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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 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Niklas Backstrom MIN · 46 GP, 0.919 Steve Mason CBJ · 46 GP, 0.894 Devan Dubnyk EDM · 47 GP, 0.914 Mathieu Garon TBL · 48 GP, 0.901 Tomas Vokoun WSH · 48 GP, 0.917

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

2011-12 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
46 46 261276 1211 1121 90 1.97 0.926

Contract

$3.75MCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$141KCap dollars per goal above replacement26.6 goals above replacement
$4.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$398KValueworth 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 30 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 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+26.6Goals above replacement9th of 48 goalies
+4.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+15.8Goals 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. 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

+15.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
105.8Expected goals againstfrom 1,701 unblocked attempts
90Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.926Save %0.913 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 +0.34 above expected per 60 minutes87th
Shot difficulty 6.2% chance per attempt faced51stA 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.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Expected 105.8Allowed 90

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 7, 2012 @ DAL W 3-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 59:57
Mar 31, 2012 vs CBJ L 2-5 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:30
Mar 29, 2012 @ CHI L 3-4 (SO) OTL 40 37 3 0.925 65:00
Mar 21, 2012 @ ANA L 3-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 59:14
Mar 17, 2012 @ TBL W 3-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Mar 13, 2012 @ CHI L 3-4 (SO) OTL 46 43 3 0.935 65:00
Mar 11, 2012 @ CBJ W 2-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Mar 8, 2012 vs ANA W 3-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Mar 6, 2012 vs CHI W 5-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 59:58
Mar 3, 2012 @ SJS W 3-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Feb 29, 2012 @ EDM W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Feb 27, 2012 @ CGY W 3-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Feb 25, 2012 @ WPG W 3-2 (SO) W 41 39 2 0.951 65:00
Feb 23, 2012 @ NSH W 3-2 (SO) W 27 25 2 0.926 65:00
Feb 14, 2012 @ CBJ L 1-2 L 33 31 2 0.939 59:00
Feb 12, 2012 vs SJS W 3-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 59:56
Feb 9, 2012 @ NJD W 4-3 (SO) 12 9 3 0.750 29:06
Feb 4, 2012 @ NSH L 1-3 L 36 34 2 0.944 59:29
Feb 3, 2012 vs LAK W 1-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 23, 2012 @ DET L 1-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:24
Jan 21, 2012 vs BUF W 4-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 59:37
Jan 19, 2012 vs EDM W 1-0 W, SO 15 15 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 16, 2012 vs DAL W 1-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 59:57
Jan 14, 2012 vs MIN W 3-2 (SO) W 31 29 2 0.935 65:00
Jan 10, 2012 @ MTL W 3-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 5, 2012 vs EDM W 4-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Jan 3, 2012 vs PHX W 4-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Dec 30, 2011 vs NSH L 1-2 (SO) OTL 34 33 1 0.971 65:00
Dec 26, 2011 vs DAL W 5-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Dec 18, 2011 vs CBJ W 6-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Dec 17, 2011 @ NSH L 1-2 (SO) OTL 20 19 1 0.950 65:00
Dec 8, 2011 vs ANA W 4-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Dec 2, 2011 @ COL L 2-3 (SO) OTL 35 33 2 0.943 65:00
Nov 29, 2011 @ WSH W 2-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Nov 22, 2011 vs LAK L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 57:56
Nov 19, 2011 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) OTL 32 30 2 0.938 65:00
Nov 17, 2011 vs FLA W 4-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Nov 10, 2011 vs TOR L 2-3 (SO) OTL 22 20 2 0.909 64:57
Nov 8, 2011 vs CHI W 3-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 59:55
Nov 5, 2011 @ MIN L 1-2 L 26 24 2 0.923 58:34
Oct 30, 2011 @ EDM L 2-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 58:27
Oct 18, 2011 @ LAK L 0-5 L 18 14 4 0.778 40:23
Oct 16, 2011 @ ANA L 2-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 58:36
Oct 13, 2011 @ DAL L 2-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 59:03
Oct 10, 2011 vs CGY W 5-2 W 17 15 2 0.882 59:52
Oct 8, 2011 vs NSH L 2-4 L 15 12 3 0.800 58:46