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Kevin Poulin

#35 · Goalie · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Apr 12, 1990 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN · 6'2", 206 lb · Catches left · Drafted 126th overall in 2008 by NYI (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nathan Lawson NYI · 10 GP, 0.893 Ray Emery ANA · 10 GP, 0.926 Chris Osgood DET · 11 GP, 0.903 Justin Peters CAR · 12 GP, 0.875 Robin Lehner OTT · 8 GP, 0.888

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.

010202010-11: 10 games1010-112011-12: 6 games611-122012-13: 5 games512-132013-14: 28 games2813-142014-15: 1 games114-15

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 NYI 10 4210 262 242 20 2.44 0.924
2011-12 NYI 6 2400 162 147 15 3.04 0.907
2012-13 NYI 5 1300 122 109 13 3.03 0.893
2013-14 NYI 28 111610 820 731 89 3.29 0.891 $578K
2014-15 NYI 1 0010 26 23 3 2.77 0.885 $650K
5 seasons Career 50 182530 1392 1252 140 3.07 0.899

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2012-13 NYI 2 0000 15 14 1 1.14 0.933
1 season Playoffs 2 0000 15 14 1 1.14 0.933

2010-11 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
10 7 4210 262 242 20 2.44 0.924

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2014-15 to 2014-15 $650K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $578K

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+5.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+1.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.3Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-10-505102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

+3.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
23.3Expected goals againstfrom 350 unblocked attempts
20Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.924Save %0.911 expected from his shots
Goals saved +0.41 above expected per 60 minutes87th
Shot difficulty 6.7% chance per attempt faced81stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 53 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

05101520Game 10Expected 23.3Allowed 20

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
Feb 5, 2011 vs OTT W 5-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Feb 2, 2011 @ PIT L 0-3 1 1 0 1.000 00:17
Feb 1, 2011 @ ATL W 4-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Jan 25, 2011 @ PIT L 0-1 L 31 30 1 0.968 59:04
Jan 21, 2011 @ BUF W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 40:00
Jan 17, 2011 vs NJD L 2-5 L 27 22 5 0.815 60:00
Jan 13, 2011 vs OTT L 4-6 19 17 2 0.895 29:23
Jan 11, 2011 vs VAN L 3-4 (SO) OTL 51 48 3 0.941 65:00
Jan 8, 2011 @ COL W 4-3 (OT) W 37 34 3 0.919 63:52
Jan 6, 2011 @ EDM L 1-2 19 19 0 1.000 53:43