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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 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Juuse Saros NSH · 67 GP, 0.918 Thatcher Demko VAN · 64 GP, 0.915 Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL · 63 GP, 0.916 Jacob Markstrom CGY · 63 GP, 0.922 Alex Nedeljkovic DET · 59 GP, 0.901

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

2021-22 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
66 66 2927104 2155 1962 193 2.97 0.910

Contract

$6.167MCap hitends in 2024, then UFA
$195KCap dollars per goal above replacement31.6 goals above replacement
$6.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$523KValueworth 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 59 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Winnipeg Jets on Jul 12, 2018, as a new contract: 6 years and $37M, beginning in 2018-19. It runs through 2023-24, with 2 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
2018-19 $6.167M $7M $0 $7M
2019-20 $6.167M $6M $0 $6M
2020-21 $6.167M $4.5M $0 $4.5M
2021-22 $6.167M $7.5M $0 $7.5M
2022-23 $6.167M $4.5M $0 $4.5M
2023-24 $6.167M $7.5M $0 $7.5M NMC

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

+31.6Goals above replacement10th of 61 goalies
+5.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+10.8Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 61 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.

-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

+10.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
203.8Expected goals againstfrom 2,933 unblocked attempts
193Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.910Save %0.905 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 65 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 +0.17 above expected per 60 minutes66th
Shot difficulty 6.9% chance per attempt faced72ndA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 65 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100150200Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Game 50Game 60Expected 203.8Allowed 193

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 29, 2022 vs CGY W 3-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 59:57
Apr 24, 2022 vs COL W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Apr 16, 2022 @ TBL L 4-7 L 32 25 7 0.781 51:55
Apr 15, 2022 @ FLA L 1-6 L 26 22 4 0.846 40:00
Apr 11, 2022 @ MTL W 4-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Apr 10, 2022 @ OTT W 4-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Apr 8, 2022 vs COL L 4-5 (OT) OTL 37 32 5 0.865 60:30
Apr 6, 2022 vs DET L 1-3 L 34 32 2 0.941 57:27
Apr 2, 2022 vs LAK L 2-3 L 38 35 3 0.921 57:52
Mar 30, 2022 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) W 37 35 2 0.946 65:00
Mar 27, 2022 vs ARI W 2-1 (OT) W 29 28 1 0.966 64:50
Mar 24, 2022 vs OTT L 2-5 L 32 28 4 0.875 57:48
Mar 22, 2022 vs VGK W 4-0 W, SO 42 42 0 1.000 59:29
Mar 20, 2022 @ CHI W 6-4 W 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Mar 18, 2022 vs BOS L 2-4 L 44 41 3 0.932 59:03
Mar 15, 2022 vs VGK W 7-3 W 38 35 3 0.921 60:00
Mar 13, 2022 @ STL W 4-3 (OT) W 31 28 3 0.903 61:43
Mar 11, 2022 @ NYI L 2-5 L 37 33 4 0.892 59:40
Mar 8, 2022 vs TBL W 7-4 W 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Mar 6, 2022 vs NYR L 1-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 57:17
Mar 4, 2022 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) OTL 34 30 4 0.882 64:07
Mar 1, 2022 vs MTL W 8-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Feb 25, 2022 @ COL L 3-6 L 42 36 6 0.857 60:00
Feb 23, 2022 @ DAL L 2-3 (OT) OTL 39 36 3 0.923 60:40
Feb 21, 2022 @ CGY L 1-3 L 30 28 2 0.933 59:45
Feb 19, 2022 vs EDM L 2-4 L 39 36 3 0.923 58:32
Feb 16, 2022 vs MIN W 6-3 W 36 33 3 0.917 60:00
Feb 14, 2022 vs CHI L 1-3 L 23 21 2 0.913 58:49
Feb 12, 2022 @ NSH W 5-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Feb 11, 2022 @ DAL L 3-4 (OT) OTL 35 31 4 0.886 61:55
Feb 8, 2022 vs MIN W 2-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 1, 2022 @ PHI L 1-3 L 35 33 2 0.943 59:51
Jan 27, 2022 vs VAN L 1-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 59:57
Jan 25, 2022 vs FLA L 3-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 59:03
Jan 23, 2022 @ PIT L 2-3 (SO) OTL 38 36 2 0.947 65:00
Jan 22, 2022 @ BOS L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 58:26
Jan 20, 2022 @ NSH L 2-5 L 22 18 4 0.818 57:13
Jan 18, 2022 @ WSH L 3-4 (OT) OTL 31 27 4 0.871 59:55
Jan 13, 2022 @ DET W 3-0 W, SO 33 33 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 6, 2022 @ COL L 1-7 L 42 35 7 0.833 60:00
Jan 4, 2022 @ ARI W 3-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Jan 2, 2022 @ VGK W 5-4 (OT) W 46 42 4 0.913 61:43
Dec 19, 2021 vs STL W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 59:58
Dec 17, 2021 vs WSH L 2-5 L 37 34 3 0.919 59:14
Dec 14, 2021 vs BUF L 2-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 58:26
Dec 9, 2021 @ SEA W 3-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 7, 2021 vs CAR L 2-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 56:55
Dec 5, 2021 vs TOR W 6-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Dec 3, 2021 vs NJD W 8-4 W 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Nov 29, 2021 vs ARI L 0-1 L 15 14 1 0.933 57:40
Nov 27, 2021 @ CGY W 4-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Nov 26, 2021 @ MIN L 1-7 L 14 10 4 0.714 22:49
Nov 24, 2021 @ CBJ L 0-3 L 31 29 2 0.935 59:41
Nov 22, 2021 vs PIT L 1-3 L 35 33 2 0.943 59:50
Nov 18, 2021 @ EDM L 1-2 (SO) OTL 32 31 1 0.969 65:00
Nov 16, 2021 vs EDM W 5-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Nov 13, 2021 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) W 29 27 2 0.931 60:32
Nov 11, 2021 vs SJS W 4-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Nov 9, 2021 vs STL L 2-3 (SO) OTL 33 31 2 0.939 64:57
Oct 30, 2021 @ SJS L 1-2 (OT) OTL 36 34 2 0.944 61:07
Oct 26, 2021 @ ANA W 4-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 59:38
Oct 23, 2021 vs NSH W 6-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Oct 21, 2021 vs ANA W 5-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Oct 19, 2021 @ MIN L 5-6 (OT) OTL 44 38 6 0.864 63:20
Oct 16, 2021 @ SJS L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 58:12
Oct 13, 2021 @ ANA L 1-4 L 22 18 4 0.818 58:44