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Richard Bachman

#32 · Goalie · Vancouver Canucks

Born Jul 25, 1987 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA · 5'10", 183 lb · Catches left · Drafted 120th overall in 2006 by DAL (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Nedeljkovic CAR · 1 GP, 0.923 Charlie Lindgren MTL · 1 GP, 0.898 Eric Comrie WPG · 1 GP, 0.821 Hunter Miska ARI · 1 GP, 0.889 Joey Daccord OTT · 1 GP, 0.875

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.

0510152010-11: 1 games110-112011-12: 18 games1811-122012-13: 13 games1312-132013-14: 3 games313-142014-15: 6 games614-152015-16: 1 games115-162016-17: 5 games516-172018-19: 1 games118-19

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
2010-11 DAL 1 0000 4 4 0 0.00 1.000
2011-12 DAL 18 8511 477 434 43 2.77 0.910 $550K
2012-13 DAL 13 6500 288 255 33 3.25 0.885 $625K
2013-14 EDM 3 0210 83 76 7 3.03 0.916 $625K
2014-15 EDM 6 3201 168 153 15 2.84 0.911 $615K
2015-16 VAN 1 1000 31 28 3 3.01 0.903 $575K
2016-17 VAN 5 2300 162 149 13 2.64 0.920 $575K
2018-19 VAN 1 0100 29 23 6 6.00 0.793 $675K
8 seasons Career 48 201822 1242 1122 120 2.97 0.903

2018-19 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1 1 0100 29 23 6 6.00 0.793

Contract

$675KCap hitends in 2020, then UFA

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $675K
2019-20 $675K

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
2018-19 to 2019-20 $675K
2015-16 to 2016-17 $575K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $615K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $625K
2012-13 to 2012-13 $625K
2011-12 to 2011-12 $550K

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

-4.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.2Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-4-20242010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172018-19Goals 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

-4.2Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
1.8Expected goals againstfrom 39 unblocked attempts
6Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.793Save %0.939 expected from his shots
Goals saved -4.22 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 4.6% chance per attempt faced1stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 60 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Nov 15, 2018 @ MIN L 2-6 L 29 23 6 0.793 60:00