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

Henrik Lundqvist NYR · 65 GP, 0.920 Martin Jones SJS · 65 GP, 0.918 Braden Holtby WSH · 66 GP, 0.922 Pekka Rinne NSH · 66 GP, 0.908 Roberto Luongo FLA · 62 GP, 0.922

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

2015-16 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
64 62 312284 1854 1697 157 2.56 0.915

Contract

$7MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$1.106MCap dollars per goal above replacement6.3 goals above replacement
$2.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.9MValueworth 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 2020-21, with 5 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $7M
2016-17 $7M
2017-18 $7M
2018-19 $7M
2019-20 $7M
2020-21 $7M

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
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 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

+6.3Goals above replacement39th of 58 goalies
+1.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-8.8Goals 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. 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

-8.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
148.2Expected goals againstfrom 2,638 unblocked attempts
157Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.915Save %0.920 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 -0.14 above expected per 60 minutes25th
Shot difficulty 5.6% chance per attempt faced9thA 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.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Game 60Allowed 157Expected 148.2

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 7, 2016 vs DET W 5-2 W 15 13 2 0.867 60:00
Apr 5, 2016 vs CAR L 1-2 (SO) OTL 28 27 1 0.964 64:55
Apr 3, 2016 @ CHI L 4-6 22 18 4 0.818 22:00
Apr 1, 2016 @ STL W 6-5 W 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Mar 29, 2016 @ NJD L 1-2 L 15 13 2 0.867 58:51
Mar 26, 2016 @ TOR W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Mar 24, 2016 vs FLA L 1-4 L 35 32 3 0.914 58:25
Mar 23, 2016 @ NYR L 2-5 8 6 2 0.750 20:00
Mar 19, 2016 @ LAK L 1-2 L 20 18 2 0.900 58:21
Mar 15, 2016 @ SJS L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 58:37
Mar 12, 2016 vs NYI W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 59:46
Mar 10, 2016 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) OTL 28 25 3 0.893 61:30
Mar 7, 2016 @ FLA W 5-4 (OT) W 51 47 4 0.922 64:00
Mar 5, 2016 vs WSH L 1-2 (OT) OTL 30 28 2 0.933 62:36
Mar 3, 2016 vs CHI W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Mar 1, 2016 vs CGY W 2-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Feb 28, 2016 vs TBL L 1-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:42
Feb 26, 2016 @ CAR W 4-1 W 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Feb 24, 2016 vs PIT W 5-1 W 42 41 1 0.976 60:00
Feb 20, 2016 @ DAL W 7-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Feb 18, 2016 @ NSH L 0-2 L 24 22 2 0.917 56:49
Feb 16, 2016 @ CBJ W 2-1 (OT) W 29 28 1 0.966 60:33
Feb 14, 2016 @ DET L 5-6 24 19 5 0.792 31:01
Feb 11, 2016 @ WPG W 6-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 59:59
Feb 9, 2016 vs LAK L 2-9 L 32 27 5 0.844 32:29
Feb 6, 2016 vs BUF W 2-1 (OT) W 38 37 1 0.974 62:32
Feb 4, 2016 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) W 28 26 2 0.929 65:00
Feb 2, 2016 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) OTL 35 31 4 0.886 63:04
Jan 26, 2016 vs ANA L 2-6 L 22 19 3 0.864 39:11
Jan 25, 2016 @ PHI W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Jan 21, 2016 vs VAN L 2-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 58:17
Jan 19, 2016 @ MTL W 4-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 59:54
Jan 16, 2016 vs TOR W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Jan 13, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 L 21 18 3 0.857 57:44
Jan 11, 2016 @ NYR L 1-2 L 30 28 2 0.933 58:29
Jan 9, 2016 @ OTT L 1-2 (OT) OTL 40 38 2 0.950 64:22
Jan 5, 2016 vs WSH L 2-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 58:15
Jan 1, 2016 vs MTL L 1-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 59:44
Dec 29, 2015 vs OTT W 7-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 59:46
Dec 27, 2015 @ OTT L 1-3 L 21 19 2 0.905 59:19
Dec 22, 2015 vs STL L 0-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 57:28
Dec 18, 2015 @ PIT W 6-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Dec 16, 2015 vs PIT W 3-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 59:50
Dec 12, 2015 vs FLA W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Dec 9, 2015 @ MTL W 3-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Dec 5, 2015 @ VAN W 4-0 W, SO 17 17 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 4, 2015 @ CGY L 4-5 (OT) OTL 26 24 2 0.923 41:24
Dec 2, 2015 @ EDM L 2-3 (SO) OTL 36 34 2 0.944 65:00
Nov 27, 2015 vs NYR W 4-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Nov 23, 2015 @ TOR W 4-3 (SO) W 42 39 3 0.929 65:00
Nov 21, 2015 vs TOR W 2-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 17, 2015 vs SJS L 4-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 59:25
Nov 14, 2015 vs DET W 3-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Nov 12, 2015 vs COL L 2-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 58:00
Nov 8, 2015 @ NYI W 2-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Nov 5, 2015 @ WSH L 1-4 L 30 27 3 0.900 58:48
Nov 3, 2015 vs DAL L 3-5 L 19 14 5 0.737 57:52
Oct 30, 2015 @ FLA W 3-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Oct 27, 2015 vs ARI W 6-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 21, 2015 vs PHI L 4-5 (OT) OTL 37 32 5 0.865 62:09
Oct 17, 2015 @ ARI W 5-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Oct 12, 2015 vs TBL L 3-6 L 23 17 6 0.739 59:09
Oct 10, 2015 vs MTL L 2-4 L 37 34 3 0.919 59:05
Oct 8, 2015 vs WPG L 2-6 L 31 26 5 0.839 59:42