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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 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Henrik Lundqvist NYR · 52 GP, 0.907 Darcy Kuemper ARI · 55 GP, 0.925 Jimmy Howard DET · 55 GP, 0.909 Mikko Koskinen EDM · 55 GP, 0.906 Pekka Rinne NSH · 56 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: 4 games426-27

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 4 2100 82 73 9 2.29 0.890 $9.5M
13 seasons Career 602 3721793942 17672 16199 1476 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

2018-19 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
53 53 391046 1713 1585 128 2.40 0.925

Contract

$3.5MCap hitends in 2020
$121KCap dollars per goal above replacement29.0 goals above replacement
$6.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.1MValueworth 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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 60 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jul 1, 2016, as an extension of the contract he was on: 3 years and $10.5M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2019-20, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $3.5M $3M $0 $3M
2018-19 $3.5M $3.5M $0 $3.5M
2019-20 $3.5M $4M $0 $4M

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+29.0Goals above replacement6th of 60 goalies
+4.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+14.5Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 60 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

+14.5Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
142.5Expected goals againstfrom 2,296 unblocked attempts
128Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.925Save %0.917 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 60 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 +0.27 above expected per 60 minutes80th
Shot difficulty 6.2% 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 60 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Expected 142.5Allowed 128

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 4, 2019 @ TOR W 3-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 59:24
Apr 1, 2019 @ OTT W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 59:44
Mar 30, 2019 vs WSH L 3-6 L 35 29 6 0.829 60:00
Mar 25, 2019 vs BOS W 5-4 W 17 13 4 0.765 59:37
Mar 23, 2019 @ STL L 3-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 58:00
Mar 20, 2019 @ WSH W 5-4 (OT) W 58 54 4 0.931 63:01
Mar 18, 2019 vs ARI W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Mar 16, 2019 vs WSH W 6-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Mar 14, 2019 @ DET W 5-4 W 27 23 4 0.852 60:00
Mar 11, 2019 @ TOR W 6-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Mar 7, 2019 vs MIN L 0-3 L 29 27 2 0.931 58:31
Mar 5, 2019 vs WPG W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Mar 2, 2019 vs OTT W 5-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 59:23
Feb 27, 2019 @ NYR W 4-3 (OT) W 36 33 3 0.917 63:25
Feb 25, 2019 vs LAK W 4-3 (SO) W 33 30 3 0.909 64:46
Feb 21, 2019 vs BUF W 2-1 (SO) W 30 29 1 0.967 65:00
Feb 18, 2019 @ CBJ W 5-1 W 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Feb 16, 2019 vs MTL W 3-0 W, SO 20 20 0 1.000 59:49
Feb 14, 2019 vs DAL W 6-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 12, 2019 vs CGY W 6-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 59:44
Feb 9, 2019 vs PIT W 5-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Feb 7, 2019 vs STL L 0-1 (OT) OTL 39 38 1 0.974 64:01
Feb 5, 2019 vs VGK L 2-3 (SO) OTL 37 35 2 0.946 65:00
Feb 1, 2019 @ NYI W 1-0 (SO) W, SO 36 36 0 1.000 65:00
Jan 30, 2019 @ PIT L 2-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 58:26
Jan 19, 2019 vs SJS W 6-3 W 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Jan 17, 2019 vs TOR L 2-4 L 30 27 3 0.900 57:57
Jan 15, 2019 @ DAL W 2-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 13, 2019 @ NYI L 1-5 L 27 23 4 0.852 55:00
Jan 10, 2019 vs CAR W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 59:24
Jan 8, 2019 vs CBJ W 4-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 59:38
Jan 5, 2019 @ SJS L 2-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Jan 3, 2019 @ LAK W 6-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 31, 2018 @ ANA W 2-1 (OT) W 36 35 1 0.972 60:29
Dec 29, 2018 vs MTL W 6-5 W 38 33 5 0.868 60:00
Dec 27, 2018 vs PHI W 6-5 (OT) W 33 28 5 0.848 59:47
Dec 22, 2018 @ EDM W 6-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Dec 18, 2018 @ VAN W 5-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Dec 16, 2018 @ WPG L 4-5 (OT) OTL 42 37 5 0.881 64:18
Dec 13, 2018 vs TOR W 4-1 W 49 48 1 0.980 59:59
Nov 10, 2018 vs OTT L 4-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 58:37
Nov 8, 2018 vs NYI W 4-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 59:59
Nov 6, 2018 vs EDM W 5-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Nov 3, 2018 @ MTL W 4-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Nov 1, 2018 vs NSH L 1-4 L 23 20 3 0.870 59:44
Oct 30, 2018 vs NJD W 8-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 59:46
Oct 26, 2018 @ VGK W 3-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Oct 24, 2018 @ COL W 1-0 W, SO 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 20, 2018 @ MIN L 4-5 (OT) OTL 34 29 5 0.853 63:27
Oct 18, 2018 vs DET W 3-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 59:43
Oct 13, 2018 vs CBJ W 8-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Oct 11, 2018 vs VAN L 1-4 L 26 24 2 0.923 58:06
Oct 6, 2018 vs FLA W 2-1 (SO) W 43 42 1 0.977 65:00