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Jiri Patera

#30 · Goalie · Boston Bruins

Born Feb 24, 1999 in Praha, CZE (age 27) · 6'2", 223 lb · Catches left · Drafted 161st overall in 2017 by VGK (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Devin Cooley SJS · 6 GP, 0.870 Mads Sogaard OTT · 6 GP, 0.859 Matt Tomkins TBL · 6 GP, 0.892 Cal Petersen PHI · 5 GP, 0.864 Felix Sandstrom PHI · 5 GP, 0.823

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.

02462022-23: 2 games222-232023-24: 6 games623-242025-26: 1 games125-26

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Cap hit
2022-23 VGK 2 70 65 5 0.929 $800K
2023-24 VGK 6 196 175 21 0.893 $775K
2025-26 VAN 1 40 33 7 0.825 $775K
3 seasons Career 9 306 273 33 0.892

2023-24 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
6 196 175 21 0.893 3.50

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2024

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

Signed by the Vegas Golden Knights on Jul 2, 2023, as a new contract: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2023-24, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $775K $775K $0 $775K

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 1, 2026 Boston Bruins New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $850K $850K
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Jul 1, 2024 Vancouver Canucks New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 2, 2023 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jun 30, 2020 Vegas Golden Knights Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $2.4M $800K

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

-1.9Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.7Goals 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.

-4-20242022-232023-242025-26Goals 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

-3.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
17.3Expected goals againstfrom 267 unblocked attempts
21Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.893Save %0.912 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.70 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 6.5% chance per attempt faced27thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 70 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

05101520Allowed 21Expected 17.3

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. 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 Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 26, 2024 @ NSH L 4-5 (OT) 35 30 5 0.857 60:40
Jan 10, 2024 @ COL L 0-3 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Dec 23, 2023 @ FLA L 2-4 42 38 4 0.905 56:47
Dec 21, 2023 @ TBL L 4-5 36 31 5 0.861 59:07
Dec 19, 2023 @ CAR L 3-6 10 10 0 1.000 15:12
Dec 10, 2023 vs SJS W 5-4 (SO) 38 34 4 0.895 65:00