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Jaroslav Halak

#41 · Goalie · New York Rangers

Born May 13, 1985 in Bratislava, SVK · 5'11", 189 lb · Catches left · Drafted 271st overall in 2003 by MTL (round 9)

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×2 William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 2019-20, 2011-12

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Corey Crawford CHI · 57 GP, 0.917 Tim Thomas BOS · 57 GP, 0.938 Tomas Vokoun FLA · 57 GP, 0.922 Ondrej Pavelec ATL · 58 GP, 0.914 Martin Brodeur NJD · 56 GP, 0.903

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.

020402006-07: 16 games1606-072007-08: 6 games62008-09: 34 games3408-092009-10: 45 games452010-11: 57 games5710-112011-12: 46 games462012-13: 16 games1612-132013-14: 52 games522014-15: 59 games5914-152015-16: 36 games362016-17: 28 games2816-172017-18: 54 games542018-19: 40 games4018-192019-20: 31 games312020-21: 19 games1920-212021-22: 17 games172022-23: 25 games2522-23

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
2006-07 MTL 16 10602 469 425 44 2.89 0.906
2007-08 MTL 6 2111 151 141 10 2.11 0.934
2008-09 MTL 34 181411 1077 985 92 2.86 0.915 $775K
2009-10 MTL 45 261355 1386 1281 105 2.40 0.924 $775K
2010-11 STL 57 272177 1518 1382 136 2.48 0.910 $3.75M
2011-12 STL 46 261276 1211 1121 90 1.97 0.926 $3.75M
2012-13 STL 16 6513 286 257 29 2.14 0.899 $3.75M
2013-14 STL 40 24944 1002 919 83 2.23 0.917 $3.75M
2013-14 WSH 12 5431 383 356 27 2.31 0.930
2014-15 NYI 59 381746 1673 1529 144 2.43 0.914 $4.5M
2015-16 NYI 36 181343 984 904 80 2.30 0.919 $4.5M
2016-17 NYI 28 12952 885 810 75 2.80 0.915 $4.5M
2017-18 NYI 54 202661 1744 1583 161 3.19 0.908 $4.5M
2018-19 BOS 40 221145 1158 1068 90 2.34 0.922 $2.75M
2019-20 BOS 31 18663 905 832 73 2.39 0.919 $2.75M
2020-21 BOS 19 9642 482 436 46 2.53 0.905 $2.249M
2021-22 VAN 17 4720 400 361 39 2.94 0.903 $1.5M
2022-23 NYR 25 10951 680 614 66 2.72 0.903 $1.55M
17 seasons Career 581 2951896953 16394 15004 1390 2.50 0.915

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 MTL 2 0100 27 24 3 2.33 0.889
2008-09 MTL 1 0000 5 5 0 0.00 1.000
2009-10 MTL 18 9900 562 519 43 2.55 0.923
2011-12 STL 2 1100 46 43 3 1.72 0.935
2014-15 NYI 7 3400 215 199 16 2.30 0.926
2019-20 BOS 8 4400 227 206 21 2.59 0.907
6 seasons Playoffs 38 171900 1082 996 86 2.43 0.921

2010-11 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
57 57 272177 1518 1382 136 2.48 0.910

Contract

$3.75MCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$158KCap dollars per goal above replacement23.8 goals above replacement
$3.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$422KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 29 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2013-14, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $3.75M
2011-12 $3.75M
2012-13 $3.75M
2013-14 $3.75M

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
2022-23 to 2022-23 $1.55M
2021-22 to 2021-22 $1.5M
2020-21 to 2020-21 $2.249M
2018-19 to 2019-20 $2.75M
2014-15 to 2017-18 $4.5M
2010-11 to 2013-14 $3.75M
2008-09 to 2009-10 $775K

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+23.8Goals above replacement11th of 53 goalies
+4.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+9.0Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 53 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. 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.

0102030402010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

+9.0Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
145.0Expected goals againstfrom 2,170 unblocked attempts
136Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.910Save %0.904 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 53 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 +0.16 above expected per 60 minutes70th
Shot difficulty 6.7% chance per attempt faced81stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 53 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Expected 145.0Allowed 136

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 9, 2011 vs NSH W 2-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Apr 5, 2011 vs COL W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Apr 3, 2011 @ CBJ W 6-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Apr 1, 2011 vs CGY L 2-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:08
Mar 30, 2011 @ DET W 10-3 W 44 41 3 0.932 60:00
Mar 29, 2011 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) OTL 28 26 2 0.929 64:43
Mar 24, 2011 vs EDM W 4-0 W, SO 12 12 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 22, 2011 @ PHX L 1-2 L 23 21 2 0.913 58:47
Mar 19, 2011 @ SJS L 3-5 10 7 3 0.700 07:41
Mar 17, 2011 @ LAK W 4-0 W, SO 17 17 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 16, 2011 @ ANA L 1-2 L 24 22 2 0.917 58:34
Mar 12, 2011 vs DET L 3-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 58:14
Mar 10, 2011 vs MTL W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 59:55
Mar 9, 2011 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) W 22 19 3 0.864 60:51
Feb 14, 2011 vs VAN W 3-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Feb 12, 2011 @ MIN L 1-3 L 20 17 3 0.850 28:22
Feb 11, 2011 vs MIN L 4-5 (SO) OTL 27 23 4 0.852 65:00
Feb 8, 2011 @ FLA W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 59:40
Jan 24, 2011 @ COL L 3-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 58:06
Jan 22, 2011 vs CBJ L 2-5 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:02
Jan 20, 2011 vs DET L 3-4 (OT) OTL 29 25 4 0.862 61:40
Jan 18, 2011 vs LAK W 2-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 59:49
Jan 15, 2011 @ SJS L 2-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 58:25
Jan 13, 2011 @ LAK W 3-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Jan 10, 2011 vs PHX L 3-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 59:09
Jan 8, 2011 vs NYR L 1-2 L 24 22 2 0.917 59:44
Jan 6, 2011 @ TOR L 5-6 (SO) 19 15 4 0.789 32:09
Jan 2, 2011 vs DAL L 2-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 58:51
Dec 31, 2010 vs PHX W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Dec 26, 2010 vs NSH W 2-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 23, 2010 vs DET W 4-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 59:54
Dec 20, 2010 vs VAN L 1-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 58:46
Dec 18, 2010 vs SJS L 1-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Dec 15, 2010 @ DET L 2-5 L 36 32 4 0.889 58:52
Dec 11, 2010 vs CAR L 1-2 (SO) OTL 29 28 1 0.966 64:45
Dec 9, 2010 vs CBJ W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 5, 2010 @ VAN W 3-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 59:51
Dec 4, 2010 @ EDM L 1-2 (OT) OTL 26 24 2 0.923 60:10
Dec 1, 2010 vs WSH L 1-4 L 25 22 3 0.880 58:57
Nov 27, 2010 vs DAL L 1-2 L 23 21 2 0.913 58:45
Nov 26, 2010 @ DAL L 2-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 59:06
Nov 24, 2010 @ NSH W 2-1 (SO) W 30 29 1 0.967 64:04
Nov 20, 2010 vs NJD W 3-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Nov 17, 2010 @ DET L 3-7 L 31 24 7 0.774 60:00
Nov 15, 2010 @ COL L 3-6 L 23 17 6 0.739 60:00
Nov 11, 2010 vs NSH L 2-3 (SO) OTL 26 24 2 0.923 65:00
Nov 10, 2010 @ CBJ L 1-8 L 15 11 4 0.733 23:46
Nov 6, 2010 @ BOS W 2-1 (SO) W 34 33 1 0.971 65:00
Nov 4, 2010 vs SJS W 2-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 30, 2010 vs ATL W 4-3 (SO) W 28 25 3 0.893 65:00
Oct 28, 2010 @ NSH W 3-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 59:55
Oct 23, 2010 vs PIT W 1-0 (OT) W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 60:50
Oct 22, 2010 vs CHI W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Oct 18, 2010 @ CHI L 2-3 (OT) OTL 33 30 3 0.909 63:50
Oct 14, 2010 @ NSH L 3-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 58:55
Oct 11, 2010 vs ANA W 5-1 W 14 13 1 0.929 60:00
Oct 9, 2010 vs PHI W 2-1 (OT) W 30 29 1 0.967 61:06