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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 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Al Montoya WPG · 28 GP, 0.920 Curtis McElhinney CBJ · 28 GP, 0.909 Frederik Andersen ANA · 28 GP, 0.923 Jhonas Enroth BUF · 28 GP, 0.911 Ray Emery PHI · 28 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.

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

2013-14 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
28 26 111610 820 731 89 3.29 0.891

Contract

$578KCap hitends in 2014, then RFA
-$1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.6MValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 51 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 2013-14, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2013-14 $578K

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
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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-7.9Goals above replacement58th of 61 goalies
-1.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-15.4Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 61 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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

-15.4Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
73.6Expected goals againstfrom 1,167 unblocked attempts
89Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.891Save %0.910 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 63 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 -0.57 above expected per 60 minutes6th
Shot difficulty 6.3% chance per attempt faced59thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 63 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

020406080Game 10Game 20Allowed 89Expected 73.6

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
Jan 27, 2014 vs BOS L 3-6 L 36 30 6 0.833 48:06
Jan 25, 2014 vs STL L 3-4 (SO) OTL 35 32 3 0.914 64:58
Jan 23, 2014 vs PIT L 4-6 L 28 23 5 0.821 59:04
Jan 21, 2014 @ NYR W 5-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Jan 18, 2014 @ PHI L 4-6 L 31 26 5 0.839 59:07
Jan 16, 2014 @ TBL W 2-1 (SO) W 30 29 1 0.967 64:35
Jan 14, 2014 @ FLA L 2-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 57:42
Jan 12, 2014 @ DAL W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 59:09
Jan 10, 2014 @ COL W 2-1 (OT) W 31 30 1 0.968 61:32
Jan 7, 2014 @ TOR W 5-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Jan 6, 2014 vs DAL W 7-3 W 15 13 2 0.867 47:06
Dec 29, 2013 @ MIN W 5-4 W 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Dec 12, 2013 @ PHX L 3-6 L 37 31 6 0.838 60:00
Dec 10, 2013 @ SJS W 3-2 (SO) W 48 46 2 0.958 64:57
Dec 7, 2013 @ LAK L 0-3 L 23 21 2 0.913 59:23
Nov 29, 2013 vs DET L 0-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Nov 27, 2013 vs WPG L 2-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:25
Nov 23, 2013 @ PHI L 2-5 L 16 13 3 0.813 23:48
Nov 22, 2013 @ PIT L 3-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 59:05
Nov 19, 2013 @ TOR L 2-5 L 24 19 5 0.792 60:00
Nov 16, 2013 vs DET W 5-4 (SO) W 22 19 3 0.864 60:44
Nov 14, 2013 vs LAK L 2-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 58:54
Nov 12, 2013 vs NSH W 3-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 59:57
Nov 10, 2013 @ MTL L 2-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Nov 7, 2013 @ CAR L 0-1 L 24 23 1 0.958 58:42
Nov 2, 2013 vs BOS W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Oct 26, 2013 vs PHI L 2-5 L 31 27 4 0.871 59:45
Oct 11, 2013 @ CHI L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:20