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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 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kari Lehtonen DAL · 36 GP, 0.916 Tuukka Rask BOS · 36 GP, 0.929 Jonathan Quick LAK · 37 GP, 0.902 Semyon Varlamov COL · 35 GP, 0.903 Devan Dubnyk EDM · 38 GP, 0.920

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

2012-13 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
36 35 231214 1123 1033 90 2.58 0.920

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+13.1Goals above replacement15th of 37 goalies
+2.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.5Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 37 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.

-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

+3.5Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
93.5Expected goals againstfrom 1,480 unblocked attempts
90Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.920Save %0.917 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 54 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 minutes57th
Shot difficulty 6.3% chance per attempt faced52ndA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 54 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

020406080Game 10Game 20Game 30Expected 93.5Allowed 90

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 27, 2013 vs BOS W 3-2 (OT) W 34 32 2 0.941 63:22
Apr 23, 2013 vs WPG W 5-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Apr 20, 2013 @ MTL W 5-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Apr 18, 2013 @ OTT L 1-3 L 37 35 2 0.946 59:50
Apr 16, 2013 vs TOR W 5-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 59:51
Apr 13, 2013 vs TBL W 6-5 (OT) W 40 35 5 0.875 62:59
Apr 11, 2013 vs CAR W 3-1 W 44 43 1 0.977 60:00
Apr 6, 2013 @ FLA W 4-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 59:57
Apr 4, 2013 vs NYI W 2-1 (SO) W 36 35 1 0.972 65:00
Apr 2, 2013 @ CAR W 5-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Mar 31, 2013 @ PHI L 4-5 (OT) OTL 34 29 5 0.853 61:31
Mar 30, 2013 @ BUF W 4-3 (SO) W 23 20 3 0.870 64:19
Mar 26, 2013 vs NYI L 2-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 58:19
Mar 24, 2013 @ NYR W 3-2 (SO) W 32 30 2 0.938 65:00
Mar 22, 2013 @ WPG W 6-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Mar 21, 2013 @ WPG W 4-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 19, 2013 @ PIT L 1-2 L 36 34 2 0.944 58:45
Mar 17, 2013 vs BUF W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Mar 12, 2013 vs CAR L 0-4 L 35 32 3 0.914 59:45
Mar 10, 2013 vs NYR L 1-4 L 19 16 3 0.842 31:34
Mar 7, 2013 vs FLA W 7-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Mar 5, 2013 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) W 33 30 3 0.909 60:37
Mar 2, 2013 @ WPG W 3-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 27, 2013 @ PHI L 1-4 L 18 14 4 0.778 34:55
Feb 26, 2013 vs CAR W 3-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 59:53
Feb 23, 2013 vs NJD W 5-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 59:55
Feb 21, 2013 vs NJD L 2-3 L 37 34 3 0.919 58:33
Feb 17, 2013 @ NYR L 1-2 L 40 38 2 0.950 58:34
Feb 14, 2013 @ TBL W 4-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Feb 12, 2013 @ FLA W 6-5 (OT) W 32 27 5 0.844 60:27
Feb 9, 2013 vs FLA W 5-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 7, 2013 @ PIT L 2-5 L 17 14 3 0.824 27:02
Feb 3, 2013 vs PIT L 3-6 L 26 20 6 0.769 59:56
Feb 1, 2013 vs PHI W 3-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Jan 22, 2013 vs WPG L 2-4 L 39 35 4 0.897 59:22
Jan 19, 2013 @ TBL L 3-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 59:48