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Josh Harding

#37 · Goalie · Minnesota Wild

Born Jun 18, 1984 in Regina, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'2", 194 lb · Catches right · Drafted 38th overall in 2002 by MIN (round 2)

Trophy case

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Perseverance, Sportsmanship and Dedication 2012-13

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

James Reimer TOR · 34 GP, 0.900 Ray Emery CHI · 34 GP, 0.900 Cory Schneider VAN · 33 GP, 0.937 Curtis Sanford CBJ · 36 GP, 0.911 Jean-Sebastien Giguere COL · 32 GP, 0.919

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

01020302005-06: 3 games305-062006-07: 7 games706-072007-08: 29 games2907-082008-09: 19 games1908-092009-10: 25 games2509-102011-12: 34 games3411-122012-13: 5 games512-132013-14: 29 games2913-14

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2005-06 MIN 3 2101 83 75 8 2.59 0.904
2006-07 MIN 7 3211 174 167 7 1.16 0.960
2007-08 MIN 29 111521 838 761 77 2.94 0.908
2008-09 MIN 19 3910 453 421 32 2.21 0.929
2009-10 MIN 25 91201 692 626 66 3.05 0.905
2011-12 MIN 34 131242 981 900 81 2.62 0.917
2012-13 MIN 5 1101 73 63 10 3.24 0.863
2013-14 MIN 29 18733 690 644 46 1.66 0.933
8 seasons Career 151 60591110 3984 3657 327 2.45 0.918

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 MIN 1 0000 11 11 0 0.00 1.000
2012-13 MIN 5 1400 135 123 12 2.94 0.911
2 seasons Playoffs 6 1400 146 134 12 2.72 0.918

2011-12 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
34 30 131242 981 900 81 2.62 0.917

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+10.7Goals above replacement27th of 48 goalies
+1.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.2Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 48 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-50510152011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

+2.2Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
83.2Expected goals againstfrom 1,368 unblocked attempts
81Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.917Save %0.915 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 47 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 +0.07 above expected per 60 minutes66th
Shot difficulty 6.1% chance per attempt faced40thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 47 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

020406080Game 10Game 20Game 30Expected 83.2Allowed 81

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 5, 2012 vs CHI W 2-1 (SO) W 23 22 1 0.957 64:48
Apr 1, 2012 @ CHI W 5-4 (SO) W 35 31 4 0.886 65:00
Mar 27, 2012 vs NYR L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 58:38
Mar 24, 2012 @ BUF L 1-3 L 36 34 2 0.944 59:41
Mar 22, 2012 vs CGY W 3-2 (SO) W 29 27 2 0.931 64:49
Mar 19, 2012 vs VAN W 2-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 59:44
Mar 8, 2012 @ PHX W 3-2 (SO) 24 24 0 1.000 31:38
Mar 6, 2012 @ COL L 1-7 18 15 3 0.833 24:28
Mar 2, 2012 @ DET L 0-6 L 29 23 6 0.793 45:30
Mar 1, 2012 @ MTL L 4-5 (SO) OTL 22 19 3 0.864 60:30
Feb 18, 2012 @ STL L 0-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Feb 14, 2012 vs ANA L 1-2 L 25 23 2 0.920 58:05
Jan 31, 2012 vs NSH L 4-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 59:40
Jan 21, 2012 vs DAL W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Jan 17, 2012 @ PHI L 1-5 L 34 29 5 0.853 60:00
Jan 14, 2012 @ STL L 2-3 (SO) OTL 49 47 2 0.959 65:00
Jan 12, 2012 @ CHI L 2-5 L 21 17 4 0.810 36:27
Jan 10, 2012 vs SJS W 5-4 (SO) W 38 34 4 0.895 65:00
Jan 4, 2012 @ VAN L 0-3 L 34 32 2 0.941 58:43
Dec 28, 2011 @ NSH L 1-2 (SO) OTL 25 24 1 0.960 64:55
Dec 20, 2011 @ CGY L 1-2 L 30 28 2 0.933 58:57
Dec 6, 2011 @ SJS W 2-1 8 7 1 0.875 01:11
Dec 4, 2011 @ ANA W 5-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Dec 2, 2011 vs NJD W 4-2 22 22 0 1.000 40:00
Nov 27, 2011 vs CGY L 2-5 27 25 2 0.926 51:15
Nov 25, 2011 vs EDM L 2-5 L 28 24 4 0.857 59:36
Nov 23, 2011 vs NSH W 3-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 59:28
Nov 19, 2011 vs STL W 3-2 (SO) W 27 25 2 0.926 64:55
Nov 12, 2011 @ LAK L 2-5 L 21 17 4 0.810 31:44
Nov 5, 2011 vs STL W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Nov 3, 2011 vs VAN W 5-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Nov 1, 2011 @ DET W 2-1 (OT) W 37 36 1 0.973 61:04
Oct 29, 2011 vs DET W 1-0 W, SO 36 36 0 1.000 59:55
Oct 15, 2011 vs DET L 2-3 (OT) OTL 41 38 3 0.927 64:11