Hunter Shepard
#31 · Goalie · Free agent, last with the Ottawa Senators
Born Nov 7, 1995 in Cohasset, Minnesota, USA · 5'11", 225 lb · Catches left
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.
Arsenii Sergeev
CGY ·
1 GP, 0.964
Jiri Patera
VAN ·
1 GP, 0.825
Laurent Brossoit
SJS ·
1 GP, 0.783
Marcus Hogberg
NYI ·
1 GP, 0.714
Michael DiPietro
BOS ·
1 GP, 1.000
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.
Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SO | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | GAA | Save % | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | WSH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 110 | 13 | 3.19 | 0.894 | $775K |
| 2024-25 | WSH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 7.00 | 0.731 | $775K |
| 2025-26 | OTT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3.35 | 0.833 | $775K |
| 3 seasons | Career | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 161 | 139 | 22 | 3.88 | 0.863 |
2025-26 season totals
| GP | Starts | W | L | OTL | SO | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | GAA | Save % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3.35 | 0.833 |
Contract
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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.
The contract
Signed by the Ottawa Senators on Jul 2, 2025, as a new contract: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season.
| Season | Cap hit |
|---|---|
| 2025-26 | $775K |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2025 | Ottawa Senators | New contract | 2025-26 to 2025-26 | 1 | $775K | $775K |
| Jul 1, 2023 | Washington Capitals | Extension | 2023-24 to 2024-25 | 2 | $1.55M | $775K |
| Jul 28, 2021 | Washington Capitals | New contract | 2021-22 to 2022-23 | 2 | $1.5M | $750K |
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
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.
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
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.
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 | Decision | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | Save % | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2026 | vs DET | L 3-5 | L | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0.833 | 35:47 |