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David Rittich

#33 · Goalie · New Jersey Devils

Born Aug 19, 1992 in Jihlava, CZE (age 34) · 6'3", 200 lb · Catches left

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Casey DeSmith DAL · 30 GP, 0.907 Elvis Merzlikins CBJ · 30 GP, 0.883 Devin Cooley CGY · 31 GP, 0.909 Joonas Korpisalo BOS · 31 GP, 0.894 Connor Ingram EDM · 32 GP, 0.899

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.

0102030402016-17: 1 games116-172017-18: 21 games2117-182018-19: 45 games4518-192019-20: 48 games4819-202020-21: 19 games1920-212021-22: 17 games1721-222022-23: 21 games2122-232023-24: 24 games2423-242024-25: 34 games3424-252025-26: 30 games3025-26

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
2016-17 CGY 1 0000 10 9 1 3.00 0.900 $925K
2017-18 CGY 21 8630 512 463 49 2.92 0.904 $725K
2018-19 CGY 45 27951 1228 1119 109 2.61 0.911 $800K
2019-20 CGY 48 241762 1478 1340 138 2.97 0.907 $2.75M
2020-21 CGY 15 4711 374 338 36 2.90 0.904 $2.75M
2020-21 TOR 4 1110 89 79 10 2.72 0.888
2021-22 NSH 17 6340 431 382 49 3.57 0.886 $1.25M
2022-23 WPG 21 9810 506 456 50 2.67 0.901 $900K
2023-24 LAK 24 13633 621 572 49 2.15 0.921 $875K
2024-25 LAK 34 161420 771 684 88 2.84 0.887 $1M
2025-26 NYI 30 141032 720 644 76 2.76 0.894 $1M
10 seasons Career 260 12281299 6740 6086 655 2.79 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 %
2019-20 CGY 1 0100 9 6 3 10.85 0.667
2021-22 NSH 1 0100 13 8 5 19.91 0.615
2023-24 LAK 2 0200 39 34 5 2.56 0.872
3 seasons Playoffs 4 0400 61 48 13 5.24 0.787

2025-26 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
30 28 141032 720 644 76 2.76 0.894

Contract

$1MCap hitends in 2026
$66KCap dollars per goal above replacement15.1 goals above replacement
$4.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.7MValueworth 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 66 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New York Islanders on Jul 1, 2025, as a new contract: 1 year and $1M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $1M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 2, 2026 New Jersey Devils New contract 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $1M $1M
Jul 1, 2025 New York Islanders New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $1M $1M
May 15, 2024 Los Angeles Kings Extension 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $1M $1M
Jul 1, 2023 Los Angeles Kings New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $875K $875K
Jul 13, 2022 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $900K $900K
Jul 28, 2021 Nashville Predators New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $1.25M $1.25M
Jul 27, 2019 Calgary Flames New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $5.5M $2.75M
Jul 26, 2018 Calgary Flames New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $800K $800K
Jul 22, 2017 Calgary Flames New contract 2017-18 to 2017-18 1 $725K $725K
Jun 13, 2016 Calgary Flames Entry-level 2016-17 to 2016-17 1 $925K $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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

+15.1Goals above replacement23rd of 66 goalies
+2.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+6.7Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 66 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.

-1001020302016-172018-192020-212022-232024-25Goals 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

+6.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
82.7Expected goals againstfrom 1,167 unblocked attempts
76Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.894Save %0.885 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 68 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 +0.24 above expected per 60 minutes74th
Shot difficulty 7.1% chance per attempt faced78thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 68 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

020406080Game 10Game 20Game 30Expected 82.7Allowed 76

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 14, 2026 vs CAR L 1-2 L 21 19 2 0.905 56:29
Mar 30, 2026 vs PIT L 3-8 3 2 1 0.667 12:06
Mar 24, 2026 vs CHI L 3-4 12 9 3 0.750 20:00
Mar 21, 2026 @ MTL L 3-7 4 3 1 0.750 08:11
Mar 14, 2026 vs CGY W 3-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 59:45
Mar 4, 2026 @ ANA L 1-5 L 25 21 4 0.840 55:26
Mar 1, 2026 vs FLA W 5-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Feb 2, 2026 @ WSH L 1-4 L 24 21 3 0.875 57:08
Jan 28, 2026 vs NYR W 5-2 W 16 14 2 0.875 59:22
Jan 24, 2026 vs BUF L 0-5 L 20 16 4 0.800 58:03
Jan 17, 2026 @ CGY L 2-4 L 19 15 4 0.789 52:16
Jan 8, 2026 @ NSH L 1-2 (SO) OTL 27 26 1 0.963 65:00
Jan 3, 2026 vs TOR W 4-3 (OT) W 21 18 3 0.857 64:11
Jan 1, 2026 vs UTA L 2-7 L 14 9 5 0.643 45:21
Dec 30, 2025 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) W 19 17 2 0.895 64:54
Dec 28, 2025 @ CBJ L 2-4 L 34 31 3 0.912 59:34
Dec 27, 2025 vs NYR W 2-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Dec 23, 2025 vs NJD W 2-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Dec 20, 2025 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) OTL 32 30 2 0.938 62:39
Dec 11, 2025 vs ANA W 5-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Dec 7, 2025 @ FLA L 1-4 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:22
Nov 28, 2025 vs PHI L 3-4 (SO) OTL 21 18 3 0.857 65:00
Nov 23, 2025 vs SEA W 1-0 (SO) W, SO 19 19 0 1.000 65:00
Nov 18, 2025 @ DAL W 3-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Nov 14, 2025 @ UTA W 3-2 (OT) W 30 28 2 0.933 62:06
Nov 7, 2025 vs MIN L 2-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 60:00
Nov 2, 2025 vs CBJ W 3-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 59:46
Oct 30, 2025 @ CAR L 2-6 L 34 28 6 0.824 60:00
Oct 23, 2025 vs DET W 7-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 59:44
Oct 16, 2025 vs EDM W 4-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 59:58