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Ben Bishop

#30 · Goalie · Dallas Stars

Born Nov 21, 1986 in Denver, Colorado, USA · 6'7", 210 lb · Catches left · Drafted 85th overall in 2005 by STL (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Patrick Lalime BUF · 7 GP, 0.890 Robin Lehner OTT · 8 GP, 0.888 Kevin Poulin NYI · 10 GP, 0.924 Nathan Lawson NYI · 10 GP, 0.893 Ray Emery ANA · 10 GP, 0.926

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.

02040602008-09: 6 games608-092010-11: 7 games710-112011-12: 10 games1011-122012-13: 22 games2212-132013-14: 63 games6313-142014-15: 62 games6214-152015-16: 61 games6115-162016-17: 39 games3916-172017-18: 53 games5317-182018-19: 46 games4618-192019-20: 44 games4419-20

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
2008-09 STL 6 1110 112 100 12 2.94 0.893
2010-11 STL 7 3401 168 151 17 2.77 0.899
2011-12 OTT 10 3320 243 221 22 2.48 0.909 $600K
2012-13 OTT 13 8501 399 368 31 2.45 0.922 $650K
2012-13 TBL 9 3411 302 277 25 2.99 0.917
2013-14 TBL 63 371475 1758 1625 133 2.23 0.924 $2.3M
2014-15 TBL 62 401354 1620 1484 136 2.32 0.916 $2.3M
2015-16 TBL 61 352146 1672 1549 123 2.06 0.926 $5.95M
2016-17 TBL 32 161231 870 793 77 2.55 0.911 $5.95M
2016-17 LAK 7 2320 170 153 17 2.49 0.900
2017-18 DAL 53 261755 1437 1317 120 2.49 0.916 $4.917M
2018-19 DAL 46 271527 1323 1236 87 1.98 0.934 $4.917M
2019-20 DAL 44 211642 1286 1183 103 2.50 0.920 $4.917M
11 seasons Career 413 2221283633 11360 10457 903 2.32 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 %
2014-15 TBL 25 131103 669 616 53 2.18 0.921
2015-16 TBL 11 8202 297 279 18 1.85 0.939
2018-19 DAL 13 7600 448 418 30 2.22 0.933
2019-20 DAL 2 1100 45 37 8 6.51 0.822
4 seasons Playoffs 51 292005 1459 1350 109 2.24 0.925

2010-11 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
7 5 3401 168 151 17 2.77 0.899

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2017-18 to 2022-23 $4.917M
2015-16 to 2016-17 $5.95M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $2.3M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $650K
2011-12 to 2011-12 $600K

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-1.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.8Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-100102030402010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

-2.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
14.2Expected goals againstfrom 225 unblocked attempts
17Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.899Save %0.916 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.46 above expected per 60 minutes9th
Shot difficulty 6.3% chance per attempt faced57thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 53 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

051015Allowed 17Expected 14.2

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
Mar 7, 2011 vs CBJ W 5-4 (SO) W 20 19 1 0.950 54:50
Mar 5, 2011 @ NYI L 2-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 59:59
Mar 1, 2011 vs CGY L 0-6 L 29 23 6 0.793 59:56
Feb 27, 2011 @ CGY L 0-1 L 20 19 1 0.950 58:15
Feb 25, 2011 @ EDM W 5-0 W, SO 39 39 0 1.000 59:54
Feb 21, 2011 vs CHI L 3-5 L 18 14 4 0.778 32:37
Feb 19, 2011 vs ANA W 9-3 W 20 20 0 1.000 43:18