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Matt Hackett

#31 · Goalie · Buffalo Sabres

Born Mar 7, 1990 in London, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 179 lb · Catches left · Drafted 77th overall in 2009 by MIN (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ben Scrivens TOR · 12 GP, 0.903 Allen York CBJ · 11 GP, 0.920 Alex Auld OTT · 14 GP, 0.884 Joey MacDonald DET · 14 GP, 0.912 Andrew Raycroft DAL · 10 GP, 0.898

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.

05102011-12: 12 games1211-122012-13: 1 games112-132013-14: 8 games813-142014-15: 5 games514-15

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
2011-12 MIN 12 3600 282 260 22 2.38 0.922
2012-13 MIN 1 0100 33 28 5 5.07 0.848
2013-14 BUF 8 1610 239 217 22 3.10 0.908 $715K
2014-15 BUF 5 0410 155 137 18 4.32 0.884 $751K
4 seasons Career 26 41720 709 642 67 3.11 0.906

2011-12 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
12 7 3600 282 260 22 2.38 0.922

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2014-15 to 2014-15 $751K
2013-14 to 2013-14 $715K

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+5.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+2.8Goals 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.

-6-4-202462011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

+2.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
24.8Expected goals againstfrom 425 unblocked attempts
22Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.922Save %0.912 expected from his shots
Goals saved +0.30 above expected per 60 minutes85th
Shot difficulty 5.8% chance per attempt faced17thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 47 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

05101520Game 10Expected 24.8Allowed 22

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
Mar 25, 2012 @ WSH L 0-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Mar 17, 2012 vs CAR L 3-5 L 33 29 4 0.879 59:42
Mar 13, 2012 vs DAL L 0-1 L 25 24 1 0.960 58:46
Mar 11, 2012 vs CGY L 3-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 58:39
Mar 8, 2012 @ PHX W 3-2 (SO) W 17 15 2 0.882 33:22
Mar 6, 2012 @ COL L 1-7 L 21 17 4 0.810 35:32
Mar 4, 2012 vs COL L 0-2 L 36 34 2 0.944 58:51
Mar 2, 2012 @ DET L 0-6 6 6 0 1.000 14:30
Feb 24, 2012 @ DAL L 1-4 10 10 0 1.000 35:05
Jan 12, 2012 @ CHI L 2-5 8 8 0 1.000 22:30
Dec 8, 2011 @ LAK W 4-2 W 44 42 2 0.955 59:48
Dec 6, 2011 @ SJS W 2-1 W 34 34 0 1.000 58:49