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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jimmy Howard DET · 37 GP, 0.906 Karri Ramo CGY · 37 GP, 0.909 Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ · 37 GP, 0.908 Jonathan Bernier TOR · 38 GP, 0.908 Eddie Lack CAR · 34 GP, 0.901

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

2015-16 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
36 36 181343 984 904 80 2.30 0.919

Contract

$4.5MCap hitends in 2018, then UFA
$254KCap dollars per goal above replacement17.7 goals above replacement
$4.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$305KValueworth 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 58 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 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+17.7Goals above replacement16th of 58 goalies
+3.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+8.7Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 58 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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

+8.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
88.7Expected goals againstfrom 1,363 unblocked attempts
80Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.919Save %0.910 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 57 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 +0.25 above expected per 60 minutes84th
Shot difficulty 6.5% chance per attempt faced86thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 57 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

020406080Game 10Game 20Game 30Expected 88.7Allowed 80

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
Mar 8, 2016 vs PIT W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 55:38
Mar 6, 2016 @ NYR W 6-4 W 26 22 4 0.846 59:57
Feb 28, 2016 @ EDM L 1-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 56:39
Feb 25, 2016 @ CGY W 2-1 (OT) W 32 31 1 0.969 64:42
Feb 23, 2016 @ MIN W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Feb 19, 2016 @ NJD W 1-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 13, 2016 @ CAR L 3-6 L 28 22 6 0.786 40:00
Feb 9, 2016 @ CBJ W 3-2 (SO) W 31 29 2 0.935 65:00
Feb 6, 2016 @ DET L 1-5 L 13 9 4 0.692 30:20
Feb 4, 2016 @ WSH L 2-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 58:35
Jan 25, 2016 vs DET L 2-4 L 25 22 3 0.880 59:37
Jan 22, 2016 @ OTT W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 17, 2016 vs VAN L 1-2 (SO) OTL 26 25 1 0.962 64:28
Jan 14, 2016 vs NYR W 3-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Jan 9, 2016 @ PHI L 0-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Jan 7, 2016 vs WSH L 1-4 L 37 34 3 0.919 59:52
Dec 21, 2015 vs ANA W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Dec 19, 2015 @ ARI L 0-1 L 29 28 1 0.966 58:55
Dec 15, 2015 vs FLA L 1-5 L 16 12 4 0.750 58:09
Dec 12, 2015 @ CBJ W 3-2 (OT) W 30 28 2 0.933 62:16
Dec 8, 2015 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) W 46 43 3 0.935 65:00
Dec 5, 2015 @ OTT L 2-3 (OT) OTL 29 26 3 0.897 63:34
Dec 2, 2015 vs NYR W 2-1 (SO) W 34 33 1 0.971 65:00
Nov 27, 2015 @ FLA L 2-3 (SO) OTL 27 25 2 0.926 65:00
Nov 25, 2015 vs PHI W 3-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Nov 20, 2015 vs MTL L 3-5 11 8 3 0.727 20:00
Nov 16, 2015 vs ARI W 5-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Nov 12, 2015 @ LAK L 1-2 L 22 20 2 0.909 58:10
Nov 8, 2015 vs BOS L 1-2 L 27 25 2 0.926 59:30
Nov 5, 2015 @ MTL L 1-4 L 23 20 3 0.870 58:10
Nov 3, 2015 vs NJD W 2-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Oct 31, 2015 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) OTL 17 15 2 0.882 65:00
Oct 26, 2015 vs CGY W 4-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 23, 2015 vs BOS L 3-5 L 25 21 4 0.840 57:42
Oct 20, 2015 @ CBJ W 4-0 W, SO 37 37 0 1.000 59:57
Oct 17, 2015 vs SJS W 6-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00