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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Pekka Rinne NSH · 66 GP, 0.908 Devan Dubnyk MIN · 67 GP, 0.918 Henrik Lundqvist NYR · 65 GP, 0.920 Martin Jones SJS · 65 GP, 0.918 Jonathan Quick LAK · 68 GP, 0.918

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

2015-16 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
66 66 48973 1802 1661 141 2.20 0.922

Contract

$6.1MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$248KCap dollars per goal above replacement24.6 goals above replacement
$6.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$346KValueworth 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 58 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 2019-20, with 4 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $6.1M
2016-17 $6.1M
2017-18 $6.1M
2018-19 $6.1M
2019-20 $6.1M

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+24.6Goals above replacement6th of 58 goalies
+4.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+9.3Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 58 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

+9.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
150.3Expected goals againstfrom 2,555 unblocked attempts
141Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.922Save %0.917 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 57 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 +0.14 above expected per 60 minutes75th
Shot difficulty 5.9% chance per attempt faced21stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 57 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Game 60Expected 150.3Allowed 141

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 9, 2016 @ STL W 5-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Apr 7, 2016 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) OTL 35 31 4 0.886 64:00
Apr 5, 2016 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) OTL 27 23 4 0.852 62:13
Apr 1, 2016 @ COL W 4-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 59:46
Mar 30, 2016 @ PHI L 1-2 (SO) OTL 34 33 1 0.971 63:51
Mar 28, 2016 vs CBJ W 4-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Mar 25, 2016 @ NJD W 1-0 (OT) W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 62:17
Mar 22, 2016 @ OTT W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 20, 2016 @ PIT L 2-6 L 26 21 5 0.808 47:18
Mar 18, 2016 vs NSH W 4-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Mar 15, 2016 vs CAR W 2-1 (OT) W 26 25 1 0.962 61:33
Mar 9, 2016 @ LAK L 3-4 (OT) OTL 30 26 4 0.867 62:49
Mar 7, 2016 @ ANA W 2-1 (SO) W 28 27 1 0.964 65:00
Mar 4, 2016 vs NYR L 2-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 58:31
Mar 1, 2016 vs PIT W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 59:58
Feb 28, 2016 @ CHI L 2-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 58:39
Feb 26, 2016 vs MIN W 3-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Feb 24, 2016 vs MTL L 3-4 18 15 3 0.833 21:54
Feb 22, 2016 vs ARI W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Feb 20, 2016 vs NJD W 4-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Feb 18, 2016 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) W 22 20 2 0.909 64:09
Feb 13, 2016 @ DAL L 3-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 40:00
Feb 11, 2016 @ MIN W 4-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 59:59
Feb 9, 2016 @ NSH W 5-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Feb 7, 2016 vs PHI W 3-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Feb 6, 2016 @ NJD W 3-2 (SO) W 24 22 2 0.917 65:00
Feb 4, 2016 vs NYI W 3-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Jan 27, 2016 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) OTL 32 28 4 0.875 60:38
Jan 19, 2016 @ CBJ W 6-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Jan 17, 2016 vs NYR W 5-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 37:42
Jan 16, 2016 @ BUF L 1-4 L 16 13 3 0.813 27:14
Jan 14, 2016 vs VAN W 4-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 59:58
Jan 9, 2016 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) W 26 23 3 0.885 59:59
Jan 7, 2016 @ NYI W 4-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Jan 5, 2016 @ BOS W 3-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 2, 2016 @ CBJ L 4-5 (SO) OTL 29 25 4 0.862 64:35
Dec 30, 2015 vs BUF W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 59:42
Dec 28, 2015 @ BUF W 2-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 26, 2015 vs MTL W 3-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Dec 20, 2015 @ NYR W 7-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Dec 18, 2015 vs TBL W 5-3 12 9 3 0.750 28:57
Dec 16, 2015 vs OTT W 2-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 59:55
Dec 14, 2015 @ PIT W 4-1 W 45 44 1 0.978 60:00
Dec 12, 2015 @ TBL W 2-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 59:53
Dec 8, 2015 vs DET W 3-2 (SO) W 23 21 2 0.913 64:55
Dec 5, 2015 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) OTL 36 34 2 0.944 64:40
Dec 3, 2015 @ MTL W 3-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 59:53
Nov 28, 2015 @ TOR W 4-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Nov 27, 2015 vs TBL W 4-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 59:58
Nov 25, 2015 vs WPG W 5-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Nov 23, 2015 vs EDM W 1-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 21, 2015 vs COL W 7-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Nov 18, 2015 @ DET W 2-1 (OT) W 26 25 1 0.962 60:45
Nov 12, 2015 @ PHI W 5-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 59:54
Nov 10, 2015 @ DET L 0-1 L 27 26 1 0.963 58:44
Nov 7, 2015 vs TOR W 3-2 (SO) W 25 23 2 0.920 63:23
Nov 5, 2015 vs BOS W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Nov 3, 2015 @ NYR L 2-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 60:00
Oct 30, 2015 vs CBJ W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Oct 28, 2015 vs PIT L 1-3 L 24 22 2 0.917 58:52
Oct 22, 2015 @ VAN W 3-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Oct 20, 2015 @ CGY W 6-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 59:54
Oct 17, 2015 vs CAR W 4-1 W 19 18 1 0.947 60:00
Oct 15, 2015 vs CHI W 4-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 59:48
Oct 13, 2015 vs SJS L 0-5 L 30 27 3 0.900 55:47
Oct 10, 2015 vs NJD W 5-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 59:08