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Samuel Ersson

#30 · Goalie · Ottawa Senators

Born Oct 20, 1999 in Falun, SWE (age 26) · 6'3", 194 lb · Catches left · Drafted 143rd overall in 2018 by PHI (round 5)

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.

Laurent Brossoit VGK · 11 GP, 0.927 Cal Petersen LAK · 10 GP, 0.868 Erik Kallgren TOR · 10 GP, 0.898 Alex Lyon FLA · 15 GP, 0.914 Alex Nedeljkovic DET · 15 GP, 0.895

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.

020402022-23: 12 games1222-232023-24: 51 games5123-242024-25: 47 games4724-252025-26: 33 games3325-262026-27: 2 games226-27

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
2022-23 PHI 12 6301 327 294 33 3.07 0.899 $859K
2023-24 PHI 51 231974 1204 1072 132 2.82 0.890 $859K
2024-25 PHI 47 221752 1162 1026 136 3.14 0.883 $1.45M
2025-26 PHI 33 141150 744 647 97 3.12 0.870 $1.45M
2026-27 OTT 2 0100 44 39 5 3.85 0.886 $2.2M
5 seasons Career 145 6551177 3481 3078 403 3.02 0.884

2022-23 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
12 10 6301 327 294 33 3.07 0.899

Contract

$859KCap hitends in 2024, then RFA
$123KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.0 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Philadelphia Flyers on Jun 3, 2021, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.775M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2023-24, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $859K $750K $93K $83K $843K
2022-23 $859K $750K $93K $83K $843K
2023-24 $859K $800K $93K $33K $893K

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 Ottawa Senators New contract 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $4.4M $2.2M
Aug 5, 2023 Philadelphia Flyers Extension 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $2.9M $1.45M
Jun 3, 2021 Philadelphia Flyers Entry-level 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $2.775M $859K

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

+7.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+1.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.3Goals 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.

-15-10-505102022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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. 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

+3.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
36.3Expected goals againstfrom 483 unblocked attempts
33Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.899Save %0.889 expected from his shots
Goals saved +0.31 above expected per 60 minutes82nd
Shot difficulty 7.5% chance per attempt faced99thA 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.

0102030Game 10Expected 36.3Allowed 33

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 4, 2023 @ STL L 2-4 L 31 28 3 0.903 58:51
Apr 2, 2023 @ PIT L 2-4 L 30 27 3 0.900 57:39
Feb 25, 2023 @ NJD L 0-7 L 36 29 7 0.806 60:00
Feb 20, 2023 @ CGY W 4-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 60:00
Feb 16, 2023 @ SEA L 2-6 11 9 2 0.818 28:34
Jan 17, 2023 vs ANA W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 16, 2023 @ BOS L 0-6 13 11 2 0.846 32:25
Jan 9, 2023 @ BUF W 4-0 W, SO 28 28 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 2, 2023 @ ANA W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Dec 31, 2022 @ LAK W 4-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 59:38
Dec 29, 2022 @ SJS W 4-3 (OT) W 28 25 3 0.893 60:24
Dec 23, 2022 @ CAR L 5-6 30 25 5 0.833 47:24