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Matt Murray

#30 · Goalie · Free agent, last with the Seattle Kraken

Born May 25, 1994 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, CAN · 6'5", 220 lb · Catches left · Drafted 83rd overall in 2012 by PIT (round 3)

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The goalies closest to him in games played in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brian Elliott CGY · 49 GP, 0.910 Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL · 50 GP, 0.917 Calvin Pickard COL · 50 GP, 0.904 Petr Mrazek DET · 50 GP, 0.901 Thomas Greiss NYI · 51 GP, 0.913

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.

010203040502015-16: 13 games1315-162016-17: 49 games4916-172017-18: 49 games4917-182018-19: 50 games5018-192019-20: 38 games3819-202020-21: 27 games2720-212021-22: 20 games2021-222022-23: 26 games2622-232024-25: 2 games224-252025-26: 5 games525-26

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
2015-16 PIT 13 9211 355 330 25 2.00 0.930 $628K
2016-17 PIT 49 321044 1450 1339 111 2.41 0.923 $628K
2017-18 PIT 49 271631 1423 1290 133 2.92 0.907 $3.75M
2018-19 PIT 50 291464 1594 1465 129 2.69 0.919 $3.75M
2019-20 PIT 38 201151 1055 948 107 2.87 0.899 $3.75M
2020-21 OTT 27 101312 738 659 79 3.38 0.893 $6.25M
2021-22 OTT 20 51221 640 580 60 3.05 0.906 $6.25M
2022-23 TOR 26 14821 761 687 74 3.01 0.903 $6.25M
2024-25 TOR 2 1100 58 51 7 3.54 0.879 $875K
2025-26 SEA 5 0210 102 94 8 2.21 0.922 $1M
10 seasons Career 279 147892515 8176 7443 733 2.79 0.910

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2015-16 PIT 21 15601 575 531 44 2.08 0.923
2016-17 PIT 11 7303 303 284 19 1.70 0.937
2017-18 PIT 12 6602 314 285 29 2.43 0.908
2018-19 PIT 4 0400 127 115 12 3.02 0.906
2019-20 PIT 3 1200 93 85 8 2.50 0.914
2024-25 TOR 1 0000 7 6 1 4.41 0.857
6 seasons Playoffs 52 292106 1419 1306 113 2.19 0.920

2016-17 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
49 47 321044 1450 1339 111 2.41 0.923

Contract

$628KCap hitends in 2017, then extended to 2020
$20KCap dollars per goal above replacement30.8 goals above replacement
$7.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$6.6MValueworth 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 53 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sep 8, 2013, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, 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 Pittsburgh Penguins on Oct 20, 2016, 3 years and $11.25M at $3.75M a season, beginning in 2017-18.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2014-15 $628K $550K $93K $283K $643K
2015-16 $628K $575K $93K $283K $668K
2016-17 $628K $575K $0 $258K $575K

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
2025-26 to 2025-26 $1M
Jul 1, 2024 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $875K $875K
Oct 9, 2020 Ottawa Senators New contract 2020-21 to 2023-24 4 $25M $6.25M
Oct 20, 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins Extension not begun 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $11.25M $3.75M
Sep 8, 2013 Pittsburgh Penguins Entry-level 2014-15 to 2016-17 signed for 2013-14, slid 3 $2.775M $628K

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

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+30.8Goals above replacement6th of 53 goalies
+5.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+17.7Goals 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.

-100102030402015-162017-182019-202021-222024-25Goals 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

+17.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
128.7Expected goals againstfrom 1,946 unblocked attempts
111Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.923Save %0.911 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 +0.38 above expected per 60 minutes87th
Shot difficulty 6.6% chance per attempt faced89thA 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 40Expected 128.7Allowed 111

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 6, 2017 @ NJD W 7-4 W 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Apr 4, 2017 vs CBJ W 4-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Apr 2, 2017 vs CAR W 3-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Mar 31, 2017 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) W 33 30 3 0.909 65:00
Mar 26, 2017 vs PHI L 2-6 L 32 27 5 0.844 59:26
Mar 23, 2017 @ OTT L 1-2 (SO) OTL 30 29 1 0.967 65:00
Mar 21, 2017 @ BUF W 3-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Mar 17, 2017 vs NJD W 6-4 W 36 32 4 0.889 59:26
Mar 15, 2017 @ PHI L 0-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Mar 11, 2017 @ VAN W 3-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 59:06
Mar 8, 2017 @ WPG W 7-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Mar 5, 2017 vs BUF W 4-3 21 18 3 0.857 20:00
Mar 3, 2017 vs TBL W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 59:49
Feb 28, 2017 @ DAL L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 58:16
Feb 25, 2017 vs PHI W 4-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Feb 21, 2017 @ CAR W 3-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Feb 19, 2017 vs DET L 2-5 L 23 19 4 0.826 58:57
Feb 17, 2017 @ CBJ L 1-2 (OT) OTL 39 37 2 0.949 61:04
Feb 14, 2017 vs VAN W 4-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 9, 2017 @ COL W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Feb 7, 2017 vs CGY L 2-3 (SO) OTL 30 28 2 0.933 65:00
Feb 3, 2017 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) W 31 28 3 0.903 63:15
Jan 31, 2017 vs NSH W 4-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Jan 26, 2017 @ BOS L 3-4 L 37 33 4 0.892 58:42
Jan 24, 2017 vs STL L 0-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Jan 22, 2017 vs BOS W 5-1 W 45 44 1 0.978 59:47
Jan 20, 2017 @ CAR W 7-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 59:59
Jan 18, 2017 @ MTL W 4-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Jan 16, 2017 vs WSH W 8-7 (OT) W 28 21 7 0.750 60:34
Jan 12, 2017 @ OTT L 1-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Dec 28, 2016 vs CAR W 3-2 27 25 2 0.926 40:00
Dec 22, 2016 @ CBJ L 1-7 L 23 17 6 0.739 43:35
Dec 20, 2016 vs NYR W 7-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Dec 17, 2016 @ TOR L 1-2 (OT) 6 6 0 1.000 09:15
Dec 16, 2016 vs LAK L 0-1 (OT) OTL 28 27 1 0.964 61:00
Dec 14, 2016 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) W 44 41 3 0.932 61:24
Dec 12, 2016 vs ARI W 7-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 10, 2016 @ TBL W 4-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Dec 8, 2016 @ FLA W 5-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:57
Dec 5, 2016 vs OTT W 8-5 W 18 17 1 0.944 32:52
Nov 30, 2016 @ NYI L 3-5 L 29 25 4 0.862 59:33
Nov 26, 2016 vs NJD W 4-3 (SO) W 30 27 3 0.900 64:00
Nov 23, 2016 @ NYR W 6-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 59:56
Nov 18, 2016 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) W 22 20 2 0.909 61:24
Nov 16, 2016 @ WSH L 1-7 L 14 12 2 0.857 19:36
Nov 12, 2016 vs TOR W 4-1 W 36 35 1 0.972 60:00
Nov 8, 2016 vs EDM W 4-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Nov 5, 2016 @ SJS W 5-0 W, SO 32 32 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 2, 2016 @ ANA W 5-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 59:55