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Spencer Knight

#30 · Goalie · Chicago Blackhawks

Born Apr 19, 2001 in Darien, Connecticut, USA (age 25) · 6'3", 191 lb · Catches left · Drafted 13th overall in 2019 by FLA (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kevin Lankinen CHI · 32 GP, 0.891 Alexandar Georgiev NYR · 33 GP, 0.898 Craig Anderson BUF · 31 GP, 0.897 Semyon Varlamov NYI · 31 GP, 0.911 Thomas Greiss DET · 31 GP, 0.891

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.

020402020-21: 4 games420-212021-22: 32 games3221-222022-23: 21 games2122-232024-25: 38 games3824-252025-26: 55 games5525-262026-27: 4 games426-27

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
2020-21 FLA 4 4000 99 91 8 2.32 0.919 $925K
2021-22 FLA 32 19932 876 795 81 2.79 0.908 $925K
2022-23 FLA 21 9831 627 565 62 3.18 0.901 $925K
2024-25 FLA 23 12812 560 508 52 2.40 0.907 $4.5M
2024-25 CHI 15 5820 451 404 48 3.18 0.896
2025-26 CHI 55 1925113 1583 1428 155 2.82 0.902 $4.5M
2026-27 CHI 4 1200 131 116 15 3.81 0.885 $5.833M
6 seasons Career 154 6960208 4327 3907 421 2.85 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 %
2020-21 FLA 2 1100 60 56 4 2.06 0.933
1 season Playoffs 2 1100 60 56 4 2.06 0.933

2021-22 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
32 27 19932 876 795 81 2.79 0.908

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2023, then RFA
$123KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.5 goals above replacement
$2.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.2MValueworth 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 59 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Florida Panthers on Mar 31, 2021, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $7.475M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2022-23, 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
2020-21 $925K $833K $93K $1M $925K
2021-22 $925K $833K $93K $1.85M $925K
2022-23 $925K $833K $93K $1.85M $925K

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 13, 2025 Chicago Blackhawks Extension 2026-27 to 2028-29 3 $17.5M $5.833M
Sep 27, 2022 Florida Panthers Extension 2023-24 to 2025-26 3 $13.5M $4.5M
Mar 31, 2021 Florida Panthers Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $7.475M $925K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

+7.5Goals above replacement36th of 61 goalies
+1.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.6Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 61 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.

-1001020302020-212021-222022-232024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

-0.6Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
80.4Expected goals againstfrom 1,167 unblocked attempts
81Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.908Save %0.908 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 65 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 -0.02 above expected per 60 minutes42nd
Shot difficulty 6.9% chance per attempt faced60thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 65 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

020406080Game 10Game 20Game 30Allowed 81Expected 80.4

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 28, 2022 @ OTT W 4-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Apr 24, 2022 vs TBL L 4-8 L 17 12 5 0.706 32:59
Apr 17, 2022 @ DET W 6-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 59:25
Apr 9, 2022 @ NSH W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 59:48
Apr 5, 2022 vs TOR W 7-6 (OT) W 21 19 2 0.905 40:43
Apr 3, 2022 @ BUF W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Apr 2, 2022 @ NJD W 7-6 (OT) W 6 6 0 1.000 20:38
Mar 27, 2022 @ TOR L 2-5 L 24 20 4 0.833 55:51
Mar 24, 2022 @ MTL W 4-3 W 31 28 3 0.903 60:00
Mar 18, 2022 @ ANA W 3-0 W, SO 17 17 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 17, 2022 @ VGK L 3-5 L 32 28 4 0.875 58:43
Mar 15, 2022 @ SJS W 3-2 (OT) W 26 24 2 0.923 61:11
Mar 13, 2022 @ LAK L 2-3 (SO) OTL 37 35 2 0.946 64:45
Mar 7, 2022 @ BUF W 6-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Feb 1, 2022 @ NYR L 2-5 L 34 30 4 0.882 57:16
Jan 27, 2022 vs VGK W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 59:53
Jan 21, 2022 @ VAN W 2-1 (SO) W 28 27 1 0.964 64:57
Jan 18, 2022 @ CGY L 1-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 59:56
Dec 30, 2021 vs TBL W 9-3 W 42 39 3 0.929 60:00
Dec 14, 2021 vs OTT L 2-8 L 38 30 8 0.789 60:00
Dec 7, 2021 @ STL L 3-4 (OT) OTL 30 26 4 0.867 60:53
Dec 2, 2021 vs BUF W 7-4 W 19 19 0 1.000 28:44
Nov 27, 2021 vs SEA L 1-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 59:24
Nov 26, 2021 @ WSH L 3-4 7 6 1 0.857 11:46
Nov 18, 2021 vs NJD W 4-1 W 46 45 1 0.978 60:00
Nov 9, 2021 @ NJD L 3-7 L 30 24 6 0.800 58:28
Nov 8, 2021 @ NYR L 3-4 L 18 14 4 0.778 58:37
Nov 6, 2021 vs CAR W 5-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 59:51
Nov 4, 2021 vs WSH W 5-4 (OT) W 29 25 4 0.862 41:55
Oct 30, 2021 @ BOS L 2-3 (SO) OTL 33 31 2 0.939 65:00
Oct 25, 2021 vs ARI W 5-3 W 21 18 3 0.857 60:00
Oct 19, 2021 @ TBL W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 59:31