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Cal Petersen

#40 · Goalie · Minnesota Wild

Born Oct 19, 1994 in Waterloo, Iowa, USA · 6'2", 185 lb · Catches right · Drafted 129th overall in 2013 by BUF (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Felix Sandstrom PHI · 5 GP, 0.823 Jack Campbell EDM · 5 GP, 0.873 Devin Cooley SJS · 6 GP, 0.870 Jiri Patera VGK · 6 GP, 0.893 Mads Sogaard OTT · 6 GP, 0.859

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.

01020302018-19: 11 games1118-192019-20: 8 games819-202020-21: 35 games3520-212021-22: 37 games3721-222022-23: 10 games1022-232023-24: 5 games523-24

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
2018-19 LAK 11 5411 355 328 27 2.61 0.924 $925K
2019-20 LAK 8 5300 269 248 21 2.64 0.922 $858K
2020-21 LAK 35 91850 1095 998 97 2.89 0.911 $858K
2021-22 LAK 37 201423 1002 897 105 2.89 0.895 $858K
2022-23 LAK 10 5320 257 223 34 3.75 0.868 $5M
2023-24 PHI 5 2200 132 114 18 3.90 0.864 $5M
6 seasons Career 106 4644104 3110 2808 302 2.96 0.903

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2021-22 LAK 1 0000 20 16 4 7.45 0.800
1 season Playoffs 1 0000 20 16 4 7.45 0.800

2023-24 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
5 4 2200 132 114 18 3.90 0.864

Contract

$5MCap hitends in 2025, then UFA

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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the Los Angeles Kings on Sep 22, 2021, as an extension of the contract he was on: 3 years and $15M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2024-25, with 1 season 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
2022-23 $5M $1M $3M $4M M-NTC
2023-24 $5M $1M $4M $5M M-NTC
2024-25 $5M $6M $0 $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
Sep 22, 2021 Los Angeles Kings Extension 2022-23 to 2024-25 3 $15M $5M
Jul 16, 2019 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $2.575M $858K
Jul 1, 2017 Los Angeles Kings Entry-level 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.85M $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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

-6.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-1.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-7.3Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-1001020302018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-24Goals 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. What these numbers mean

-7.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
10.7Expected goals againstfrom 193 unblocked attempts
18Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.864Save %0.919 expected from his shots
Goals saved -1.58 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 5.6% chance per attempt faced1stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 70 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

051015Allowed 18Expected 10.7

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 25, 2024 @ PIT L 6-7 L 32 25 7 0.781 56:56
Feb 10, 2024 vs SEA W 3-2 W 19 17 2 0.895 60:00
Jan 27, 2024 vs BOS L 2-6 14 12 2 0.857 39:59
Nov 11, 2023 @ LAK W 4-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Nov 4, 2023 vs LAK L 0-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00