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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Devan Dubnyk MIN · 65 GP, 0.923 Martin Jones SJS · 65 GP, 0.912 Frederik Andersen TOR · 66 GP, 0.918 Braden Holtby WSH · 63 GP, 0.925 Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ · 63 GP, 0.931

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

2016-17 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
65 64 372058 1610 1473 137 2.23 0.915

Contract

$7MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$719KCap dollars per goal above replacement9.7 goals above replacement
$2.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.3MValueworth 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 53 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 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+9.7Goals above replacement30th of 53 goalies
+1.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.8Goals 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. 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

-3.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
133.2Expected goals againstfrom 2,295 unblocked attempts
137Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.915Save %0.917 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 55 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 -0.06 above expected per 60 minutes40th
Shot difficulty 5.8% 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 55 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Game 60Allowed 137Expected 133.2

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 8, 2017 vs WSH L 1-3 8 8 0 1.000 19:31
Apr 6, 2017 vs OTT L 1-2 (SO) OTL 26 25 1 0.962 65:00
Apr 4, 2017 vs TBL W 4-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Apr 1, 2017 vs FLA W 5-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Mar 30, 2017 vs DAL W 2-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 28, 2017 vs NSH W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Mar 23, 2017 vs TBL L 3-6 L 28 23 5 0.821 58:58
Mar 21, 2017 vs OTT L 2-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 58:27
Mar 20, 2017 @ TOR L 2-4 L 28 26 2 0.929 59:17
Mar 16, 2017 @ EDM L 4-7 L 17 12 5 0.706 22:06
Mar 13, 2017 @ VAN W 6-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Mar 11, 2017 vs PHI W 2-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Mar 8, 2017 vs DET W 6-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Mar 6, 2017 @ OTT L 2-4 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:26
Mar 2, 2017 vs NYR L 1-2 L 21 19 2 0.905 59:33
Feb 28, 2017 vs ARI W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Feb 26, 2017 @ DAL W 6-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Feb 22, 2017 @ ANA L 3-5 L 24 20 4 0.833 59:30
Feb 19, 2017 @ SJS W 2-1 (OT) W 30 29 1 0.967 62:36
Feb 12, 2017 vs MTL W 4-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 9, 2017 vs SJS W 6-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 59:52
Feb 4, 2017 vs TOR L 5-6 14 10 4 0.714 30:15
Feb 1, 2017 @ WSH L 3-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 58:38
Jan 31, 2017 @ TBL W 4-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Jan 26, 2017 vs PIT W 4-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Jan 24, 2017 vs DET W 4-3 (OT) W 26 23 3 0.885 64:13
Jan 22, 2017 @ PIT L 1-5 L 22 20 2 0.909 31:48
Jan 20, 2017 vs CHI L 0-1 L 22 21 1 0.955 59:17
Jan 18, 2017 @ DET L 5-6 (SO) OTL 25 20 5 0.800 64:40
Jan 16, 2017 vs NYI L 0-4 L 15 12 3 0.800 40:00
Jan 14, 2017 vs PHI W 6-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Jan 12, 2017 @ NSH L 1-2 3 3 0 1.000 12:49
Jan 10, 2017 @ STL W 5-3 W 17 14 3 0.824 60:00
Jan 7, 2017 @ FLA W 4-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 5, 2017 vs EDM L 3-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 58:40
Jan 2, 2017 @ NJD L 0-3 L 25 23 2 0.920 59:51
Dec 31, 2016 vs BUF W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 59:43
Dec 29, 2016 @ BUF W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 59:34
Dec 27, 2016 @ CBJ L 3-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 58:10
Dec 22, 2016 @ FLA W 3-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 59:41
Dec 20, 2016 vs NYI L 2-4 L 13 10 3 0.769 26:18
Dec 18, 2016 vs LAK W 1-0 W, SO 18 18 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 14, 2016 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) OTL 37 33 4 0.892 61:24
Dec 12, 2016 @ MTL W 2-1 (OT) W 31 30 1 0.968 63:20
Dec 10, 2016 vs TOR L 1-4 L 19 16 3 0.842 59:23
Dec 7, 2016 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) OTL 20 16 4 0.800 61:36
Dec 5, 2016 vs FLA W 4-3 (OT) W 30 27 3 0.900 61:17
Dec 3, 2016 @ BUF W 2-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Nov 29, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 (SO) OTL 21 19 2 0.905 64:42
Nov 27, 2016 vs TBL W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 59:59
Nov 24, 2016 @ OTT L 1-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 57:53
Nov 22, 2016 vs STL L 2-4 L 27 24 3 0.889 58:58
Nov 19, 2016 vs WPG W 4-1 W 12 11 1 0.917 59:46
Nov 17, 2016 @ MIN L 0-1 L 29 28 1 0.966 59:25
Nov 13, 2016 @ COL W 2-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 12, 2016 @ ARI W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Nov 10, 2016 vs CBJ W 5-2 W 17 15 2 0.882 60:00
Nov 7, 2016 vs BUF W 4-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 59:54
Nov 5, 2016 vs NYR L 2-5 L 24 19 5 0.792 59:47
Nov 3, 2016 @ TBL W 4-3 (SO) W 30 27 3 0.900 64:56
Nov 1, 2016 @ FLA W 2-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Oct 29, 2016 @ DET W 1-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 20, 2016 vs NJD W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Oct 17, 2016 @ WPG W 4-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Oct 13, 2016 @ CBJ W 6-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 59:22