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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 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL · 3 GP, 0.898 Arturs Silovs PIT · 3 GP, 0.859 Brandon Bussi CAR · 3 GP, 0.851 Carter Hart VGK · 3 GP, 0.890 Devon Levi EDM · 3 GP, 0.863

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: 3 games326-27

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Cap hit
2020-21 FLA 4 99 91 8 0.919 $925K
2021-22 FLA 32 876 795 81 0.908 $925K
2022-23 FLA 21 627 565 62 0.901 $925K
2024-25 FLA 23 560 508 52 0.907 $4.5M
2024-25 CHI 15 451 404 48 0.896
2025-26 CHI 55 1583 1428 155 0.902 $4.5M
2026-27 CHI 3 92 82 10 0.891 $5.833M
6 seasons Career 153 4288 3873 416 0.903

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
2020-21 FLA 2 60 56 4 0.933
1 season Playoffs 2 60 56 4 0.933

2026-27 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
3 92 82 10 0.891 3.33

Contract

$5.833MCap hitends in 2029, then UFA
$259KCap dollars per goal above replacement22.5 goals above replacement, projected
$7.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.5MValueworth less cap hit

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 season is still being played, so each rating is projected over all of it: what the player has done so far, plus the games left at a rate taken from his last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 64 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Chicago Blackhawks on Sep 13, 2025, as an extension of the contract he was on: 3 years and $17.5M, beginning in 2026-27. It runs through 2028-29, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2026-27 $5.833M
2027-28 $5.833M
2028-29 $5.833M

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
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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 3 games (+1.2 goals above replacement), plus the 48 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+22.5Goals above replacement11th of 64 goalies
+3.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+7.1Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 64 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.

-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. What these numbers mean

+0.1Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
10.1Expected goals againstfrom 146 unblocked attempts
10Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.891Save %0.890 expected from his shots
Goals saved +0.04 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 6.9% chance per attempt faced1stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 0 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0510Expected 10.1Allowed 10

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. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Oct 6, 2026 vs STL W 4-2 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Oct 3, 2026 @ BUF L 3-4 28 24 4 0.857 59:01
Sep 29, 2026 @ VGK L 2-5 36 32 4 0.889 59:47