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Anders Lindback

#39 · Goalie · Nashville Predators

Born May 3, 1988 in Gavle, SWE · 6'6", 215 lb · Catches left · Drafted 207th overall in 2008 by NSH (round 7)

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.

Calvin Pickard COL · 20 GP, 0.922 Linus Ullmark BUF · 20 GP, 0.913 Curtis McElhinney CBJ · 18 GP, 0.890 Darcy Kuemper MIN · 21 GP, 0.915 Robin Lehner BUF · 21 GP, 0.924

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: 22 games2210-112011-12: 16 games1611-122012-13: 24 games2412-132013-14: 23 games2313-142014-15: 26 games2614-152015-16: 19 games1915-16

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Cap hit
2010-11 NSH 22 576 527 49 0.915
2011-12 NSH 16 364 332 32 0.912
2012-13 TBL 24 642 579 63 0.902 $1.8M
2013-14 TBL 23 580 517 63 0.891 $1.8M
2014-15 DAL 10 256 224 32 0.875 $925K
2014-15 BUF 16 542 501 41 0.924
2015-16 ARI 19 443 396 47 0.894 $875K
6 seasons Career 130 3403 3076 327 0.904

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
2010-11 NSH 1 9 9 0 1.000
2013-14 TBL 4 118 104 14 0.881
2 seasons Playoffs 5 127 113 14 0.890

2015-16 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
19 443 396 47 0.894 2.47

Contract

$875KCap hitends in 2016, then UFA

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2015-16, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $875K

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
2015-16 to 2015-16 $875K
2014-15 to 2014-15 $925K
2012-13 to 2013-14 $1.8M

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

Rating

-6.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-1.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-9.9Goals 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.

-10-505102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

-9.9Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
37.1Expected goals againstfrom 616 unblocked attempts
47Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.894Save %0.916 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.65 above expected per 60 minutes2nd
Shot difficulty 6.0% 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 57 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

010203040Game 10Allowed 47Expected 37.1

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 Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Feb 5, 2016 @ ANA L 2-5 41 36 5 0.878 60:00
Feb 2, 2016 vs LAK L 2-6 10 9 1 0.900 16:52
Jan 26, 2016 @ WPG L 2-5 12 12 0 1.000 20:00
Jan 16, 2016 vs NJD L 0-2 16 14 2 0.875 57:11
Dec 29, 2015 vs CHI L 5-7 5 2 3 0.400 20:00
Dec 27, 2015 @ COL W 2-1 (OT) 39 38 1 0.974 64:17
Dec 17, 2015 vs CBJ L 5-7 10 6 4 0.600 30:23
Dec 12, 2015 vs CAR L 4-5 (OT) 33 28 5 0.848 59:37
Dec 11, 2015 vs MIN W 2-1 (OT) 28 27 1 0.964 60:13
Dec 6, 2015 @ CAR L 4-5 18 13 5 0.722 59:57
Dec 3, 2015 @ DET L 1-5 28 26 2 0.929 40:00
Nov 28, 2015 vs OTT W 4-3 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Nov 21, 2015 @ WPG L 2-3 23 20 3 0.870 58:30
Nov 16, 2015 @ NYI L 2-5 31 27 4 0.871 58:31
Nov 9, 2015 @ ANA W 4-3 (OT) 36 33 3 0.917 61:03
Nov 7, 2015 vs NYR L 1-4 13 12 1 0.923 34:19
Oct 30, 2015 vs VAN L 3-4 19 17 2 0.895 53:52
Oct 24, 2015 @ OTT W 4-1 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Oct 15, 2015 vs MIN L 3-4 7 6 1 0.857 31:23