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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 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jordan Binnington STL · 61 GP, 0.894 Jacob Markstrom CGY · 59 GP, 0.892 Alexandar Georgiev COL · 62 GP, 0.919 Ilya Sorokin NYI · 62 GP, 0.924 Jake Oettinger DAL · 62 GP, 0.919

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

2022-23 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
60 60 342244 1875 1716 159 2.65 0.915

Contract

$9.5MCap hitends in 2028, then UFA
$273KCap dollars per goal above replacement34.8 goals above replacement
$8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.5MValueworth 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 58 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Jul 29, 2019, as an extension of the contract he was on: 8 years and $76M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2027-28, with 5 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $9.5M $3.5M $8.5M $12M
2021-22 $9.5M $1M $10M $11M NMC
2022-23 $9.5M $4.5M $6.5M $11M NMC
2023-24 $9.5M $4M $5M $9M NMC
2024-25 $9.5M $5.5M $4.5M $10M NMC
2025-26 $9.5M $5M $4M $9M M-NTC
2026-27 $9.5M $5M $3M $8M M-NTC
2027-28 $9.5M $3M $3M $6M M-NTC

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+34.8Goals above replacement7th of 62 goalies
+5.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+16.8Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 62 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

+16.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
175.8Expected goals againstfrom 2,539 unblocked attempts
159Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.915Save %0.906 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 67 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 +0.28 above expected per 60 minutes81st
Shot difficulty 6.9% chance per attempt faced54thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 67 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100150Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Game 60Expected 175.8Allowed 159

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 11, 2023 vs TOR L 3-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 56:59
Apr 5, 2023 @ NYR L 3-6 L 37 31 6 0.838 60:00
Apr 1, 2023 vs NYI W 5-0 W, SO 38 38 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 30, 2023 vs WSH W 5-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Mar 28, 2023 @ CAR W 4-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 59:41
Mar 25, 2023 @ BOS L 1-2 L 34 32 2 0.941 59:01
Mar 21, 2023 @ MTL L 2-3 L 20 17 3 0.850 59:15
Mar 19, 2023 vs NJD L 2-5 L 38 34 4 0.895 58:42
Mar 16, 2023 @ NJD W 4-3 (SO) W 35 32 3 0.914 65:00
Mar 14, 2023 @ NJD W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Mar 12, 2023 vs WPG L 2-3 L 22 19 3 0.864 58:06
Mar 9, 2023 vs VGK L 3-4 (OT) OTL 21 17 4 0.810 61:15
Mar 7, 2023 vs PHI W 5-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Mar 5, 2023 @ CAR L 0-6 L 38 32 6 0.842 59:29
Mar 2, 2023 vs PIT L 4-5 (OT) OTL 32 27 5 0.844 62:13
Feb 28, 2023 vs FLA L 1-4 L 40 37 3 0.925 56:29
Feb 25, 2023 @ DET W 3-0 W, SO 45 45 0 1.000 59:54
Feb 23, 2023 vs BUF L 5-6 (OT) OTL 23 17 6 0.739 61:41
Feb 21, 2023 vs ANA W 6-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Feb 18, 2023 @ VGK L 4-5 L 25 21 4 0.840 59:38
Feb 14, 2023 @ COL W 4-3 (SO) W 46 43 3 0.935 64:40
Feb 11, 2023 @ DAL W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:57
Feb 9, 2023 vs COL W 5-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 6, 2023 @ FLA L 1-7 L 49 42 7 0.857 59:54
Jan 28, 2023 vs LAK W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Jan 26, 2023 vs BOS W 3-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Jan 24, 2023 vs MIN W 4-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 59:40
Jan 21, 2023 @ CGY L 3-6 L 39 35 4 0.897 58:11
Jan 19, 2023 @ EDM L 3-5 L 33 29 4 0.879 58:23
Jan 16, 2023 @ SEA W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Jan 14, 2023 @ STL W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Jan 12, 2023 vs VAN W 5-4 W 40 36 4 0.900 60:00
Jan 10, 2023 vs CBJ W 6-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Jan 6, 2023 @ WPG L 2-4 L 19 16 3 0.842 58:20
Dec 31, 2022 vs ARI W 5-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Dec 29, 2022 vs NYR W 2-1 (SO) W 46 45 1 0.978 64:51
Dec 28, 2022 vs MTL W 4-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 59:53
Dec 20, 2022 @ TOR L 1-4 L 38 36 2 0.947 59:10
Dec 17, 2022 @ MTL W 5-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Dec 13, 2022 vs SEA W 6-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Dec 10, 2022 vs FLA W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 59:54
Dec 6, 2022 vs DET L 2-4 L 24 22 2 0.917 58:16
Dec 3, 2022 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) W 39 36 3 0.923 60:12
Dec 1, 2022 @ PHI W 4-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Nov 29, 2022 @ BOS L 1-3 L 25 23 2 0.920 58:46
Nov 25, 2022 vs STL W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Nov 21, 2022 vs BOS L 3-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 57:59
Nov 19, 2022 @ NSH W 3-2 (OT) W 32 30 2 0.938 62:36
Nov 17, 2022 vs CGY W 4-1 W 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Nov 13, 2022 vs WSH W 6-3 W 22 19 3 0.864 60:00
Nov 11, 2022 @ WSH L 1-5 L 24 19 5 0.792 60:00
Nov 8, 2022 vs EDM L 2-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 57:49
Nov 3, 2022 vs CAR L 3-4 (SO) OTL 55 52 3 0.945 65:00
Nov 1, 2022 vs OTT W 4-3 W 15 12 3 0.800 59:38
Oct 29, 2022 @ SJS W 4-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 59:49
Oct 25, 2022 @ LAK L 2-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 57:48
Oct 21, 2022 @ FLA W 3-2 (OT) W 38 36 2 0.947 62:08
Oct 18, 2022 vs PHI L 2-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 58:12
Oct 14, 2022 @ CBJ W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Oct 11, 2022 @ NYR L 1-3 L 39 36 3 0.923 57:56