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Justus Annunen

#29 · Goalie · Nashville Predators

Born Mar 11, 2000 in Kempele, FIN (age 26) · 6'4", 210 lb · Catches left · Drafted 64th overall in 2018 by COL (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adin Hill VGK · 27 GP, 0.871 Casey DeSmith DAL · 30 GP, 0.907 David Rittich NYI · 30 GP, 0.894 Elvis Merzlikins CBJ · 30 GP, 0.883 Anthony Stolarz TOR · 26 GP, 0.893

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.

01020302021-22: 2 games221-222022-23: 2 games222-232023-24: 14 games1423-242024-25: 34 games3424-252025-26: 28 games2825-26

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
2021-22 COL 2 1010 51 44 7 4.34 0.863 $881K
2022-23 COL 2 1100 48 41 7 3.58 0.854 $881K
2023-24 COL 14 8412 414 384 30 2.25 0.928 $775K
2024-25 COL 11 6400 218 190 28 3.23 0.872 $838K
2024-25 NSH 23 91110 596 529 67 3.17 0.888
2025-26 NSH 28 101221 711 645 67 2.68 0.907 $838K
5 seasons Career 80 353253 2038 1833 206 2.87 0.899

2025-26 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
28 23 101221 711 645 67 2.68 0.907

Contract

$838KCap hitends in 2026, then extended to 2028
$43KCap dollars per goal above replacement19.5 goals above replacement
$5.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$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 66 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Colorado Avalanche on Mar 26, 2024, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.675M, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Nashville Predators on Jan 5, 2026, 2 years and $2.5M at $1.25M a season, beginning in 2026-27.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $838K $800K $0 $800K
2025-26 $838K $875K $0 $875K

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
Jan 5, 2026 Nashville Predators Extension not begun 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $2.5M $1.25M
Mar 26, 2024 Colorado Avalanche Extension 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.675M $838K
Jul 2, 2023 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Apr 30, 2020 Colorado Avalanche Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $3.15M $881K

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

+19.5Goals above replacement17th of 66 goalies
+3.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+11.5Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 66 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.

-10010202021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

+11.5Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
78.5Expected goals againstfrom 1,112 unblocked attempts
67Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.906Save %0.890 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 68 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 +0.46 above expected per 60 minutes91st
Shot difficulty 7.1% chance per attempt faced74thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 68 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0204060Game 10Game 20Expected 78.5Allowed 67

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 13, 2026 vs SJS L 2-3 L 22 20 2 0.909 58:08
Apr 11, 2026 vs MIN W 2-1 W 22 21 1 0.955 60:00
Apr 7, 2026 @ ANA W 5-0 W, SO 43 43 0 1.000 59:43
Mar 29, 2026 @ TBL L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:54
Mar 26, 2026 vs NJD L 2-4 L 29 26 3 0.897 58:18
Mar 21, 2026 vs VGK W 4-1 W 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Mar 19, 2026 vs SEA W 3-1 W 26 25 1 0.962 59:58
Mar 15, 2026 @ EDM L 1-3 L 29 27 2 0.931 58:08
Mar 3, 2026 @ CBJ L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 57:49
Feb 26, 2026 vs CHI W 4-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Feb 5, 2026 @ WSH L 2-4 L 30 26 4 0.867 56:41
Feb 2, 2026 vs STL W 6-5 W 13 13 0 1.000 36:05
Jan 29, 2026 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) OTL 35 32 3 0.914 60:42
Jan 20, 2026 vs BUF L 3-5 13 13 0 1.000 34:09
Jan 17, 2026 @ VGK L 2-7 L 36 29 7 0.806 59:52
Jan 11, 2026 vs WSH W 3-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Dec 31, 2025 @ VGK W 4-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Dec 21, 2025 vs NYR W 2-1 W 17 16 1 0.941 60:00
Dec 13, 2025 @ COL L 2-4 L 40 37 3 0.925 59:02
Dec 6, 2025 @ CAR L 3-6 2 2 0 1.000 11:48
Nov 29, 2025 vs WPG L 2-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 56:28
Nov 26, 2025 @ DET W 6-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Nov 24, 2025 vs FLA L 3-8 10 7 3 0.700 38:36
Nov 10, 2025 @ NYR L 3-6 6 5 1 0.833 19:53
Nov 8, 2025 vs DAL L 4-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 57:53
Nov 4, 2025 @ MIN L 2-3 (OT) OTL 24 22 3 0.917 61:12
Oct 26, 2025 vs DAL L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:03
Oct 14, 2025 @ TOR L 4-7 L 26 21 5 0.808 59:10