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Alex Auld

#35 · Goalie · Ottawa Senators

Born Jan 7, 1981 in Cold Lake, Alberta, CAN · 6'4", 215 lb · Catches left · Drafted 40th overall in 1999 by FLA (round 2)

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.

Joey MacDonald DET · 14 GP, 0.912 Ty Conklin DET · 15 GP, 0.884 Anders Lindback NSH · 16 GP, 0.912 Brent Johnson PIT · 16 GP, 0.883 Jonathan Bernier LAK · 16 GP, 0.909

Career

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

02040602001-02: 1 games101-022002-03: 7 games702-032003-04: 6 games603-042005-06: 67 games6705-062006-07: 27 games2706-072007-08: 32 games3207-082008-09: 43 games4308-092009-10: 24 games2409-102010-11: 16 games1610-112011-12: 14 games1411-12

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

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
2001-02 VAN 1 22 20 2 0.909
2002-03 VAN 7 165 155 10 0.939
2003-04 VAN 6 168 156 12 0.929
2005-06 VAN 67 1938 1749 189 0.902
2006-07 FLA 27 729 647 82 0.888
2007-08 PHX 9 249 219 30 0.880
2007-08 BOS 23 578 531 47 0.919
2008-09 OTT 43 1141 1040 101 0.911
2009-10 DAL 21 558 499 59 0.894
2009-10 NYR 3 52 47 5 0.904
2010-11 MTL 16 383 350 33 0.914
2011-12 OTT 14 310 274 36 0.884
10 seasons Career 237 6293 5687 606 0.904

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
2002-03 VAN 1 5 4 1 0.800
1 season Playoffs 1 5 4 1 0.800

2011-12 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
14 310 274 36 0.884 2.57

2011-12 analytics

Rating

-5.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-8.3Goals 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.

-10-505102010-112011-12Goals 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

-8.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
27.7Expected goals againstfrom 433 unblocked attempts
36Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.884Save %0.911 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.77 above expected per 60 minutes2nd
Shot difficulty 6.4% chance per attempt faced64thA 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 36Expected 27.7

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 Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Feb 25, 2012 vs BOS L 3-5 37 33 4 0.892 59:28
Feb 9, 2012 vs NSH W 4-3 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Feb 7, 2012 vs STL L 1-3 14 13 1 0.929 55:17
Jan 23, 2012 @ LAK L 1-4 8 8 0 1.000 20:00
Dec 30, 2011 vs CGY W 4-3 (OT) 15 12 3 0.800 20:00
Dec 27, 2011 vs MTL L 2-6 21 19 2 0.905 37:57
Dec 16, 2011 vs PIT W 6-4 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Dec 8, 2011 @ NJD L 4-5 (SO) 31 27 4 0.871 64:39
Nov 25, 2011 @ PIT L 3-6 32 30 2 0.938 50:21
Nov 20, 2011 @ VAN L 1-2 (OT) 27 25 2 0.926 61:27
Nov 11, 2011 @ BUF L 1-5 15 12 3 0.800 57:35
Oct 18, 2011 vs PHI L 2-7 10 6 4 0.600 20:00
Oct 15, 2011 @ WSH L 1-2 26 24 2 0.923 59:13
Oct 8, 2011 @ TOR L 5-6 11 9 2 0.818 19:05