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Jake Allen

#34 · Goalie · New Jersey Devils

Born Aug 7, 1990 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, CAN (age 36) · 6'2", 197 lb · Catches left · Drafted 34th overall in 2008 by STL (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2018-19

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anthony Stolarz TOR · 2 GP, 0.904 Dan Vladar PHI · 2 GP, 0.863 Darcy Kuemper LAK · 2 GP, 0.825 Dustin Wolf CGY · 2 GP, 0.797 Ilya Sorokin NYI · 2 GP, 0.968

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.

02040602012-13: 15 games1512-132014-15: 37 games3714-152015-16: 47 games4715-162016-17: 61 games6116-172017-18: 59 games5917-182018-19: 46 games4618-192019-20: 24 games2419-202020-21: 29 games2920-212021-22: 35 games3521-222022-23: 42 games4222-232023-24: 34 games3423-242024-25: 31 games3124-252025-26: 37 games3725-262026-27: 2 games226-27

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
2012-13 STL 15 9401 346 313 33 2.46 0.905 $817K
2014-15 STL 37 22744 909 830 79 2.28 0.913 $800K
2015-16 STL 47 261536 1260 1159 101 2.35 0.920 $2.35M
2016-17 STL 61 332054 1620 1482 138 2.42 0.915 $2.35M
2017-18 STL 59 272531 1614 1462 152 2.75 0.906 $4.35M
2018-19 STL 46 191783 1277 1156 121 2.83 0.905 $4.35M
2019-20 STL 24 12632 655 607 48 2.15 0.927 $4.35M
2020-21 MTL 29 111250 817 741 76 2.68 0.907 $4.35M
2021-22 MTL 35 92042 1123 1016 107 3.30 0.905 $2.875M
2022-23 MTL 42 152431 1335 1190 145 3.55 0.891 $2.875M
2023-24 MTL 21 61230 686 612 74 3.65 0.892 $3.85M
2023-24 NJD 13 6610 401 361 40 3.11 0.900
2024-25 NJD 31 131614 819 744 77 2.66 0.908 $3.85M
2025-26 NJD 37 171721 1031 932 100 2.74 0.904 $1.8M
2026-27 NJD 2 1100 56 49 7 3.47 0.875 $1.8M
14 seasons Career 499 2262024529 13949 12654 1298 2.76 0.907

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2011-12 STL 1 0000 0 0 0 0.00 0.000
2014-15 STL 6 2400 125 113 12 2.20 0.904
2015-16 STL 5 1100 68 61 7 2.48 0.897
2016-17 STL 11 6500 336 314 22 1.96 0.935
2018-19 STL 1 0000 4 3 1 2.45 0.750
2019-20 STL 4 2100 100 92 8 2.18 0.920
6 seasons Playoffs 28 111100 633 583 50 2.12 0.921

2026-27 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2 2 1100 56 49 7 3.47 0.875

Contract

$1.8MCap hitends in 2030, then UFA
$130KCap dollars per goal above replacement13.8 goals above replacement, projected
$4.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3MValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 64 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New Jersey Devils on Jul 1, 2025, as a new contract: 5 years and $9M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2029-30, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $1.8M
2026-27 $1.8M
2027-28 $1.8M
2028-29 $1.8M
2029-30 $1.8M

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
Jul 1, 2025 New Jersey Devils New contract 2025-26 to 2029-30 5 $9M $1.8M
Oct 1, 2022 Montreal Canadiens Extension 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $7.7M $3.85M
Oct 14, 2020 Montreal Canadiens Extension 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $5.75M $2.875M
Jul 1, 2016 St. Louis Blues Extension 2017-18 to 2020-21 4 $17.4M $4.35M
Jul 3, 2015 St. Louis Blues New contract 2015-16 to 2016-17 2 $4.7M $2.35M
Jul 25, 2013 St. Louis Blues New contract 2013-14 to 2014-15 2 $1.6M $800K
Oct 22, 2008 St. Louis Blues Entry-level 2010-11 to 2012-13 signed for 2008-09, slid 3 $2.625M $817K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 2 games (-0.4 goals above replacement), plus the 35 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+13.8Goals above replacement24th of 64 goalies
+2.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.8Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 64 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.

-10-5051015202012-132015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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. What these numbers mean

-1.0Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
6.0Expected goals againstfrom 76 unblocked attempts
7Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.875Save %0.893 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.51 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 7.9% 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 0 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0246Allowed 7Expected 6.0

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. 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
Oct 6, 2026 vs UTA L 3-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 57:29
Oct 1, 2026 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) W 25 23 2 0.920 63:23