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Thomas Greiss

#1 · Goalie · St. Louis Blues

Born Jan 29, 1986 in Fussen, DEU · 6'2", 219 lb · Catches left · Drafted 94th overall in 2004 by SJS (round 3)

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William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 2018-19

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Al Montoya FLA · 20 GP, 0.892 Chad Johnson NYI · 19 GP, 0.889 Keith Kinkaid NJD · 19 GP, 0.915 Niklas Backstrom MIN · 19 GP, 0.887 Reto Berra COL · 19 GP, 0.918

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: 3 games307-082009-10: 16 games1609-102011-12: 19 games1911-122012-13: 6 games612-132013-14: 25 games2513-142014-15: 20 games2014-152015-16: 41 games4115-162016-17: 51 games5116-172017-18: 27 games2717-182018-19: 43 games4318-192019-20: 31 games3119-202020-21: 34 games3420-212021-22: 31 games3121-222022-23: 21 games2122-23

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
2007-08 SJS 3 0110 50 43 7 3.26 0.860
2009-10 SJS 16 7410 399 364 35 2.68 0.912 $550K
2011-12 SJS 19 9710 472 432 40 2.30 0.915 $588K
2012-13 SJS 6 1401 153 140 13 2.53 0.915 $588K
2013-14 PHX 25 10852 626 576 50 2.29 0.920 $750K
2014-15 PIT 20 9630 546 496 50 2.59 0.908 $1M
2015-16 NYI 41 231141 1197 1107 90 2.36 0.925 $1.5M
2016-17 NYI 51 261853 1453 1327 126 2.69 0.913 $1.5M
2017-18 NYI 27 13821 879 784 95 3.82 0.892 $3.333M
2018-19 NYI 43 231425 1185 1098 87 2.28 0.927 $3.333M
2019-20 NYI 31 16940 838 765 73 2.74 0.913 $3.333M
2020-21 DET 34 81582 894 815 79 2.70 0.912 $3.6M
2021-22 DET 31 101510 842 750 92 3.66 0.891 $3.6M
2022-23 STL 21 71001 626 561 66 3.64 0.896
14 seasons Career 368 1621303716 10160 9258 903 2.77 0.911

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 SJS 1 0000 28 26 2 3.00 0.929
2015-16 NYI 11 5600 388 358 30 2.46 0.923
2018-19 NYI 1 0000 10 8 2 3.29 0.800
2019-20 NYI 4 2201 84 78 6 2.02 0.929
4 seasons Playoffs 17 7801 510 470 40 2.43 0.922

2014-15 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
20 18 9630 546 496 50 2.59 0.908

Contract

$1MCap hitends in 2015, then UFA
$513KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$487KValueworth 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 48 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 2014-15, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2014-15 $1M

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
2020-21 to 2021-22 $3.6M
2017-18 to 2019-20 $3.333M
2015-16 to 2016-17 $1.5M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $1M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $750K
2011-12 to 2012-13 $588K
2009-10 to 2010-11 $550K

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacement40th of 50 goalies
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.8Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 50 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.

-20-1001020302011-122013-142015-162017-182019-202021-22Goals 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

-4.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
45.2Expected goals againstfrom 730 unblocked attempts
50Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.908Save %0.917 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 49 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 minutes18th
Shot difficulty 6.2% chance per attempt faced55thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 49 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

01020304050Game 10Game 20Allowed 50Expected 45.2

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 5, 2015 @ PHI L 1-4 L 20 16 4 0.800 59:49
Mar 28, 2015 vs ARI W 3-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 59:50
Mar 17, 2015 @ NJD L 0-2 L 18 17 1 0.944 59:05
Mar 15, 2015 vs DET L 1-5 9 8 1 0.889 31:28
Mar 14, 2015 vs BOS L 0-2 L 29 28 1 0.966 59:03
Mar 6, 2015 @ ANA W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 59:53
Feb 21, 2015 @ STL W 4-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 59:42
Feb 12, 2015 @ OTT W 5-4 (SO) W 33 29 4 0.879 65:00
Feb 7, 2015 @ VAN L 0-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 59:57
Jan 27, 2015 vs WPG W 5-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Jan 20, 2015 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) OTL 40 37 3 0.925 63:57
Jan 18, 2015 vs NYR L 2-5 14 13 1 0.929 34:26
Jan 2, 2015 vs TBL W 6-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 59:46
Dec 13, 2014 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) OTL 27 24 3 0.889 63:37
Dec 4, 2014 vs VAN L 0-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Nov 29, 2014 @ CAR W 3-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 59:53
Nov 22, 2014 @ NYI L 1-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Nov 14, 2014 @ TOR W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Nov 4, 2014 @ MIN W 4-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Oct 23, 2014 @ DET L 3-4 (OT) OTL 31 27 4 0.871 64:11