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Kari Lehtonen

#32 · Goalie · Dallas Stars

Born Nov 16, 1983 in Helsinki, FIN · 6'4", 209 lb · Catches left · Drafted 2nd overall in 2002 by ATL (round 1)

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.

Tim Thomas BOS · 38 GP, 0.917 Ray Emery OTT · 39 GP, 0.902 Jussi Markkanen EDM · 37 GP, 0.880 Vesa Toskala SJS · 37 GP, 0.901 Robert Esche PHI · 40 GP, 0.897

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.

02040602003-04: 4 games403-042005-06: 38 games3805-062006-07: 67 games6706-072007-08: 48 games4807-082008-09: 46 games4608-092009-10: 12 games1209-102010-11: 69 games6910-112011-12: 59 games5911-122012-13: 36 games3612-132013-14: 65 games6513-142014-15: 65 games6514-152015-16: 43 games4315-162016-17: 59 games5916-172017-18: 37 games3717-18

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 ATL 4 4001 106 101 5 1.25 0.953
2005-06 ATL 38 201502 1123 1017 106 2.94 0.906
2006-07 ATL 67 342484 2075 1892 183 2.79 0.912 $1.85M
2007-08 ATL 48 172254 1560 1429 131 2.90 0.916 $1.85M
2008-09 ATL 46 192233 1498 1364 134 3.06 0.911 $3M
2009-10 DAL 12 6400 350 319 31 2.81 0.911 $3M
2010-11 DAL 69 3424113 2043 1868 175 2.55 0.914 $3.55M
2011-12 DAL 59 322244 1739 1603 136 2.33 0.922 $3.55M
2012-13 DAL 36 151431 1050 962 88 2.66 0.916 $3.55M
2013-14 DAL 65 3320105 1888 1735 153 2.41 0.919 $5.9M
2014-15 DAL 65 3417105 1875 1694 181 2.94 0.903 $5.9M
2015-16 DAL 43 251022 1121 1016 105 2.76 0.906 $5.9M
2016-17 DAL 59 222573 1546 1395 151 2.85 0.902 $5.9M
2017-18 DAL 37 151431 946 863 83 2.56 0.912 $5.9M
14 seasons Career 648 3102336638 18920 17258 1662 2.71 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 %
2006-07 ATL 2 0200 73 62 11 5.59 0.849
2013-14 DAL 6 2401 165 146 19 3.30 0.885
2015-16 DAL 11 6301 257 231 26 2.81 0.899
3 seasons Playoffs 19 8902 495 439 56 3.30 0.887

2005-06 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
38 37 201502 1123 1017 106 2.94 0.906

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2017-18 $5.9M
2010-11 to 2012-13 $3.55M
2009-10 to 2009-10 $3M
2008-09 to 2008-09 $3M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $1.85M

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 6, 2006 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) 16 15 1 0.938 16:32
Apr 5, 2006 @ FLA W 5-2 W 40 38 2 0.950 60:00
Apr 3, 2006 @ OTT L 4-6 L 28 22 6 0.786 48:49
Apr 1, 2006 vs CAR W 5-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Mar 30, 2006 @ TBL L 3-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 58:53
Mar 25, 2006 @ NYI L 1-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 47:20
Mar 23, 2006 vs NJD W 6-5 (OT) W 41 36 5 0.878 61:03
Mar 21, 2006 @ BOS W 5-4 (SO) W 31 27 4 0.871 64:55
Mar 20, 2006 vs BUF W 5-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 18, 2006 vs PHI L 2-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 58:25
Mar 16, 2006 vs NYI W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 12, 2006 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) W 35 33 2 0.943 62:45
Mar 10, 2006 vs OTT L 1-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 59:56
Mar 8, 2006 vs NYR W 3-2 (SO) W 34 32 2 0.941 65:00
Mar 6, 2006 vs FLA W 4-3 (SO) W 40 37 3 0.925 64:56
Mar 4, 2006 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) W 32 30 2 0.938 61:30
Mar 2, 2006 @ BOS L 2-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 59:01
Mar 1, 2006 @ BUF W 4-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Feb 11, 2006 @ MTL W 2-1 (SO) W 27 26 1 0.963 64:55
Feb 9, 2006 @ OTT W 2-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Feb 7, 2006 @ TOR L 1-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Feb 4, 2006 vs FLA W 6-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Feb 3, 2006 @ FLA L 2-5 L 35 32 3 0.914 58:59
Jan 31, 2006 vs BUF L 2-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 59:51
Jan 28, 2006 @ CAR L 1-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:06
Jan 26, 2006 vs CAR L 1-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 59:50
Jan 24, 2006 vs BOS L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 58:18
Jan 21, 2006 vs TBL L 0-2 L 24 22 2 0.917 58:19
Jan 18, 2006 @ DAL W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 13, 2006 vs STL W 2-0 W, SO 37 37 0 1.000 59:45
Jan 11, 2006 vs NSH W 4-3 (SO) W 26 23 3 0.885 64:53
Jan 7, 2006 @ PIT W 4-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Jan 6, 2006 vs PIT W 6-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Jan 4, 2006 @ CAR L 3-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 58:50
Jan 2, 2006 vs OTT W 8-3 13 12 1 0.923 33:41
Jan 1, 2006 @ WSH W 5-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Dec 30, 2005 @ BUF L 1-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:59
Oct 5, 2005 @ FLA L 0-2 6 6 0 1.000 20:00