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Hunter Miska

#32 · Goalie · Colorado Avalanche

Born Jul 7, 1995 in North Branch, Minnesota, USA · 6'1", 175 lb · Catches left

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dan Vladar BOS · 5 GP, 0.886 Alex Lyon PHI · 6 GP, 0.893 Calvin Pickard DET · 6 GP, 0.874 Collin Delia CHI · 6 GP, 0.902 Cayden Primeau MTL · 4 GP, 0.849

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.

0123452018-19: 1 games118-192020-21: 5 games520-21

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 ARI 1 0000 9 8 1 3.28 0.889
2020-21 COL 5 1120 111 93 18 4.16 0.838 $725K
2 seasons Career 6 1120 120 101 19 4.10 0.842

2020-21 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
5 5 1120 111 93 18 4.16 0.838

Contract

$725KCap hitends in 2022, then RFA

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

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2021-22, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2020-21 $725K
2021-22 $725K

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
2020-21 to 2021-22 $725K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

-7.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-1.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-8.3Goals 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. 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.

-8-6-4-202018-192020-21Goals 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

-8.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
9.7Expected goals againstfrom 148 unblocked attempts
18Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.838Save %0.913 expected from his shots
Goals saved -1.92 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 6.5% chance per attempt faced31stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 64 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

051015Allowed 18Expected 9.7

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. 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 Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 16, 2021 vs ANA W 8-4 7 3 4 0.429 20:00
Mar 6, 2021 vs ANA L 4-5 (OT) OTL 27 22 5 0.815 61:44
Feb 26, 2021 @ ARI W 3-2 W 18 16 2 0.889 59:53
Jan 31, 2021 @ MIN L 3-4 (OT) OTL 33 29 4 0.879 60:06
Jan 21, 2021 @ LAK L 2-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 58:05