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Connor Hellebuyck

#37 · Goalie · Winnipeg Jets

Born May 19, 1993 in Commerce, Michigan, USA (age 33) · 6'4", 207 lb · Catches left · Drafted 130th overall in 2012 by WPG (round 5)

Trophy case

×2 William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 2024-25, 2023-24
Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 2024-25

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.

Jonas Hiller CGY · 26 GP, 0.879 Al Montoya FLA · 25 GP, 0.919 Antti Raanta NYR · 25 GP, 0.919 Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL · 24 GP, 0.910 Andrew Hammond OTT · 24 GP, 0.914

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.

02040602015-16: 26 games2615-162016-17: 56 games5616-172017-18: 67 games6717-182018-19: 63 games6318-192019-20: 58 games5819-202020-21: 45 games4520-212021-22: 66 games6621-222022-23: 64 games6422-232023-24: 60 games6023-242024-25: 63 games6324-252025-26: 57 games5725-26

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 WPG 26 131112 683 627 56 2.34 0.918 $668K
2016-17 WPG 56 261944 1572 1426 146 2.89 0.907 $668K
2017-18 WPG 67 441196 2048 1892 156 2.36 0.924 $2.25M
2018-19 WPG 63 342332 2051 1872 179 2.90 0.913 $6.167M
2019-20 WPG 58 312156 1796 1656 140 2.57 0.922 $6.167M
2020-21 WPG 45 241734 1335 1223 112 2.58 0.916 $6.167M
2021-22 WPG 66 2927104 2155 1962 193 2.97 0.910 $6.167M
2022-23 WPG 64 372524 1964 1807 157 2.49 0.920 $6.167M
2023-24 WPG 60 371945 1798 1656 142 2.39 0.921 $6.167M
2024-25 WPG 63 471238 1664 1539 125 2.00 0.925 $8.5M
2025-26 WPG 57 2323110 1547 1385 162 2.86 0.895 $8.5M
11 seasons Career 625 3452085545 18613 17045 1568 2.58 0.916

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2017-18 WPG 17 9802 511 471 40 2.36 0.922
2018-19 WPG 6 2400 184 168 16 2.67 0.913
2019-20 WPG 4 1300 125 113 12 3.04 0.904
2020-21 WPG 8 4401 289 269 20 2.23 0.931
2022-23 WPG 5 1400 158 140 18 3.44 0.886
2023-24 WPG 5 1400 177 154 24 5.23 0.870
2024-25 WPG 13 6702 290 251 39 3.08 0.866
7 seasons Playoffs 58 243405 1734 1566 169 2.90 0.903

2015-16 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
26 26 131112 683 627 56 2.34 0.918

Contract

$668KCap hitends in 2017
$58KCap dollars per goal above replacement11.6 goals above replacement
$3.3MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.7MValueworth 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 Winnipeg Jets on May 26, 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.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2014-15 $668K $550K $93K $283K $643K
2015-16 $668K $575K $93K $258K $668K
2016-17 $668K $600K $93K $233K $693K

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
Oct 9, 2023 Winnipeg Jets Extension 2024-25 to 2030-31 7 $59.5M $8.5M
Jul 12, 2018 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2018-19 to 2023-24 6 $37M $6.167M
Jul 24, 2017 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2017-18 to 2017-18 1 $2.25M $2.25M
May 26, 2014 Winnipeg Jets Entry-level 2014-15 to 2016-17 3 $2.775M $668K

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

+11.6Goals above replacement26th of 58 goalies
+1.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+5.3Goals 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.

-10010203040502015-162017-182019-202021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

+5.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
61.3Expected goals againstfrom 944 unblocked attempts
56Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.918Save %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 +0.22 above expected per 60 minutes82nd
Shot difficulty 6.5% chance per attempt faced84thA 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.

0204060Game 10Game 20Expected 61.3Allowed 56

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
Feb 11, 2016 vs BOS L 2-6 L 11 8 3 0.727 19:57
Feb 9, 2016 @ STL W 2-1 (SO) W 22 21 1 0.955 65:00
Feb 5, 2016 vs CAR L 3-5 6 3 3 0.500 04:33
Feb 2, 2016 vs DAL L 3-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 58:45
Jan 26, 2016 vs ARI W 5-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Jan 23, 2016 vs NJD L 1-3 L 16 13 3 0.813 57:26
Jan 21, 2016 vs NSH L 1-4 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:41
Jan 18, 2016 vs COL L 1-2 L 34 32 2 0.941 57:59
Jan 15, 2016 @ MIN W 1-0 W, SO 24 24 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 14, 2016 vs NSH W 5-4 (OT) W 35 31 4 0.886 60:51
Jan 12, 2016 vs SJS L 1-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:19
Jan 10, 2016 vs BUF L 2-4 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:37
Jan 7, 2016 @ DAL L 1-2 (SO) OTL 24 23 1 0.958 65:00
Jan 5, 2016 @ NSH W 4-1 W 44 43 1 0.977 60:00
Jan 2, 2016 @ SJS W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Dec 31, 2015 @ ARI L 2-4 L 20 17 3 0.850 57:59
Dec 29, 2015 vs DET W 4-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Dec 27, 2015 vs PIT W 1-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 59:58
Dec 21, 2015 @ EDM L 1-3 L 14 11 3 0.786 27:44
Dec 18, 2015 vs NYR W 5-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 59:59
Dec 15, 2015 vs STL L 3-4 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:04
Dec 11, 2015 @ CHI L 0-2 L 31 29 2 0.935 56:56
Dec 10, 2015 vs CBJ W 6-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Dec 5, 2015 vs WSH W 2-1 (OT) W 38 37 1 0.974 64:40
Dec 2, 2015 vs TOR W 6-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Nov 27, 2015 @ MIN W 3-1 W 15 14 1 0.933 60:00