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Craig Anderson

#41 · Goalie · Buffalo Sabres

Born May 21, 1981 in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA · 6'2", 187 lb · Catches left · Drafted 73rd overall in 2001 by CHI (round 3)

Trophy case

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Perseverance, Sportsmanship and Dedication 2016-17

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2009-10. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Evgeni Nabokov SJS · 71 GP, 0.922 Jonathan Quick LAK · 72 GP, 0.907 Henrik Lundqvist NYR · 73 GP, 0.921 Miikka Kiprusoff CGY · 73 GP, 0.920 Ilya Bryzgalov PHX · 69 GP, 0.920

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.

02040602002-03: 6 games602-032003-04: 21 games212005-06: 29 games2905-062006-07: 5 games52007-08: 17 games1707-082008-09: 31 games312009-10: 71 games7109-102010-11: 51 games512011-12: 63 games6311-122012-13: 24 games242013-14: 53 games5313-142014-15: 35 games352015-16: 60 games6015-162016-17: 40 games402017-18: 58 games5817-182018-19: 50 games502019-20: 34 games3419-202020-21: 4 games42021-22: 31 games3121-222022-23: 26 games26

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
2002-03 CHI 6 03200 125 107 18 4.00 0.856
2003-04 CHI 21 614001 602 545 57 2.84 0.905
2005-06 CHI 29 612041 757 671 86 3.32 0.886
2006-07 FLA 5 11010 116 108 8 2.21 0.931
2007-08 FLA 17 86012 535 500 35 2.25 0.935 $550K
2008-09 FLA 31 157053 977 903 74 2.71 0.924 $550K
2009-10 COL 71 3825077 2233 2047 186 2.63 0.917 $1.813M
2010-11 COL 33 1315030 957 858 99 3.28 0.897 $1.813M
2010-11 OTT 18 115012 589 553 36 2.05 0.939
2011-12 OTT 63 3322063 1917 1752 165 2.83 0.914 $3.188M
2012-13 OTT 24 129023 677 637 40 1.69 0.941 $3.188M
2013-14 OTT 53 2516084 1680 1530 150 3.00 0.911 $3.188M
2014-15 OTT 35 1413083 1134 1047 87 2.49 0.923 $3.188M
2015-16 OTT 60 3123054 1915 1754 161 2.78 0.916 $4.2M
2016-17 OTT 40 2511045 1247 1155 92 2.28 0.926 $4.2M
2017-18 OTT 58 2325062 1768 1588 180 3.32 0.898 $4.2M
2018-19 OTT 50 1727042 1676 1513 163 3.51 0.903 $4.75M
2019-20 OTT 34 1117020 1018 918 100 3.25 0.902 $4.75M
2020-21 WSH 4 21000 71 65 6 2.13 0.915 $700K
2021-22 BUF 31 1712020 945 848 97 3.12 0.897 $750K
2022-23 BUF 26 1111021 823 747 76 3.06 0.908
20 seasons Career 709 31927527143 21762 19846 1916 2.86 0.912

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2009-10 COL 6 2401 239 223 16 2.62 0.933
2011-12 OTT 7 3401 208 194 14 2.01 0.933
2012-13 OTT 10 5400 352 323 29 3.01 0.918
2014-15 OTT 4 2201 142 138 4 0.97 0.972
2016-17 OTT 19 11801 590 544 46 2.34 0.922
2020-21 WSH 2 1100 70 65 5 2.67 0.929
6 seasons Playoffs 48 242304 1601 1487 114 2.36 0.929

2009-10 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
71 71 382577 2233 2047 186 2.63 0.917

Contract

$1.813MCap hitends in 2011, 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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2010-11, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2009-10 $1.813M
2010-11 $1.813M

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
2021-22 to 2021-22 $750K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $700K
2018-19 to 2019-20 $4.75M
2015-16 to 2017-18 $4.2M
2011-12 to 2014-15 $3.188M
2009-10 to 2010-11 $1.813M
2007-08 to 2008-09 $550K

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 2009-10 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.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 11, 2010 vs LAK L 1-2 (OT) OTL 33 31 2 0.939 61:31
Apr 6, 2010 @ VAN W 4-3 (SO) W 32 29 3 0.906 64:47
Apr 4, 2010 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) W 22 18 4 0.818 61:53
Apr 2, 2010 vs CGY L 1-2 L 27 25 2 0.926 59:22
Mar 31, 2010 vs ANA L 2-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 60:00
Mar 28, 2010 @ SJS L 3-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 58:08
Mar 27, 2010 @ PHX L 2-6 L 31 26 5 0.839 58:22
Mar 24, 2010 vs LAK W 4-3 (SO) W 30 27 3 0.900 64:40
Mar 22, 2010 @ LAK L 3-4 (OT) OTL 23 19 4 0.826 62:52
Mar 21, 2010 @ ANA L 2-5 L 19 15 4 0.789 32:45
Mar 17, 2010 vs CGY L 2-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:27
Mar 14, 2010 @ DAL W 5-3 W 51 48 3 0.941 60:00
Mar 11, 2010 vs FLA W 3-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 9, 2010 vs VAN L 4-6 L 31 26 5 0.839 58:45
Mar 6, 2010 vs STL W 7-3 W 42 39 3 0.929 59:56
Mar 4, 2010 @ PHX L 1-3 L 29 27 2 0.931 59:42
Mar 3, 2010 @ ANA W 4-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Mar 1, 2010 vs DET L 2-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 58:18
Feb 13, 2010 @ LAK L 0-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Feb 12, 2010 vs PHX W 2-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Feb 10, 2010 vs ATL W 4-3 (OT) W 36 33 3 0.917 60:09
Feb 8, 2010 vs STL W 5-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Feb 6, 2010 vs EDM W 3-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 59:51
Feb 4, 2010 @ NSH L 3-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 59:37
Feb 2, 2010 vs CBJ W 5-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Jan 31, 2010 vs NYR L 1-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:51
Jan 29, 2010 @ DAL L 2-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 58:44
Jan 28, 2010 vs MIN L 0-1 L 26 25 1 0.962 57:24
Jan 24, 2010 vs DAL W 4-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 22, 2010 vs NSH W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 59:54
Jan 18, 2010 vs EDM W 6-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 16, 2010 vs NJD W 3-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 59:57
Jan 11, 2010 @ CGY W 3-2 (SO) W 46 44 2 0.957 64:36
Jan 9, 2010 @ BUF W 4-3 (SO) W 35 32 3 0.914 65:00
Jan 6, 2010 vs NYI L 2-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 58:43
Jan 2, 2010 @ CBJ W 3-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Dec 31, 2009 @ DET L 2-4 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:53
Dec 30, 2009 @ OTT W 4-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 59:58
Dec 22, 2009 vs ANA L 2-4 L 42 39 3 0.929 59:54
Dec 21, 2009 @ MIN W 4-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Dec 19, 2009 vs CBJ W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 15, 2009 vs WSH L 1-6 L 21 16 5 0.762 40:00
Dec 13, 2009 vs CGY W 3-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 59:57
Dec 11, 2009 vs TBL W 2-1 (SO) W 22 21 1 0.955 64:57
Dec 2, 2009 @ FLA L 5-6 (SO) 44 39 5 0.886 62:54
Nov 30, 2009 @ TBL W 3-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 28, 2009 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) OTL 36 34 2 0.944 65:00
Nov 27, 2009 @ MIN L 3-5 L 31 27 4 0.871 58:45
Nov 25, 2009 vs NSH L 3-4 (OT) OTL 27 23 4 0.852 63:07
Nov 23, 2009 vs PHI W 5-4 W 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Nov 20, 2009 @ VAN L 2-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 60:00
Nov 17, 2009 @ CGY W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 59:57
Nov 14, 2009 vs VAN L 2-8 L 22 18 4 0.818 39:57
Nov 11, 2009 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) OTL 39 37 2 0.949 65:00
Nov 8, 2009 vs EDM L 3-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 58:44
Nov 6, 2009 vs CHI W 4-3 (SO) W 32 29 3 0.906 65:00
Nov 1, 2009 @ VAN L 0-3 L 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Oct 30, 2009 @ SJS L 1-3 L 46 43 3 0.935 58:23
Oct 28, 2009 @ CGY W 3-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Oct 27, 2009 @ EDM W 3-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 24, 2009 vs DET W 3-1 W 49 48 1 0.980 60:00
Oct 23, 2009 vs CAR W 5-4 W 36 32 4 0.889 59:44
Oct 21, 2009 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) OTL 26 24 2 0.923 65:00
Oct 17, 2009 @ DET W 4-3 (SO) W 31 28 3 0.903 65:00
Oct 15, 2009 @ MTL W 3-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Oct 13, 2009 @ TOR W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Oct 12, 2009 @ BOS W 4-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 59:35
Oct 10, 2009 @ CHI L 3-4 (SO) OTL 26 23 3 0.885 65:00
Oct 8, 2009 @ NSH L 2-3 L 37 34 3 0.919 58:38
Oct 3, 2009 vs VAN W 3-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 59:44
Oct 1, 2009 vs SJS W 5-2 W 40 38 2 0.950 60:00