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Andrei Vasilevskiy

#88 · Goalie · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Jul 25, 1994 in Tyumen, RUS (age 32) · 6'4", 220 lb · Catches left · Drafted 19th overall in 2012 by TBL (round 1)

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Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 2020-21

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Calvin Pickard COL · 16 GP, 0.932 Dustin Tokarski MTL · 17 GP, 0.910 Martin Jones LAK · 15 GP, 0.906 Carter Hutton NSH · 18 GP, 0.902 Niklas Svedberg BOS · 18 GP, 0.918

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.

02040602014-15: 16 games1614-152015-16: 24 games2415-162016-17: 50 games5016-172017-18: 65 games6517-182018-19: 53 games5318-192019-20: 52 games5219-202020-21: 42 games4220-212021-22: 63 games6321-222022-23: 60 games6022-232023-24: 52 games5223-242024-25: 63 games6324-252025-26: 58 games5825-262026-27: 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
2014-15 TBL 16 7511 415 381 34 2.36 0.918 $925K
2015-16 TBL 24 111001 646 588 58 2.76 0.910 $925K
2016-17 TBL 50 231772 1480 1357 123 2.61 0.917 $925K
2017-18 TBL 65 441738 2075 1908 167 2.62 0.920 $3.5M
2018-19 TBL 53 391046 1713 1585 128 2.40 0.925 $3.5M
2019-20 TBL 52 351433 1605 1472 133 2.56 0.917 $3.5M
2020-21 TBL 42 311015 1237 1144 93 2.21 0.925 $9.5M
2021-22 TBL 63 391852 1868 1712 156 2.49 0.916 $9.5M
2022-23 TBL 60 342244 1875 1716 159 2.65 0.915 $9.5M
2023-24 TBL 52 302022 1477 1329 148 2.90 0.900 $9.5M
2024-25 TBL 63 382056 1716 1581 136 2.18 0.921 $9.5M
2025-26 TBL 58 391542 1483 1353 132 2.31 0.912 $9.5M
2026-27 TBL 3 2100 59 53 6 2.05 0.898 $9.5M
13 seasons Career 601 3721793942 17649 16179 1473 2.50 0.917

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 TBL 4 1100 57 51 6 3.19 0.895
2015-16 TBL 8 3400 267 247 20 2.76 0.925
2017-18 TBL 17 11600 524 481 43 2.58 0.918
2018-19 TBL 4 0400 104 89 15 3.82 0.856
2019-20 TBL 22 16601 651 604 47 1.85 0.928
2020-21 TBL 23 16705 699 655 44 1.90 0.937
2021-22 TBL 23 14901 752 693 59 2.52 0.922
2022-23 TBL 6 2400 184 161 23 3.56 0.875
2023-24 TBL 5 1400 156 140 16 3.22 0.897
2024-25 TBL 5 1400 125 109 16 3.27 0.872
2025-26 TBL 7 3401 156 140 16 2.18 0.897
11 seasons Playoffs 124 685308 3675 3370 305 2.43 0.917

2014-15 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
16 13 7511 415 381 34 2.36 0.918

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2017, then RFA
$442KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.1 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on May 6, 2014, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $4.425M, beginning in 2014-15. It runs through 2016-17, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2014-15 $925K $833K $93K $500K $925K
2015-16 $925K $833K $93K $550K $925K
2016-17 $925K $833K $93K $600K $925K

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 29, 2019 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2020-21 to 2027-28 8 $76M $9.5M
Jul 1, 2016 Tampa Bay Lightning Extension 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $10.5M $3.5M
May 6, 2014 Tampa Bay Lightning Entry-level 2014-15 to 2016-17 3 $4.425M $925K

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.2Goals 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.

-10010203040502014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

-1.2Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
32.8Expected goals againstfrom 570 unblocked attempts
34Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.918Save %0.921 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.09 above expected per 60 minutes31st
Shot difficulty 5.7% chance per attempt faced12thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 49 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0102030Game 10Allowed 34Expected 32.8

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
Mar 31, 2015 @ TOR L 1-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 56:30
Mar 26, 2015 vs NSH L 2-3 8 8 0 1.000 31:41
Mar 24, 2015 vs FLA W 4-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Mar 14, 2015 vs WPG L 1-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 58:42
Mar 7, 2015 vs DAL W 5-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Mar 3, 2015 vs BUF W 3-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 22, 2015 @ COL L 4-5 L 18 13 5 0.722 58:10
Feb 16, 2015 @ LAK L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:03
Feb 12, 2015 vs STL L 3-6 9 9 0 1.000 19:38
Feb 10, 2015 @ NSH L 2-3 (OT) OTL 29 26 3 0.897 64:27
Feb 7, 2015 vs LAK L 2-4 20 19 1 0.950 38:10
Feb 5, 2015 @ DAL W 5-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Dec 31, 2014 @ BUF W 5-1 W 11 10 1 0.909 60:00
Dec 23, 2014 vs PIT W 4-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Dec 20, 2014 @ NYI L 1-3 L 47 45 2 0.957 58:46
Dec 16, 2014 @ PHI W 3-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00