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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 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Henrik Karlsson CGY · 17 GP, 0.908 Jason LaBarbera PHX · 17 GP, 0.909 Martin Biron NYR · 17 GP, 0.923 Joey MacDonald DET · 15 GP, 0.917 Braden Holtby WSH · 14 GP, 0.934

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 WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2001-02 VAN 1 10000 22 20 2 2.00 0.909
2002-03 VAN 7 33001 165 155 10 1.57 0.939
2003-04 VAN 6 22200 168 156 12 2.06 0.929
2005-06 VAN 67 3326060 1938 1749 189 2.94 0.902
2006-07 FLA 27 713051 729 647 82 3.35 0.888
2007-08 PHX 9 36001 249 219 30 3.54 0.880
2007-08 BOS 23 97052 578 531 47 2.32 0.919
2008-09 OTT 43 1618071 1141 1040 101 2.47 0.911
2009-10 DAL 21 96030 558 499 59 3.00 0.894
2009-10 NYR 3 01000 52 47 5 2.53 0.904
2010-11 MTL 16 62020 383 350 33 2.64 0.914
2011-12 OTT 14 24020 310 274 36 3.35 0.884
10 seasons Career 237 91882306 6293 5687 606 2.80 0.904

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2002-03 VAN 1 0000 5 4 1 3.00 0.800
1 season Playoffs 1 0000 5 4 1 3.00 0.800

2010-11 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
16 12 6220 383 350 33 2.64 0.914

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+8.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+1.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+4.3Goals 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

+4.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
37.3Expected goals againstfrom 549 unblocked attempts
33Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.914Save %0.903 expected from his shots
Goals saved +0.34 above expected per 60 minutes83rd
Shot difficulty 6.8% chance per attempt faced87thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 53 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0102030Game 10Expected 37.3Allowed 33

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, 2011 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) OTL 32 29 3 0.906 60:33
Mar 30, 2011 @ CAR L 2-6 9 7 2 0.778 20:00
Mar 24, 2011 @ BOS L 0-7 8 6 2 0.750 15:28
Mar 20, 2011 @ MIN W 8-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Mar 18, 2011 @ NYR L 3-6 19 18 1 0.947 41:44
Feb 26, 2011 vs CAR W 4-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 58:58
Feb 24, 2011 vs TOR L 4-5 9 6 3 0.667 13:02
Feb 10, 2011 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) OTL 33 30 3 0.909 65:00
Feb 2, 2011 vs FLA W 3-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 59:57
Jan 17, 2011 vs CGY W 5-4 (OT) 24 20 4 0.833 42:56
Jan 11, 2011 @ NYR W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Dec 31, 2010 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) W 22 20 2 0.909 63:41
Dec 30, 2010 @ TBL L 1-4 3 3 0 1.000 07:50
Dec 11, 2010 @ TOR L 1-3 L 23 21 2 0.913 59:44
Nov 26, 2010 @ ATL L 0-3 L 47 44 3 0.936 59:42
Oct 29, 2010 @ NYI W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00