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James Reimer

#47 · Goalie · Free agent, last with the Ottawa Senators

Born Mar 15, 1988 in Morweena, Manitoba, CAN · 6'2", 200 lb · Catches left · Drafted 99th overall in 2006 by TOR (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mike Condon OTT · 41 GP, 0.914 Craig Anderson OTT · 40 GP, 0.926 Roberto Luongo FLA · 40 GP, 0.915 Ben Bishop LAK · 39 GP, 0.910 Jonathan Bernier ANA · 39 GP, 0.915

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.

0102030402010-11: 37 games3710-112011-12: 34 games342012-13: 33 games3312-132013-14: 36 games362014-15: 35 games3514-152015-16: 40 games402016-17: 43 games4316-172017-18: 44 games442018-19: 36 games3618-192019-20: 25 games252020-21: 22 games2220-212021-22: 48 games482022-23: 43 games4322-232023-24: 25 games252024-25: 24 games2424-252025-26: 14 games14

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
2010-11 TOR 37 201053 1134 1044 90 2.60 0.921 $547K
2011-12 TOR 34 141443 974 877 97 3.10 0.900 $1.8M
2012-13 TOR 33 19854 995 919 76 2.46 0.924 $1.8M
2013-14 TOR 36 121611 1095 997 98 3.29 0.911 $1.8M
2014-15 TOR 35 91610 1001 908 93 3.16 0.907 $2.3M
2015-16 TOR 32 111270 920 845 75 2.49 0.918 $2.3M
2015-16 SJS 8 6203 208 195 13 1.62 0.938
2016-17 FLA 43 181653 1222 1124 98 2.53 0.920 $3.4M
2017-18 FLA 44 221464 1373 1253 120 2.99 0.913 $3.4M
2018-19 FLA 36 131250 929 836 93 3.09 0.900 $3.4M
2019-20 CAR 25 14623 712 651 61 2.66 0.914 $3.4M
2020-21 CAR 22 15520 627 568 59 2.66 0.906 $3.4M
2021-22 SJS 48 1917101 1450 1321 129 2.90 0.911 $2.25M
2022-23 SJS 43 122183 1335 1188 147 3.48 0.890 $2.25M
2023-24 DET 25 11822 727 657 70 3.11 0.904 $1.5M
2024-25 ANA 2 0200 66 57 9 4.50 0.864 $1M
2024-25 BUF 22 10821 596 537 60 2.90 0.901
2025-26 OTT 14 7421 289 256 33 2.42 0.886 $1M
16 seasons Career 539 2321916732 15653 14233 1421 2.88 0.909

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2012-13 TOR 7 3400 272 251 21 2.87 0.923
2015-16 SJS 1 0000 7 6 1 2.06 0.857
2019-20 CAR 3 2100 106 99 7 2.36 0.934
3 seasons Playoffs 11 5500 385 356 29 2.70 0.925

2016-17 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
43 39 181653 1222 1124 98 2.53 0.920

Contract

$3.4MCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$361KCap dollars per goal above replacement9.4 goals above replacement
$2.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$785KValueworth 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 53 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Florida Panthers on Jul 1, 2016, as a new contract: 5 years and $17M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2020-21, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $3.4M $3.25M $1.25M $4.5M
2017-18 $3.4M $3.2M $0 $3.2M
2018-19 $3.4M $3.1M $0 $3.1M
2019-20 $3.4M $3.1M $0 $3.1M
2020-21 $3.4M $850K $2.25M $3.1M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jan 12, 2026 Ottawa Senators New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $1M $1M
Jul 1, 2024 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $1M $1M
Jul 1, 2023 Detroit Red Wings New contract (35+) 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $1.5M $1.5M
Jul 28, 2021 San Jose Sharks New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $4.5M $2.25M
Jul 1, 2016 Florida Panthers New contract 2016-17 to 2020-21 5 $17M $3.4M
Jul 26, 2014 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2014-15 to 2015-16 2 $4.6M $2.3M
Jun 9, 2011 Toronto Maple Leafs Extension 2011-12 to 2013-14 3 $5.4M $1.8M
Mar 19, 2008 Toronto Maple Leafs Entry-level 2008-09 to 2010-11 3 $1.79M $547K

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

+9.4Goals above replacement32nd of 53 goalies
+1.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 53 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.

-1001020302010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals 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

-0.5Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
97.5Expected goals againstfrom 1,635 unblocked attempts
98Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.920Save %0.920 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 55 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 -0.01 above expected per 60 minutes47th
Shot difficulty 6.0% chance per attempt faced20thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 55 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

020406080Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Allowed 98Expected 97.5

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 9, 2017 @ WSH W 2-0 W, SO 38 38 0 1.000 60:00
Apr 8, 2017 vs BUF W 3-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Apr 6, 2017 vs STL L 3-6 L 37 32 5 0.865 59:26
Mar 28, 2017 @ TOR L 2-3 14 12 2 0.857 31:07
Mar 27, 2017 @ BUF L 2-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 35:08
Mar 25, 2017 vs CHI W 7-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 59:58
Mar 23, 2017 vs ARI W 3-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Mar 19, 2017 @ PIT L 0-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 59:58
Mar 17, 2017 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) W 32 29 3 0.906 65:00
Mar 16, 2017 @ CBJ L 1-2 L 34 32 2 0.941 58:43
Mar 14, 2017 vs TOR W 7-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 11, 2017 @ TBL L 2-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:02
Mar 10, 2017 vs MIN L 4-7 L 44 39 5 0.886 58:51
Mar 7, 2017 vs NYR L 2-5 L 19 15 4 0.789 33:14
Mar 4, 2017 vs DAL L 1-2 L 34 32 2 0.941 59:19
Mar 2, 2017 @ PHI L 1-2 (SO) OTL 36 35 1 0.972 45:00
Feb 26, 2017 vs OTT L 1-2 L 33 31 2 0.939 58:17
Feb 22, 2017 vs EDM L 3-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 58:14
Feb 20, 2017 @ STL W 2-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Feb 17, 2017 @ ANA W 4-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 59:46
Feb 15, 2017 @ SJS W 6-5 (OT) W 2 2 0 1.000 02:16
Feb 9, 2017 vs LAK L 3-6 14 11 3 0.786 47:19
Feb 3, 2017 vs ANA W 2-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Jan 26, 2017 vs TBL W 2-1 (OT) W 32 31 1 0.969 61:49
Jan 18, 2017 @ EDM L 3-4 (OT) OTL 31 27 4 0.871 64:57
Jan 14, 2017 vs CBJ W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 59:57
Jan 7, 2017 vs BOS L 0-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Jan 6, 2017 vs NSH W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Dec 31, 2016 @ DAL W 3-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Dec 29, 2016 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) OTL 41 38 3 0.927 60:39
Dec 22, 2016 vs BOS L 1-3 L 32 30 2 0.938 59:12
Dec 16, 2016 @ COL W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Dec 13, 2016 @ MIN L 1-5 5 5 0 1.000 11:34
Dec 6, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) OTL 25 22 3 0.880 64:51
Nov 27, 2016 @ CAR L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 58:41
Nov 20, 2016 @ NYR W 3-2 (SO) W 35 33 2 0.943 65:00
Nov 17, 2016 @ TOR L 1-6 L 30 24 6 0.800 60:00
Nov 12, 2016 vs NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0.000 00:20
Nov 10, 2016 vs SJS L 2-4 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:29
Nov 3, 2016 vs NJD W 4-3 (OT) W 34 31 3 0.912 64:07
Oct 30, 2016 @ DET W 5-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Oct 25, 2016 @ PIT L 2-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 59:34
Oct 18, 2016 @ TBL L 3-4 (SO) OTL 28 25 3 0.893 64:47