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Steve Mason

#35 · Goalie · Winnipeg Jets

Born May 29, 1988 in Oakville, Ontario, CAN · 6'4", 210 lb · Catches right · Drafted 69th overall in 2006 by CBJ (round 3)

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Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Al Montoya EDM · 13 GP, 0.893 J-F Berube CHI · 13 GP, 0.894 Casey DeSmith PIT · 14 GP, 0.921 Charlie Lindgren MTL · 14 GP, 0.908 Laurent Brossoit EDM · 14 GP, 0.883

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: 61 games6108-092009-10: 58 games5809-102010-11: 54 games5410-112011-12: 46 games4611-122012-13: 20 games2012-132013-14: 61 games6113-142014-15: 51 games5114-152015-16: 54 games5415-162016-17: 58 games5816-172017-18: 13 games1317-18

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
2008-09 CBJ 61 3320710 1658 1518 140 2.29 0.916
2009-10 CBJ 58 202695 1653 1490 163 3.05 0.901
2010-11 CBJ 54 242173 1541 1388 153 3.03 0.901
2011-12 CBJ 46 162631 1355 1212 143 3.39 0.894 $2.9M
2012-13 CBJ 13 3610 346 311 35 2.95 0.899 $2.9M
2012-13 PHI 7 4200 215 203 12 1.90 0.944
2013-14 PHI 61 331874 1751 1606 145 2.50 0.917 $1.5M
2014-15 PHI 51 1818113 1490 1382 108 2.25 0.928 $4.1M
2015-16 PHI 54 2319104 1602 1470 132 2.51 0.918 $4.1M
2016-17 PHI 58 262183 1556 1413 143 2.66 0.908 $4.1M
2017-18 WPG 13 5611 392 355 37 3.24 0.906 $4.1M
10 seasons Career 476 2051836434 13559 12348 1211 2.70 0.911

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2008-09 CBJ 4 0400 139 122 17 4.26 0.878
2013-14 PHI 5 2200 131 123 8 1.97 0.939
2015-16 PHI 3 0300 81 69 12 4.09 0.852
2017-18 WPG 1 0000 7 7 0 0.00 1.000
4 seasons Playoffs 13 2900 358 321 37 3.27 0.897

2017-18 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
13 12 5611 392 355 37 3.24 0.906

Contract

$4.1MCap hitends in 2019, then UFA
$1.068MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.8 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2018-19, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2017-18 $4.1M
2018-19 $4.1M

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 2018-19 $4.1M
2014-15 to 2016-17 $4.1M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $1.5M
2011-12 to 2012-13 $2.9M

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+3.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals 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.

-40-20020402010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

+0.1Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
37.1Expected goals againstfrom 538 unblocked attempts
37Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.906Save %0.905 expected from his shots
Goals saved +0.01 above expected per 60 minutes50th
Shot difficulty 6.9% chance per attempt faced98thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 58 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0102030Game 10Expected 37.1Allowed 37

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 3, 2018 @ MTL W 5-4 (OT) W 40 36 4 0.900 63:00
Mar 6, 2018 @ NYR W 3-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 9, 2018 @ BUF W 7-4 W 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Dec 23, 2017 @ NYI L 2-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 60:00
Dec 16, 2017 @ STL L 0-2 L 30 28 2 0.933 58:51
Nov 25, 2017 @ SJS L 0-4 L 13 11 2 0.846 20:00
Nov 22, 2017 @ LAK W 2-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Nov 11, 2017 @ ARI W 4-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 59:58
Nov 10, 2017 @ VGK L 2-5 5 5 0 1.000 20:00
Oct 27, 2017 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) OTL 37 35 2 0.946 62:28
Oct 17, 2017 vs CBJ L 2-5 L 39 34 5 0.872 60:00
Oct 7, 2017 @ CGY L 3-6 L 45 39 6 0.867 60:00
Oct 4, 2017 vs TOR L 2-7 L 20 15 5 0.750 40:36