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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 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ben Bishop DAL · 46 GP, 0.934 Jake Allen STL · 46 GP, 0.905 Jonathan Quick LAK · 46 GP, 0.888 Robin Lehner NYI · 46 GP, 0.930 David Rittich CGY · 45 GP, 0.911

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

2018-19 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
46 45 271354 1245 1136 109 2.48 0.912

Contract

$7MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$725KCap dollars per goal above replacement9.7 goals above replacement
$2.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$4.4MValueworth 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 60 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 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+9.7Goals above replacement33rd of 60 goalies
+1.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.3Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 60 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

-1.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
107.7Expected goals againstfrom 1,714 unblocked attempts
109Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.912Save %0.914 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 60 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 minutes45th
Shot difficulty 6.3% chance per attempt faced20thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 60 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Allowed 109Expected 107.7

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 6, 2019 vs TBL L 3-6 L 21 16 5 0.762 58:30
Apr 2, 2019 @ CBJ W 6-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Mar 30, 2019 vs FLA L 1-4 L 22 19 3 0.864 59:34
Mar 25, 2019 @ TBL L 4-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 59:28
Mar 21, 2019 @ NJD W 5-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Mar 19, 2019 @ NYI W 5-0 W, SO 13 13 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 14, 2019 @ WPG L 3-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 58:19
Mar 12, 2019 @ CBJ L 4-7 L 24 19 5 0.792 28:09
Mar 9, 2019 vs OTT W 3-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 59:58
Mar 7, 2019 vs FLA W 4-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 59:21
Mar 2, 2019 vs NJD W 1-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 28, 2019 vs TBL W 4-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Feb 23, 2019 @ STL L 1-2 (SO) OTL 29 28 1 0.966 65:00
Feb 18, 2019 @ SJS W 6-5 (OT) W 38 33 5 0.868 63:59
Feb 16, 2019 @ LAK W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Feb 12, 2019 vs CHI W 6-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Feb 9, 2019 vs LAK W 5-4 (OT) W 29 25 4 0.862 62:34
Feb 5, 2019 vs NYI W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Feb 3, 2019 @ WSH W 1-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 31, 2019 vs PHI L 2-3 (OT) OTL 41 38 3 0.927 62:56
Jan 19, 2019 vs NYR L 2-3 7 6 1 0.857 18:32
Jan 17, 2019 vs STL W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 14, 2019 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) OTL 22 19 3 0.864 59:20
Jan 12, 2019 @ TOR W 3-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Jan 8, 2019 vs MIN W 4-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 5, 2019 vs BUF W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Jan 1, 2019 @ CHI W 4-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 59:42
Dec 29, 2018 @ BUF W 3-2 (OT) W 28 26 2 0.929 63:44
Dec 23, 2018 @ CAR L 3-5 L 37 32 5 0.865 57:20
Dec 16, 2018 vs BUF L 2-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 58:21
Dec 11, 2018 vs ARI W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Dec 9, 2018 @ OTT W 2-1 (OT) W 28 27 1 0.964 63:07
Dec 6, 2018 @ TBL L 2-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 58:32
Dec 1, 2018 vs DET L 2-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 58:06
Nov 29, 2018 vs NYI W 2-1 (SO) W 29 28 1 0.966 65:00
Nov 24, 2018 @ MTL W 3-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Nov 21, 2018 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) OTL 27 24 3 0.889 60:49
Nov 16, 2018 @ DAL L 0-1 (OT) OTL 37 36 1 0.973 61:34
Nov 8, 2018 vs VAN L 5-8 L 14 11 3 0.786 25:07
Nov 5, 2018 vs DAL W 2-1 (OT) W 25 24 1 0.960 64:29
Oct 27, 2018 vs MTL L 0-3 L 22 20 2 0.909 57:30
Oct 23, 2018 @ OTT W 4-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Oct 17, 2018 @ CGY L 2-5 L 28 24 4 0.857 58:40
Oct 13, 2018 vs DET W 8-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Oct 8, 2018 vs OTT W 6-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Oct 3, 2018 @ WSH L 0-7 L 19 14 5 0.737 27:28