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Christopher Gibson

#1 · Goalie · Seattle Kraken

Born Dec 27, 1992 in Karkkila, FIN · 6'2", 217 lb · Catches left · Drafted 49th overall in 2011 by LAK (round 2)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Matiss Kivlenieks CBJ · 2 GP, 0.901 Troy Grosenick LAK · 2 GP, 0.922 Alexei Melnichuk SJS · 3 GP, 0.864 Ivan Prosvetov ARI · 3 GP, 0.824 Artyom Zagidulin CGY · 1 GP, 0.818

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.

024682015-16: 4 games415-162017-18: 8 games817-182018-19: 2 games218-192020-21: 2 games220-21

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 NYI 4 1110 93 82 11 3.40 0.882
2017-18 NYI 8 2320 284 258 26 3.65 0.908 $650K
2018-19 NYI 2 0000 17 16 1 1.50 0.941 $675K
2020-21 TBL 2 1100 40 35 5 2.66 0.875 $700K
4 seasons Career 16 4530 434 391 43 3.33 0.901

2020-21 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2 2 1100 40 35 5 2.66 0.875

Contract

$700KCap hitends in 2021, 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 2020-21, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2020-21 $700K

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
2020-21 to 2020-21 $700K
2018-19 to 2019-20 $675K
2017-18 to 2017-18 $650K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

-1.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.7Goals 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.

-3-2-10122015-162017-182018-192020-21Goals 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

-1.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
3.3Expected goals againstfrom 51 unblocked attempts
5Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.875Save %0.917 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.90 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 6.5% chance per attempt faced23rdA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 64 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

012345Allowed 5Expected 3.3

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. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
May 2, 2021 @ DET W 2-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 58:35
Apr 4, 2021 vs DET L 1-5 L 17 13 4 0.765 54:23