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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jaroslav Halak NYI · 54 GP, 0.908 Tuukka Rask BOS · 54 GP, 0.917 Mike Smith CGY · 55 GP, 0.916 Ben Bishop DAL · 53 GP, 0.916 Robin Lehner BUF · 53 GP, 0.908

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

2017-18 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
54 54 341640 1648 1495 153 2.99 0.907

Contract

$6.1MCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$368KCap dollars per goal above replacement16.6 goals above replacement
$4.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.7MValueworth 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 56 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 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+16.6Goals above replacement21st of 56 goalies
+2.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.9Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 56 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

+0.9Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
153.9Expected goals againstfrom 2,347 unblocked attempts
153Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.907Save %0.907 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 58 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 +0.02 above expected per 60 minutes53rd
Shot difficulty 6.6% chance per attempt faced72ndA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 58 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Expected 153.9Allowed 153

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 7, 2018 vs NJD W 5-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Apr 2, 2018 @ STL W 4-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 59:12
Mar 30, 2018 vs CAR L 1-4 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:32
Mar 28, 2018 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) W 37 35 2 0.946 60:09
Mar 20, 2018 vs DAL W 4-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Mar 16, 2018 vs NYI W 6-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 59:59
Mar 6, 2018 @ ANA L 0-4 L 9 6 3 0.667 25:37
Mar 3, 2018 vs TOR W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 59:56
Feb 26, 2018 @ CBJ L 1-5 L 16 12 4 0.750 19:28
Feb 22, 2018 @ FLA L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:31
Feb 20, 2018 vs TBL L 2-4 L 19 15 4 0.789 57:49
Feb 17, 2018 @ CHI L 1-7 L 33 27 6 0.818 40:00
Feb 13, 2018 @ WPG L 3-4 (OT) OTL 44 40 4 0.909 62:32
Feb 11, 2018 vs DET L 4-5 (OT) OTL 29 24 5 0.828 60:43
Feb 9, 2018 vs CBJ W 4-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Feb 6, 2018 @ CBJ W 3-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 59:38
Feb 2, 2018 @ PIT L 4-7 L 33 27 6 0.818 47:59
Jan 31, 2018 vs PHI W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Jan 25, 2018 @ FLA W 4-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 59:36
Jan 21, 2018 vs PHI L 1-2 (OT) OTL 23 21 2 0.913 60:27
Jan 18, 2018 @ NJD L 3-4 (OT) OTL 32 28 4 0.875 60:34
Jan 11, 2018 vs CAR L 1-3 L 32 30 2 0.938 57:31
Jan 7, 2018 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) W 34 31 3 0.912 63:49
Jan 2, 2018 @ CAR W 5-4 (OT) W 38 34 4 0.895 61:57
Dec 30, 2017 vs NJD W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Dec 28, 2017 vs BOS W 4-3 (SO) W 34 31 3 0.912 65:00
Dec 23, 2017 @ VGK L 0-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:54
Dec 19, 2017 @ DAL W 4-3 (OT) W 36 33 3 0.917 61:51
Dec 16, 2017 vs ANA W 3-2 (OT) W 30 28 2 0.933 61:58
Dec 14, 2017 @ BOS W 5-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 59:42
Dec 12, 2017 vs COL W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 59:37
Dec 11, 2017 @ NYI L 1-3 L 12 9 3 0.750 21:34
Dec 8, 2017 vs NYR W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 59:39
Dec 6, 2017 vs CHI W 6-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Dec 2, 2017 vs CBJ W 4-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 59:48
Nov 30, 2017 vs LAK L 2-5 L 25 22 3 0.880 58:48
Nov 25, 2017 @ TOR W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Nov 22, 2017 vs OTT W 5-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Nov 20, 2017 vs CGY L 1-4 L 39 35 4 0.897 58:02
Nov 18, 2017 vs MIN W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 59:57
Nov 14, 2017 @ NSH L 3-6 L 25 19 6 0.760 40:00
Nov 12, 2017 vs EDM W 2-1 (SO) W 30 29 1 0.967 65:00
Nov 10, 2017 vs PIT W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 6, 2017 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) W 26 24 2 0.923 64:14
Nov 4, 2017 @ BOS W 3-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Nov 2, 2017 vs NYI W 4-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 59:20
Oct 28, 2017 @ EDM W 5-2 W 40 38 2 0.950 59:50
Oct 26, 2017 @ VAN L 2-6 L 22 17 5 0.773 35:00
Oct 20, 2017 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) W 37 34 3 0.919 60:58
Oct 17, 2017 vs TOR L 0-2 L 29 28 1 0.966 58:16
Oct 13, 2017 @ NJD W 5-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Oct 11, 2017 vs PIT L 2-3 L 36 33 3 0.917 58:31
Oct 7, 2017 vs MTL W 6-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 59:50
Oct 5, 2017 @ OTT W 5-4 (SO) W 32 28 4 0.875 65:00