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

Antti Raanta NYR · 25 GP, 0.919 Connor Hellebuyck WPG · 26 GP, 0.918 Jonas Hiller CGY · 26 GP, 0.879 Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL · 24 GP, 0.910 Andrew Hammond OTT · 24 GP, 0.914

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

2015-16 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
25 22 12730 608 559 49 2.18 0.919

Contract

$1.05MCap hitends in 2016, then UFA
$126KCap dollars per goal above replacement8.3 goals above replacement
$2.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.5MValueworth 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 2015-16, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $1.05M

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 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

+8.3Goals above replacement32nd of 58 goalies
+1.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.0Goals 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. 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

+3.0Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
52.0Expected goals againstfrom 866 unblocked attempts
49Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.919Save %0.914 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 +0.13 above expected per 60 minutes74th
Shot difficulty 6.0% chance per attempt faced35thA 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.

02040Game 10Game 20Expected 52.0Allowed 49

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, 2016 @ OTT L 1-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 57:59
Apr 4, 2016 @ TOR W 4-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 59:52
Mar 31, 2016 vs NJD W 3-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 59:57
Mar 21, 2016 @ NYR L 2-4 L 31 28 3 0.903 58:19
Mar 15, 2016 @ MTL W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Mar 7, 2016 vs BOS L 4-5 (OT) OTL 16 15 1 0.938 44:00
Mar 5, 2016 @ ARI L 1-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 59:58
Feb 28, 2016 @ MIN L 1-3 4 3 1 0.750 07:25
Feb 18, 2016 vs SJS L 1-2 (SO) OTL 18 17 1 0.944 64:51
Feb 15, 2016 vs PIT W 2-1 (SO) W 32 31 1 0.969 65:00
Feb 12, 2016 vs STL L 3-5 L 15 13 2 0.867 37:59
Feb 8, 2016 @ DET L 0-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Feb 2, 2016 @ WSH W 5-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Jan 18, 2016 vs EDM L 2-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 59:59
Jan 13, 2016 @ CGY L 0-6 21 19 2 0.905 40:00
Jan 10, 2016 @ EDM W 2-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Jan 3, 2016 vs MIN W 2-1 W 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Dec 17, 2015 @ NJD W 5-1 W 16 15 1 0.938 59:28
Dec 10, 2015 vs WSH W 4-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Dec 4, 2015 @ CBJ W 2-1 (SO) W 23 22 1 0.957 65:00
Nov 23, 2015 vs LAK L 1-3 9 8 1 0.889 08:38
Nov 5, 2015 @ SJS L 2-5 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:06
Oct 31, 2015 vs WSH L 1-2 (OT) OTL 27 25 2 0.926 63:43
Oct 24, 2015 @ DAL W 6-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Oct 13, 2015 @ CAR W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00