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Scott Darling

#33 · Goalie · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Dec 22, 1988 in Newport News, Virginia, USA · 6'5", 226 lb · Catches left · Drafted 153rd overall in 2007 by PHX (round 6)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2014-15

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.

Michael Hutchinson TOR · 9 GP, 0.887 Thatcher Demko VAN · 9 GP, 0.913 Michal Neuvirth PHI · 7 GP, 0.859 Cal Petersen LAK · 11 GP, 0.924 Mike McKenna PHI · 11 GP, 0.892

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.

0102030402014-15: 14 games1414-152015-16: 29 games2915-162016-17: 32 games3216-172017-18: 43 games4317-182018-19: 8 games818-19

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
2014-15 CHI 14 9401 419 392 27 1.95 0.936
2015-16 CHI 29 12841 784 717 67 2.58 0.915 $588K
2016-17 CHI 32 18552 877 810 67 2.38 0.924 $588K
2017-18 CAR 43 132170 1171 1040 131 3.18 0.888 $4.15M
2018-19 CAR 8 2420 233 206 27 3.34 0.884 $4.15M
5 seasons Career 126 5442184 3484 3165 319 2.72 0.908

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2014-15 CHI 5 3100 171 160 11 2.22 0.936
1 season Playoffs 5 3100 171 160 11 2.22 0.936

2018-19 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
8 8 2420 233 206 27 3.34 0.884

Contract

$4.15MCap hitends in 2021, 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 2020-21, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $4.15M
2019-20 $4.15M
2020-21 $4.15M

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 2020-21 $4.15M
2015-16 to 2016-17 $588K

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

-1.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.4Goals 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.

-20-10010202014-152015-162016-172017-182018-19Goals 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

-3.4Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
23.6Expected goals againstfrom 336 unblocked attempts
27Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.884Save %0.899 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.42 above expected per 60 minutes5th
Shot difficulty 7.0% chance per attempt faced92ndA 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.

01020Allowed 27Expected 23.6

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
Dec 14, 2018 vs WSH L 5-6 (SO) OTL 29 24 5 0.828 64:58
Nov 24, 2018 @ NYI L 1-4 L 19 15 4 0.789 59:56
Nov 17, 2018 vs CBJ L 1-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Nov 12, 2018 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) W 35 33 2 0.943 61:10
Nov 10, 2018 vs DET L 3-4 (SO) OTL 32 29 3 0.906 65:00
Nov 8, 2018 @ CHI W 4-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Nov 3, 2018 @ VGK L 0-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 56:51
Oct 30, 2018 vs BOS L 2-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 57:39