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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Michal Neuvirth PHI · 21 GP, 0.915 Malcolm Subban VGK · 22 GP, 0.910 Scott Wedgewood ARI · 20 GP, 0.893 Louis Domingue TBL · 19 GP, 0.894 Ondrej Pavelec NYR · 19 GP, 0.910

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

2017-18 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
21 16 8630 512 463 49 2.92 0.904

Contract

$725KCap hitends in 2018
$717KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.0 goals above replacement
$854KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$129KValueworth 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 56 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Calgary Flames on Jul 22, 2017, as a new contract: 1 year and $725K, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2017-18, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $725K $725K $0 $725K

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 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 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

+1.0Goals above replacement45th of 56 goalies
+0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.6Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 56 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. 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.

-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. 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

-3.6Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
45.4Expected goals againstfrom 720 unblocked attempts
49Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.904Save %0.911 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 58 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 -0.22 above expected per 60 minutes26th
Shot difficulty 6.3% chance per attempt faced41stA 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.

010203040Game 10Game 20Allowed 49Expected 45.4

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
Mar 24, 2018 @ SJS L 1-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Mar 21, 2018 vs ANA L 0-4 5 4 1 0.800 20:00
Mar 16, 2018 vs SJS L 4-7 7 7 0 1.000 17:56
Mar 9, 2018 @ OTT W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Mar 7, 2018 @ BUF W 5-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 59:58
Feb 28, 2018 @ COL L 2-5 L 33 29 4 0.879 58:03
Feb 21, 2018 @ VGK L 3-7 L 26 19 7 0.731 59:48
Feb 19, 2018 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) OTL 32 30 2 0.938 63:36
Feb 17, 2018 vs FLA L 3-6 L 15 11 4 0.733 26:03
Feb 15, 2018 @ NSH W 4-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 59:57
Feb 13, 2018 @ BOS L 2-5 L 39 35 4 0.897 59:21
Feb 11, 2018 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0.000 00:02
Feb 8, 2018 @ NJD W 3-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Feb 1, 2018 vs TBL L 4-7 4 3 1 0.750 13:38
Jan 25, 2018 @ EDM L 3-4 (SO) OTL 37 34 3 0.919 64:53
Jan 12, 2018 @ FLA W 4-2 W 43 41 2 0.953 59:58
Dec 28, 2017 @ SJS L 2-3 (SO) OTL 32 30 2 0.938 64:44
Dec 17, 2017 @ VAN W 6-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Dec 7, 2017 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) W 37 35 2 0.946 61:14
Dec 2, 2017 vs EDM L 5-7 L 6 4 2 0.667 20:00
Nov 25, 2017 @ COL W 3-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 59:03