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Garret Sparks

#80 · Goalie · Los Angeles Kings

Born Jun 28, 1993 in Elmhurst, Illinois, USA · 6'3", 220 lb · Catches left · Drafted 190th overall in 2011 by TOR (round 7)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Carter Hutton NSH · 17 GP, 0.918 Curtis McElhinney CBJ · 18 GP, 0.890 Jhonas Enroth LAK · 16 GP, 0.922 Anders Lindback ARI · 19 GP, 0.894 Ben Scrivens MTL · 15 GP, 0.906

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.

051015202015-16: 17 games1715-162018-19: 20 games2018-192019-20: 1 games119-202021-22: 2 games221-22

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
2015-16 TOR 17 6911 456 407 49 3.02 0.893
2018-19 TOR 20 8911 592 534 58 3.15 0.902 $675K
2019-20 VGK 1 0000 14 12 2 4.38 0.857 $750K
2021-22 LAK 2 1000 47 44 3 1.85 0.936 $750K
4 seasons Career 40 151822 1109 997 112 3.05 0.899

2015-16 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
17 17 6911 456 407 49 3.02 0.893

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2021-22 to 2021-22 $750K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $750K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $675K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

-6.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-1.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-10.6Goals 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.

-8-6-4-2022015-162018-192019-202021-22Goals 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

-10.6Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
38.4Expected goals againstfrom 640 unblocked attempts
49Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.893Save %0.916 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.65 above expected per 60 minutes2nd
Shot difficulty 6.0% chance per attempt faced35thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 57 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

010203040Game 10Allowed 49Expected 38.4

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, 2016 @ NJD L 1-5 L 35 31 4 0.886 59:45
Apr 6, 2016 vs CBJ L 1-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 59:41
Apr 2, 2016 vs DET L 2-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 57:15
Mar 31, 2016 @ BUF L 1-4 L 36 33 3 0.917 56:49
Mar 28, 2016 @ TBL L 0-3 L 18 15 3 0.833 60:00
Mar 24, 2016 vs ANA W 6-5 (OT) W 38 33 5 0.868 60:21
Mar 19, 2016 vs BUF W 4-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Mar 12, 2016 @ OTT L 0-4 L 17 13 4 0.765 60:00
Mar 9, 2016 vs NYI W 4-3 (SO) W 27 24 3 0.889 64:16
Mar 7, 2016 vs BUF L 3-4 (SO) OTL 27 24 3 0.889 65:00
Mar 3, 2016 vs MIN L 1-2 L 22 20 2 0.909 57:51
Feb 29, 2016 vs TBL L 1-2 L 28 26 2 0.929 57:50
Dec 17, 2015 vs SJS L 4-5 (OT) 15 13 2 0.867 11:32
Dec 8, 2015 vs NJD W 3-2 (SO) W 27 25 2 0.926 65:00
Dec 5, 2015 @ STL W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 2, 2015 @ WPG L 1-6 L 35 29 6 0.829 60:00
Nov 30, 2015 vs EDM W 3-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 59:37