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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Braden Holtby WSH · 54 GP, 0.907 Jaroslav Halak NYI · 54 GP, 0.908 Mike Smith CGY · 55 GP, 0.916 Ben Bishop DAL · 53 GP, 0.916 Robin Lehner BUF · 53 GP, 0.908

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

2017-18 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
54 53 341453 1513 1388 125 2.36 0.917

Contract

$7MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$485KCap dollars per goal above replacement14.4 goals above replacement
$3.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$3.1MValueworth 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 56 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 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+14.4Goals above replacement24th of 56 goalies
+2.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.5Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 56 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

+1.5Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
126.5Expected goals againstfrom 2,106 unblocked attempts
125Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.917Save %0.916 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 58 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 +0.03 above expected per 60 minutes55th
Shot difficulty 6.0% 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 58 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Expected 126.5Allowed 125

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, 2018 vs FLA L 2-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 58:10
Apr 5, 2018 @ FLA L 2-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 59:02
Apr 3, 2018 @ TBL L 0-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Mar 31, 2018 vs FLA W 5-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Mar 29, 2018 vs TBL W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Mar 25, 2018 @ MIN W 2-1 (OT) W 25 24 1 0.960 60:28
Mar 23, 2018 @ DAL W 3-2 W 42 40 2 0.952 60:00
Mar 19, 2018 vs CBJ L 4-5 (OT) OTL 25 20 5 0.800 62:55
Mar 17, 2018 @ TBL W 3-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 13, 2018 @ CAR W 6-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 59:57
Mar 10, 2018 vs CHI W 7-4 W 27 23 4 0.852 59:51
Mar 8, 2018 vs PHI W 3-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Mar 1, 2018 vs PIT W 8-4 W 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Feb 27, 2018 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) W 32 29 3 0.906 61:08
Feb 24, 2018 @ TOR L 3-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:27
Feb 19, 2018 @ CGY W 2-1 (OT) W 29 28 1 0.966 63:36
Feb 17, 2018 @ VAN L 1-6 L 8 4 4 0.500 20:00
Feb 13, 2018 vs CGY W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Feb 10, 2018 vs BUF L 2-4 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:05
Feb 6, 2018 @ DET W 3-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Feb 3, 2018 vs TOR W 4-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Feb 1, 2018 vs STL W 3-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Jan 25, 2018 @ OTT W 3-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 59:55
Jan 23, 2018 vs NJD W 3-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Jan 20, 2018 @ MTL W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Jan 17, 2018 vs MTL W 4-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Jan 13, 2018 @ MTL W 4-3 (SO) W 30 27 3 0.900 64:43
Jan 7, 2018 @ PIT L 5-6 (OT) OTL 35 29 6 0.829 62:51
Jan 2, 2018 @ NYI W 5-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Dec 30, 2017 @ OTT W 5-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 59:52
Dec 27, 2017 vs OTT W 5-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Dec 23, 2017 vs DET W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Dec 21, 2017 vs WPG W 2-1 (SO) W 38 37 1 0.974 65:00
Dec 18, 2017 vs CBJ W 7-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 60:00
Dec 16, 2017 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) OTL 28 25 3 0.893 61:44
Dec 13, 2017 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) W 33 31 2 0.939 59:29
Dec 9, 2017 vs NYI W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Dec 7, 2017 vs ARI W 6-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 59:56
Dec 4, 2017 @ NSH L 3-5 11 10 1 0.909 32:40
Dec 2, 2017 @ PHI W 3-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 29, 2017 vs TBL W 3-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Nov 26, 2017 vs EDM L 2-4 L 35 32 3 0.914 58:35
Nov 15, 2017 @ ANA L 2-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Nov 11, 2017 vs TOR L 1-4 L 24 21 3 0.875 59:05
Nov 8, 2017 @ NYR L 2-4 L 32 29 3 0.906 58:41
Nov 6, 2017 vs MIN W 5-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 59:59
Nov 4, 2017 vs WSH L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 58:30
Nov 2, 2017 vs VGK W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Oct 30, 2017 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) OTL 32 29 3 0.906 65:00
Oct 28, 2017 vs LAK L 1-2 (OT) OTL 30 28 2 0.933 64:59
Oct 15, 2017 @ VGK L 1-3 L 25 23 2 0.920 58:51
Oct 11, 2017 @ COL L 3-6 L 26 22 4 0.846 40:00
Oct 9, 2017 vs COL L 0-4 L 22 19 3 0.864 59:42
Oct 5, 2017 vs NSH W 4-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 59:54