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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 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tim Thomas DAL · 48 GP, 0.908 Jonathan Quick LAK · 49 GP, 0.915 Jonas Hiller ANA · 50 GP, 0.911 Jimmy Howard DET · 51 GP, 0.910 Cory Schneider NJD · 45 GP, 0.921

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

2013-14 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
48 45 231544 1475 1349 126 2.85 0.915

Contract

$1.85MCap hitends in 2015, then RFA
$176KCap dollars per goal above replacement10.5 goals above replacement
$2.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$798KValueworth 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 51 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 2014-15, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2013-14 $1.85M
2014-15 $1.85M

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
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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

+10.5Goals above replacement28th of 61 goalies
+1.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.1Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 61 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. 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

-2.1Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
123.9Expected goals againstfrom 2,015 unblocked attempts
126Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.915Save %0.916 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 63 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 -0.05 above expected per 60 minutes40th
Shot difficulty 6.1% 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 63 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Allowed 126Expected 123.9

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 13, 2014 vs TBL L 0-1 (SO) OTL, SO 32 32 0 1.000 65:00
Apr 10, 2014 @ CAR W 5-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Apr 8, 2014 @ STL W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:58
Apr 5, 2014 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) W 38 35 3 0.921 64:58
Apr 1, 2014 vs DAL L 0-5 13 11 2 0.846 30:10
Mar 29, 2014 vs BOS L 2-4 L 36 32 4 0.889 59:10
Mar 22, 2014 @ SJS W 3-2 (SO) W 36 34 2 0.944 65:00
Mar 6, 2014 @ BOS L 0-3 L 42 40 2 0.952 59:32
Mar 5, 2014 @ PHI L 4-6 18 14 4 0.778 31:52
Mar 2, 2014 vs PHI L 4-5 (OT) OTL 36 31 5 0.861 62:45
Mar 1, 2014 @ BOS W 4-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 59:53
Feb 27, 2014 @ FLA W 5-4 W 34 30 4 0.882 59:37
Feb 8, 2014 vs NJD W 3-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 6, 2014 vs WPG W 4-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Jan 30, 2014 @ CBJ L 2-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 59:53
Jan 28, 2014 @ BUF W 5-4 (OT) W 27 23 4 0.852 61:00
Jan 25, 2014 @ MTL W 5-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 59:33
Jan 21, 2014 vs OTT L 0-2 L 26 24 2 0.923 58:43
Jan 19, 2014 @ NYR L 1-4 18 17 1 0.944 42:11
Jan 17, 2014 @ CBJ L 1-5 22 20 2 0.909 37:51
Jan 4, 2014 @ MIN L 3-5 L 11 6 5 0.545 58:19
Dec 21, 2013 vs NJD L 4-5 (OT) OTL 37 32 5 0.865 60:29
Dec 17, 2013 @ PHI L 2-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Dec 10, 2013 vs TBL W 6-5 (SO) 8 5 3 0.625 11:07
Dec 7, 2013 vs NSH W 5-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Dec 3, 2013 vs CAR L 1-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 39:57
Nov 30, 2013 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) W 39 37 2 0.949 62:07
Nov 29, 2013 vs MTL W 3-2 (SO) W 37 35 2 0.946 65:00
Nov 27, 2013 vs OTT L 4-6 L 40 35 5 0.875 58:19
Nov 23, 2013 @ TOR L 1-2 (SO) OTL 28 27 1 0.964 65:00
Nov 20, 2013 vs PIT L 0-4 L 40 36 4 0.900 59:39
Nov 17, 2013 vs STL W 4-1 W 47 46 1 0.979 60:00
Nov 15, 2013 @ DET W 4-3 (SO) W 37 34 3 0.919 64:23
Nov 12, 2013 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) W 27 24 3 0.889 61:34
Nov 10, 2013 @ COL L 1-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Nov 7, 2013 vs MIN W 3-2 (SO) W 35 33 2 0.943 65:00
Nov 5, 2013 vs NYI W 6-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 59:58
Nov 1, 2013 @ PHI W 7-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 26, 2013 @ CGY L 2-5 L 14 11 3 0.786 12:48
Oct 24, 2013 @ EDM W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Oct 22, 2013 @ WPG W 5-4 (SO) W 47 43 4 0.915 64:40
Oct 19, 2013 vs CBJ W 4-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 59:44
Oct 16, 2013 vs NYR L 0-2 L 36 34 2 0.944 58:10
Oct 14, 2013 vs EDM W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Oct 10, 2013 vs CAR L 2-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 58:41
Oct 5, 2013 @ DAL L 1-2 L 21 19 2 0.905 58:42
Oct 3, 2013 vs CGY W 5-4 (SO) 11 8 3 0.727 16:22
Oct 1, 2013 @ CHI L 4-6 L 34 29 5 0.853 59:15