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Ryan Miller

#30 · Goalie · Anaheim Ducks

Born Jul 17, 1980 in East Lansing, Michigan, USA · 6'2", 170 lb · Catches left · Drafted 138th overall in 1999 by BUF (round 5)

Trophy case

NHL Foundation Player Award Community Service 2009-10
Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 2009-10

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.

Brian Elliott STL · 46 GP, 0.917 Henrik Lundqvist NYR · 46 GP, 0.922 Eddie Lack VAN · 41 GP, 0.921 Jhonas Enroth DAL · 50 GP, 0.904 Ondrej Pavelec WPG · 50 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: 15 games1502-032003-04: 3 games32005-06: 48 games4805-062006-07: 63 games632007-08: 76 games7607-082008-09: 59 games592009-10: 69 games6909-102010-11: 66 games662011-12: 61 games6111-122012-13: 40 games402013-14: 59 games5913-142014-15: 45 games452015-16: 51 games5115-162016-17: 54 games542017-18: 28 games2817-182018-19: 20 games202019-20: 23 games2319-202020-21: 16 games16

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 BUF 15 68101 410 370 40 2.63 0.902
2003-04 BUF 3 03000 73 58 15 5.06 0.795
2005-06 BUF 48 3014031 1440 1316 124 2.60 0.914 $502K
2006-07 BUF 63 4016062 1886 1718 168 2.73 0.911 $2.667M
2007-08 BUF 76 36270103 2104 1907 197 2.64 0.906 $2.667M
2008-09 BUF 59 3418065 1773 1628 145 2.53 0.918 $2.667M
2009-10 BUF 69 4118085 2098 1948 150 2.22 0.929 $6.25M
2010-11 BUF 66 3422085 1964 1799 165 2.59 0.916 $6.25M
2011-12 BUF 61 3121076 1788 1638 150 2.54 0.916 $6.25M
2012-13 BUF 40 1717050 1270 1162 108 2.81 0.915 $6.25M
2013-14 BUF 40 1522030 1411 1303 108 2.72 0.923 $6.25M
2013-14 STL 19 108011 474 428 46 2.47 0.903
2014-15 VAN 45 2915016 1198 1091 107 2.53 0.911 $6M
2015-16 VAN 51 1724091 1634 1497 137 2.70 0.916 $6M
2016-17 VAN 54 1829064 1737 1587 150 2.80 0.914 $6M
2017-18 ANA 28 126064 739 686 53 2.35 0.928 $2M
2018-19 ANA 20 87021 578 527 51 2.76 0.912 $2M
2019-20 ANA 23 96040 685 621 64 3.10 0.907 $1.125M
2020-21 ANA 16 48020 432 381 51 3.51 0.882 $1M
18 seasons Career 796 39128918745 23694 21665 2029 2.64 0.914

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2005-06 BUF 18 11701 522 474 48 2.56 0.908
2006-07 BUF 16 9700 489 451 38 2.22 0.922
2009-10 BUF 6 2400 204 189 15 2.35 0.926
2010-11 BUF 7 3402 242 222 20 2.93 0.917
2013-14 STL 6 2400 185 166 19 2.70 0.897
2014-15 VAN 3 1100 67 61 6 2.31 0.910
2017-18 ANA 1 0000 12 9 3 9.00 0.750
7 seasons Playoffs 57 282703 1721 1572 149 2.52 0.913

2014-15 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
45 45 291516 1198 1091 107 2.53 0.911

Contract

$6MCap hitends in 2017, then UFA
$663KCap dollars per goal above replacement9.0 goals above replacement
$2.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.5MValueworth 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 2016-17, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2014-15 $6M
2015-16 $6M
2016-17 $6M

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
2020-21 to 2020-21 $1M
2019-20 to 2019-20 $1.125M
2017-18 to 2018-19 $2M
2014-15 to 2016-17 $6M
2009-10 to 2013-14 $6.25M
2006-07 to 2008-09 $2.667M
2005-06 to 2005-06 $502K

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

+9.0Goals above replacement28th of 50 goalies
+1.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.7Goals 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. 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.

-1001020302010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

-1.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
105.3Expected goals againstfrom 1,687 unblocked attempts
107Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.911Save %0.912 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 -0.04 above expected per 60 minutes43rd
Shot difficulty 6.2% chance per attempt faced65thA 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.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Allowed 107Expected 105.3

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 11, 2015 vs EDM W 6-5 (OT) W 28 23 5 0.821 62:29
Feb 22, 2015 @ NYI W 4-0 W 10 10 0 1.000 20:58
Feb 19, 2015 @ NYR W 5-4 (SO) W 34 30 4 0.882 64:08
Feb 14, 2015 @ CGY L 2-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:19
Feb 13, 2015 vs BOS W 5-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Feb 9, 2015 @ MIN L 3-5 L 18 13 5 0.722 27:59
Feb 7, 2015 vs PIT W 5-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 5, 2015 vs SJS L 1-5 L 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Feb 1, 2015 vs MIN L 2-4 L 19 16 3 0.842 57:19
Jan 30, 2015 vs BUF W 5-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Jan 27, 2015 vs ANA L 0-4 L 23 20 3 0.870 57:19
Jan 20, 2015 @ TBL L 1-4 L 25 22 3 0.880 57:56
Jan 19, 2015 @ FLA W 2-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Jan 16, 2015 @ CAR W 3-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 59:48
Jan 15, 2015 @ PHI W 4-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 8, 2015 vs FLA L 1-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 58:23
Jan 3, 2015 vs DET W 4-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 59:51
Jan 1, 2015 vs LAK L 2-3 L 40 37 3 0.925 58:58
Dec 30, 2014 @ SJS W 3-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Dec 28, 2014 @ ANA L 1-2 (OT) OTL 31 29 2 0.935 62:42
Dec 22, 2014 vs ARI W 7-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 59:51
Dec 20, 2014 vs CGY W 3-2 (OT) W 28 26 2 0.929 60:18
Dec 13, 2014 vs NYR L 1-5 L 23 18 5 0.783 59:56
Dec 9, 2014 @ MTL L 1-3 L 24 22 2 0.917 59:11
Dec 6, 2014 @ TOR L 2-5 L 14 10 4 0.714 25:39
Dec 2, 2014 @ WSH W 4-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Nov 30, 2014 @ DET L 3-5 L 29 25 4 0.862 57:51
Nov 28, 2014 @ CBJ W 5-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 25, 2014 vs NJD W 2-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 23, 2014 vs CHI W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Nov 19, 2014 @ EDM W 5-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Nov 14, 2014 vs ARI L 0-5 L 23 18 5 0.783 59:59
Nov 11, 2014 vs OTT W 4-3 (OT) W 24 21 3 0.875 64:05
Nov 8, 2014 @ LAK L 1-5 L 22 18 4 0.818 40:00
Nov 6, 2014 @ SJS W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Nov 4, 2014 @ COL W 5-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 59:54
Nov 1, 2014 @ EDM W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Oct 30, 2014 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) W 25 23 2 0.920 62:45
Oct 28, 2014 vs CAR W 4-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Oct 26, 2014 vs WSH W 4-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Oct 23, 2014 @ STL W 4-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Oct 21, 2014 @ DAL L 3-6 L 13 8 5 0.615 21:17
Oct 17, 2014 @ EDM W 2-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 11, 2014 vs EDM W 5-4 (SO) W 29 25 4 0.862 64:36
Oct 8, 2014 @ CGY W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00