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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 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Arturs Silovs VAN · 4 GP, 0.881 Cal Petersen PHI · 5 GP, 0.864 Felix Sandstrom PHI · 5 GP, 0.823 Jack Campbell EDM · 5 GP, 0.873 Ivan Fedotov PHI · 3 GP, 0.811

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.

012342023-24: 4 games423-242024-25: 1 games124-252025-26: 1 games125-26

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
2023-24 WSH 4 2110 123 110 13 3.19 0.894 $775K
2024-25 WSH 1 0100 26 19 7 7.00 0.731 $775K
2025-26 OTT 1 0100 12 10 2 3.35 0.833 $775K
3 seasons Career 6 2310 161 139 22 3.88 0.863

2023-24 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
4 4 2110 123 110 13 3.19 0.894

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2025, then UFA
$454KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.7 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 Washington Capitals on Jul 1, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.55M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2024-25, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $775K $775K $0 $775K
2024-25 $775K $775K $0 $775K

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 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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

+1.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals 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.

-3-2-10122023-242024-252025-26Goals 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

+0.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
13.3Expected goals againstfrom 197 unblocked attempts
13Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.894Save %0.891 expected from his shots
Goals saved +0.09 above expected per 60 minutes56th
Shot difficulty 6.8% chance per attempt faced56thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 70 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0510Expected 13.3Allowed 13

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
Jan 3, 2024 vs NJD L 3-6 L 28 22 6 0.786 59:56
Dec 30, 2023 vs NSH L 2-3 (SO) OTL 36 34 2 0.944 64:54
Nov 11, 2023 @ NYI W 4-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Oct 25, 2023 @ NJD W 6-4 W 22 18 4 0.818 60:00