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Felix Sandstrom

#32 · Goalie · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jan 12, 1997 in Gavle, SWE · 6'2", 211 lb · Catches left · Drafted 70th overall in 2015 by PHI (round 3)

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.

Cal Petersen PHI · 5 GP, 0.864 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.

051015202021-22: 5 games521-222022-23: 20 games2022-232023-24: 5 games523-24

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Cap hit
2021-22 PHI 5 177 161 16 0.910 $750K
2022-23 PHI 20 575 506 69 0.880 $775K
2023-24 PHI 5 96 79 17 0.823 $775K
3 seasons Career 30 848 746 102 0.880

2023-24 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
5 96 79 17 0.823 3.40

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024, 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 Philadelphia Flyers on Jun 23, 2022, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.55M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $775K $750K $0 $750K
2023-24 $775K $800K $0 $800K

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, 2024 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jun 23, 2022 Philadelphia Flyers Extension 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $1.55M $775K
Jun 8, 2021 Philadelphia Flyers Extension 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Mar 28, 2018 Philadelphia Flyers Entry-level 2018-19 to 2020-21 3 $2.775M $793K

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

-4.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-5.4Goals 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.

-10-505102021-222022-232023-24Goals 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

-5.4Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
11.6Expected goals againstfrom 150 unblocked attempts
17Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.823Save %0.879 expected from his shots
Goals saved -1.22 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 7.7% chance per attempt faced99thA 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 17Expected 11.6

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. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 24, 2024 vs FLA L 1-4 14 11 3 0.786 57:37
Mar 16, 2024 @ BOS L 5-6 30 24 6 0.800 57:17
Mar 14, 2024 vs TOR L 2-6 15 12 3 0.800 39:31
Mar 9, 2024 @ TBL L 0-7 11 8 3 0.727 49:04
Mar 2, 2024 vs OTT W 4-2 26 24 2 0.923 60:00