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Braden Holtby

#70 · Goalie · Dallas Stars

Born Sep 16, 1989 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'1", 215 lb · Catches left · Drafted 93rd overall in 2008 by WSH (round 4)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2017-18
William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 2016-17
Vezina Trophy Top Goaltender 2015-16

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jhonas Enroth BUF · 14 GP, 0.907 Pascal Leclaire OTT · 14 GP, 0.908 Joey MacDonald DET · 15 GP, 0.917 Alex Auld MTL · 16 GP, 0.914 Justin Peters CAR · 12 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.

02040602010-11: 14 games1410-112011-12: 7 games711-122012-13: 36 games3612-132013-14: 48 games4813-142014-15: 73 games7314-152015-16: 66 games6615-162016-17: 63 games6316-172017-18: 54 games5417-182018-19: 59 games5918-192019-20: 48 games4819-202020-21: 21 games2120-212021-22: 24 games2421-22

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 WSH 14 10222 332 310 22 1.79 0.934
2011-12 WSH 7 4211 192 177 15 2.50 0.922
2012-13 WSH 36 231214 1123 1033 90 2.58 0.920
2013-14 WSH 48 231544 1475 1349 126 2.85 0.915 $1.85M
2014-15 WSH 73 4120109 2044 1887 157 2.22 0.923 $1.85M
2015-16 WSH 66 48973 1802 1661 141 2.20 0.922 $6.1M
2016-17 WSH 63 421369 1690 1563 127 2.07 0.925 $6.1M
2017-18 WSH 54 341640 1648 1495 153 2.99 0.907 $6.1M
2018-19 WSH 59 321953 1795 1635 160 2.82 0.911 $6.1M
2019-20 WSH 48 251460 1385 1243 142 3.11 0.897 $6.1M
2020-21 VAN 21 71130 695 618 77 3.67 0.889 $4.3M
2021-22 DAL 24 101010 700 639 61 2.78 0.913 $2M
12 seasons Career 513 2991435035 14881 13610 1271 2.59 0.915

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 WSH 14 7700 459 429 30 1.95 0.935
2012-13 WSH 7 3401 205 189 16 2.22 0.922
2014-15 WSH 13 6701 412 389 23 1.71 0.944
2015-16 WSH 12 6602 363 342 21 1.72 0.942
2016-17 WSH 13 7600 364 331 33 2.46 0.909
2017-18 WSH 23 16702 639 589 50 2.16 0.922
2018-19 WSH 7 3401 233 213 20 2.67 0.914
2019-20 WSH 5 1400 133 119 14 2.80 0.895
8 seasons Playoffs 94 494507 2808 2601 207 2.13 0.926

2010-11 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
14 12 10222 332 310 22 1.79 0.934

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2021-22 to 2021-22 $2M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $4.3M
2015-16 to 2019-20 $6.1M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $1.85M

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+7.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+1.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+5.1Goals 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.

-100102030402010-112012-132014-152016-172018-192020-21Goals 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

+5.1Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
27.1Expected goals againstfrom 453 unblocked attempts
22Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.934Save %0.918 expected from his shots
Goals saved +0.41 above expected per 60 minutes87th
Shot difficulty 6.0% chance per attempt faced17thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 53 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

01020Game 10Expected 27.1Allowed 22

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 26, 2011 @ MTL W 2-0 W, SO 18 18 0 1.000 59:42
Mar 15, 2011 @ MTL W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 59:56
Mar 13, 2011 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) W 30 27 3 0.900 63:50
Mar 11, 2011 vs CAR W 2-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Mar 9, 2011 vs EDM W 5-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 59:34
Mar 7, 2011 @ TBL W 2-1 (SO) W 21 21 0 1.000 45:00
Jan 24, 2011 vs NYR L 1-2 (SO) OTL 29 28 1 0.966 65:00
Jan 22, 2011 @ TOR W 4-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Jan 20, 2011 @ NYI W 2-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 59:52
Nov 22, 2010 @ NJD L 0-5 L 23 18 5 0.783 59:20
Nov 19, 2010 @ ATL L 0-5 L 5 2 3 0.400 09:07
Nov 13, 2010 @ BUF L 2-3 (OT) OTL 27 24 3 0.889 64:00
Nov 7, 2010 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) W 25 23 2 0.920 60:29
Nov 5, 2010 vs BOS W 5-3 W 4 4 0 1.000 10:09