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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Devan Dubnyk MIN · 58 GP, 0.929 Jonathan Bernier TOR · 58 GP, 0.912 Antti Niemi SJS · 61 GP, 0.914 Roberto Luongo FLA · 61 GP, 0.921 Ben Scrivens EDM · 57 GP, 0.890

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

2014-15 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
59 59 381746 1673 1529 144 2.43 0.914

Contract

$4.5MCap hitends in 2018, then UFA
$126KCap dollars per goal above replacement35.8 goals above replacement
$8.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.8MValueworth 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 48 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 2017-18, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2014-15 $4.5M
2015-16 $4.5M
2016-17 $4.5M
2017-18 $4.5M

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+35.8Goals above replacement3rd of 50 goalies
+6.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+19.1Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 50 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

+19.1Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
163.1Expected goals againstfrom 2,319 unblocked attempts
144Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.914Save %0.902 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 49 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 +0.32 above expected per 60 minutes86th
Shot difficulty 7.0% chance per attempt faced98thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 49 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Expected 163.1Allowed 144

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 11, 2015 vs CBJ L 4-5 (SO) OTL 37 33 4 0.892 65:00
Apr 10, 2015 @ PIT W 3-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Apr 7, 2015 @ PHI L 4-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 58:07
Apr 4, 2015 vs BUF W 3-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Apr 2, 2015 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) OTL 39 36 3 0.923 65:00
Mar 29, 2015 vs DET W 5-4 W 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Mar 26, 2015 vs LAK L 2-3 L 37 34 3 0.919 58:40
Mar 24, 2015 vs MIN L 1-2 (SO) OTL 32 31 1 0.969 65:00
Mar 21, 2015 @ NJD W 3-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 13, 2015 vs OTT L 1-2 L 28 26 2 0.929 58:51
Mar 10, 2015 vs NYR L 1-2 L 22 20 2 0.909 58:43
Mar 5, 2015 @ NSH W 4-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Mar 3, 2015 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) OTL 35 32 3 0.914 60:54
Feb 27, 2015 vs CGY W 2-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Feb 22, 2015 vs VAN L 0-4 L 23 20 3 0.870 56:07
Feb 19, 2015 vs NSH W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 59:51
Feb 16, 2015 vs NYR L 5-6 L 42 36 6 0.857 59:14
Feb 14, 2015 vs CBJ W 6-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Feb 12, 2015 vs TOR W 3-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 59:58
Feb 10, 2015 vs EDM W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Feb 8, 2015 @ BUF W 3-2 W 10 8 2 0.800 60:00
Feb 5, 2015 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) W 18 16 2 0.889 65:00
Feb 3, 2015 vs FLA L 2-4 L 29 26 3 0.897 58:48
Jan 29, 2015 vs BOS L 2-5 L 32 28 4 0.875 58:16
Jan 27, 2015 vs NYR W 4-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 59:58
Jan 19, 2015 vs PHI W 7-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 59:52
Jan 17, 2015 @ MTL L 4-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 53:43
Jan 16, 2015 vs PIT W 6-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Jan 13, 2015 @ NYR W 3-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 9, 2015 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) W 23 21 2 0.913 63:05
Jan 6, 2015 @ VAN L 2-3 L 20 17 3 0.850 58:55
Jan 4, 2015 @ EDM L 2-5 L 22 18 4 0.818 59:13
Jan 2, 2015 @ CGY W 2-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Dec 31, 2014 @ WPG W 5-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Dec 29, 2014 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) W 26 23 3 0.885 62:53
Dec 20, 2014 vs TBL W 3-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Dec 19, 2014 @ DET W 2-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Dec 15, 2014 vs NJD W 3-2 (SO) W 28 26 2 0.929 64:53
Dec 13, 2014 vs CHI W 3-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Dec 11, 2014 @ STL L 3-6 L 32 27 5 0.844 59:37
Dec 6, 2014 vs STL L 4-6 L 40 34 6 0.850 59:42
Dec 4, 2014 @ OTT W 2-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 59:47
Dec 2, 2014 vs OTT W 3-2 (OT) W 18 16 2 0.889 63:06
Nov 29, 2014 vs NJD W 3-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Nov 26, 2014 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) W 27 25 2 0.926 64:35
Nov 24, 2014 vs PHI W 1-0 (SO) W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 65:00
Nov 22, 2014 vs PIT W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 18, 2014 vs TBL W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Nov 14, 2014 @ FLA W 4-3 (SO) W 38 35 3 0.921 65:00
Nov 11, 2014 vs COL W 6-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 8, 2014 @ ARI W 1-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 5, 2014 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) W 34 32 2 0.941 62:15
Nov 1, 2014 @ SJS L 1-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 58:27
Oct 28, 2014 vs WPG L 3-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 58:55
Oct 21, 2014 vs TOR L 2-5 L 23 18 5 0.783 40:00
Oct 18, 2014 @ PIT L 1-3 L 37 35 2 0.946 58:42
Oct 16, 2014 vs SJS W 4-3 (SO) W 23 20 3 0.870 65:00
Oct 14, 2014 @ NYR W 6-3 W 43 40 3 0.930 59:51
Oct 10, 2014 @ CAR W 5-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 59:59