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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 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ben Bishop TBL · 63 GP, 0.924 Henrik Lundqvist NYR · 63 GP, 0.920 Antti Niemi SJS · 64 GP, 0.913 Marc-Andre Fleury PIT · 64 GP, 0.915 Mike Smith PHX · 62 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.

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

2013-14 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
63 60 411462 2013 1867 146 2.41 0.927

Contract

$2.833MCap hitends in 2014, then extended to 2019
$69KCap dollars per goal above replacement41.3 goals above replacement
$8.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$6MValueworth 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 51 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, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Colorado Avalanche on Jan 30, 2014, 5 years and $29.5M at $5.9M a season, beginning in 2014-15.

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 not begun 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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+41.3Goals above replacement3rd of 61 goalies
+6.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+24.0Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 61 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.

-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

+24.0Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
170.0Expected goals againstfrom 2,763 unblocked attempts
146Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.927Save %0.916 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 63 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 +0.39 above expected per 60 minutes90th
Shot difficulty 6.2% chance per attempt faced38thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 63 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Game 60Expected 170.0Allowed 146

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 10, 2014 @ VAN W 4-2 W 40 38 2 0.950 60:00
Apr 6, 2014 vs PIT L 2-3 (SO) OTL 32 30 2 0.938 64:59
Apr 5, 2014 @ STL W 4-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 60:00
Apr 3, 2014 vs NYR W 3-2 (SO) W 31 29 2 0.935 63:42
Apr 1, 2014 @ CBJ W 3-2 (OT) W 26 24 2 0.923 64:27
Mar 29, 2014 vs SJS W 3-2 W 49 47 2 0.959 60:00
Mar 27, 2014 vs VAN W 3-2 (OT) W 31 29 2 0.935 60:55
Mar 25, 2014 @ NSH W 5-4 (SO) W 33 29 4 0.879 65:00
Mar 21, 2014 vs BOS L 0-2 L 28 26 2 0.929 54:55
Mar 16, 2014 @ OTT W 3-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Mar 14, 2014 vs ANA L 4-6 L 24 19 5 0.792 31:49
Mar 12, 2014 vs CHI W 3-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Mar 10, 2014 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) W 35 33 2 0.943 62:21
Mar 8, 2014 vs STL L 1-2 L 25 23 2 0.920 57:40
Mar 4, 2014 @ CHI W 4-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Mar 2, 2014 vs TBL W 6-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 59:47
Feb 28, 2014 vs PHX W 4-2 W 42 40 2 0.952 60:00
Feb 6, 2014 @ PHI L 1-3 L 34 32 2 0.941 57:12
Feb 4, 2014 @ NYR L 1-5 L 43 38 5 0.884 59:59
Feb 1, 2014 vs BUF W 7-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 59:47
Jan 30, 2014 vs MIN W 5-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Jan 27, 2014 @ DAL W 4-3 W 44 41 3 0.932 60:00
Jan 25, 2014 @ TBL L 2-5 11 9 2 0.818 20:00
Jan 24, 2014 @ FLA W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Jan 21, 2014 vs TOR L 2-5 L 10 7 3 0.700 22:55
Jan 18, 2014 @ NSH W 5-4 W 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Jan 16, 2014 vs NJD W 2-1 (SO) W 34 33 1 0.971 64:48
Jan 14, 2014 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) W 48 46 2 0.958 64:09
Jan 11, 2014 @ MIN W 4-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 10, 2014 vs NYI L 1-2 (OT) OTL 24 22 2 0.917 61:46
Jan 8, 2014 vs OTT W 4-3 (OT) W 32 29 3 0.906 60:33
Jan 4, 2014 vs SJS W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Jan 2, 2014 vs PHI W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 59:59
Dec 31, 2013 vs CBJ W 5-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Dec 29, 2013 vs WPG L 1-2 (OT) OTL 37 35 2 0.946 64:58
Dec 27, 2013 @ CHI L 2-7 13 13 0 1.000 20:00
Dec 23, 2013 @ SJS L 4-5 (SO) OTL 45 41 4 0.911 64:44
Dec 21, 2013 @ LAK L 2-3 (SO) OTL 39 37 2 0.949 64:44
Dec 19, 2013 vs EDM W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 59:50
Dec 16, 2013 vs DAL W 6-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 59:54
Dec 14, 2013 vs MIN L 1-2 (SO) OTL 27 26 1 0.963 65:00
Dec 12, 2013 @ WPG W 4-3 (SO) W 38 35 3 0.921 65:00
Dec 10, 2013 vs PHX L 1-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 58:54
Dec 5, 2013 @ EDM L 2-8 L 28 20 8 0.714 58:45
Nov 30, 2013 vs MIN W 3-2 (SO) W 37 35 2 0.946 65:00
Nov 27, 2013 vs STL L 1-4 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:55
Nov 23, 2013 @ LAK W 1-0 (OT) W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 62:32
Nov 21, 2013 @ PHX W 4-3 (OT) W 44 41 3 0.932 64:18
Nov 19, 2013 vs CHI W 5-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Nov 16, 2013 vs FLA L 1-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 59:58
Nov 14, 2013 @ STL L 3-7 L 6 4 2 0.667 12:44
Nov 12, 2013 @ CAR L 1-2 L 28 26 2 0.929 58:38
Nov 10, 2013 vs WSH W 4-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Nov 6, 2013 vs NSH L 4-6 L 27 22 5 0.815 58:44
Nov 1, 2013 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) W 29 27 2 0.931 63:36
Oct 27, 2013 vs WPG W 3-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 59:53
Oct 25, 2013 vs CAR W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Oct 17, 2013 vs DET L 2-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 57:53
Oct 15, 2013 vs DAL W 3-2 W 41 39 2 0.951 59:18
Oct 12, 2013 @ WSH W 5-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Oct 8, 2013 @ TOR W 2-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 59:57
Oct 4, 2013 vs NSH W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 59:48
Oct 2, 2013 vs ANA W 6-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00