Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All players

Photo of Craig Anderson

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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

James Reimer TOR · 35 GP, 0.907 Cam Talbot NYR · 36 GP, 0.926 Anton Khudobin CAR · 34 GP, 0.900 Karri Ramo CGY · 34 GP, 0.912 Jake Allen STL · 37 GP, 0.913

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

2014-15 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
35 35 141383 1134 1047 87 2.49 0.923

Contract

$3.188MCap hitends in 2015, then UFA
$329KCap dollars per goal above replacement9.7 goals above replacement
$2.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$519KValueworth 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 48 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, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+9.7Goals above replacement26th of 50 goalies
+1.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.8Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 50 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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

+0.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
87.8Expected goals againstfrom 1,526 unblocked attempts
87Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.923Save %0.923 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 49 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 minutes57th
Shot difficulty 5.8% chance per attempt faced12thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 49 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

020406080Game 10Game 20Game 30Expected 87.8Allowed 87

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
Mar 29, 2015 vs FLA L 2-4 L 36 33 3 0.917 59:11
Mar 28, 2015 @ TOR L 3-4 (OT) OTL 31 27 4 0.871 63:17
Mar 10, 2015 vs BOS L 1-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 58:04
Mar 8, 2015 vs CGY W 5-4 (SO) W 46 42 4 0.913 65:00
Jan 21, 2015 vs TOR W 4-3 W 40 37 3 0.925 59:48
Jan 20, 2015 @ NYR L 2-3 (OT) OTL 35 32 3 0.914 62:49
Jan 17, 2015 vs CAR L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:41
Jan 15, 2015 vs MTL W 4-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 10, 2015 @ ARI W 5-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 59:58
Jan 8, 2015 @ COL L 2-5 L 9 6 3 0.667 26:49
Jan 6, 2015 @ PHI L 1-2 (SO) OTL 34 33 1 0.971 65:00
Jan 3, 2015 @ BOS W 3-2 (OT) W 28 26 2 0.929 60:42
Dec 29, 2014 vs BUF W 5-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Dec 27, 2014 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) OTL 27 24 3 0.889 63:52
Dec 22, 2014 @ WSH L 1-2 L 23 21 2 0.913 58:02
Dec 19, 2014 vs ANA W 6-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 59:53
Dec 17, 2014 @ NJD W 2-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 11, 2014 vs LAK L 3-5 L 35 31 4 0.886 58:54
Dec 7, 2014 vs VAN W 4-3 (OT) W 33 30 3 0.909 60:57
Dec 6, 2014 @ PIT L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:06
Dec 4, 2014 vs NYI L 1-2 L 25 23 2 0.920 58:47
Dec 2, 2014 @ NYI L 2-3 (OT) OTL 28 25 3 0.893 63:06
Nov 28, 2014 @ FLA L 2-3 L 46 43 3 0.935 58:38
Nov 24, 2014 @ DET L 3-4 L 43 39 4 0.907 58:57
Nov 15, 2014 @ CGY L 2-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 58:25
Nov 13, 2014 @ EDM W 4-3 (OT) W 37 34 3 0.919 62:32
Nov 11, 2014 @ VAN L 3-4 (OT) OTL 37 33 4 0.892 64:05
Nov 8, 2014 vs WPG L 1-2 (SO) OTL 37 36 1 0.973 64:57
Nov 6, 2014 vs MIN W 3-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 4, 2014 vs DET W 3-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Oct 30, 2014 vs CHI L 4-5 (SO) OTL 39 35 4 0.897 64:30
Oct 26, 2014 @ CHI L 1-2 L 45 43 2 0.956 59:28
Oct 16, 2014 vs COL W 5-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Oct 13, 2014 @ FLA W 1-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 59:44
Oct 9, 2014 @ NSH L 2-3 L 37 34 3 0.919 59:19