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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 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Calvin Pickard COL · 50 GP, 0.904 Petr Mrazek DET · 50 GP, 0.901 Thomas Greiss NYI · 51 GP, 0.913 Brian Elliott CGY · 49 GP, 0.910 Matt Murray PIT · 49 GP, 0.923

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

2016-17 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
50 47 231772 1480 1357 123 2.61 0.917

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2017, then extended to 2020
$450KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$475KValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 53 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

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, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jul 1, 2016, 3 years and $10.5M at $3.5M a season, beginning in 2017-18.

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 not begun 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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

-0.6Goals above replacement46th of 53 goalies
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-11.9Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 53 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. 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

-11.9Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
111.1Expected goals againstfrom 1,979 unblocked attempts
123Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.917Save %0.925 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 55 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 -0.25 above expected per 60 minutes13th
Shot difficulty 5.6% chance per attempt faced2ndA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 55 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Allowed 123Expected 111.1

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, 2017 vs BUF W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Apr 7, 2017 @ MTL W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Apr 6, 2017 @ TOR W 4-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Apr 4, 2017 @ BOS L 0-4 L 37 34 3 0.919 58:36
Apr 1, 2017 vs MTL L 1-2 (OT) OTL 36 34 2 0.944 60:51
Mar 30, 2017 vs DET W 5-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Mar 27, 2017 vs CHI W 5-4 (OT) W 29 25 4 0.862 58:06
Mar 24, 2017 @ DET W 2-1 (OT) W 30 29 1 0.967 63:28
Mar 21, 2017 vs ARI L 3-5 L 34 30 4 0.882 58:24
Mar 18, 2017 vs WSH L 3-5 L 34 30 4 0.882 58:03
Mar 16, 2017 vs TOR L 0-5 L 15 11 4 0.733 26:14
Mar 14, 2017 @ OTT W 2-1 (OT) W 32 31 1 0.969 64:06
Mar 11, 2017 vs FLA W 3-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 59:50
Mar 9, 2017 vs MIN W 4-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 59:42
Mar 6, 2017 vs NYR L 0-1 (OT) OTL 34 33 1 0.971 63:56
Mar 4, 2017 @ BUF W 2-1 (SO) W 32 31 1 0.969 65:00
Mar 1, 2017 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) W 31 28 3 0.903 60:46
Feb 27, 2017 vs OTT W 5-1 W 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Feb 23, 2017 vs CGY L 2-3 L 25 22 3 0.880 58:17
Feb 18, 2017 @ DAL L 3-4 (OT) OTL 28 24 4 0.857 63:45
Feb 10, 2017 @ MIN L 1-2 (SO) OTL 38 37 1 0.974 65:00
Feb 2, 2017 vs OTT L 2-5 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:02
Jan 26, 2017 @ FLA L 1-2 (OT) OTL 37 35 2 0.946 61:49
Jan 24, 2017 @ CHI W 5-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Jan 21, 2017 @ ARI L 3-5 6 6 0 1.000 18:17
Jan 19, 2017 @ SJS L 1-2 L 24 22 2 0.917 59:02
Jan 13, 2017 vs CBJ L 1-3 L 30 28 2 0.933 58:30
Jan 8, 2017 @ PIT L 2-6 L 40 34 6 0.850 59:46
Jan 7, 2017 @ PHI L 2-4 L 44 40 4 0.909 55:59
Jan 5, 2017 vs NSH L 1-6 L 18 13 5 0.722 58:10
Jan 3, 2017 vs WPG L 4-6 L 33 28 5 0.848 56:56
Dec 31, 2016 vs CAR W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 59:44
Dec 29, 2016 vs TOR L 2-3 (OT) OTL 35 32 3 0.914 63:14
Dec 28, 2016 vs MTL W 4-3 (OT) W 22 19 3 0.864 61:36
Dec 23, 2016 @ WSH L 0-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 48:25
Dec 22, 2016 vs STL W 5-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 59:57
Dec 20, 2016 vs DET W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 47:41
Dec 16, 2016 @ VAN L 2-4 L 23 20 3 0.870 58:42
Dec 10, 2016 vs PIT L 3-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 58:11
Dec 8, 2016 vs VAN L 1-5 10 9 1 0.900 20:00
Dec 1, 2016 @ STL L 4-5 16 12 4 0.750 21:44
Nov 29, 2016 @ CBJ L 1-5 L 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Nov 23, 2016 vs PHI W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Nov 19, 2016 @ PHI W 3-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 59:50
Nov 14, 2016 @ NYI W 4-0 W, SO 34 34 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 10, 2016 vs NYI W 4-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 59:52
Nov 3, 2016 vs BOS L 3-4 (SO) OTL 31 28 3 0.903 65:00
Oct 29, 2016 @ NJD L 1-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 56:20
Oct 22, 2016 @ OTT W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Oct 15, 2016 vs NJD W 3-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 59:25