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Philipp Grubauer

#31 · Goalie · Seattle Kraken

Born Nov 25, 1991 in Rosenheim, DEU (age 34) · 6'1", 188 lb · Catches left · Drafted 112th overall in 2010 by WSH (round 4)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2017-18

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The goalies closest to him in games played in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Semyon Varlamov COL · 24 GP, 0.898 Anders Nilsson BUF · 26 GP, 0.923 Jacob Markstrom VAN · 26 GP, 0.910 Jimmy Howard DET · 26 GP, 0.927 Keith Kinkaid NJD · 26 GP, 0.916

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.

020402012-13: 2 games212-132013-14: 17 games172014-15: 1 games114-152015-16: 22 games222016-17: 24 games2416-172017-18: 35 games352018-19: 37 games3718-192019-20: 36 games362020-21: 40 games4020-212021-22: 55 games552022-23: 39 games3922-232023-24: 36 games362024-25: 26 games2624-252025-26: 32 games322026-27: 3 games326-27

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
2012-13 WSH 2 0100 59 54 5 3.57 0.915 $578K
2013-14 WSH 17 6550 469 434 35 2.38 0.925 $578K
2014-15 WSH 1 1000 25 23 2 1.85 0.920 $578K
2015-16 WSH 22 8910 523 480 43 2.32 0.918 $750K
2016-17 WSH 24 13623 585 542 43 2.04 0.926 $750K
2017-18 WSH 35 151033 953 880 73 2.35 0.923 $1.5M
2018-19 COL 37 18953 1071 982 89 2.64 0.917 $3.333M
2019-20 COL 36 181242 1067 977 90 2.63 0.916 $3.333M
2020-21 COL 40 30917 993 916 77 1.95 0.922 $3.333M
2021-22 SEA 55 183152 1479 1315 164 3.16 0.889 $5.9M
2022-23 SEA 39 171440 930 832 98 2.85 0.895 $5.9M
2023-24 SEA 36 141622 941 846 95 2.85 0.899 $5.9M
2024-25 SEA 26 81710 681 596 85 3.49 0.875 $5.9M
2025-26 SEA 32 131240 866 787 79 2.65 0.909 $5.9M
2026-27 SEA 3 1100 72 66 6 2.59 0.917 $5.9M
15 seasons Career 405 1801523722 10714 9730 984 2.65 0.908

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 WSH 1 1000 21 18 3 3.00 0.857
2016-17 WSH 1 0000 9 7 2 6.46 0.778
2017-18 WSH 2 0100 49 41 8 4.55 0.837
2018-19 COL 12 7501 373 345 28 2.30 0.925
2019-20 COL 5 4001 95 88 7 1.60 0.926
2020-21 COL 10 6400 301 275 26 2.61 0.914
2022-23 SEA 14 7700 422 381 41 2.99 0.903
7 seasons Playoffs 45 251702 1270 1155 115 2.65 0.909

2016-17 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
24 19 13623 585 542 43 2.04 0.926

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2017
$46KCap dollars per goal above replacement16.5 goals above replacement
$4.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.4MValueworth 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 53 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Washington Capitals on Jun 15, 2015, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.5M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2016-17, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $750K $650K $0 $650K
2016-17 $750K $850K $0 $850K

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
Jul 28, 2021 Seattle Kraken New contract 2021-22 to 2026-27 6 $35.4M $5.9M
Jun 23, 2018 Colorado Avalanche Extension 2018-19 to 2020-21 3 $10M $3.333M
Jul 6, 2017 Washington Capitals New contract 2017-18 to 2017-18 1 $1.5M $1.5M
Jun 15, 2015 Washington Capitals Extension 2015-16 to 2016-17 2 $1.5M $750K
Oct 4, 2010 Washington Capitals Entry-level 2012-13 to 2014-15 signed for 2010-11, slid 3 $1.945M $578K

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+16.5Goals above replacement14th of 53 goalies
+2.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+11.0Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 53 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-20-1001020302012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

+11.0Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
54.0Expected goals againstfrom 829 unblocked attempts
43Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.926Save %0.908 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 55 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 +0.52 above expected per 60 minutes96th
Shot difficulty 6.5% chance per attempt faced84thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 55 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

02040Game 10Game 20Expected 54.0Allowed 43

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 9, 2017 vs FLA L 0-2 6 5 1 0.833 18:47
Apr 8, 2017 @ BOS W 3-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Apr 4, 2017 @ TOR W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Mar 31, 2017 @ ARI L 3-6 0 0 0 0.000 06:48
Mar 29, 2017 @ COL W 5-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 59:57
Mar 11, 2017 @ LAK L 2-4 L 21 18 3 0.857 58:39
Mar 6, 2017 vs DAL L 2-4 10 10 0 1.000 33:02
Feb 25, 2017 @ NSH L 2-5 L 25 21 4 0.840 58:15
Feb 19, 2017 @ NYR L 1-2 L 30 28 2 0.933 58:39
Feb 5, 2017 vs LAK W 5-0 W, SO 38 38 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 31, 2017 @ NYI L 2-3 L 28 26 2 0.929 58:53
Jan 24, 2017 @ OTT L 0-3 L 34 31 3 0.912 59:51
Jan 21, 2017 @ DAL W 4-3 (OT) W 35 32 3 0.914 60:19
Jan 16, 2017 @ PIT L 7-8 (OT) OTL 11 8 3 0.727 25:57
Jan 15, 2017 vs PHI W 5-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 59:55
Jan 3, 2017 vs TOR W 6-5 (OT) W 17 15 2 0.882 40:22
Dec 31, 2016 @ NJD W 6-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Dec 16, 2016 @ CAR W 4-3 (SO) W 30 27 3 0.900 65:00
Dec 9, 2016 @ BUF W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Nov 25, 2016 vs BUF W 3-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Nov 15, 2016 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) OTL 27 25 2 0.926 60:37
Nov 12, 2016 @ CAR L 1-5 L 37 33 4 0.892 59:33
Oct 29, 2016 @ VAN W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Oct 18, 2016 vs COL W 3-0 W, SO 18 18 0 1.000 60:00