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Casey DeSmith

#1 · Goalie · Dallas Stars

Born Aug 13, 1991 in Rochester, New Hampshire, USA (age 35) · 6'0", 188 lb · Catches left

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Charlie Lindgren MTL · 14 GP, 0.908 Laurent Brossoit EDM · 14 GP, 0.883 Jeff Glass CHI · 15 GP, 0.898 Al Montoya EDM · 13 GP, 0.893 J-F Berube CHI · 13 GP, 0.894

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.

01020302017-18: 14 games1417-182018-19: 36 games3618-192020-21: 20 games2020-212021-22: 26 games2621-222022-23: 38 games3822-232023-24: 29 games2923-242024-25: 27 games2724-252025-26: 30 games3025-262026-27: 1 games126-27

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
2017-18 PIT 14 6411 356 328 28 2.40 0.921 $675K
2018-19 PIT 36 151153 1060 971 89 2.75 0.916 $675K
2020-21 PIT 20 11702 543 495 48 2.54 0.912 $1.25M
2021-22 PIT 26 11653 769 703 66 2.79 0.914 $1.25M
2022-23 PIT 38 151640 1142 1033 109 3.17 0.905 $1.8M
2023-24 VAN 29 12961 759 680 80 2.89 0.896 $1.8M
2024-25 DAL 27 14822 761 696 65 2.59 0.915 $1M
2025-26 DAL 30 15861 760 689 71 2.43 0.907 $1M
2026-27 DAL 1 0100 26 24 2 2.05 0.923 $1.05M
9 seasons Career 221 99702913 6176 5619 558 2.73 0.910

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 PIT 1 0000 51 48 3 2.02 0.941
2023-24 VAN 2 1100 45 41 4 2.02 0.911
2024-25 DAL 2 0100 34 30 4 3.42 0.882
3 seasons Playoffs 5 1200 130 119 11 2.37 0.915

2017-18 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
14 11 6411 356 328 28 2.40 0.921

Contract

$675KCap hitends in 2019, then UFA
$79KCap dollars per goal above replacement8.6 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Pittsburgh Penguins on Jul 1, 2017, as a new contract: 2 years and $1.35M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2018-19, 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
2017-18 $675K $650K $50K $700K
2018-19 $675K $650K $0 $650K

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 30, 2026 Dallas Stars Extension 2027-28 to 2028-29 2 $5M $2.5M
Jul 1, 2024 Dallas Stars New contract 2024-25 to 2026-27 3 $3.05M $1M
Jul 5, 2022 Pittsburgh Penguins Extension 2022-23 to 2023-24 2 $3.6M $1.8M
Jan 11, 2019 Pittsburgh Penguins Extension 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $3.75M $1.25M
Jul 1, 2017 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2017-18 to 2018-19 2 $1.35M $675K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

+8.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+1.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+5.2Goals 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. 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.

-505101520252017-182020-212022-232024-252026-27Goals 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

+5.2Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
33.2Expected goals againstfrom 490 unblocked attempts
28Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.921Save %0.907 expected from his shots
Goals saved +0.44 above expected per 60 minutes86th
Shot difficulty 6.8% chance per attempt faced93rdA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 58 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0102030Game 10Expected 33.2Allowed 28

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 6, 2018 vs OTT W 4-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 21, 2018 vs MTL W 5-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Mar 14, 2018 @ NYR L 3-4 (OT) OTL 33 29 4 0.879 62:53
Mar 11, 2018 vs DAL W 3-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Mar 10, 2018 @ TOR L 2-5 9 9 0 1.000 17:51
Mar 1, 2018 @ BOS L 4-8 5 2 3 0.400 05:27
Feb 27, 2018 vs NJD L 2-3 L 38 35 3 0.921 58:15
Feb 3, 2018 @ NJD L 1-3 L 38 35 3 0.921 58:04
Jan 25, 2018 vs MIN W 6-3 W 26 23 3 0.885 59:48
Jan 23, 2018 vs CAR W 3-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Jan 20, 2018 @ SJS L 1-2 L 36 34 2 0.944 57:46
Jan 18, 2018 @ LAK W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Dec 9, 2017 vs TOR L 3-4 L 9 8 1 0.889 38:12
Oct 29, 2017 @ WPG L 1-7 15 12 3 0.800 41:53