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Cam Ward

#30 · Goalie · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Feb 29, 1984 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'1", 194 lb · Catches left · Drafted 25th overall in 2002 by CAR (round 1)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2005-06
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 2005-06

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2008-09. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Henrik Lundqvist NYR · 70 GP, 0.916 Niklas Backstrom MIN · 71 GP, 0.923 Ilya Bryzgalov PHX · 65 GP, 0.906 Dwayne Roloson EDM · 63 GP, 0.915 Marty Turco DAL · 74 GP, 0.898

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: 28 games2805-062006-07: 60 games6006-072007-08: 69 games6907-082008-09: 68 games6808-092009-10: 47 games4709-102010-11: 74 games7410-112011-12: 68 games6811-122012-13: 17 games1712-132013-14: 30 games3013-142014-15: 51 games5114-152015-16: 52 games5215-162016-17: 61 games6116-172017-18: 43 games4317-182018-19: 33 games3318-19

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 CAR 28 14820 773 682 91 3.68 0.882
2006-07 CAR 60 302162 1625 1458 167 2.93 0.897
2007-08 CAR 69 372554 1870 1690 180 2.75 0.904 $2.667M
2008-09 CAR 68 392356 1901 1741 160 2.44 0.916 $2.667M
2009-10 CAR 47 182350 1409 1290 119 2.69 0.916 $2.667M
2010-11 CAR 74 3726104 2375 2191 184 2.56 0.923 $6.3M
2011-12 CAR 68 3023135 2143 1961 182 2.74 0.915 $6.3M
2012-13 CAR 17 9610 477 433 44 2.84 0.908 $6.3M
2013-14 CAR 30 101260 824 740 84 3.06 0.898 $6.3M
2014-15 CAR 51 222451 1351 1230 121 2.40 0.910 $6.3M
2015-16 CAR 52 2317101 1343 1221 122 2.41 0.909 $6.3M
2016-17 CAR 61 2622122 1711 1549 162 2.69 0.905 $3.3M
2017-18 CAR 43 231442 1187 1075 112 2.73 0.906 $3.3M
2018-19 CHI 33 161240 1113 998 115 3.67 0.897 $3M
14 seasons Career 701 3342568827 20102 18259 1843 2.74 0.908

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 CAR 23 15802 584 537 47 2.14 0.920
2008-09 CAR 18 81002 576 527 49 2.67 0.915
2 seasons Playoffs 41 231804 1160 1064 96 2.38 0.917

2008-09 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
68 68 392356 1901 1741 160 2.44 0.916

Contract

$2.667MCap hitends in 2010, then RFA

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 2009-10, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2008-09 $2.667M
2009-10 $2.667M

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
2018-19 to 2018-19 $3M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $3.3M
2010-11 to 2015-16 $6.3M
2007-08 to 2009-10 $2.667M

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 2008-09 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, 2009 vs BUF L 1-5 L 13 9 4 0.692 30:13
Apr 7, 2009 vs NYI W 9-0 W, SO 12 12 0 1.000 59:58
Apr 4, 2009 vs PIT W 3-2 (OT) W 35 33 2 0.943 61:11
Apr 2, 2009 vs NYR W 4-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Mar 28, 2009 @ NJD W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Mar 25, 2009 vs OTT W 2-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Mar 23, 2009 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) W 39 37 2 0.949 61:37
Mar 21, 2009 vs WSH W 4-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Mar 20, 2009 vs NYI W 5-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Mar 18, 2009 vs NJD W 4-2 W 43 41 2 0.953 59:59
Mar 14, 2009 @ WSH L 4-5 (SO) OTL 31 27 4 0.871 64:33
Mar 12, 2009 @ DAL L 2-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 58:53
Mar 11, 2009 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) OTL 41 39 2 0.951 64:10
Mar 9, 2009 vs NYR W 3-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 7, 2009 @ TBL W 9-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 59:57
Mar 6, 2009 vs CGY W 6-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Mar 3, 2009 @ WSH W 5-2 W 41 39 2 0.951 60:00
Feb 28, 2009 @ ATL L 3-5 L 31 27 4 0.871 58:44
Feb 26, 2009 vs BUF W 2-1 (SO) W 37 36 1 0.973 64:51
Feb 24, 2009 @ OTT L 2-4 L 9 6 3 0.667 20:00
Feb 22, 2009 vs COL W 5-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 59:49
Feb 20, 2009 vs TBL W 4-1 W 13 12 1 0.923 59:32
Feb 19, 2009 @ NYI W 6-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Feb 17, 2009 vs BOS L 1-5 L 33 29 4 0.879 59:03
Feb 15, 2009 @ BUF W 3-0 W, SO 36 36 0 1.000 58:45
Feb 14, 2009 vs CBJ L 1-5 L 19 15 4 0.789 59:53
Feb 12, 2009 vs FLA L 0-5 L 13 9 4 0.692 29:30
Feb 7, 2009 @ PHX W 7-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 59:50
Feb 3, 2009 @ VAN L 3-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 59:04
Jan 31, 2009 vs ATL W 2-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 59:57
Jan 29, 2009 vs TBL W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 59:44
Jan 27, 2009 @ NYR L 2-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 59:31
Jan 20, 2009 @ PIT W 2-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Jan 19, 2009 @ TOR W 2-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 59:59
Jan 17, 2009 @ BUF L 1-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 56:37
Jan 15, 2009 vs TOR L 4-6 L 23 18 5 0.783 58:33
Jan 13, 2009 @ OTT L 1-5 L 40 35 5 0.875 60:00
Jan 10, 2009 @ BOS L 1-5 L 12 9 3 0.750 23:27
Jan 8, 2009 @ FLA L 2-4 L 30 27 3 0.900 59:13
Jan 6, 2009 vs NJD W 3-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Jan 3, 2009 @ TBL W 3-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Jan 2, 2009 vs STL W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Dec 31, 2008 vs ATL W 3-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Dec 27, 2008 vs BOS L 2-4 L 21 18 3 0.857 58:59
Dec 26, 2008 @ ATL W 5-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Dec 21, 2008 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) W 28 26 2 0.929 61:43
Dec 20, 2008 @ BOS L 2-4 L 35 32 3 0.914 59:00
Dec 18, 2008 vs FLA W 2-1 (OT) W 20 19 1 0.950 64:16
Dec 16, 2008 vs MTL W 3-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 59:34
Dec 13, 2008 @ NYR L 2-3 (SO) OTL 29 27 2 0.931 64:55
Nov 30, 2008 vs ANA L 1-4 13 12 1 0.923 20:00
Nov 28, 2008 @ PHI W 3-2 (OT) W 26 24 2 0.923 63:53
Nov 26, 2008 vs PHI L 1-3 L 26 24 2 0.923 58:20
Nov 23, 2008 vs NSH L 2-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Nov 21, 2008 vs PHX W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 59:52
Nov 18, 2008 vs MTL W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:30
Nov 16, 2008 vs TBL W 3-2 (SO) W 28 26 2 0.929 64:53
Nov 14, 2008 @ ATL L 2-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 58:14
Nov 9, 2008 vs ATL L 2-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 60:00
Nov 6, 2008 @ WSH L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:49
Nov 4, 2008 @ TOR W 5-4 (OT) W 42 38 4 0.905 61:42
Nov 1, 2008 vs EDM L 1-3 L 31 29 2 0.935 59:35
Oct 30, 2008 @ STL W 1-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 28, 2008 @ MTL L 2-3 (SO) OTL 25 23 2 0.920 65:00
Oct 25, 2008 @ NYI W 4-3 W 60 57 3 0.950 60:00
Oct 17, 2008 @ LAK L 3-4 (OT) OTL 24 20 4 0.833 63:21
Oct 13, 2008 vs DET L 1-3 L 35 33 2 0.943 59:11
Oct 10, 2008 vs FLA W 6-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 59:43