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Peter Budaj

#31 · Goalie · Los Angeles Kings

Born Sep 18, 1982 in Banská Bystrica, SVK · 6'1", 196 lb · Catches left · Drafted 63rd overall in 2001 by COL (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2005-06. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Curtis Sanford STL · 34 GP, 0.908 Martin Biron BUF · 35 GP, 0.905 Sean Burke TBL · 35 GP, 0.895 Pascal Leclaire CBJ · 33 GP, 0.911 Cristobal Huet MTL · 36 GP, 0.929

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.

02040602005-06: 34 games3405-062006-07: 57 games5706-072007-08: 35 games3507-082008-09: 56 games5608-092009-10: 15 games1509-102010-11: 45 games4510-112011-12: 17 games1711-122012-13: 13 games1312-132013-14: 24 games2413-142015-16: 1 games115-162016-17: 60 games6016-172017-18: 8 games817-182018-19: 3 games318-19

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
2005-06 COL 34 141062 864 778 86 2.86 0.900
2006-07 COL 57 311663 1499 1356 143 2.68 0.905 $700K
2007-08 COL 35 161040 849 767 82 2.57 0.903 $700K
2008-09 COL 56 202952 1531 1377 154 2.86 0.899 $700K
2009-10 COL 15 5521 386 354 32 2.64 0.917 $1.25M
2010-11 COL 45 152141 1234 1104 130 3.20 0.895 $1.25M
2011-12 MTL 17 5750 508 464 44 2.55 0.913 $1.15M
2012-13 MTL 13 8111 273 248 25 2.28 0.908 $1.15M
2013-14 MTL 24 10831 615 559 56 2.51 0.909 $1.4M
2015-16 LAK 1 1000 28 24 4 3.85 0.857 $575K
2016-17 LAK 53 272037 1286 1179 107 2.12 0.917 $600K
2016-17 TBL 7 3100 128 115 13 2.80 0.898
2017-18 TBL 8 3310 217 190 27 3.76 0.876 $1.025M
2018-19 LAK 3 0100 33 27 6 5.02 0.818 $1.025M
13 seasons Career 368 1581324018 9451 8542 909 2.70 0.904

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 COL 3 0000 65 59 6 3.35 0.908
2009-10 COL 1 0000 4 3 1 6.72 0.750
2012-13 MTL 2 0200 31 24 7 6.72 0.774
2013-14 MTL 1 0000 8 5 3 9.00 0.625
4 seasons Playoffs 7 0200 108 91 17 5.13 0.843

2005-06 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
34 29 141062 864 778 86 2.86 0.900

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2017-18 to 2018-19 $1.025M
2016-17 to 2016-17 $600K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $575K
2013-14 to 2014-15 $1.4M
2011-12 to 2012-13 $1.15M
2010-11 to 2010-11 $1.25M
2009-10 to 2009-10 $1.25M
2006-07 to 2008-09 $700K

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 2005-06 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.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 9, 2006 vs MIN L 2-5 3 1 2 0.333 05:17
Apr 8, 2006 vs STL W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 59:35
Apr 5, 2006 vs SJS L 1-2 L 32 30 2 0.938 59:29
Apr 3, 2006 vs CHI W 4-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 58:54
Mar 31, 2006 @ CGY L 3-6 L 29 23 6 0.793 52:06
Mar 28, 2006 vs ANA W 4-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 59:53
Mar 26, 2006 vs EDM L 3-4 (SO) OTL 27 24 3 0.889 64:54
Mar 25, 2006 @ STL W 3-2 (OT) W 28 26 2 0.929 60:57
Mar 22, 2006 @ ANA L 4-5 (OT) OTL 36 31 5 0.861 63:22
Mar 20, 2006 @ LAK W 5-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 19, 2006 @ SJS L 5-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 59:10
Mar 13, 2006 @ CGY L 3-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 58:54
Mar 12, 2006 vs CGY W 3-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 59:16
Mar 9, 2006 @ CHI W 2-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Mar 4, 2006 @ DAL L 3-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Feb 10, 2006 @ CBJ W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Jan 26, 2006 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) OTL 30 28 2 0.933 65:00
Jan 24, 2006 vs CGY W 7-4 0 0 0 0.000 00:32
Dec 31, 2005 @ PHX W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Dec 28, 2005 vs LAK L 3-5 4 2 2 0.500 11:05
Dec 26, 2005 vs PHX W 7-4 W 28 26 2 0.929 56:31
Dec 23, 2005 @ MIN L 3-5 L 24 19 5 0.792 60:00
Dec 22, 2005 vs MIN W 4-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 59:54
Dec 17, 2005 @ NYI L 4-5 6 6 0 1.000 14:17
Dec 4, 2005 vs BUF L 4-6 L 13 12 1 0.923 39:01
Nov 23, 2005 @ DET L 3-7 L 28 22 6 0.786 59:39
Nov 21, 2005 vs CGY L 2-3 (SO) OTL 34 32 2 0.941 64:41
Nov 18, 2005 @ ANA W 3-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 59:55
Nov 16, 2005 @ PHX W 3-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Nov 12, 2005 @ CGY L 3-5 L 16 14 2 0.875 42:45
Nov 5, 2005 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) OTL 35 33 2 0.943 64:34
Oct 22, 2005 @ VAN L 4-6 L 22 17 5 0.773 58:31
Oct 14, 2005 vs CHI L 2-3 (SO) OTL 40 38 2 0.950 64:36
Oct 8, 2005 @ DAL W 3-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00