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Brian Elliott

#1 · Goalie · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Apr 9, 1985 in Newmarket, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 221 lb · Catches left · Drafted 291st overall in 2003 by OTT (round 9)

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William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 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.

Martin Brodeur NJD · 56 GP, 0.903 Dwayne Roloson TBL · 54 GP, 0.914 Sergei Bobrovsky PHI · 54 GP, 0.915 Steve Mason CBJ · 54 GP, 0.901 Corey Crawford CHI · 57 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.

020402007-08: 1 games107-082008-09: 31 games312009-10: 55 games5509-102010-11: 55 games552011-12: 38 games3811-122012-13: 24 games242013-14: 31 games3113-142014-15: 46 games462015-16: 42 games4215-162016-17: 49 games492017-18: 43 games4317-182018-19: 26 games262019-20: 31 games3119-202020-21: 30 games302021-22: 19 games1921-222022-23: 22 games22

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
2007-08 OTT 1 1000 29 28 1 1.01 0.966
2008-09 OTT 31 16831 786 709 77 2.77 0.902
2009-10 OTT 55 291845 1424 1294 130 2.57 0.909 $850K
2010-11 OTT 43 131983 1147 1025 122 3.19 0.894 $850K
2010-11 COL 12 2810 404 360 44 3.83 0.891
2011-12 STL 38 231049 972 914 58 1.56 0.940 $600K
2012-13 STL 24 14813 526 477 49 2.28 0.907 $1.8M
2013-14 STL 31 18624 681 628 53 1.96 0.922 $1.8M
2014-15 STL 46 261435 1150 1054 96 2.26 0.917 $2.5M
2015-16 STL 42 23864 1113 1035 78 2.07 0.930 $2.5M
2016-17 CGY 49 261832 1338 1217 121 2.55 0.910 $2.5M
2017-18 PHI 43 231171 1228 1116 112 2.66 0.909 $2.75M
2018-19 PHI 26 111111 741 672 69 2.96 0.907 $2.75M
2019-20 PHI 31 16742 796 716 80 2.87 0.899 $2M
2020-21 PHI 30 15922 738 656 82 3.06 0.889
2021-22 TBL 19 11431 489 446 43 2.43 0.912 $900K
2022-23 TBL 22 12822 689 614 75 3.40 0.891
16 seasons Career 543 2791675445 14251 12961 1290 2.57 0.909

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2009-10 OTT 4 1200 95 81 14 4.14 0.853
2011-12 STL 8 3400 187 169 18 2.38 0.904
2012-13 STL 6 2400 149 137 12 1.90 0.919
2014-15 STL 1 0000 7 6 1 2.29 0.857
2015-16 STL 18 9901 546 503 43 2.44 0.921
2016-17 CGY 4 0300 100 88 12 3.88 0.880
2017-18 PHI 4 1300 97 83 14 4.74 0.856
2019-20 PHI 2 0100 39 35 4 3.02 0.897
8 seasons Playoffs 47 162601 1220 1102 118 2.76 0.903

2010-11 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
55 51 152793 1551 1385 166 3.34 0.893

Contract

$850KCap hitends in 2011, then UFA
-$962KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.8MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. 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 2010-11, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $850K

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
2021-22 to 2021-22 $900K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $2M
2017-18 to 2018-19 $2.75M
2014-15 to 2016-17 $2.5M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $1.8M
2011-12 to 2011-12 $600K
2009-10 to 2010-11 $850K

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

-12.8Goals above replacement52nd of 53 goalies
-2.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-26.9Goals 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.

-20-100102030402010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals 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

-26.9Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
139.1Expected goals againstfrom 2,137 unblocked attempts
166Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.893Save %0.910 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 -0.54 above expected per 60 minutes6th
Shot difficulty 6.5% chance per attempt faced75thA 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.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Allowed 166Expected 139.1

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, 2011 @ DAL L 2-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 58:17
Mar 31, 2011 vs NSH L 2-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:50
Mar 28, 2011 @ ANA L 4-5 L 42 37 5 0.881 58:19
Mar 24, 2011 vs TOR L 3-4 26 23 3 0.885 54:56
Mar 22, 2011 vs CBJ W 5-4 (SO) W 33 29 4 0.879 63:48
Mar 19, 2011 @ EDM W 3-2 (SO) W 33 31 2 0.939 65:00
Mar 16, 2011 @ VAN L 2-4 L 39 36 3 0.923 58:18
Mar 11, 2011 vs ANA L 2-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 60:00
Mar 5, 2011 vs EDM L 1-5 L 19 15 4 0.789 28:36
Mar 1, 2011 @ SJS L 1-2 (SO) OTL 35 34 1 0.971 65:00
Feb 26, 2011 @ LAK L 3-4 L 42 38 4 0.905 59:06
Feb 23, 2011 vs EDM L 1-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Feb 15, 2011 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) OTL 28 25 3 0.893 65:00
Feb 12, 2011 @ EDM W 5-3 W 18 15 3 0.833 59:55
Feb 7, 2011 @ VAN L 2-4 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:14
Feb 5, 2011 @ NYI L 3-5 13 10 3 0.769 20:00
Feb 2, 2011 vs DET L 5-7 L 18 16 2 0.889 28:50
Jan 25, 2011 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) OTL 26 23 3 0.885 61:59
Jan 21, 2011 vs MTL L 1-7 20 17 3 0.850 34:27
Jan 20, 2011 @ PHI L 2-6 L 22 16 6 0.727 52:34
Jan 18, 2011 vs ANA L 1-2 (SO) OTL 27 26 1 0.963 65:00
Jan 16, 2011 @ WSH L 1-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 57:56
Jan 14, 2011 vs CGY L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 58:10
Jan 11, 2011 @ BOS L 0-6 L 27 22 5 0.815 40:00
Jan 8, 2011 vs TBL L 1-2 L 27 25 2 0.926 59:22
Jan 7, 2011 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) OTL 26 24 2 0.923 64:53
Jan 1, 2011 vs TOR L 1-5 L 7 4 3 0.571 16:10
Dec 31, 2010 @ CBJ L 3-4 (OT) OTL 23 19 4 0.826 61:41
Dec 29, 2010 vs CAR L 0-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Dec 26, 2010 vs PIT W 3-1 W 45 44 1 0.978 59:34
Dec 23, 2010 @ NSH W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 59:32
Dec 19, 2010 vs WSH L 2-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:54
Dec 17, 2010 @ COL L 5-6 (OT) OTL 25 19 6 0.760 62:36
Dec 13, 2010 vs ATL L 3-4 (OT) OTL 24 20 4 0.833 61:09
Dec 9, 2010 vs NYR L 3-5 L 27 23 4 0.852 59:26
Dec 7, 2010 @ MTL L 1-4 2 1 1 0.500 02:28
Dec 4, 2010 vs BUF L 0-1 (SO) OTL, SO 31 31 0 1.000 65:00
Nov 29, 2010 vs EDM L 1-4 L 24 21 3 0.875 59:56
Nov 27, 2010 vs TOR W 3-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 19, 2010 @ STL L 2-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Nov 17, 2010 @ CAR L 1-7 L 16 12 4 0.750 16:39
Nov 15, 2010 @ PHI L 1-5 L 46 41 5 0.891 60:00
Nov 13, 2010 @ BOS W 2-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 59:57
Nov 9, 2010 vs ATL W 5-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Nov 6, 2010 @ MTL W 3-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Nov 4, 2010 vs NYI W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Nov 2, 2010 @ TOR W 3-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Oct 30, 2010 vs BOS L 0-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Oct 28, 2010 vs FLA W 5-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 59:50
Oct 26, 2010 vs PHX W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Oct 23, 2010 vs MTL L 0-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Oct 22, 2010 @ BUF W 4-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Oct 18, 2010 @ PIT L 2-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 30:32
Oct 16, 2010 @ MTL L 3-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 54:20
Oct 14, 2010 vs CAR W 3-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 57:54