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Ondrej Pavelec

#31 · Goalie · New York Rangers

Born Aug 31, 1987 in Kladno, CZE · 6'3", 212 lb · Catches left · Drafted 41st overall in 2005 by ATL (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Antti Niemi SJS · 43 GP, 0.924 Henrik Lundqvist NYR · 43 GP, 0.926 Pekka Rinne NSH · 43 GP, 0.910 Jimmy Howard DET · 42 GP, 0.923 Niklas Backstrom MIN · 42 GP, 0.909

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: 7 games707-082008-09: 12 games1208-092009-10: 42 games4209-102010-11: 58 games5810-112011-12: 68 games6811-122012-13: 44 games4412-132013-14: 57 games5713-142014-15: 50 games5014-152015-16: 33 games3315-162016-17: 8 games816-172017-18: 19 games1917-18

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 ATL 7 3300 190 172 18 3.11 0.905
2008-09 ATL 12 3700 301 265 36 3.60 0.880
2009-10 ATL 42 141872 1353 1226 127 3.29 0.906
2010-11 ATL 58 212394 1705 1558 147 2.73 0.914 $1.15M
2011-12 WPG 68 292894 2036 1845 191 2.91 0.906 $1.15M
2012-13 WPG 44 212030 1251 1132 119 2.80 0.905 $3.9M
2013-14 WPG 57 222671 1644 1481 163 3.01 0.901 $3.9M
2014-15 WPG 50 221685 1353 1245 108 2.28 0.920 $3.9M
2015-16 WPG 33 131341 918 830 88 2.78 0.904 $3.9M
2016-17 WPG 8 4400 233 207 26 3.55 0.888 $3.9M
2017-18 NYR 19 4911 510 464 46 3.05 0.910 $1.3M
11 seasons Career 398 1561674818 11494 10425 1069 2.88 0.907

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2014-15 WPG 4 0400 137 122 15 3.74 0.891
1 season Playoffs 4 0400 137 122 15 3.74 0.891

2012-13 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
44 43 212030 1251 1132 119 2.80 0.905

Contract

$3.9MCap hitends in 2017, then UFA
$544KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.2 goals above replacement
$2.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.4MValueworth 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 28 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 2016-17, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2012-13 $3.9M
2013-14 $3.9M
2014-15 $3.9M
2015-16 $3.9M
2016-17 $3.9M

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
2017-18 to 2017-18 $1.3M
2012-13 to 2016-17 $3.9M
2010-11 to 2011-12 $1.15M

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+7.2Goals above replacement21st of 37 goalies
+1.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.5Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 37 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.

-100102030402010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

-4.5Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
114.5Expected goals againstfrom 1,749 unblocked attempts
119Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.905Save %0.908 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 54 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 -0.11 above expected per 60 minutes41st
Shot difficulty 6.5% chance per attempt faced69thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 54 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Allowed 119Expected 114.5

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 25, 2013 vs MTL L 2-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Apr 23, 2013 @ WSH L 3-5 L 40 36 4 0.900 59:37
Apr 22, 2013 @ BUF W 2-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Apr 20, 2013 vs NYI L 4-5 (SO) OTL 33 29 4 0.879 64:53
Apr 18, 2013 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) W 27 24 3 0.889 61:16
Apr 16, 2013 vs TBL W 4-3 (SO) W 27 24 3 0.889 65:00
Apr 11, 2013 vs FLA W 7-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Apr 9, 2013 vs BUF W 4-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Apr 6, 2013 vs PHI W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 59:47
Apr 4, 2013 @ MTL L 1-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Apr 2, 2013 @ NYI L 2-5 L 38 34 4 0.895 58:53
Apr 1, 2013 @ NYR L 2-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 59:05
Mar 30, 2013 vs CAR L 1-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:18
Mar 26, 2013 @ CAR W 4-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 59:51
Mar 24, 2013 vs TBL W 3-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Mar 22, 2013 vs WSH L 1-6 L 9 6 3 0.667 25:41
Mar 21, 2013 vs WSH L 0-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 59:47
Mar 19, 2013 vs BOS W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Mar 17, 2013 @ OTT L 1-4 L 42 38 4 0.905 60:00
Mar 16, 2013 @ TOR W 5-4 (SO) W 32 28 4 0.875 65:00
Mar 14, 2013 vs NYR W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:53
Mar 12, 2013 vs TOR W 5-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Mar 10, 2013 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) OTL 27 25 2 0.926 65:00
Mar 8, 2013 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) W 40 38 2 0.950 64:19
Mar 5, 2013 @ FLA L 1-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Mar 2, 2013 vs WSH L 0-3 L 21 18 3 0.857 59:56
Feb 28, 2013 vs NJD W 3-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Feb 26, 2013 @ NYR W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Feb 24, 2013 @ NJD W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Feb 23, 2013 @ PHI L 3-5 L 38 34 4 0.895 58:29
Feb 21, 2013 @ CAR W 4-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 59:27
Feb 19, 2013 @ BUF W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Feb 17, 2013 vs BOS L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 58:47
Feb 15, 2013 vs PIT L 1-3 L 27 25 2 0.926 58:51
Feb 12, 2013 vs PHI L 2-3 L 11 10 1 0.909 18:41
Feb 7, 2013 vs TOR L 2-3 L 18 15 3 0.833 59:11
Feb 5, 2013 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) W 19 17 2 0.895 64:41
Feb 1, 2013 @ TBL L 3-8 L 14 9 5 0.643 24:43
Jan 31, 2013 @ FLA L 3-6 L 33 28 5 0.848 59:27
Jan 29, 2013 @ MTL L 3-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:21
Jan 25, 2013 vs PIT W 4-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Jan 22, 2013 @ WSH W 4-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Jan 21, 2013 @ BOS L 1-2 (SO) OTL 27 26 1 0.963 64:49
Jan 19, 2013 vs OTT L 1-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 60:00