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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 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Henrik Lundqvist NYR · 62 GP, 0.930 Carey Price MTL · 65 GP, 0.916 Ryan Miller BUF · 61 GP, 0.916 Marc-Andre Fleury PIT · 67 GP, 0.913 Mike Smith PHX · 67 GP, 0.930

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

2011-12 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
63 60 332263 1917 1752 165 2.83 0.914

Contract

$3.188MCap hitends in 2015, then UFA
$177KCap dollars per goal above replacement18.0 goals above replacement
$3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$181KValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 30 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 2014-15, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2011-12 $3.188M
2012-13 $3.188M
2013-14 $3.188M
2014-15 $3.188M

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+18.0Goals above replacement18th of 48 goalies
+3.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.1Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 48 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.

-20-1001020302010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

+1.1Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
166.1Expected goals againstfrom 2,591 unblocked attempts
165Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.914Save %0.913 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 47 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 +0.02 above expected per 60 minutes53rd
Shot difficulty 6.4% chance per attempt faced66thA 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.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Game 60Expected 166.1Allowed 165

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, 2012 @ NJD L 2-4 L 34 31 3 0.912 59:44
Apr 3, 2012 vs CAR L 1-2 L 31 29 2 0.935 59:11
Apr 1, 2012 @ NYI W 5-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Mar 31, 2012 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) W 39 36 3 0.923 65:00
Mar 26, 2012 @ WPG W 6-4 W 48 44 4 0.917 60:00
Mar 24, 2012 vs PIT W 8-4 W 20 19 1 0.950 30:37
Mar 23, 2012 @ MTL L 1-5 L 23 20 3 0.870 44:56
Feb 22, 2012 vs WSH W 5-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 59:58
Feb 20, 2012 @ NYI W 6-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 59:54
Feb 15, 2012 @ FLA W 6-2 W 44 42 2 0.955 60:00
Feb 14, 2012 @ TBL W 4-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 11, 2012 vs EDM L 3-4 (OT) OTL 40 36 4 0.900 60:17
Feb 7, 2012 vs STL L 1-3 L 4 2 2 0.500 03:49
Feb 4, 2012 vs TOR L 0-5 L 40 35 5 0.875 59:57
Feb 3, 2012 vs NYI L 1-2 (OT) OTL 32 30 2 0.938 62:35
Jan 31, 2012 @ BOS L 3-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:21
Jan 24, 2012 @ PHX L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:17
Jan 23, 2012 @ LAK L 1-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 40:00
Jan 21, 2012 @ ANA L 1-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 58:26
Jan 19, 2012 @ SJS W 4-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Jan 17, 2012 @ TOR W 3-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Jan 16, 2012 vs WPG L 0-2 L 35 33 2 0.943 59:17
Jan 14, 2012 @ MTL W 3-2 (SO) W 35 33 2 0.943 64:09
Jan 12, 2012 @ NYR W 3-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 10, 2012 @ PIT W 5-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Jan 8, 2012 vs PHI W 6-4 W 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Jan 7, 2012 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) OTL 39 36 3 0.923 64:54
Jan 5, 2012 vs TBL W 4-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 59:49
Jan 2, 2012 vs NJD W 3-2 (OT) W 29 27 2 0.931 63:53
Dec 31, 2011 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) W 28 26 2 0.929 65:00
Dec 30, 2011 vs CGY W 4-3 (OT) W 17 17 0 1.000 43:31
Dec 27, 2011 vs MTL L 2-6 L 7 3 4 0.429 22:03
Dec 23, 2011 @ CAR L 1-2 (OT) OTL 38 36 2 0.947 61:36
Dec 22, 2011 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) W 35 32 3 0.914 62:02
Dec 20, 2011 vs BUF W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Dec 14, 2011 vs BOS L 2-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Dec 13, 2011 @ BUF W 3-2 (OT) W 29 27 2 0.931 60:39
Dec 10, 2011 vs VAN L 1-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 59:56
Dec 7, 2011 vs WSH L 3-5 L 43 39 4 0.907 59:15
Dec 5, 2011 vs TBL W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 59:57
Dec 3, 2011 @ WSH L 2-3 (OT) OTL 35 32 3 0.914 59:55
Dec 1, 2011 @ DAL L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 58:47
Nov 29, 2011 @ WPG W 6-4 W 43 39 4 0.907 59:59
Nov 27, 2011 vs CAR W 4-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 59:45
Nov 25, 2011 @ PIT L 3-6 L 8 4 4 0.500 09:11
Nov 17, 2011 @ EDM W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Nov 15, 2011 @ CGY W 3-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Nov 12, 2011 @ TOR W 5-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 59:55
Nov 11, 2011 @ BUF L 1-5 L 6 4 2 0.667 02:25
Nov 9, 2011 vs NYR L 2-3 L 19 16 3 0.842 58:59
Nov 5, 2011 vs BUF L 2-3 (SO) OTL 33 31 2 0.939 65:00
Nov 4, 2011 vs MTL L 1-2 L 26 24 2 0.923 58:21
Nov 1, 2011 @ BOS L 3-5 L 41 36 5 0.878 57:22
Oct 29, 2011 @ NYR W 5-4 (SO) W 28 24 4 0.857 64:49
Oct 27, 2011 vs FLA W 4-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 59:54
Oct 25, 2011 @ CAR W 3-2 (SO) W 34 32 2 0.941 65:00
Oct 22, 2011 vs CBJ W 4-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 59:12
Oct 20, 2011 vs WPG W 4-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 59:58
Oct 18, 2011 vs PHI L 2-7 20 17 3 0.850 39:54
Oct 13, 2011 vs COL L 1-7 L 39 32 7 0.821 60:00
Oct 11, 2011 vs MIN W 4-3 (SO) W 27 24 3 0.889 65:00
Oct 8, 2011 @ TOR L 5-6 24 20 4 0.833 40:00
Oct 7, 2011 @ DET L 3-5 L 39 34 5 0.872 59:49