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Malcolm Subban

#32 · Goalie · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Dec 21, 1993 in Toronto, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 215 lb · Catches left · Drafted 24th overall in 2012 by BOS (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kenneth Appleby NYI · 1 GP, 0.750 Louis Domingue NYR · 1 GP, 0.962 Matt Murray DAL · 1 GP, 1.000 Michael Hutchinson DET · 1 GP, 0.917 Yaniv Perets CAR · 1 GP, 1.000

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.

051015202014-15: 1 games114-152016-17: 1 games116-172017-18: 22 games2217-182018-19: 21 games2118-192019-20: 21 games2119-202020-21: 16 games1620-212021-22: 4 games421-222023-24: 1 games123-24

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
2014-15 BOS 1 0100 6 3 3 5.76 0.500
2016-17 BOS 1 0100 16 13 3 5.88 0.813
2017-18 VGK 22 13420 614 559 55 2.68 0.910 $650K
2018-19 VGK 21 81021 612 552 60 2.93 0.902 $650K
2019-20 VGK 20 9730 546 486 60 3.18 0.890 $850K
2019-20 CHI 1 0000 0 0 0 0.00 0.000
2020-21 CHI 16 6812 471 424 47 3.20 0.900 $850K
2021-22 BUF 4 0210 132 115 17 4.85 0.871 $850K
2023-24 CBJ 1 0100 35 32 3 3.00 0.914
8 seasons Career 87 363493 2432 2184 248 3.10 0.898

2023-24 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1 1 0100 35 32 3 3.00 0.914

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2021-22 $850K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $850K
2017-18 to 2018-19 $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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

+1.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.4Goals 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.

-505102014-152016-172017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222023-24Goals 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. What these numbers mean

+1.4Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
4.4Expected goals againstfrom 53 unblocked attempts
3Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.914Save %0.875 expected from his shots
Goals saved +1.38 above expected per 60 minutes99th
Shot difficulty 8.3% chance per attempt faced99thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 70 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

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
Apr 7, 2024 @ CAR L 0-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 60:00