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Tuukka Rask

#40 · Goalie · Boston Bruins

Born Mar 10, 1987 in Savonlinna, FIN · 6'3", 176 lb · Catches left · Drafted 21st overall in 2005 by TOR (round 1)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2010-11
William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 2019-20
Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 2013-14

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Daniil Tarasov CBJ · 4 GP, 0.937 Joseph Woll TOR · 4 GP, 0.911 Lukas Dostal ANA · 4 GP, 0.907 Malcolm Subban BUF · 4 GP, 0.871 Zach Fucale WSH · 4 GP, 0.924

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.

02040602007-08: 4 games407-082008-09: 1 games12009-10: 45 games4509-102010-11: 29 games292011-12: 23 games2311-122012-13: 36 games362013-14: 58 games5813-142014-15: 70 games702015-16: 64 games6415-162016-17: 65 games652017-18: 54 games5417-182018-19: 46 games462019-20: 41 games4119-202020-21: 24 games242021-22: 4 games421-22

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Cap hit
2007-08 BOS 4 88 78 10 0.886
2008-09 BOS 1 35 35 0 1.000
2009-10 BOS 45 1221 1137 84 0.931
2010-11 BOS 29 866 795 71 0.918
2011-12 BOS 23 621 577 44 0.929
2012-13 BOS 36 980 910 70 0.929
2013-14 BOS 58 1641 1526 115 0.930 $7M
2014-15 BOS 70 2011 1855 156 0.922 $7M
2015-16 BOS 64 1854 1697 157 0.915 $7M
2016-17 BOS 65 1610 1473 137 0.915 $7M
2017-18 BOS 54 1513 1388 125 0.917 $7M
2018-19 BOS 46 1245 1136 109 0.912 $7M
2019-20 BOS 41 1189 1104 85 0.929 $7M
2020-21 BOS 24 611 558 53 0.913 $7M
2021-22 BOS 4 90 76 14 0.844
15 seasons Career 564 15575 14345 1230 0.921

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
2009-10 BOS 13 409 373 36 0.912
2012-13 BOS 22 761 715 46 0.940
2013-14 BOS 12 348 323 25 0.928
2016-17 BOS 6 187 172 15 0.920
2017-18 BOS 12 339 306 33 0.903
2018-19 BOS 24 742 693 49 0.934
2019-20 BOS 2 54 48 6 0.889
2020-21 BOS 11 334 307 27 0.919
8 seasons Playoffs 102 3174 2937 237 0.925

2021-22 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
4 90 76 14 0.844 3.50

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2013-14 to 2020-21 $7M

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

-5.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-6.4Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-1001020302010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

-6.4Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
7.6Expected goals againstfrom 124 unblocked attempts
14Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.844Save %0.915 expected from his shots
Goals saved -1.95 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 6.1% chance per attempt faced2ndA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 65 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0510Allowed 14Expected 7.6

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. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Jan 24, 2022 vs ANA L 3-5 27 22 5 0.815 56:56
Jan 22, 2022 vs WPG W 3-2 24 22 2 0.917 59:45
Jan 18, 2022 vs CAR L 1-7 12 7 5 0.583 20:00
Jan 13, 2022 vs PHI W 3-2 27 25 2 0.926 59:40