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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Anton Forsberg CHI · 35 GP, 0.908 Roberto Luongo FLA · 35 GP, 0.929 Chad Johnson BUF · 36 GP, 0.891 Jonathan Bernier COL · 37 GP, 0.913 Kari Lehtonen DAL · 37 GP, 0.912

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

2017-18 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
35 28 151033 953 880 73 2.35 0.923

Contract

$1.5MCap hitends in 2018, then extended to 2021
$54KCap dollars per goal above replacement28.0 goals above replacement
$7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$5.5MValueworth 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 Washington Capitals on Jul 6, 2017, as a new contract: 1 year and $1.5M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2017-18, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Colorado Avalanche on Jun 23, 2018, 3 years and $10M at $3.333M a season, beginning in 2018-19.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $1.5M $1.5M $0 $1.5M

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 not begun 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 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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+28.0Goals above replacement9th of 56 goalies
+4.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+18.7Goals 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. 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

+18.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
91.7Expected goals againstfrom 1,393 unblocked attempts
73Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.923Save %0.904 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 +0.60 above expected per 60 minutes93rd
Shot difficulty 6.6% chance per attempt faced78thA 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.

020406080Game 10Game 20Game 30Expected 91.7Allowed 73

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 5, 2018 vs NSH L 3-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 57:43
Apr 1, 2018 @ PIT W 3-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 59:40
Mar 26, 2018 @ NYR W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 59:34
Mar 24, 2018 @ MTL W 6-4 W 21 17 4 0.810 60:00
Mar 22, 2018 @ DET W 1-0 W, SO 39 39 0 1.000 58:59
Mar 18, 2018 @ PHI L 3-6 L 34 29 5 0.853 58:00
Mar 15, 2018 @ NYI W 7-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Mar 12, 2018 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) W 28 26 2 0.929 64:11
Mar 10, 2018 @ SJS W 2-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 8, 2018 @ LAK L 1-3 L 28 26 2 0.929 58:01
Mar 6, 2018 @ ANA L 0-4 8 8 0 1.000 33:07
Feb 27, 2018 vs OTT W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Feb 26, 2018 @ CBJ L 1-5 18 18 0 1.000 38:52
Feb 24, 2018 vs BUF W 5-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Feb 19, 2018 @ BUF W 3-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Feb 17, 2018 @ CHI L 1-7 11 10 1 0.909 20:00
Feb 15, 2018 @ MIN W 5-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Feb 4, 2018 vs VGK L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 58:33
Feb 2, 2018 @ PIT L 4-7 6 5 1 0.833 12:01
Jan 19, 2018 vs MTL L 2-3 L 25 23 2 0.920 57:33
Jan 12, 2018 @ CAR W 4-3 W 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Jan 9, 2018 vs VAN W 3-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Dec 27, 2017 @ NYR L 0-1 (SO) OTL, SO 37 37 0 1.000 65:00
Dec 22, 2017 @ ARI L 2-3 (OT) OTL 27 24 3 0.889 64:33
Dec 11, 2017 @ NYI L 1-3 17 17 0 1.000 35:13
Dec 4, 2017 vs SJS W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Nov 24, 2017 vs TBL W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Nov 16, 2017 @ COL L 2-6 L 28 22 6 0.786 59:51
Nov 14, 2017 @ NSH L 3-6 6 6 0 1.000 20:00
Nov 7, 2017 @ BUF L 1-3 L 31 29 2 0.935 59:17
Oct 29, 2017 @ CGY L 1-2 L 38 36 2 0.947 59:11
Oct 26, 2017 @ VAN L 2-6 8 7 1 0.875 25:00
Oct 21, 2017 vs FLA L 1-4 L 22 19 3 0.864 57:21
Oct 14, 2017 @ PHI L 2-8 L 37 29 8 0.784 60:00
Oct 9, 2017 @ TBL L 3-4 (OT) OTL 40 36 4 0.900 63:08