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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jonathan Quick LAK · 72 GP, 0.918 Tuukka Rask BOS · 70 GP, 0.922 Cory Schneider NJD · 69 GP, 0.925 Carey Price MTL · 66 GP, 0.933 Kari Lehtonen DAL · 65 GP, 0.903

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

2014-15 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
73 72 4120109 2044 1887 157 2.22 0.923

Contract

$1.85MCap hitends in 2015, then RFA
$65KCap dollars per goal above replacement28.5 goals above replacement
$6.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.9MValueworth 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 48 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, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+28.5Goals above replacement7th of 50 goalies
+4.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+11.3Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 50 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

+11.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
168.3Expected goals againstfrom 2,851 unblocked attempts
157Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.923Save %0.918 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 49 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 +0.16 above expected per 60 minutes71st
Shot difficulty 5.9% chance per attempt faced22ndA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 49 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Game 60Expected 168.3Allowed 157

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 11, 2015 vs NYR L 2-4 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:14
Apr 8, 2015 vs BOS W 3-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Apr 5, 2015 @ DET W 2-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Apr 4, 2015 @ OTT L 3-4 (OT) OTL 28 24 4 0.857 63:14
Apr 2, 2015 @ MTL W 5-4 (SO) W 27 23 4 0.852 65:00
Mar 31, 2015 vs CAR W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Mar 29, 2015 @ NYR W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Mar 28, 2015 vs NSH L 3-4 13 10 3 0.769 14:47
Mar 26, 2015 vs NJD W 3-2 (OT) W 31 29 2 0.935 61:13
Mar 21, 2015 @ WPG L 0-3 L 23 21 2 0.913 59:33
Mar 19, 2015 @ MIN W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 59:59
Mar 16, 2015 @ BUF W 4-3 (SO) W 33 30 3 0.909 65:00
Mar 15, 2015 vs BOS W 2-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 13, 2015 vs DAL L 2-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 33:54
Mar 11, 2015 vs NYR L 1-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 57:47
Mar 7, 2015 vs BUF W 6-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Mar 5, 2015 vs MIN L 1-2 L 30 28 2 0.933 58:26
Mar 3, 2015 @ CBJ W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Mar 1, 2015 vs TOR W 4-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 27, 2015 @ CAR L 0-3 L 37 35 2 0.946 56:55
Feb 25, 2015 vs PIT L 3-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 57:35
Feb 22, 2015 @ PHI L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 57:32
Feb 21, 2015 vs NYI W 3-2 (SO) W 32 30 2 0.938 65:00
Feb 19, 2015 vs WPG W 5-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Feb 17, 2015 @ PIT W 3-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Feb 14, 2015 @ LAK L 1-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 57:27
Feb 11, 2015 @ SJS W 5-4 (OT) W 30 26 4 0.867 62:21
Feb 8, 2015 vs PHI L 1-3 L 24 22 2 0.917 58:28
Feb 5, 2015 @ OTT W 2-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Feb 3, 2015 vs LAK W 4-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 31, 2015 @ MTL L 0-1 (OT) OTL 30 29 1 0.967 63:08
Jan 28, 2015 vs PIT W 4-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 59:39
Jan 27, 2015 @ CBJ L 3-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 59:23
Jan 20, 2015 vs EDM L 4-5 (SO) OTL 31 27 4 0.871 64:56
Jan 16, 2015 @ NSH L 3-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 58:28
Jan 14, 2015 vs PHI W 1-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 12, 2015 vs COL W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Jan 10, 2015 vs DET W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Jan 8, 2015 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) OTL 33 30 3 0.909 60:25
Jan 7, 2015 @ TOR W 6-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 59:41
Jan 4, 2015 vs FLA W 4-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Jan 1, 2015 vs CHI W 3-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Dec 29, 2014 @ NYI L 3-4 (OT) OTL 39 35 4 0.897 62:46
Dec 27, 2014 @ PIT W 3-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 59:40
Dec 23, 2014 @ NYR L 2-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 58:31
Dec 22, 2014 vs OTT W 2-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 59:36
Dec 20, 2014 @ NJD W 4-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 18, 2014 @ CBJ W 5-4 (OT) W 26 22 4 0.846 60:42
Dec 16, 2014 @ FLA L 1-2 (SO) OTL 29 28 1 0.966 65:00
Dec 13, 2014 vs TBL W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 59:40
Dec 11, 2014 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) OTL 23 20 3 0.870 64:37
Dec 9, 2014 @ TBL W 5-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Dec 6, 2014 @ NJD W 4-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Dec 4, 2014 @ CAR W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Dec 2, 2014 vs VAN L 3-4 L 32 28 4 0.875 58:03
Nov 29, 2014 @ TOR L 2-6 L 12 9 3 0.750 20:00
Nov 28, 2014 vs NYI W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Nov 26, 2014 @ NYI L 2-3 (OT) OTL 35 32 3 0.914 64:36
Nov 22, 2014 vs BUF L 1-2 L 26 24 2 0.923 58:37
Nov 20, 2014 @ COL W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Nov 18, 2014 @ ARI W 2-1 (OT) W 24 23 1 0.958 63:16
Nov 14, 2014 vs NJD L 0-1 L 28 27 1 0.964 58:19
Nov 11, 2014 vs CBJ W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Nov 7, 2014 @ CHI W 3-2 W 40 38 2 0.950 60:00
Nov 4, 2014 vs CGY L 3-4 (OT) OTL 23 19 4 0.826 64:17
Nov 1, 2014 @ TBL L 3-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 58:14
Oct 29, 2014 vs DET L 2-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 59:18
Oct 25, 2014 @ CGY W 3-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Oct 22, 2014 @ EDM L 2-3 L 20 17 3 0.850 58:39
Oct 16, 2014 vs NJD W 6-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 59:59
Oct 14, 2014 vs SJS L 5-6 (SO) 7 4 3 0.571 09:34
Oct 11, 2014 @ BOS W 4-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 9, 2014 vs MTL L 1-2 (SO) OTL 24 23 1 0.958 65:00