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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Roberto Luongo FLA · 62 GP, 0.922 Craig Anderson OTT · 60 GP, 0.916 Tuukka Rask BOS · 64 GP, 0.915 Corey Crawford CHI · 58 GP, 0.924 Cory Schneider NJD · 58 GP, 0.924

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 Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Cap hit
2008-09 STL 6 112 100 12 0.893
2010-11 STL 7 168 151 17 0.899
2011-12 OTT 10 243 221 22 0.909 $600K
2012-13 OTT 13 399 368 31 0.922 $650K
2012-13 TBL 9 302 277 25 0.917
2013-14 TBL 63 1758 1625 133 0.924 $2.3M
2014-15 TBL 62 1620 1484 136 0.916 $2.3M
2015-16 TBL 61 1672 1549 123 0.926 $5.95M
2016-17 TBL 32 870 793 77 0.911 $5.95M
2016-17 LAK 7 170 153 17 0.900
2017-18 DAL 53 1437 1317 120 0.916 $4.917M
2018-19 DAL 46 1323 1236 87 0.934 $4.917M
2019-20 DAL 44 1286 1183 103 0.920 $4.917M
11 seasons Career 413 11360 10457 903 0.921

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
2014-15 TBL 25 669 616 53 0.921
2015-16 TBL 11 297 279 18 0.939
2018-19 DAL 13 448 418 30 0.933
2019-20 DAL 2 45 37 8 0.822
4 seasons Playoffs 51 1459 1350 109 0.925

2015-16 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
61 1672 1549 123 0.926 2.02

Contract

$5.95MCap hitends in 2017, then UFA
$299KCap dollars per goal above replacement19.9 goals above replacement
$5.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$629KValueworth less cap hit

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 58 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 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $5.95M
2016-17 $5.95M

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 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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+19.9Goals above replacement10th of 58 goalies
+3.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+6.6Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 58 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.

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

+6.6Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
129.6Expected goals againstfrom 2,343 unblocked attempts
123Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.926Save %0.923 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 57 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 minutes67th
Shot difficulty 5.5% chance per attempt faced5thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 57 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Game 60Expected 129.6Allowed 123

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 Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 7, 2016 @ NJD W 4-2 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Apr 4, 2016 @ NYI L 2-5 23 18 5 0.783 44:28
Apr 2, 2016 vs NJD W 3-1 26 25 1 0.962 59:51
Mar 31, 2016 vs MTL L 0-3 23 21 2 0.913 57:31
Mar 28, 2016 vs TOR W 3-0 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 25, 2016 vs NYI W 7-4 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Mar 22, 2016 vs DET W 6-2 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Mar 19, 2016 @ ARI W 2-0 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 17, 2016 @ DAL L 3-4 33 29 4 0.879 58:37
Mar 13, 2016 @ CBJ W 4-0 37 37 0 1.000 59:34
Mar 11, 2016 vs PHI L 1-3 22 19 3 0.864 56:36
Mar 8, 2016 vs BOS L 0-1 (OT) 33 32 1 0.970 60:10
Mar 5, 2016 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 27 24 3 0.889 64:17
Mar 3, 2016 @ OTT W 4-1 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Feb 28, 2016 @ BOS W 4-1 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Feb 26, 2016 @ NJD W 4-0 21 21 0 1.000 59:33
Feb 21, 2016 @ CAR W 4-2 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Feb 20, 2016 @ PIT W 4-2 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Feb 16, 2016 vs SJS L 2-4 31 27 4 0.871 58:24
Feb 14, 2016 vs STL L 1-2 21 19 2 0.905 58:59
Feb 12, 2016 vs NSH W 4-3 (OT) 30 27 3 0.900 60:22
Feb 9, 2016 @ MTL L 2-4 27 23 4 0.852 56:37
Feb 5, 2016 vs PIT W 6-3 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Feb 3, 2016 vs DET W 3-1 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Jan 23, 2016 @ FLA L 2-5 30 26 4 0.867 39:58
Jan 21, 2016 vs CHI W 2-1 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Jan 17, 2016 vs FLA W 3-1 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Jan 12, 2016 @ COL W 4-0 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 8, 2016 @ EDM W 3-2 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Jan 5, 2016 @ CGY L 1-3 23 21 2 0.913 58:21
Dec 30, 2015 vs NYR L 2-5 24 21 3 0.875 59:20
Dec 28, 2015 vs MTL L 3-4 (SO) 34 31 3 0.912 64:44
Dec 26, 2015 vs CBJ W 5-2 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Dec 22, 2015 vs VAN L 1-2 19 17 2 0.895 57:41
Dec 20, 2015 vs OTT W 5-2 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Dec 18, 2015 @ WSH L 3-5 22 18 4 0.818 59:26
Dec 14, 2015 @ CBJ W 2-1 26 25 1 0.962 59:57
Dec 12, 2015 vs WSH L 1-2 20 18 2 0.900 58:50
Dec 10, 2015 vs OTT W 4-1 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Dec 6, 2015 @ LAK L 1-3 18 17 1 0.944 37:46
Dec 5, 2015 @ SJS W 4-3 26 24 2 0.923 48:11
Dec 2, 2015 @ ANA W 2-1 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Nov 28, 2015 vs NYI L 2-3 22 19 3 0.864 58:37
Nov 25, 2015 vs LAK W 2-1 (SO) 38 37 1 0.974 65:00
Nov 21, 2015 vs ANA W 5-0 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 19, 2015 vs NYR W 2-1 21 20 1 0.952 59:50
Nov 14, 2015 vs FLA L 4-5 (SO) 23 19 4 0.826 64:59
Nov 12, 2015 vs CGY W 3-1 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Nov 7, 2015 @ MIN L 0-1 25 24 1 0.960 59:00
Nov 3, 2015 @ DET L 1-2 29 27 2 0.931 58:56
Oct 31, 2015 vs BOS L 1-3 33 31 2 0.939 59:24
Oct 29, 2015 vs COL L 1-2 26 24 2 0.923 58:15
Oct 27, 2015 @ STL L 0-2 23 22 1 0.957 58:44
Oct 23, 2015 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) 36 33 3 0.917 60:36
Oct 20, 2015 @ NSH L 4-5 (SO) 33 29 4 0.879 65:00
Oct 17, 2015 vs BUF W 2-1 32 31 1 0.969 59:44
Oct 15, 2015 vs DAL L 3-5 22 17 5 0.773 57:30
Oct 13, 2015 @ DET L 1-3 23 21 2 0.913 58:12
Oct 12, 2015 @ BOS W 6-3 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Oct 10, 2015 @ BUF W 4-1 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Oct 8, 2015 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) 25 23 2 0.920 61:38