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Jonathan Bernier

#45 · Goalie · New Jersey Devils

Born Aug 7, 1988 in Laval, Quebec, CAN · 6'0", 185 lb · Catches left · Drafted 11th overall in 2006 by LAK (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2011-12

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.

Kari Lehtonen DAL · 37 GP, 0.912 Chad Johnson BUF · 36 GP, 0.891 Petr Mrazek PHI · 39 GP, 0.902 Anton Forsberg CHI · 35 GP, 0.908 Philipp Grubauer WSH · 35 GP, 0.923

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.

020402007-08: 4 games407-082009-10: 3 games309-102010-11: 25 games2510-112011-12: 16 games1611-122012-13: 14 games1412-132013-14: 55 games5513-142014-15: 58 games5814-152015-16: 38 games3815-162016-17: 39 games3916-172017-18: 37 games3717-182018-19: 35 games3518-192019-20: 46 games4619-202020-21: 24 games2420-212021-22: 10 games1021-22

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 LAK 4 1300 118 102 16 4.03 0.864
2009-10 LAK 3 3001 94 90 4 1.30 0.957
2010-11 LAK 25 11833 652 595 57 2.48 0.913
2011-12 LAK 16 5621 383 348 35 2.36 0.909 $1.25M
2012-13 LAK 14 9311 306 282 24 1.87 0.922 $1.25M
2013-14 TOR 55 261971 1787 1649 138 2.69 0.923 $2.9M
2014-15 TOR 58 212872 1735 1583 152 2.87 0.912 $2.9M
2015-16 TOR 38 122133 1114 1011 103 2.88 0.908 $4.15M
2016-17 ANA 39 21742 982 899 83 2.50 0.915 $4.15M
2017-18 COL 37 191332 1092 997 95 2.85 0.913 $2.75M
2018-19 DET 35 91851 1025 927 98 3.16 0.904 $3M
2019-20 DET 46 152231 1353 1227 126 2.95 0.907 $3M
2020-21 DET 24 91110 757 692 65 2.99 0.914 $3M
2021-22 NJD 10 4410 264 238 26 3.06 0.902 $4.125M
14 seasons Career 404 1651634018 11662 10640 1022 2.77 0.912

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 LAK 1 0000 9 9 0 0.00 1.000
2016-17 ANA 4 1200 79 69 10 3.29 0.873
2017-18 COL 4 1300 120 106 14 3.87 0.883
3 seasons Playoffs 9 2500 208 184 24 3.35 0.885

2017-18 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
37 34 191332 1092 997 95 2.85 0.913

Contract

$2.75MCap hitends in 2018, then UFA
$772KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.6 goals above replacement
$1.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.3MValueworth 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 56 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 2017-18, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2017-18 $2.75M

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
2021-22 to 2022-23 $4.125M
2018-19 to 2020-21 $3M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $2.75M
2015-16 to 2016-17 $4.15M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $2.9M
2011-12 to 2012-13 $1.25M

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

+3.6Goals above replacement40th of 56 goalies
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-5.6Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 56 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-1001020302010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

-5.6Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
89.4Expected goals againstfrom 1,498 unblocked attempts
95Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.913Save %0.918 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 58 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 -0.17 above expected per 60 minutes33rd
Shot difficulty 6.0% chance per attempt faced7thA 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.

020406080Game 10Game 20Game 30Allowed 95Expected 89.4

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 7, 2018 vs STL W 5-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 59:45
Apr 5, 2018 @ SJS L 2-4 L 35 32 3 0.914 58:43
Apr 2, 2018 @ LAK L 1-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 57:28
Apr 1, 2018 @ ANA L 3-4 (OT) OTL 42 38 4 0.905 61:34
Mar 30, 2018 vs CHI W 5-0 3 3 0 1.000 06:25
Mar 22, 2018 vs LAK L 1-7 15 13 2 0.867 27:33
Mar 10, 2018 vs ARI W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 46:47
Feb 16, 2018 @ WPG L 1-6 L 20 16 4 0.800 39:57
Feb 11, 2018 @ BUF W 5-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 59:39
Feb 8, 2018 @ STL L 1-6 L 20 17 3 0.850 25:05
Feb 6, 2018 vs SJS W 3-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Feb 1, 2018 @ EDM W 4-3 (OT) W 32 29 3 0.906 62:15
Jan 30, 2018 @ VAN L 3-4 (OT) OTL 26 22 4 0.846 60:37
Jan 25, 2018 @ STL L 1-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:45
Jan 23, 2018 @ MTL L 2-4 L 39 36 3 0.923 59:43
Jan 22, 2018 @ TOR W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Jan 20, 2018 vs NYR W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Jan 18, 2018 vs SJS W 5-3 W 48 45 3 0.938 60:00
Jan 15, 2018 vs ANA W 3-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Jan 13, 2018 @ DAL W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Jan 6, 2018 vs MIN W 7-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Jan 4, 2018 vs CBJ W 2-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 59:49
Jan 2, 2018 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) W 23 21 2 0.913 30:35
Dec 31, 2017 vs NYI W 6-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 16, 2017 vs TBL L 5-6 L 31 25 6 0.806 57:17
Dec 11, 2017 @ PIT W 2-1 W 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Dec 3, 2017 vs DAL L 2-7 L 9 5 4 0.556 27:52
Nov 25, 2017 vs CGY L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:46
Nov 24, 2017 @ MIN L 2-3 (SO) OTL 27 25 2 0.926 65:00
Nov 22, 2017 vs DAL W 3-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 59:48
Nov 19, 2017 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) W 24 21 3 0.875 61:55
Nov 11, 2017 @ OTT L 3-4 L 40 36 4 0.900 58:31
Nov 5, 2017 @ NYI L 4-6 L 28 22 6 0.786 60:00
Oct 28, 2017 vs CHI W 6-3 W 42 39 3 0.929 60:00
Oct 19, 2017 vs STL L 3-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 58:19
Oct 13, 2017 vs ANA W 3-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 59:59
Oct 7, 2017 @ NJD L 1-4 L 39 35 4 0.897 59:16