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Eddie Lack

#31 · Goalie · New Jersey Devils

Born Jan 5, 1988 in Norrtalje, SWE · 6'4", 187 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.

Christopher Gibson NYI · 8 GP, 0.908 Peter Budaj TBL · 8 GP, 0.876 Harri Sateri FLA · 9 GP, 0.911 Jared Coreau DET · 7 GP, 0.867 Alexandar Georgiev NYR · 10 GP, 0.918

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.

0102030402013-14: 41 games4113-142014-15: 41 games4114-152015-16: 34 games3415-162016-17: 20 games2016-172017-18: 8 games817-18

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 VAN 41 161754 1052 959 93 2.41 0.912 $750K
2014-15 VAN 41 181342 1201 1106 95 2.45 0.921 $1.15M
2015-16 CAR 34 121462 910 820 90 2.81 0.901 $1.15M
2016-17 CAR 20 8731 492 444 48 2.64 0.902 $2.75M
2017-18 CGY 4 1200 64 52 12 5.29 0.813 $2.75M
2017-18 NJD 4 1200 113 102 11 3.18 0.903
5 seasons Career 144 5655189 3832 3483 349 2.62 0.909

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2014-15 VAN 4 1300 88 78 10 3.03 0.886
1 season Playoffs 4 1300 88 78 10 3.03 0.886

2017-18 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
8 5 2400 177 154 23 4.02 0.870

Contract

$2.75MCap hitends in 2018, 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 2017-18, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2017-18 $2.75M

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
2016-17 to 2017-18 $2.75M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $1.15M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $750K

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

-6.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-1.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-7.9Goals 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.

-1001020302013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals 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

-7.9Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
15.1Expected goals againstfrom 251 unblocked attempts
23Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.870Save %0.914 expected from his shots
Goals saved -1.37 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 6.0% chance per attempt faced10thA 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.

05101520Allowed 23Expected 15.1

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 Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Feb 22, 2018 vs MIN L 2-4 L 24 21 3 0.875 59:22
Feb 17, 2018 @ TBL W 4-3 W 51 48 3 0.941 60:00
Feb 11, 2018 vs BOS L 3-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 58:32
Feb 6, 2018 @ OTT L 3-5 12 11 1 0.917 29:31
Nov 15, 2017 @ DET L 2-8 L 15 10 5 0.667 24:27
Nov 13, 2017 vs STL W 7-4 W 15 13 2 0.867 39:50
Oct 25, 2017 @ STL L 2-5 L 28 24 4 0.857 59:53
Oct 13, 2017 vs OTT L 0-6 6 5 1 0.833 12:02