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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 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Carter Hutton CHI · 1 GP, 0.893 Jeff Frazee NJD · 1 GP, 1.000 Jussi Rynnas TOR · 1 GP, 1.000 Keith Kinkaid NJD · 1 GP, 0.923 Michael Leighton PHI · 1 GP, 0.808

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 Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Cap hit
2011-12 MIN 12 282 260 22 0.922
2012-13 MIN 1 33 28 5 0.848
2013-14 BUF 8 239 217 22 0.908 $715K
2014-15 BUF 5 155 137 18 0.884 $751K
4 seasons Career 26 709 642 67 0.906

2012-13 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
1 33 28 5 0.848 5.00

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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

-1.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.4Goals 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

-1.4Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
3.6Expected goals againstfrom 38 unblocked attempts
5Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.848Save %0.892 expected from his shots
Goals saved -1.46 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 9.4% chance per attempt faced99thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 54 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 29, 2013 @ DAL L 3-5 33 28 5 0.848 59:12