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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 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Marty Turco CHI · 29 GP, 0.897 Curtis McElhinney OTT · 28 GP, 0.897 Scott Clemmensen FLA · 31 GP, 0.911 Semyon Varlamov WSH · 27 GP, 0.924 Jose Theodore MIN · 32 GP, 0.916

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 WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2007-08 BOS 4 2110 88 78 10 3.25 0.886
2008-09 BOS 1 1001 35 35 0 0.00 1.000
2009-10 BOS 45 221255 1221 1137 84 1.97 0.931
2010-11 BOS 29 111422 866 795 71 2.67 0.918
2011-12 BOS 23 11833 621 577 44 2.05 0.929
2012-13 BOS 36 191055 980 910 70 2.00 0.929
2013-14 BOS 58 361567 1641 1526 115 2.04 0.930 $7M
2014-15 BOS 70 3421133 2011 1855 156 2.30 0.922 $7M
2015-16 BOS 64 312284 1854 1697 157 2.56 0.915 $7M
2016-17 BOS 65 372058 1610 1473 137 2.23 0.915 $7M
2017-18 BOS 54 341453 1513 1388 125 2.36 0.917 $7M
2018-19 BOS 46 271354 1245 1136 109 2.48 0.912 $7M
2019-20 BOS 41 26865 1189 1104 85 2.12 0.929 $7M
2020-21 BOS 24 15522 611 558 53 2.28 0.913 $7M
2021-22 BOS 4 2200 90 76 14 4.28 0.844
15 seasons Career 564 3081656652 15575 14345 1230 2.28 0.921

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 BOS 13 7600 409 373 36 2.61 0.912
2012-13 BOS 22 14803 761 715 46 1.88 0.940
2013-14 BOS 12 7502 348 323 25 1.99 0.928
2016-17 BOS 6 2400 187 172 15 2.24 0.920
2017-18 BOS 12 5700 339 306 33 2.88 0.903
2018-19 BOS 24 15902 742 693 49 2.02 0.934
2019-20 BOS 2 1100 54 48 6 2.58 0.889
2020-21 BOS 11 6400 334 307 27 2.36 0.919
8 seasons Playoffs 102 574407 3174 2937 237 2.21 0.925

2010-11 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
29 27 111422 866 795 71 2.67 0.918

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+7.8Goals above replacement30th of 53 goalies
+1.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.5Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 53 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.

-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

+0.5Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
71.5Expected goals againstfrom 1,174 unblocked attempts
71Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.918Save %0.917 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 53 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 +0.02 above expected per 60 minutes55th
Shot difficulty 6.1% chance per attempt faced30thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 53 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0204060Game 10Game 20Expected 71.5Allowed 71

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 10, 2011 @ NJD L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Apr 2, 2011 vs ATL W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 26, 2011 vs NYR L 0-1 L 23 22 1 0.957 58:27
Mar 19, 2011 @ TOR L 2-5 7 6 1 0.857 11:42
Mar 17, 2011 @ NSH L 3-4 (OT) OTL 31 27 4 0.871 63:37
Mar 15, 2011 @ CBJ W 3-2 (SO) W 36 34 2 0.944 65:00
Mar 8, 2011 @ MTL L 1-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:59
Mar 1, 2011 @ OTT W 1-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 27, 2011 @ EDM W 3-2 W 17 15 2 0.882 60:00
Feb 18, 2011 @ OTT W 4-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 59:51
Feb 17, 2011 @ NYI W 6-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Feb 11, 2011 vs DET L 1-6 L 19 14 5 0.737 40:00
Feb 3, 2011 vs DAL W 6-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 59:56
Jan 20, 2011 vs BUF L 2-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 58:04
Jan 15, 2011 vs PIT L 2-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 58:43
Jan 10, 2011 @ PIT W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Jan 6, 2011 vs MIN L 1-3 L 33 31 2 0.939 59:24
Jan 3, 2011 @ TOR W 2-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Jan 1, 2011 @ BUF L 6-7 (SO) 16 13 3 0.813 20:00
Dec 15, 2010 @ BUF L 2-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 58:43
Dec 9, 2010 vs NYI W 5-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Nov 28, 2010 @ ATL L 1-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:49
Nov 22, 2010 @ TBL L 1-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 59:18
Nov 18, 2010 vs FLA W 4-0 W, SO 41 41 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 11, 2010 vs MTL L 1-3 L 41 38 3 0.927 58:35
Nov 6, 2010 vs STL L 1-2 (SO) OTL 35 34 1 0.971 65:00
Nov 5, 2010 @ WSH L 3-5 L 13 12 1 0.923 19:34
Oct 23, 2010 vs NYR L 2-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 58:54
Oct 9, 2010 vs PHX L 2-5 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:47