 392 47 2.83 0.893 $825K
2008-09 VAN 9 3220 235 215 20 2.66 0.915
2009-10 PHX 17 8510 459 426 33 2.13 0.928 $1M
2010-11 PHX 17 7632 529 481 48 3.26 0.909 $1M
2011-12 PHX 19 3930 486 443 43 2.54 0.912 $1.25M
2012-13 PHX 15 4620 418 386 32 2.64 0.923 $1.25M
2013-14 EDM 7 1300 146 127 19 3.27 0.870 $1M
2014-15 ANA 5 2010 99 90 9 2.60 0.909 $750K
11 seasons Career 187 6273206 4933 4476 457 2.85 0.907

2014-15 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
5 2 2010 99 90 9 2.60 0.909

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2015, then UFA

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2014-15, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2014-15 $750K

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
2014-15 to 2014-15 $750K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $1M
2011-12 to 2012-13 $1.25M
2009-10 to 2010-11 $1M
2007-08 to 2008-09 $825K

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-1.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.2Goals 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.

-50510152010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

-2.2Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
6.8Expected goals againstfrom 131 unblocked attempts
9Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.909Save %0.931 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.64 above expected per 60 minutes2nd
Shot difficulty 5.2% chance per attempt faced1stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 49 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

02468Allowed 9Expected 6.8

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. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Nov 29, 2014 @ SJS L 4-6 15 15 0 1.000 33:41
Nov 16, 2014 vs FLA L 2-6 14 12 2 0.857 15:49
Nov 12, 2014 vs LAK W 6-5 (SO) W 16 14 2 0.875 35:40
Nov 5, 2014 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) OTL 36 33 3 0.917 62:18
Nov 2, 2014 @ COL W 3-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00