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Al Montoya

#35 · Goalie · Edmonton Oilers

Born Feb 13, 1985 in Chicago, Illinois, USA · 6'2", 200 lb · Catches left · Drafted 6th overall in 2004 by NYR (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Curtis McElhinney CBJ · 28 GP, 0.909 Frederik Andersen ANA · 28 GP, 0.923 Jhonas Enroth BUF · 28 GP, 0.911 Kevin Poulin NYI · 28 GP, 0.891 Ray Emery PHI · 28 GP, 0.903

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.

01020302008-09: 5 games508-092010-11: 20 games2010-112011-12: 31 games3111-122012-13: 7 games712-132013-14: 28 games2813-142014-15: 20 games2014-152015-16: 25 games2515-162016-17: 19 games1916-172017-18: 13 games1317-18

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
2008-09 PHX 5 3101 120 111 9 2.08 0.925 $725K
2010-11 NYI 20 9551 585 539 46 2.39 0.921 $750K
2011-12 NYI 31 91150 832 743 89 3.11 0.893 $601K
2012-13 WPG 7 3101 168 151 17 2.90 0.899 $601K
2013-14 WPG 28 13832 737 678 59 2.30 0.920 $601K
2014-15 FLA 20 6720 453 404 49 3.01 0.892 $1.05M
2015-16 FLA 25 12730 608 559 49 2.18 0.919 $1.05M
2016-17 MTL 19 8642 569 519 50 2.67 0.912 $950K
2017-18 MTL 4 2100 102 88 14 3.77 0.863 $1.063M
2017-18 EDM 9 2220 244 221 23 2.94 0.906
9 seasons Career 168 6749247 4418 4013 405 2.65 0.908

2013-14 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
28 22 13832 737 678 59 2.30 0.920

Contract

$601KCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$64KCap dollars per goal above replacement9.4 goals above replacement
$2.4MWorth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 51 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, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2013-14 $601K

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
2017-18 to 2018-19 $1.063M
2016-17 to 2016-17 $950K
2014-15 to 2015-16 $1.05M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $601K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $601K
2011-12 to 2011-12 $601K
2010-11 to 2010-11 $750K
2008-09 to 2009-10 $725K

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

+9.4Goals above replacement31st of 61 goalies
+1.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.1Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 61 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.

-505101520252010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

+3.1Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
62.1Expected goals againstfrom 1,004 unblocked attempts
59Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.920Save %0.916 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 63 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 +0.12 above expected per 60 minutes59th
Shot difficulty 6.2% chance per attempt faced41stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 63 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0204060Game 10Game 20Expected 62.1Allowed 59

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 29, 2014 @ LAK L 2-4 13 12 1 0.923 38:32
Mar 27, 2014 @ SJS W 4-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Mar 24, 2014 @ DAL L 1-2 L 27 25 2 0.926 58:07
Mar 22, 2014 vs CAR L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 58:40
Mar 19, 2014 vs COL W 5-4 (OT) W 27 23 4 0.852 61:40
Mar 17, 2014 @ STL L 1-3 L 25 23 2 0.920 58:41
Mar 16, 2014 vs DAL W 7-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 59:56
Mar 14, 2014 vs NYR L 2-4 L 15 13 2 0.867 37:54
Mar 10, 2014 @ COL L 2-3 (OT) OTL 34 31 3 0.912 62:18
Mar 8, 2014 vs OTT L 3-5 12 12 0 1.000 28:32
Feb 8, 2014 @ STL L 3-4 (SO) OTL 26 23 3 0.885 64:57
Feb 2, 2014 @ MTL W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Jan 26, 2014 @ CHI W 3-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Jan 5, 2014 @ PIT L 5-6 L 39 33 6 0.846 58:25
Jan 2, 2014 @ OTT L 3-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 58:31
Dec 31, 2013 vs BUF W 3-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 29, 2013 @ COL W 2-1 (OT) W 34 33 1 0.971 64:58
Dec 27, 2013 vs MIN W 6-4 W 23 22 1 0.957 52:52
Dec 16, 2013 @ CBJ W 3-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Dec 14, 2013 vs DAL L 4-6 8 7 1 0.875 18:42
Dec 7, 2013 @ TBL W 2-1 (OT) W 29 28 1 0.966 61:04
Nov 27, 2013 @ NYI W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 59:56
Nov 18, 2013 vs CGY L 4-5 (SO) OTL 33 29 4 0.879 64:20
Nov 6, 2013 @ CHI L 1-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Nov 4, 2013 vs DET W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 59:59
Nov 2, 2013 vs CHI L 1-5 11 10 1 0.909 34:11
Oct 27, 2013 @ COL L 2-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 58:39
Oct 13, 2013 vs NJD W 3-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00