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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ · 63 GP, 0.931 Carey Price MTL · 62 GP, 0.923 Devan Dubnyk MIN · 65 GP, 0.923 Martin Jones SJS · 65 GP, 0.912 Tuukka Rask BOS · 65 GP, 0.915

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

2016-17 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
63 63 421369 1690 1563 127 2.07 0.925

Contract

$6.1MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$154KCap dollars per goal above replacement39.5 goals above replacement
$9.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3MValueworth 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 53 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 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+39.5Goals above replacement3rd of 53 goalies
+6.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+24.1Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 53 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

+24.1Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
151.1Expected goals againstfrom 2,428 unblocked attempts
127Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.925Save %0.911 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 55 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 +0.39 above expected per 60 minutes89th
Shot difficulty 6.2% chance per attempt faced40thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 55 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Game 60Expected 151.1Allowed 127

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, 2017 vs FLA L 0-2 L 15 14 1 0.933 40:00
Apr 5, 2017 vs NYR W 2-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Apr 2, 2017 @ CBJ W 3-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Mar 31, 2017 @ ARI L 3-6 L 25 19 6 0.760 53:12
Mar 28, 2017 @ MIN W 5-4 (OT) W 30 26 4 0.867 61:52
Mar 25, 2017 vs ARI W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:29
Mar 23, 2017 vs CBJ W 2-1 (SO) W 30 29 1 0.967 65:00
Mar 21, 2017 vs CGY W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Mar 18, 2017 @ TBL W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 59:44
Mar 16, 2017 vs NSH L 1-2 (OT) OTL 24 22 2 0.917 61:05
Mar 14, 2017 vs MIN W 4-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 59:45
Mar 12, 2017 @ ANA L 2-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 59:53
Mar 9, 2017 @ SJS L 2-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 58:27
Mar 6, 2017 vs DAL L 2-4 L 11 8 3 0.727 25:40
Mar 4, 2017 vs PHI W 2-1 (OT) W 31 30 1 0.968 63:12
Mar 2, 2017 vs NJD W 1-0 W, SO 15 15 0 1.000 59:47
Feb 28, 2017 @ NYR W 4-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Feb 24, 2017 vs EDM W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Feb 22, 2017 @ PHI W 4-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 59:41
Feb 18, 2017 @ DET L 2-3 (SO) OTL 23 21 2 0.913 64:41
Feb 11, 2017 vs ANA W 6-4 W 22 18 4 0.818 59:40
Feb 9, 2017 vs DET W 6-3 W 17 14 3 0.824 60:00
Feb 7, 2017 vs CAR W 5-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 4, 2017 @ MTL W 3-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Feb 1, 2017 vs BOS W 5-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Jan 26, 2017 @ NJD W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Jan 23, 2017 vs CAR W 6-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 59:53
Jan 19, 2017 @ STL W 7-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Jan 16, 2017 @ PIT L 7-8 (OT) 26 21 5 0.808 34:34
Jan 13, 2017 vs CHI W 6-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 11, 2017 vs PIT W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Jan 9, 2017 @ MTL W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Jan 7, 2017 @ OTT W 1-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 5, 2017 vs CBJ W 5-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 3, 2017 vs TOR W 6-5 (OT) 8 5 3 0.625 20:00
Jan 1, 2017 vs OTT W 2-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 59:59
Dec 29, 2016 vs NJD L 1-2 (SO) OTL 27 26 1 0.963 65:00
Dec 27, 2016 @ NYI L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 57:54
Dec 23, 2016 vs TBL W 4-0 W, SO 23 23 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 21, 2016 @ PHI L 2-3 (SO) OTL 38 36 2 0.947 64:56
Dec 17, 2016 vs MTL L 1-2 L 25 23 2 0.920 57:56
Dec 13, 2016 @ NYI W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Dec 11, 2016 vs VAN W 3-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 7, 2016 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) W 34 31 3 0.912 61:36
Dec 5, 2016 vs BUF W 3-2 (OT) W 33 31 2 0.939 62:23
Dec 3, 2016 @ TBL L 1-2 (SO) OTL 33 32 1 0.970 64:00
Dec 1, 2016 vs NYI L 0-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 56:57
Nov 26, 2016 @ TOR L 2-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 57:54
Nov 23, 2016 vs STL W 4-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Nov 20, 2016 vs CBJ L 2-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 59:18
Nov 18, 2016 vs DET W 1-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 16, 2016 vs PIT W 7-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 59:54
Nov 11, 2016 @ CHI W 3-2 (OT) W 34 32 2 0.941 62:20
Nov 8, 2016 vs SJS L 0-3 L 22 20 2 0.909 58:31
Nov 5, 2016 vs FLA W 4-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 59:45
Nov 3, 2016 vs WPG W 4-3 (OT) W 27 24 3 0.889 63:21
Nov 1, 2016 @ WPG W 3-2 W 45 43 2 0.956 59:56
Oct 30, 2016 @ CGY W 3-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Oct 26, 2016 @ EDM L 1-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Oct 22, 2016 vs NYR L 2-4 L 25 22 3 0.880 58:29
Oct 20, 2016 @ FLA W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Oct 15, 2016 vs NYI W 2-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 59:42
Oct 13, 2016 @ PIT L 2-3 (SO) OTL 30 28 2 0.933 64:44