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Cam Talbot

#33 · Goalie · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Jul 5, 1987 in Caledonia, Ontario, CAN (age 39) · 6'3", 205 lb · Catches left

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Connor Hellebuyck WPG · 67 GP, 0.924 Frederik Andersen TOR · 66 GP, 0.918 Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL · 65 GP, 0.920 Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ · 65 GP, 0.921 Jonathan Quick LAK · 64 GP, 0.921

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.

02040602013-14: 21 games2113-142014-15: 36 games3614-152015-16: 56 games5615-162016-17: 73 games7316-172017-18: 67 games6717-182018-19: 35 games3518-192019-20: 26 games2619-202020-21: 33 games3320-212021-22: 49 games4921-222022-23: 36 games3622-232023-24: 54 games5423-242024-25: 47 games4724-252025-26: 34 games3425-262026-27: 1 games126-27

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
2013-14 NYR 21 12613 560 527 33 1.64 0.941 $563K
2014-15 NYR 36 21945 1038 961 77 2.21 0.926 $563K
2015-16 EDM 56 212753 1648 1511 137 2.55 0.917 $1.45M
2016-17 EDM 73 422287 2117 1946 171 2.39 0.919 $4.167M
2017-18 EDM 67 313131 2036 1848 188 3.02 0.908 $4.167M
2018-19 EDM 31 101531 888 793 95 3.36 0.893 $4.167M
2018-19 PHI 4 1200 109 96 13 3.70 0.881
2019-20 CGY 26 121012 780 717 63 2.63 0.919 $2.75M
2020-21 MIN 33 19852 1008 922 86 2.63 0.915 $3.667M
2021-22 MIN 49 321243 1488 1356 132 2.76 0.911 $3.667M
2022-23 OTT 36 171421 935 840 95 2.93 0.898 $3.667M
2023-24 LAK 54 272063 1490 1361 130 2.50 0.913 $1M
2024-25 DET 47 211952 1295 1167 129 2.93 0.901 $2.5M
2025-26 DET 34 12960 797 704 93 3.19 0.883 $2.5M
2026-27 CBJ 1 1000 22 20 2 1.85 0.909 $950K
14 seasons Career 568 2792045333 16211 14769 1444 2.69 0.911

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2013-14 NYR 2 0100 13 11 2 2.59 0.846
2016-17 EDM 13 7602 437 404 33 2.48 0.924
2019-20 CGY 10 5402 316 292 24 2.42 0.924
2020-21 MIN 7 3402 222 205 17 2.45 0.923
2021-22 MIN 1 0100 26 22 4 4.15 0.846
2023-24 LAK 3 1200 115 99 16 5.30 0.861
6 seasons Playoffs 36 161806 1129 1033 96 2.75 0.915

2017-18 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
67 67 313131 2036 1848 188 3.02 0.908

Contract

$4.167MCap hitends in 2019, then UFA
$209KCap dollars per goal above replacement20.0 goals above replacement
$5.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$977KValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 56 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Edmonton Oilers on Jan 17, 2016, as an extension of the contract he was on: 3 years and $12.5M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2018-19, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2016-17 $4.167M $3.15M $1M $4.15M NMC
2017-18 $4.167M $4.15M $0 $4.15M NMC
2018-19 $4.167M $4.2M $0 $4.2M M-NTC

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Sep 15, 2026 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract (35+) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $950K $950K
Jul 1, 2024 Detroit Red Wings New contract (35+) 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $5M $2.5M
Jul 1, 2023 Los Angeles Kings New contract (35+) 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $2M $1M
Oct 9, 2020 Minnesota Wild New contract 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $11M $3.667M
Jul 1, 2019 Calgary Flames New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $2.75M $2.75M
Jan 17, 2016 Edmonton Oilers Extension 2016-17 to 2018-19 3 $12.5M $4.167M
Dec 20, 2014 New York Rangers Extension 2015-16 to 2015-16 1 $1.45M $1.45M
Feb 18, 2013 New York Rangers Extension 2013-14 to 2014-15 2 $1.125M $563K
Jul 26, 2012 New York Rangers New contract 2012-13 to 2012-13 1 $550K $550K
Mar 30, 2010 New York Rangers Entry-level 2010-11 to 2011-12 2 $1.8M $665K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

+20.0Goals above replacement19th of 56 goalies
+3.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.7Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 56 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. 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.

-2002040602013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

+0.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
188.7Expected goals againstfrom 2,769 unblocked attempts
188Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.908Save %0.907 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 58 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 +0.01 above expected per 60 minutes50th
Shot difficulty 6.8% chance per attempt faced95thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 58 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Game 60Expected 188.7Allowed 188

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
Apr 7, 2018 vs VAN W 3-2 (SO) W 38 36 2 0.947 64:58
Apr 5, 2018 vs VGK W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 59:45
Apr 2, 2018 @ MIN L 0-3 L 39 37 2 0.949 58:48
Mar 31, 2018 @ CGY L 2-3 L 7 4 3 0.571 15:28
Mar 29, 2018 @ VAN L 1-2 L 30 28 2 0.933 58:33
Mar 27, 2018 vs CBJ L 3-7 L 18 13 5 0.722 26:24
Mar 25, 2018 vs ANA L 4-5 (OT) OTL 38 33 5 0.868 61:21
Mar 24, 2018 vs LAK W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Mar 22, 2018 @ OTT W 6-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Mar 20, 2018 @ CAR W 7-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Mar 17, 2018 @ FLA W 4-2 W 42 40 2 0.952 60:00
Mar 13, 2018 @ CGY L 0-1 L 32 31 1 0.969 58:11
Mar 10, 2018 vs MIN W 4-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 59:57
Mar 8, 2018 vs NYI W 2-1 (SO) W 31 30 1 0.968 65:00
Mar 5, 2018 vs ARI W 4-3 (OT) W 35 32 3 0.914 60:50
Mar 3, 2018 vs NYR L 2-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 59:21
Mar 1, 2018 vs NSH L 2-4 L 42 38 4 0.905 60:00
Feb 27, 2018 @ SJS L 2-5 L 36 32 4 0.889 58:57
Feb 24, 2018 @ LAK W 4-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 59:56
Feb 22, 2018 vs COL W 3-2 (OT) W 30 28 2 0.933 62:19
Feb 20, 2018 vs BOS L 2-3 L 45 42 3 0.933 59:15
Feb 18, 2018 @ COL W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Feb 17, 2018 @ ARI L 0-1 L 32 31 1 0.969 58:36
Feb 15, 2018 @ VGK L 1-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Feb 12, 2018 vs FLA L 5-7 L 39 33 6 0.846 59:32
Feb 9, 2018 @ ANA L 2-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 59:27
Feb 7, 2018 @ LAK L 2-5 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:20
Feb 5, 2018 vs TBL W 6-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Jan 25, 2018 vs CGY W 4-3 (SO) W 37 34 3 0.919 65:00
Jan 23, 2018 vs BUF L 0-5 L 22 18 4 0.818 31:32
Jan 20, 2018 vs VAN W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 59:43
Jan 13, 2018 @ VGK W 3-2 (OT) W 36 34 2 0.944 60:53
Jan 12, 2018 @ ARI W 4-2 3 1 2 0.333 03:17
Jan 9, 2018 @ NSH L 1-2 L 24 22 2 0.917 58:04
Jan 7, 2018 @ CHI L 1-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Jan 6, 2018 @ DAL L 1-5 L 19 15 4 0.789 24:45
Jan 4, 2018 vs ANA W 2-1 (SO) W 34 33 1 0.971 64:29
Jan 2, 2018 vs LAK L 0-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Dec 31, 2017 vs WPG L 0-5 L 38 33 5 0.868 59:55
Dec 29, 2017 vs CHI L 3-4 (OT) OTL 36 32 4 0.889 60:40
Dec 27, 2017 @ WPG L 3-4 L 39 35 4 0.897 57:37
Dec 23, 2017 vs MTL W 4-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Dec 21, 2017 vs STL W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Dec 18, 2017 vs SJS W 5-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Dec 16, 2017 @ MIN W 3-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Nov 28, 2017 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) W 31 29 2 0.935 64:20
Nov 26, 2017 @ BOS W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 59:52
Nov 22, 2017 @ DET W 6-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Nov 21, 2017 @ STL L 3-8 3 1 2 0.333 07:35
Nov 18, 2017 @ DAL L 3-6 L 21 15 6 0.714 60:00
Nov 16, 2017 vs STL L 1-4 L 39 35 4 0.897 59:57
Nov 14, 2017 vs VGK W 8-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 59:58
Nov 11, 2017 @ NYR L 2-4 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:04
Nov 9, 2017 @ NJD W 3-2 (OT) W 34 32 2 0.941 64:43
Nov 7, 2017 @ NYI W 2-1 (OT) W 37 36 1 0.973 60:38
Nov 5, 2017 vs DET L 0-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Nov 3, 2017 vs NJD W 6-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Nov 1, 2017 vs PIT L 2-3 L 30 27 3 0.900 58:38
Oct 28, 2017 vs WSH L 2-5 L 30 26 4 0.867 57:36
Oct 26, 2017 vs DAL W 5-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Oct 24, 2017 @ PIT L 1-2 (OT) OTL 44 42 2 0.955 60:42
Oct 21, 2017 @ PHI L 1-2 L 24 22 2 0.917 59:11
Oct 19, 2017 @ CHI W 2-1 (OT) W 31 30 1 0.968 64:23
Oct 14, 2017 vs OTT L 1-6 L 23 19 4 0.826 41:04
Oct 9, 2017 vs WPG L 2-5 L 43 38 5 0.884 60:00
Oct 7, 2017 @ VAN L 2-3 L 7 4 3 0.571 20:32
Oct 4, 2017 vs CGY W 3-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00