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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ben Bishop TBL · 61 GP, 0.926 Roberto Luongo FLA · 62 GP, 0.922 Corey Crawford CHI · 58 GP, 0.924 Cory Schneider NJD · 58 GP, 0.924 Marc-Andre Fleury PIT · 58 GP, 0.921

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

2015-16 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
60 60 312354 1915 1754 161 2.78 0.916

Contract

$4.2MCap hitends in 2018, then UFA
$539KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.8 goals above replacement
$2.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.8MValueworth 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 58 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 2017-18, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $4.2M
2016-17 $4.2M
2017-18 $4.2M

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+7.8Goals above replacement35th of 58 goalies
+1.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-7.8Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 58 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

-7.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
153.2Expected goals againstfrom 2,598 unblocked attempts
161Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.916Save %0.920 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 57 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 -0.14 above expected per 60 minutes26th
Shot difficulty 5.9% chance per attempt faced26thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 57 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Game 60Allowed 161Expected 153.2

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, 2016 vs FLA W 3-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Mar 31, 2016 @ MIN W 3-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Mar 26, 2016 vs ANA L 3-4 (OT) OTL 39 35 4 0.897 62:38
Mar 22, 2016 vs WSH L 2-4 L 21 18 3 0.857 58:40
Mar 18, 2016 @ BUF L 1-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 59:11
Mar 15, 2016 vs MIN W 3-2 (OT) W 25 23 2 0.920 62:56
Mar 12, 2016 vs TOR W 4-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 59:52
Mar 10, 2016 @ FLA L 2-6 L 31 25 6 0.806 60:00
Mar 1, 2016 vs STL L 3-4 (SO) 31 28 3 0.903 33:41
Feb 27, 2016 @ CGY W 6-4 W 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Feb 25, 2016 @ VAN L 3-5 L 35 31 4 0.886 58:28
Feb 23, 2016 @ EDM W 4-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 59:56
Feb 20, 2016 vs DET W 3-2 (SO) W 31 29 2 0.935 65:00
Feb 18, 2016 vs CAR W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 59:55
Feb 16, 2016 vs BUF W 2-1 (SO) W 39 38 1 0.974 64:49
Feb 13, 2016 @ CBJ L 2-4 L 39 36 3 0.923 58:25
Feb 10, 2016 @ DET L 1-3 L 28 26 2 0.929 57:52
Feb 8, 2016 vs TBL W 5-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Feb 6, 2016 vs TOR W 6-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 59:58
Feb 4, 2016 vs EDM L 2-7 L 10 7 3 0.700 11:41
Feb 2, 2016 @ PIT L 5-6 L 44 38 6 0.864 58:29
Jan 26, 2016 vs BUF L 2-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 57:42
Jan 24, 2016 vs NYR W 3-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 59:38
Jan 21, 2016 @ NJD L 3-6 L 7 3 4 0.429 13:56
Jan 18, 2016 @ SJS W 4-3 (SO) W 35 32 3 0.914 65:00
Jan 16, 2016 @ LAK W 5-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Jan 13, 2016 @ ANA L 1-4 L 38 34 4 0.895 59:49
Jan 9, 2016 vs BOS W 2-1 (OT) W 34 33 1 0.971 64:22
Jan 7, 2016 vs FLA L 2-3 L 16 13 3 0.813 57:54
Jan 3, 2016 @ CHI L 0-3 L 29 27 2 0.931 58:44
Dec 29, 2015 @ BOS L 3-7 L 37 30 7 0.811 60:00
Dec 27, 2015 vs BOS W 3-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Dec 22, 2015 @ FLA L 1-2 (SO) OTL 40 39 1 0.975 65:00
Dec 18, 2015 vs SJS W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Dec 14, 2015 vs LAK W 5-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 59:43
Dec 12, 2015 @ MTL L 1-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 26:25
Dec 10, 2015 @ TBL L 1-4 L 29 26 3 0.897 57:53
Dec 8, 2015 @ FLA W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Dec 6, 2015 @ NYR L 1-4 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:20
Dec 5, 2015 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) W 31 29 2 0.935 61:14
Dec 3, 2015 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) W 38 35 3 0.921 60:30
Dec 1, 2015 vs PHI L 2-4 L 32 29 3 0.906 58:38
Nov 28, 2015 @ ARI L 3-4 L 19 15 4 0.789 58:26
Nov 25, 2015 @ COL W 5-3 W 43 40 3 0.930 60:00
Nov 24, 2015 @ DAL W 7-4 W 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Nov 21, 2015 vs PHI W 4-0 W, SO 36 36 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 19, 2015 vs CBJ W 3-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 59:55
Nov 16, 2015 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) OTL 37 33 4 0.892 62:04
Nov 14, 2015 vs NYR L 1-2 (SO) OTL 34 33 1 0.971 65:00
Nov 10, 2015 @ NSH L 5-7 L 38 31 7 0.816 57:14
Nov 5, 2015 vs WPG W 3-2 (SO) W 40 38 2 0.950 65:00
Nov 3, 2015 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) W 37 36 1 0.973 60:34
Oct 31, 2015 vs DET L 3-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 59:11
Oct 28, 2015 vs CGY W 5-4 (SO) W 38 34 4 0.895 64:30
Oct 24, 2015 vs ARI L 1-4 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:39
Oct 17, 2015 vs NSH L 3-4 (SO) OTL 25 22 3 0.880 65:00
Oct 15, 2015 @ PIT L 0-2 L 36 34 2 0.944 58:27
Oct 14, 2015 @ CBJ W 7-3 W 41 38 3 0.927 59:49
Oct 10, 2015 @ TOR W 5-4 (SO) W 41 37 4 0.902 65:00
Oct 8, 2015 @ BUF W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00