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Pavel Francouz

#39 · Goalie · Colorado Avalanche

Born Jun 3, 1990 in Plzen, CZE · 6'0", 179 lb · Catches right

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2021-22

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alexandar Georgiev NYR · 34 GP, 0.910 Craig Anderson OTT · 34 GP, 0.902 Linus Ullmark BUF · 34 GP, 0.915 Aaron Dell SJS · 33 GP, 0.907 Antti Raanta ARI · 33 GP, 0.921

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.

01020302018-19: 2 games218-192019-20: 34 games3419-202021-22: 21 games2121-222022-23: 16 games1622-23

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 COL 2 0200 35 33 2 1.96 0.943 $690K
2019-20 COL 34 21741 996 919 77 2.41 0.923 $950K
2021-22 COL 21 15512 608 557 51 2.55 0.916 $2M
2022-23 COL 16 8711 493 451 42 2.61 0.915 $2M
4 seasons Career 73 442164 2132 1960 172 2.49 0.919

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 COL 5 1400 130 113 17 3.98 0.869
2021-22 COL 7 6001 171 155 16 2.81 0.906
2 seasons Playoffs 12 7401 301 268 33 3.32 0.890

2019-20 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
34 31 21741 996 919 77 2.41 0.923

Contract

$950KCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$66KCap dollars per goal above replacement14.3 goals above replacement
$4.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.5MValueworth 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 57 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $950K

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
2022-23 to 2023-24 $2M
2021-22 to 2021-22 $2M
2019-20 to 2019-20 $950K
2018-19 to 2018-19 $690K

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+14.3Goals above replacement23rd of 57 goalies
+2.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+5.9Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 57 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.

0510152018-192019-202021-222022-23Goals 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

+5.9Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
82.9Expected goals againstfrom 1,331 unblocked attempts
77Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.923Save %0.917 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 59 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 +0.18 above expected per 60 minutes69th
Shot difficulty 6.2% chance per attempt faced15thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 59 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

020406080Game 10Game 20Game 30Expected 82.9Allowed 77

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 11, 2020 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) W 32 30 2 0.938 62:50
Mar 9, 2020 @ LAK L 1-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 58:39
Mar 8, 2020 @ SJS W 4-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Mar 6, 2020 @ VAN L 3-6 L 24 19 5 0.792 59:44
Mar 4, 2020 vs ANA L 3-4 (OT) OTL 30 26 4 0.867 64:55
Feb 29, 2020 @ NSH W 3-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Feb 28, 2020 @ CAR W 3-2 W 47 45 2 0.957 60:00
Feb 26, 2020 vs BUF W 3-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 59:57
Feb 22, 2020 @ LAK W 2-1 (SO) W 21 20 1 0.952 64:43
Feb 21, 2020 @ ANA W 1-0 W, SO 26 26 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 19, 2020 vs NYI W 3-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 59:32
Feb 17, 2020 vs TBL L 3-4 (OT) OTL 27 23 4 0.852 63:03
Feb 15, 2020 vs LAK L 1-3 L 7 6 1 0.857 16:56
Feb 9, 2020 @ MIN W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Jan 20, 2020 vs DET W 6-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Jan 10, 2020 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) OTL 30 26 4 0.867 62:57
Jan 6, 2020 @ NYI L 0-1 L 33 32 1 0.970 58:33
Dec 27, 2019 vs MIN L 4-6 L 32 27 5 0.844 58:30
Dec 23, 2019 @ VGK W 7-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Dec 18, 2019 @ CHI W 4-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Dec 13, 2019 vs NJD W 3-1 W 38 37 1 0.974 60:00
Dec 11, 2019 vs PHI W 3-1 W 33 32 1 0.970 60:00
Dec 9, 2019 vs CGY L 4-5 (OT) OTL 33 28 5 0.848 62:09
Dec 7, 2019 @ BOS W 4-1 W 16 16 0 1.000 42:35
Dec 5, 2019 @ MTL W 3-2 W 40 38 2 0.950 60:00
Nov 29, 2019 @ CHI W 5-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Nov 23, 2019 vs TOR L 3-5 12 12 0 1.000 37:11
Nov 12, 2019 @ WPG W 4-0 0 0 0 0.000 00:31
Nov 9, 2019 vs CBJ W 4-2 W 41 39 2 0.951 60:00
Nov 7, 2019 vs NSH W 9-4 W 24 20 4 0.833 59:34
Nov 2, 2019 @ ARI L 0-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:43
Oct 26, 2019 vs ANA L 2-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 59:08
Oct 19, 2019 @ TBL W 6-2 W 46 44 2 0.957 60:00
Oct 12, 2019 vs ARI W 3-2 (OT) W 36 34 2 0.944 63:16