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Dan Ellis

#39 · Goalie · Florida Panthers

Born Jun 19, 1980 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'1", 195 lb · Catches left · Drafted 60th overall in 2000 by DAL (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Johan Hedberg NJD · 19 GP, 0.883 Justin Peters CAR · 19 GP, 0.891 Scott Clemmensen FLA · 19 GP, 0.874 Ben Scrivens TOR · 20 GP, 0.915 Roberto Luongo VAN · 20 GP, 0.907

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.

0102030402003-04: 1 games103-042007-08: 44 games4407-082008-09: 35 games3508-092009-10: 31 games3109-102010-11: 44 games4410-112011-12: 10 games1011-122012-13: 19 games1912-132013-14: 20 games2013-142014-15: 8 games814-15

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2003-04 DAL 1 1000 28 25 3 3.00 0.893
2007-08 NSH 44 231036 1147 1060 87 2.34 0.924 $500K
2008-09 NSH 35 111943 963 867 96 2.93 0.900 $1.75M
2009-10 NSH 31 151311 848 771 77 2.69 0.909 $1.75M
2010-11 TBL 31 13762 741 659 82 2.93 0.889 $1.5M
2010-11 ANA 13 8310 348 319 29 2.39 0.917
2011-12 ANA 10 1500 214 195 19 2.72 0.911 $1.5M
2012-13 CAR 19 6821 555 503 52 3.13 0.906 $800K
2013-14 DAL 14 5601 349 314 35 3.04 0.900 $900K
2013-14 FLA 6 0500 165 138 27 4.80 0.836
2014-15 FLA 8 4311 221 202 19 2.34 0.914 $900K
9 seasons Career 212 87791815 5579 5053 526 2.79 0.906

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2007-08 NSH 6 2400 240 225 15 2.52 0.938
2010-11 ANA 1 0100 24 20 4 5.86 0.833
2 seasons Playoffs 7 2500 264 245 19 2.87 0.928

2012-13 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
19 16 6821 555 503 52 3.13 0.906

Contract

$800KCap hitends in 2013, then RFA
$141KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.7 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2012-13, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2012-13 $800K

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
2013-14 to 2014-15 $900K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $800K
2010-11 to 2011-12 $1.5M
2008-09 to 2009-10 $1.75M
2007-08 to 2007-08 $500K

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+5.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-10-505102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

+0.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
52.3Expected goals againstfrom 763 unblocked attempts
52Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.906Save %0.906 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 54 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 minutes50th
Shot difficulty 6.9% chance per attempt faced87thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 54 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

02040Game 10Expected 52.3Allowed 52

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 25, 2013 vs NYR L 3-4 (OT) OTL 38 34 4 0.895 62:55
Apr 23, 2013 vs NYI W 4-3 (SO) W 39 36 3 0.923 65:00
Apr 21, 2013 @ TBL W 3-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Apr 8, 2013 @ BOS L 2-6 L 32 28 4 0.875 51:59
Apr 6, 2013 vs NYR L 1-4 L 30 27 3 0.900 39:20
Apr 4, 2013 vs TBL L 0-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Apr 2, 2013 vs WSH L 3-5 7 4 3 0.571 24:26
Mar 21, 2013 vs NJD L 1-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 59:09
Mar 19, 2013 vs FLA L 1-4 L 43 40 3 0.930 59:00
Mar 18, 2013 @ NYR L 1-2 (SO) OTL 36 35 1 0.972 65:00
Mar 14, 2013 vs WSH L 2-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 58:30
Mar 9, 2013 vs NJD W 6-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Mar 3, 2013 @ FLA W 3-2 21 19 2 0.905 31:04
Feb 23, 2013 vs TBL L 2-5 L 39 34 5 0.872 60:00
Feb 14, 2013 vs TOR W 3-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Feb 2, 2013 @ PHI L 3-5 L 12 8 4 0.667 20:52
Feb 1, 2013 vs OTT W 1-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 59:51
Jan 25, 2013 @ BUF W 3-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Jan 19, 2013 @ FLA L 1-5 13 12 1 0.923 39:58