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Alexandar Georgiev

#40 · Goalie · Free agent, last with the San Jose Sharks

Born Feb 10, 1996 in Ruse, BGR · 6'1", 178 lb · Catches left

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Cam Ward CHI · 33 GP, 0.897 Curtis McElhinney CAR · 33 GP, 0.912 Jordan Binnington STL · 32 GP, 0.927 Cam Talbot PHI · 35 GP, 0.892 Jonathan Bernier DET · 35 GP, 0.904

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.

02040602017-18: 10 games1017-182018-19: 33 games3318-192019-20: 34 games3419-202020-21: 19 games1920-212021-22: 33 games3321-222022-23: 62 games6222-232023-24: 63 games6323-242024-25: 49 games4924-25

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
2017-18 NYR 10 4410 331 304 27 3.15 0.918 $793K
2018-19 NYR 33 141342 1057 966 91 2.91 0.914 $793K
2019-20 NYR 34 171422 1063 967 96 3.04 0.910 $793K
2020-21 NYR 19 8722 465 421 44 2.71 0.905 $2.425M
2021-22 NYR 33 151022 832 747 85 2.92 0.898 $2.425M
2022-23 COL 62 401665 1904 1749 156 2.53 0.919 $3.4M
2023-24 COL 63 381852 1770 1588 183 3.02 0.897 $3.4M
2024-25 COL 18 8700 421 368 53 3.38 0.874 $3.4M
2024-25 SJS 31 71940 896 784 112 3.88 0.875
8 seasons Career 303 1511082615 8739 7894 847 2.99 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 %
2021-22 NYR 2 0100 31 29 2 2.04 0.935
2022-23 COL 7 3400 210 192 18 2.60 0.914
2023-24 COL 11 6500 311 279 33 2.85 0.897
3 seasons Playoffs 20 91000 552 500 53 2.72 0.906

2018-19 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
33 30 141342 1057 966 91 2.91 0.914

Contract

$793KCap hitends in 2020
$34KCap dollars per goal above replacement23.1 goals above replacement
$5.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.6MValueworth 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 60 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New York Rangers on Jul 17, 2017, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2019-20, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $793K $700K $93K $133K $793K
2018-19 $793K $700K $93K $133K $793K
2019-20 $793K $700K $93K $133K $793K

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
Sep 11, 2025 Buffalo Sabres New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $825K $825K
Jul 10, 2022 Colorado Avalanche Extension 2022-23 to 2024-25 3 $10.2M $3.4M
Oct 15, 2020 New York Rangers New contract 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $4.85M $2.425M
Jul 17, 2017 New York Rangers Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $2.775M $793K

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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

+23.1Goals above replacement15th of 60 goalies
+3.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+12.5Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 60 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.

-1001020302017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Goals 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

+12.5Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
103.5Expected goals againstfrom 1,469 unblocked attempts
91Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.914Save %0.902 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 60 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 +0.40 above expected per 60 minutes88th
Shot difficulty 7.0% chance per attempt faced92ndA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 60 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Expected 103.5Allowed 91

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 6, 2019 @ PIT W 4-3 (OT) W 39 36 3 0.923 62:09
Apr 5, 2019 vs CBJ L 2-3 (SO) OTL 41 39 2 0.951 63:15
Mar 31, 2019 @ PHI W 3-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 59:43
Mar 29, 2019 vs STL W 4-2 W 46 44 2 0.957 60:00
Mar 25, 2019 vs PIT L 2-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Mar 23, 2019 @ TOR W 2-1 (OT) W 45 44 1 0.978 61:38
Mar 15, 2019 @ CGY L 1-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Mar 11, 2019 @ EDM L 2-3 (OT) OTL 33 30 3 0.909 60:25
Mar 5, 2019 @ DAL L 0-1 L 32 31 1 0.969 59:24
Mar 3, 2019 vs WSH L 2-3 (SO) OTL 39 37 2 0.949 65:00
Feb 27, 2019 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) OTL 30 26 4 0.867 63:21
Feb 23, 2019 vs NJD W 5-2 W 21 19 2 0.905 60:00
Feb 17, 2019 @ PIT L 5-6 L 41 35 6 0.854 57:34
Feb 15, 2019 @ BUF W 6-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Feb 10, 2019 vs TOR W 4-1 W 56 55 1 0.982 60:00
Feb 6, 2019 vs BOS W 4-3 (SO) W 30 27 3 0.900 65:00
Jan 29, 2019 vs PHI L 0-1 L 19 18 1 0.947 58:01
Jan 13, 2019 @ CBJ L 5-7 L 40 33 7 0.825 58:22
Jan 12, 2019 @ NYI W 2-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Jan 8, 2019 @ VGK L 2-4 L 30 27 3 0.900 58:48
Jan 6, 2019 @ ARI L 0-5 8 8 0 1.000 23:22
Jan 4, 2019 @ COL L 1-6 L 47 41 6 0.872 60:00
Jan 2, 2019 vs PIT L 2-7 7 6 1 0.857 15:20
Dec 22, 2018 @ TOR L 3-5 L 35 31 4 0.886 57:45
Dec 18, 2018 vs ANA W 3-1 W 15 14 1 0.933 59:53
Dec 1, 2018 @ MTL L 2-5 L 41 36 5 0.878 59:50
Nov 24, 2018 vs WSH L 3-5 L 27 23 4 0.852 58:59
Nov 21, 2018 vs NYI W 5-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 15, 2018 @ NYI L 5-7 L 6 5 1 0.833 17:56
Nov 10, 2018 @ CBJ W 5-4 (SO) W 38 34 4 0.895 65:00
Nov 1, 2018 @ ANA W 3-2 (SO) W 30 28 2 0.933 65:00
Oct 23, 2018 vs FLA W 5-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Oct 7, 2018 @ CAR L 5-8 L 39 32 7 0.821 58:25