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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jhonas Enroth DAL · 50 GP, 0.904 Cam Ward CAR · 51 GP, 0.910 Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ · 51 GP, 0.918 Steve Mason PHI · 51 GP, 0.928 Jonas Hiller CGY · 52 GP, 0.918

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

2014-15 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
50 46 221685 1353 1245 108 2.28 0.920

Contract

$3.9MCap hitends in 2017, then UFA
$130KCap dollars per goal above replacement30.1 goals above replacement
$7.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.2MValueworth 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 48 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 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+30.1Goals above replacement5th of 50 goalies
+5.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+17.3Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 50 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

+17.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
125.3Expected goals againstfrom 1,858 unblocked attempts
108Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.920Save %0.907 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 49 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 +0.37 above expected per 60 minutes90th
Shot difficulty 6.7% chance per attempt faced94thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 49 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Expected 125.3Allowed 108

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 9, 2015 @ COL L 0-1 (SO) OTL, SO 21 21 0 1.000 65:00
Apr 7, 2015 @ STL W 1-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 59:46
Apr 6, 2015 @ MIN W 2-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Apr 4, 2015 vs VAN W 5-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Mar 31, 2015 vs NYR L 2-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 59:20
Mar 29, 2015 vs CHI L 3-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 59:57
Mar 26, 2015 vs MTL W 5-2 W 41 39 2 0.951 59:54
Mar 23, 2015 @ EDM W 4-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Mar 21, 2015 vs WSH W 3-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 59:53
Mar 19, 2015 vs STL W 2-1 (SO) W 33 32 1 0.970 65:00
Mar 17, 2015 vs SJS W 5-2 W 40 38 2 0.950 60:00
Mar 14, 2015 @ TBL W 2-1 W 16 15 1 0.938 60:00
Mar 10, 2015 @ STL L 4-5 L 20 19 1 0.950 27:57
Mar 4, 2015 vs OTT L 1-3 3 3 0 1.000 25:43
Feb 19, 2015 @ WSH L 1-5 L 32 28 4 0.875 58:34
Feb 12, 2015 @ NSH L 1-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 57:56
Feb 8, 2015 vs COL W 5-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 59:57
Feb 3, 2015 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) OTL 33 30 3 0.909 60:36
Feb 2, 2015 @ CGY L 2-5 4 4 0 1.000 12:20
Jan 27, 2015 @ PIT L 3-5 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:15
Jan 18, 2015 vs ARI W 4-3 (SO) W 31 28 3 0.903 65:00
Jan 15, 2015 @ DAL W 2-1 W 47 46 1 0.979 60:00
Jan 11, 2015 @ ANA L 4-5 (SO) OTL 43 39 4 0.907 64:55
Jan 8, 2015 @ ARI L 1-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:15
Dec 31, 2014 vs NYI L 2-5 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:54
Dec 21, 2014 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) OTL 23 19 4 0.826 60:10
Dec 16, 2014 vs BUF W 5-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 59:55
Dec 11, 2014 @ COL L 3-4 (SO) OTL 26 23 3 0.885 65:00
Dec 7, 2014 vs ANA L 3-4 (OT) OTL 25 21 4 0.840 60:46
Dec 3, 2014 vs EDM W 3-2 (OT) W 24 22 2 0.917 60:17
Nov 26, 2014 @ BUF W 2-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 59:47
Nov 23, 2014 vs STL L 2-4 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:37
Nov 20, 2014 vs DET L 3-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 58:10
Nov 16, 2014 @ MIN L 3-4 (OT) 11 8 3 0.727 19:53
Nov 15, 2014 @ NSH L 1-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 58:16
Nov 11, 2014 @ MTL L 0-3 L 26 24 2 0.923 57:09
Nov 8, 2014 @ OTT W 2-1 (SO) W 38 37 1 0.974 65:00
Nov 6, 2014 vs PIT L 3-4 (SO) OTL 35 32 3 0.914 65:00
Nov 4, 2014 vs NSH W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 59:45
Nov 1, 2014 @ NYR W 1-0 (SO) W, SO 38 38 0 1.000 64:53
Oct 30, 2014 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) OTL 28 27 1 0.964 64:42
Oct 28, 2014 @ NYI W 4-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Oct 26, 2014 vs COL W 2-1 (OT) W 23 22 1 0.957 64:32
Oct 24, 2014 vs TBL L 2-4 L 18 14 4 0.778 40:00
Oct 21, 2014 vs CAR W 3-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Oct 19, 2014 vs CGY L 1-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:57
Oct 17, 2014 vs NSH L 0-2 L 27 25 2 0.926 57:55
Oct 12, 2014 @ LAK L 1-4 18 17 1 0.944 37:55
Oct 11, 2014 @ SJS L 0-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Oct 9, 2014 @ ARI W 6-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00