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Joonas Korpisalo

#70 · Goalie · New York Rangers

Born Apr 28, 1994 in Pori, FIN (age 32) · 6'3", 205 lb · Catches left · Drafted 62nd overall in 2012 by CBJ (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jacob Markstrom VAN · 32 GP, 0.915 Michal Neuvirth PHI · 32 GP, 0.924 Mike Smith ARI · 32 GP, 0.916 Michael Hutchinson WPG · 30 GP, 0.907 Ondrej Pavelec WPG · 33 GP, 0.904

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.

020402015-16: 31 games3115-162016-17: 14 games1416-172017-18: 18 games1817-182018-19: 27 games2718-192019-20: 37 games3719-202020-21: 33 games3320-212021-22: 22 games2221-222022-23: 39 games3922-232023-24: 55 games5523-242024-25: 27 games2724-252025-26: 31 games3125-26

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 CBJ 31 161140 969 891 78 2.60 0.920 $743K
2016-17 CBJ 14 7511 401 363 38 2.88 0.905 $743K
2017-18 CBJ 18 8810 564 506 58 3.32 0.897 $900K
2018-19 CBJ 27 10730 651 584 67 2.95 0.897 $900K
2019-20 CBJ 37 191252 1030 938 92 2.60 0.911 $1.15M
2020-21 CBJ 33 91370 904 808 96 3.30 0.894 $2.8M
2021-22 CBJ 22 71100 634 556 78 4.15 0.877 $2.8M
2022-23 CBJ 28 111130 926 845 82 3.17 0.913 $1.3M
2022-23 LAK 11 7311 280 258 22 2.13 0.921
2023-24 OTT 55 212640 1522 1354 168 3.27 0.890 $4M
2024-25 BOS 27 111033 693 619 74 2.90 0.893 $4M
2025-26 BOS 31 14961 851 761 90 3.15 0.894 $4M
11 seasons Career 334 140126388 9425 8483 943 3.06 0.900

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2019-20 CBJ 9 3502 320 301 19 1.90 0.941
2022-23 LAK 6 2400 203 181 22 3.77 0.892
2025-26 BOS 1 0000 6 6 0 0.00 1.000
3 seasons Playoffs 16 5902 529 488 41 2.56 0.922

2015-16 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
31 30 161140 969 891 78 2.60 0.920

Contract

$743KCap hitends in 2017, then RFA
$42KCap dollars per goal above replacement17.8 goals above replacement
$4.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.1MValueworth 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 58 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Columbus Blue Jackets on Mar 21, 2014, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2014-15. It runs through 2016-17, with 1 season 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 $743K $600K $93K $233K $693K
2015-16 $743K $650K $93K $183K $743K
2016-17 $743K $700K $93K $133K $793K

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 1, 2023 Ottawa Senators New contract 2023-24 to 2027-28 5 $20M $4M
May 20, 2022 Columbus Blue Jackets Extension 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $1.3M $1.3M
Apr 17, 2020 Columbus Blue Jackets Extension 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $5.6M $2.8M
Jul 1, 2019 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract 2019-20 to 2019-20 1 $1.15M $1.15M
Jun 9, 2017 Columbus Blue Jackets Extension 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.8M $900K
Mar 21, 2014 Columbus Blue Jackets Entry-level 2014-15 to 2016-17 3 $2.775M $743K

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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+17.8Goals above replacement15th of 58 goalies
+3.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+8.9Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 58 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-1001020302015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

+8.9Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
86.9Expected goals againstfrom 1,352 unblocked attempts
78Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.920Save %0.910 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 57 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 +0.30 above expected per 60 minutes86th
Shot difficulty 6.4% chance per attempt faced77thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 57 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

020406080Game 10Game 20Game 30Expected 86.9Allowed 78

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 8, 2016 @ BUF W 4-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 59:56
Apr 4, 2016 vs NYR L 2-4 L 29 26 3 0.897 58:25
Apr 2, 2016 @ CAR W 5-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Mar 26, 2016 @ NSH L 1-5 L 48 43 5 0.896 60:00
Mar 20, 2016 @ NJD L 1-2 L 22 20 2 0.909 58:04
Mar 8, 2016 vs DET W 5-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 59:57
Mar 4, 2016 vs EDM W 6-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Feb 29, 2016 @ NYR L 1-2 L 23 21 2 0.913 58:52
Feb 27, 2016 vs FLA W 4-3 (SO) W 31 28 3 0.903 65:00
Feb 25, 2016 vs NJD W 6-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 60:00
Feb 22, 2016 @ BOS W 6-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Feb 19, 2016 vs BUF L 0-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 51:30
Feb 16, 2016 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) OTL 30 28 2 0.933 60:33
Feb 13, 2016 vs OTT W 4-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 60:00
Feb 11, 2016 vs ANA W 4-3 (SO) W 27 24 3 0.889 65:00
Feb 9, 2016 vs NYI L 2-3 (SO) OTL 46 44 2 0.957 65:00
Feb 5, 2016 @ CGY W 2-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Feb 4, 2016 @ VAN W 2-1 (SO) W 38 37 1 0.974 65:00
Feb 2, 2016 @ EDM L 1-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Jan 26, 2016 @ MTL W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 25, 2016 vs MTL W 5-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Jan 23, 2016 @ BOS L 2-3 (SO) OTL 34 32 2 0.941 65:00
Jan 21, 2016 vs CGY L 2-4 L 14 12 2 0.857 25:20
Jan 16, 2016 vs COL W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 59:57
Jan 13, 2016 @ TOR W 3-1 W 42 41 1 0.976 60:00
Jan 9, 2016 vs CAR L 3-4 (OT) OTL 30 26 4 0.867 62:45
Dec 26, 2015 @ TBL L 2-5 L 18 14 4 0.778 40:00
Dec 21, 2015 @ PIT L 2-5 L 34 30 4 0.882 59:28
Dec 19, 2015 vs PHI W 3-2 (SO) W 32 30 2 0.938 65:00
Dec 15, 2015 @ DAL L 1-5 L 27 23 4 0.852 40:00
Dec 14, 2015 vs TBL L 1-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 58:16