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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 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jaroslav Halak WSH · 52 GP, 0.921 Jonathan Bernier TOR · 55 GP, 0.923 Jimmy Howard DET · 51 GP, 0.910 Roberto Luongo FLA · 56 GP, 0.919 Jonas Hiller ANA · 50 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.

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

2013-14 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
53 52 251684 1680 1530 150 3.00 0.911

Contract

$3.188MCap hitends in 2015, then UFA
$2.915MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.1 goals above replacement
$757KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.4MValueworth 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 51 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 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

+1.1Goals above replacement45th of 61 goalies
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-12.9Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 61 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

-12.9Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
137.1Expected goals againstfrom 2,285 unblocked attempts
150Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.911Save %0.918 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 63 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 -0.26 above expected per 60 minutes24th
Shot difficulty 6.0% chance per attempt faced25thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 63 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Allowed 150Expected 137.1

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 12, 2014 vs TOR W 1-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Apr 8, 2014 @ NYI W 4-1 W 46 45 1 0.978 60:00
Apr 4, 2014 vs MTL L 4-7 L 23 16 7 0.696 60:00
Apr 2, 2014 vs NYI L 1-2 L 27 25 2 0.926 59:08
Mar 31, 2014 vs CAR W 2-1 (SO) W 31 30 1 0.968 65:00
Mar 28, 2014 vs CHI W 5-3 W 49 46 3 0.939 60:00
Mar 10, 2014 vs NSH L 3-4 (OT) 29 26 3 0.897 44:10
Mar 8, 2014 @ WPG W 5-3 W 49 46 3 0.939 60:00
Mar 5, 2014 @ CGY L 1-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Mar 4, 2014 @ EDM L 2-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:25
Mar 2, 2014 @ VAN W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Feb 8, 2014 @ BOS L 2-7 L 33 28 5 0.848 43:33
Feb 6, 2014 vs BUF W 3-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 59:48
Feb 3, 2014 @ PIT L 1-2 (OT) OTL 48 46 2 0.958 61:55
Feb 1, 2014 @ TOR L 3-6 L 35 30 5 0.857 59:49
Jan 30, 2014 vs TBL W 5-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 59:56
Jan 28, 2014 @ CBJ W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Jan 25, 2014 @ CAR L 3-6 9 9 0 1.000 19:50
Jan 23, 2014 @ TBL L 3-4 (SO) OTL 38 35 3 0.921 64:57
Jan 21, 2014 @ WSH W 2-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 18, 2014 vs NYR L 1-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Jan 16, 2014 vs MTL L 4-5 (OT) OTL 23 18 5 0.783 60:23
Jan 11, 2014 @ NSH W 2-1 (SO) W 33 32 1 0.970 65:00
Jan 8, 2014 @ COL L 3-4 (OT) OTL 31 27 4 0.871 60:33
Jan 4, 2014 @ MTL W 4-3 (OT) W 29 26 3 0.897 60:58
Jan 2, 2014 vs WPG W 4-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Dec 30, 2013 vs WSH W 3-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 59:57
Dec 28, 2013 vs BOS W 4-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Dec 23, 2013 vs PIT W 5-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 21, 2013 vs PHX L 3-4 (OT) OTL 38 34 4 0.895 62:22
Dec 19, 2013 vs FLA L 2-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 58:26
Dec 14, 2013 vs LAK L 2-5 4 2 2 0.500 04:18
Dec 12, 2013 vs BUF W 2-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Dec 9, 2013 vs PHI W 5-4 (SO) W 29 25 4 0.862 65:00
Dec 7, 2013 vs TOR L 3-4 (SO) OTL 31 28 3 0.903 64:49
Dec 3, 2013 @ FLA W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Nov 28, 2013 vs VAN L 2-5 L 15 11 4 0.733 29:40
Nov 27, 2013 @ WSH W 6-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 59:51
Nov 20, 2013 vs MIN L 3-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 59:09
Nov 17, 2013 vs CBJ L 1-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 59:50
Nov 15, 2013 vs BOS W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Nov 12, 2013 vs PHI L 0-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 59:53
Nov 3, 2013 vs DAL L 3-4 (SO) 36 33 3 0.917 61:32
Oct 29, 2013 @ CHI L 5-6 L 40 34 6 0.850 59:16
Oct 27, 2013 vs SJS L 2-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 59:58
Oct 25, 2013 vs ANA L 1-2 L 28 26 2 0.929 59:15
Oct 23, 2013 @ DET W 6-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 59:58
Oct 17, 2013 vs NJD W 5-2 W 42 40 2 0.952 59:43
Oct 15, 2013 @ PHX W 4-3 (OT) W 37 34 3 0.919 62:48
Oct 13, 2013 @ ANA L 1-4 L 9 7 2 0.778 04:06
Oct 9, 2013 @ LAK L 3-4 (OT) OTL 32 28 4 0.875 60:28
Oct 5, 2013 @ TOR L 4-5 (SO) OTL 42 38 4 0.905 65:00
Oct 4, 2013 @ BUF W 1-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 60:00