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Semyon Varlamov

#40 · Goalie · New York Islanders

Born Apr 27, 1988 in Samara, RUS (age 38) · 6'1", 203 lb · Catches left · Drafted 23rd overall in 2006 by WSH (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Braden Holtby WSH · 36 GP, 0.920 Kari Lehtonen DAL · 36 GP, 0.916 Tuukka Rask BOS · 36 GP, 0.929 Mike Smith PHX · 34 GP, 0.910 Jonathan Quick LAK · 37 GP, 0.902

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 games608-092009-10: 26 games262010-11: 27 games2710-112011-12: 53 games532012-13: 35 games3512-132013-14: 63 games632014-15: 57 games5714-152015-16: 57 games572016-17: 24 games2416-172017-18: 51 games512018-19: 49 games4918-192019-20: 45 games452020-21: 36 games3620-212021-22: 31 games312022-23: 23 games2322-232023-24: 28 games282024-25: 10 games1024-252026-27: 1 games1

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 WSH 6 4010 159 146 13 2.37 0.918 $822K
2009-10 WSH 26 15462 718 653 65 2.55 0.909 $822K
2010-11 WSH 27 11952 759 701 58 2.23 0.924 $822K
2011-12 COL 53 262434 1564 1428 136 2.59 0.913 $2.833M
2012-13 COL 35 112133 1007 909 98 3.02 0.903 $2.833M
2013-14 COL 63 411462 2013 1867 146 2.41 0.927 $2.833M
2014-15 COL 57 282085 1791 1650 141 2.56 0.921 $5.9M
2015-16 COL 57 272532 1714 1566 148 2.81 0.914 $5.9M
2016-17 COL 24 61701 745 669 76 3.38 0.898 $5.9M
2017-18 COL 51 241662 1595 1467 128 2.68 0.920 $5.9M
2018-19 COL 49 201992 1496 1360 136 2.87 0.909 $5.9M
2019-20 NYI 45 191462 1278 1168 110 2.62 0.914 $5M
2020-21 NYI 36 191147 1020 948 72 2.04 0.929 $5M
2021-22 NYI 31 101722 978 891 87 2.91 0.911 $5M
2022-23 NYI 23 11922 689 629 60 2.70 0.913 $5M
2023-24 NYI 28 14843 837 768 69 2.60 0.918 $2.75M
2024-25 NYI 10 3430 262 233 29 2.89 0.889 $2.75M
2026-27 NYI 1 0100 22 19 3 3.03 0.864 $2.75M
18 seasons Career 622 2892337141 18647 17072 1575 2.65 0.916

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 WSH 13 7602 389 357 32 2.53 0.918
2009-10 WSH 6 3300 153 139 14 2.41 0.908
2013-14 COL 7 3400 231 211 20 2.77 0.913
2019-20 NYI 20 11702 559 515 44 2.14 0.921
2020-21 NYI 14 7700 437 403 34 2.56 0.922
2023-24 NYI 5 1300 152 139 13 2.70 0.914
6 seasons Playoffs 65 323004 1921 1764 157 2.44 0.918

2012-13 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
35 33 112133 1007 909 98 3.02 0.903

Contract

$2.833MCap hitends in 2014
$301KCap dollars per goal above replacement9.4 goals above replacement
$3.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$231KValueworth 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 28 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Colorado Avalanche on Jul 2, 2011, as a new contract: 3 years and $8.5M, beginning in 2011-12. It runs through 2013-14, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2011-12 $2.833M $2.5M $0 $2.5M
2012-13 $2.833M $3M $0 $3M
2013-14 $2.833M $3M $0 $3M

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
Jul 1, 2023 New York Islanders New contract (35+) 2023-24 to 2026-27 4 $11M $2.75M
Jul 1, 2019 New York Islanders New contract 2019-20 to 2022-23 4 $20M $5M
Jan 30, 2014 Colorado Avalanche Extension 2014-15 to 2018-19 5 $29.5M $5.9M
Jul 2, 2011 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2011-12 to 2013-14 3 $8.5M $2.833M
Jun 11, 2007 Washington Capitals Entry-level 2008-09 to 2010-11 signed for 2007-08, slid 3 $2.55M $822K

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+9.4Goals above replacement18th of 37 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 37 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.

-10010203040502010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals 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 1,422 unblocked attempts
98Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.903Save %0.903 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 54 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 -0.02 above expected per 60 minutes48th
Shot difficulty 6.9% chance per attempt faced85thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 54 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

020406080Game 10Game 20Game 30Allowed 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 27, 2013 vs MIN L 1-3 L 32 30 2 0.938 58:22
Apr 26, 2013 @ PHX W 5-4 (SO) W 6 6 0 1.000 09:16
Apr 23, 2013 @ STL L 1-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:25
Apr 19, 2013 vs EDM L 1-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 56:41
Apr 6, 2013 @ PHX L 0-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Apr 1, 2013 @ DET L 2-3 L 13 10 3 0.769 29:54
Mar 30, 2013 vs NSH W 1-0 (OT) W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:50
Mar 28, 2013 @ VAN L 1-4 L 18 16 2 0.889 59:15
Mar 27, 2013 @ CGY L 3-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 58:31
Mar 23, 2013 @ DAL L 2-5 L 15 11 4 0.733 24:37
Mar 20, 2013 vs DAL W 4-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Mar 18, 2013 vs CHI L 2-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Mar 16, 2013 vs MIN L 4-6 L 14 12 2 0.857 38:29
Mar 14, 2013 @ MIN L 3-5 L 39 35 4 0.897 58:58
Mar 12, 2013 vs EDM L 0-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Mar 10, 2013 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) W 38 36 2 0.947 64:59
Mar 8, 2013 vs CHI W 6-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Mar 6, 2013 @ CHI L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:25
Mar 3, 2013 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) OTL 34 32 2 0.941 62:26
Feb 28, 2013 vs CGY W 5-4 W 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Feb 26, 2013 @ SJS L 2-3 (SO) OTL 41 39 2 0.951 65:00
Feb 23, 2013 @ LAK L 1-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 60:00
Feb 20, 2013 vs STL W 1-0 (OT) W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 64:43
Feb 18, 2013 vs NSH W 6-5 W 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Feb 16, 2013 @ EDM L 4-6 L 55 50 5 0.909 59:06
Feb 11, 2013 vs PHX L 2-3 (OT) OTL 30 27 3 0.900 64:01
Feb 6, 2013 vs ANA L 0-3 L 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Feb 4, 2013 vs DAL L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:03
Feb 2, 2013 vs EDM W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 59:56
Jan 30, 2013 @ VAN L 0-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 59:58
Jan 28, 2013 @ EDM L 1-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:08
Jan 26, 2013 @ SJS L 0-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 40:00
Jan 24, 2013 vs CBJ W 4-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 22, 2013 vs LAK W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Jan 19, 2013 @ MIN L 2-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 58:36