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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

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The goalies closest to him in games played in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Frederik Andersen ANA · 43 GP, 0.919 Kari Lehtonen DAL · 43 GP, 0.906 Thomas Greiss NYI · 41 GP, 0.925 James Reimer SJS · 40 GP, 0.922 John Gibson ANA · 40 GP, 0.920

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

2015-16 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
42 38 23864 1113 1035 78 2.07 0.930

Contract

$2.5MCap hitends in 2017, then UFA
$75KCap dollars per goal above replacement33.2 goals above replacement
$8.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$6MValueworth 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 2016-17, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $2.5M
2016-17 $2.5M

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
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 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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+33.2Goals above replacement3rd of 58 goalies
+5.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+23.0Goals 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. 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

+23.0Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
101.0Expected goals againstfrom 1,550 unblocked attempts
78Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.930Save %0.909 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 +0.61 above expected per 60 minutes98th
Shot difficulty 6.5% chance per attempt faced88thA 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.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Expected 101.0Allowed 78

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, 2016 vs WSH L 1-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 39:51
Apr 7, 2016 @ CHI W 2-1 (OT) W 25 24 1 0.960 63:33
Apr 4, 2016 vs ARI W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 59:50
Apr 1, 2016 vs BOS L 5-6 23 18 5 0.783 40:00
Mar 29, 2016 vs COL W 3-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Mar 25, 2016 vs VAN W 4-0 W, SO 15 15 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 22, 2016 @ SJS W 1-0 W, SO 37 37 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 19, 2016 @ VAN W 3-0 W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 22, 2016 vs SJS L 3-6 15 12 3 0.800 12:59
Feb 20, 2016 @ ARI W 6-4 W 22 18 4 0.818 60:00
Feb 18, 2016 vs LAK W 2-1 (OT) W 35 34 1 0.971 61:15
Feb 16, 2016 vs DAL W 2-1 (OT) W 18 17 1 0.944 61:07
Feb 14, 2016 @ TBL W 2-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 59:47
Feb 12, 2016 @ FLA W 5-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Feb 9, 2016 vs WPG L 1-2 (SO) OTL 33 32 1 0.970 64:54
Feb 6, 2016 vs MIN W 4-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Feb 4, 2016 vs SJS L 1-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 57:11
Feb 2, 2016 @ NSH W 1-0 W, SO 16 16 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 24, 2016 @ CHI L 0-2 L 25 23 2 0.920 58:00
Jan 22, 2016 @ COL L 1-2 (SO) OTL 41 40 1 0.976 65:00
Jan 20, 2016 @ DET W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Jan 18, 2016 vs PIT W 5-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Jan 16, 2016 vs MTL W 4-3 (OT) W 49 46 3 0.939 62:03
Jan 14, 2016 vs CAR L 1-4 L 24 21 3 0.875 47:02
Jan 12, 2016 vs NJD W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 59:53
Jan 9, 2016 @ LAK W 2-1 (SO) W 27 26 1 0.963 64:55
Jan 8, 2016 @ ANA L 3-4 (SO) OTL 27 25 2 0.926 37:57
Jan 4, 2016 vs OTT L 2-3 (OT) OTL 32 29 3 0.906 62:33
Dec 27, 2015 @ DAL L 0-3 L 37 35 2 0.946 59:19
Dec 19, 2015 vs CGY W 3-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Dec 10, 2015 vs PHI L 2-4 L 28 25 3 0.893 57:37
Dec 5, 2015 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0.000 02:18
Dec 4, 2015 @ NYI L 1-2 (SO) OTL 25 24 1 0.960 65:00
Dec 1, 2015 vs FLA L 1-3 8 8 0 1.000 17:55
Nov 17, 2015 @ CBJ L 1-3 L 37 35 2 0.946 59:25
Nov 12, 2015 @ NYR L 3-6 L 16 14 2 0.875 43:10
Nov 4, 2015 @ CHI W 6-5 (OT) 15 11 4 0.733 17:03
Oct 24, 2015 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) OTL 22 19 3 0.864 63:54
Oct 18, 2015 @ WPG W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 59:36
Oct 15, 2015 @ EDM W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 59:59
Oct 13, 2015 @ CGY W 4-3 W 18 15 3 0.833 60:00
Oct 8, 2015 vs EDM W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 59:54