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Michal Neuvirth

#30 · Goalie · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Mar 23, 1988 in Ústí nad Labem, CZE · 6'1", 209 lb · Catches left · Drafted 34th overall in 2006 by WSH (round 2)

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.

David Rittich CGY · 21 GP, 0.904 Malcolm Subban VGK · 22 GP, 0.910 Scott Wedgewood ARI · 20 GP, 0.893 Louis Domingue TBL · 19 GP, 0.894 Ondrej Pavelec NYR · 19 GP, 0.910

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.

0102030402008-09: 5 games508-092009-10: 17 games1709-102010-11: 48 games4810-112011-12: 38 games3811-122012-13: 13 games1312-132013-14: 15 games1513-142014-15: 32 games3214-152015-16: 32 games3215-162016-17: 28 games2816-172017-18: 21 games2117-182018-19: 7 games718-19

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 5 2100 102 91 11 3.00 0.892
2009-10 WSH 17 9400 464 424 40 2.75 0.914
2010-11 WSH 48 271244 1283 1173 110 2.45 0.914
2011-12 WSH 38 131353 976 881 95 2.82 0.903 $1.15M
2012-13 WSH 13 4520 367 334 33 2.74 0.910 $1.15M
2013-14 WSH 13 4620 419 383 36 2.82 0.914 $2.5M
2013-14 BUF 2 0200 98 93 5 2.56 0.949
2014-15 BUF 27 61730 941 864 77 2.99 0.918 $2.5M
2014-15 NYI 5 1310 126 111 15 2.94 0.881
2015-16 PHI 32 18843 908 839 69 2.27 0.924 $1.625M
2016-17 PHI 28 111110 586 522 64 2.82 0.891 $1.625M
2017-18 PHI 21 8731 530 485 45 2.60 0.915 $2.5M
2018-19 PHI 7 1410 184 158 26 4.27 0.859 $2.5M
11 seasons Career 256 104932611 6984 6358 626 2.71 0.910

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2010-11 WSH 9 4501 261 238 23 2.34 0.912
2014-15 NYI 1 0000 6 6 0 0.00 1.000
2015-16 PHI 3 2101 105 103 2 0.67 0.981
2017-18 PHI 3 1100 72 61 11 4.40 0.847
4 seasons Playoffs 16 7702 444 408 36 2.32 0.919

2017-18 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
21 18 8731 530 485 45 2.60 0.915

Contract

$2.5MCap hitends in 2019, then UFA
$458KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.5 goals above replacement
$1.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$639KValueworth 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 2018-19, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2017-18 $2.5M
2018-19 $2.5M

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 $2.5M
2015-16 to 2016-17 $1.625M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $2.5M
2011-12 to 2012-13 $1.15M

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

+5.5Goals above replacement37th of 56 goalies
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.8Goals 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.

-10010202010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

+0.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
45.8Expected goals againstfrom 724 unblocked attempts
45Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.915Save %0.914 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 +0.05 above expected per 60 minutes60th
Shot difficulty 6.3% chance per attempt faced45thA 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.

010203040Game 10Game 20Expected 45.8Allowed 45

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
Mar 28, 2018 @ COL W 2-1 W 11 10 1 0.909 28:07
Feb 18, 2018 @ NYR W 7-4 14 11 3 0.786 20:00
Feb 16, 2018 @ CBJ W 2-1 (OT) W 36 35 1 0.972 61:52
Feb 13, 2018 vs NJD L 4-5 (SO) OTL 36 32 4 0.889 65:00
Feb 11, 2018 @ VGK W 4-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Feb 3, 2018 vs OTT L 3-4 (SO) OTL 6 6 0 1.000 23:40
Jan 31, 2018 @ WSH L 3-5 L 20 15 5 0.750 49:06
Jan 25, 2018 vs TBL L 1-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 59:17
Jan 20, 2018 vs NJD W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:43
Jan 18, 2018 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) W 31 29 2 0.935 60:18
Jan 16, 2018 @ NYR L 1-5 8 8 0 1.000 20:00
Jan 7, 2018 vs BUF W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Jan 2, 2018 vs PIT L 1-5 11 10 1 0.909 20:00
Nov 28, 2017 vs SJS L 1-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 57:14
Nov 21, 2017 vs VAN L 2-5 L 22 18 4 0.818 34:26
Nov 4, 2017 vs COL L 4-5 (SO) OTL 27 23 4 0.852 65:00
Nov 2, 2017 @ STL W 2-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 26, 2017 @ OTT L 4-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 57:58
Oct 19, 2017 vs NSH L 0-1 L 24 23 1 0.958 58:30
Oct 17, 2017 vs FLA W 5-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Oct 5, 2017 @ LAK L 0-2 L 27 25 2 0.926 58:32