Jimmy Howard

Born Mar 26, 1984 in Syracuse, New York, USA · 6'1", 218 lb · Catches left · Drafted 64th overall in 2003 by DET (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.

Maxime Ouellet VAN · 4 GP, 0.894

Steve Shields ATL · 5 GP, 0.853

Josh Harding MIN · 3 GP, 0.904

Yann Danis MTL · 6 GP, 0.908

Corey Crawford CHI · 2 GP, 0.878

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.

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

Season	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %	Cap hit
2005-06	DET	4	1	2	0	0	104	94	10	2.99	0.904
2007-08	DET	4	0	2	0	0	95	88	7	2.13	0.926
2008-09	DET	1	0	1	0	0	28	24	4	4.10	0.857	$717K
2009-10	DET	63	37	15	10	3	1849	1708	141	2.26	0.924	$717K
2010-11	DET	63	37	17	5	2	1830	1662	168	2.79	0.908	$717K
2011-12	DET	57	35	17	4	6	1496	1377	119	2.12	0.920	$2.25M
2012-13	DET	42	21	13	7	5	1129	1042	87	2.13	0.923	$2.25M
2013-14	DET	51	21	19	11	2	1482	1349	133	2.66	0.910	$5.292M
2014-15	DET	53	23	13	11	2	1350	1229	121	2.44	0.910	$5.292M
2015-16	DET	37	14	14	5	2	979	887	92	2.80	0.906	$5.292M
2016-17	DET	26	10	11	1	1	675	626	49	2.10	0.927	$5.292M
2017-18	DET	60	22	27	9	1	1770	1610	160	2.85	0.910	$5.292M
2018-19	DET	55	23	22	5	0	1709	1553	156	3.07	0.909	$5.292M
2019-20	DET	27	2	23	2	0	817	721	96	4.20	0.882	$4M
14 seasons	Career	543	246	196	70	24	15313	13970	1343	2.62	0.912

Playoffs

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

Season	Team	GP	W	L	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
2009-10	DET	12	5	7	1	387	354	33	2.75	0.915
2010-11	DET	11	7	4	0	364	336	28	2.49	0.923
2011-12	DET	5	1	4	0	116	103	13	2.64	0.888
2012-13	DET	14	7	7	1	461	426	35	2.44	0.924
2013-14	DET	3	1	2	1	87	81	6	2.02	0.931
2014-15	DET	1	0	0	0	12	11	1	3.00	0.917
2015-16	DET	2	0	2	0	64	57	7	3.59	0.891
7 seasons	Playoffs	48	21	26	3	1491	1368	123	2.58	0.918

2005-06 season totals

GP	Starts	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
4	4	1	2	0	0	104	94	10	2.99	0.904

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed	Signed by	Kind	Seasons	Years	In all	Cap hit
			2019-20 to 2019-20			$4M
			2013-14 to 2018-19			$5.292M
			2011-12 to 2012-13			$2.25M
			2008-09 to 2010-11			$717K

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
Dec 13, 2005	@ ATL	L 6-7		16	13	3	0.813	23:07
Dec 4, 2005	vs NYI	L 1-2	L	28	26	2	0.929	58:46
Dec 1, 2005	vs CGY	L 2-3	L	36	33	3	0.917	58:51
Nov 28, 2005	@ LAK	W 5-2	W	24	22	2	0.917	59:55