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Eetu Makiniemi

#32 · Goalie · San Jose Sharks

Born Apr 19, 1999 in Vantaa, FIN · 6'2", 184 lb · Catches left · Drafted 104th overall in 2017 by CAR (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2022-23. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dylan Ferguson OTT · 2 GP, 0.940 Jiri Patera VGK · 2 GP, 0.929 Justus Annunen COL · 2 GP, 0.854 Keith Kinkaid COL · 2 GP, 0.950 Leevi Meriläinen OTT · 2 GP, 0.878

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.

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Cap hit
2022-23 SJS 2 32 29 3 0.906
1 season Career 2 32 29 3 0.906

2022-23 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
2 32 29 3 0.906 1.50

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Sep 25, 2024 Philadelphia Flyers New contract (two-way) 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K

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 2022-23 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.

2022-23 analytics

Rating

+0.6Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals 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.

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

+0.2Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
3.2Expected goals againstfrom 46 unblocked attempts
3Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.906Save %0.899 expected from his shots
Goals saved +0.16 above expected per 60 minutes72nd
Shot difficulty 7.0% chance per attempt faced67thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 67 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0123Expected 3.2Allowed 3

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
Dec 9, 2022 @ ANA W 6-1 24 23 1 0.958 59:55
Dec 7, 2022 vs VAN L 5-6 (OT) 8 6 2 0.750 24:25