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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anders Nilsson STL · 29 GP, 0.901 Michael Hutchinson WPG · 30 GP, 0.907 Joonas Korpisalo CBJ · 31 GP, 0.920 Jacob Markstrom VAN · 32 GP, 0.915 Michal Neuvirth PHI · 32 GP, 0.924

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

2015-16 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
29 24 12841 784 717 67 2.58 0.915

Contract

$588KCap hitends in 2017, then UFA
$151KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.9 goals above replacement
$1.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$918KValueworth 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 58 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 2016-17, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $588K
2016-17 $588K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+3.9Goals above replacement43rd of 58 goalies
+0.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.7Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 58 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.

-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

-2.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
64.3Expected goals againstfrom 1,070 unblocked attempts
67Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.915Save %0.918 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 57 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 -0.10 above expected per 60 minutes30th
Shot difficulty 6.0% chance per attempt faced37thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 57 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0204060Game 10Game 20Allowed 67Expected 64.3

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 7, 2016 vs STL L 1-2 (OT) OTL 35 33 2 0.943 63:37
Apr 5, 2016 vs ARI W 6-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Apr 3, 2016 vs BOS W 6-4 W 46 42 4 0.913 60:00
Apr 1, 2016 @ WPG W 5-4 (OT) W 32 28 4 0.875 61:02
Mar 29, 2016 @ MIN L 1-4 L 17 14 3 0.824 58:01
Mar 27, 2016 @ VAN W 3-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Mar 26, 2016 @ CGY W 4-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Mar 22, 2016 vs DAL L 2-6 L 15 11 4 0.733 19:51
Mar 20, 2016 vs MIN L 2-3 (SO) OTL 34 32 2 0.941 65:00
Mar 18, 2016 @ WPG W 4-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 16, 2016 vs PHI L 2-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 57:53
Mar 11, 2016 @ DAL L 2-5 11 10 1 0.909 26:53
Mar 3, 2016 @ BOS L 2-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 56:35
Feb 21, 2016 @ MIN L 1-6 9 8 1 0.889 19:17
Feb 15, 2016 vs TOR W 7-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 59:11
Feb 11, 2016 vs DAL L 2-4 14 14 0 1.000 36:36
Jan 26, 2016 @ CAR L 0-5 24 22 2 0.917 40:00
Jan 22, 2016 @ FLA L 0-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 59:22
Jan 15, 2016 @ TOR W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Jan 6, 2016 vs PIT W 3-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Dec 31, 2015 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) W 30 27 3 0.900 63:07
Dec 10, 2015 @ NSH L 1-5 L 33 29 4 0.879 57:45
Nov 28, 2015 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) OTL 36 33 3 0.917 61:52
Nov 20, 2015 @ CGY L 1-2 (OT) OTL 37 35 2 0.946 61:38
Nov 15, 2015 vs CGY W 4-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Nov 6, 2015 @ NJD L 2-4 13 12 1 0.923 33:57
Oct 30, 2015 @ MIN L 4-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 58:46
Oct 15, 2015 @ WSH L 1-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Oct 10, 2015 vs NYI W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:38