Dennis Hildeby
#35 · Goalie · Tampa Bay Lightning
Born Aug 19, 2001 in Jarfalla, SWE (age 25) · 6'6", 227 lb · Catches left · Drafted 122nd overall in 2022 by TOR (round 4)
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.
Akira Schmid
FLA ·
1 GP, 0.875
Alex Nedeljkovic
SJS ·
1 GP, 0.923
Anton Forsberg
LAK ·
1 GP, 0.800
Casey DeSmith
DAL ·
1 GP, 0.923
Charlie Lindgren
WSH ·
1 GP, 0.931
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | TOR | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 137 | 20 | 3.33 | 0.878 | $843K |
| 2025-26 | TOR | 20 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 548 | 501 | 48 | 2.86 | 0.914 | $842K |
| 2026-27 | TBL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 2.01 | 0.944 | $842K |
| 3 seasons | Career | 27 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 740 | 672 | 70 | 2.94 | 0.908 |
2026-27 season totals
| GP | Starts | W | L | OTL | SO | Shots against | Saves | Goals against | GAA | Save % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 2.01 | 0.944 |
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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the 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 Toronto Maple Leafs on Sep 2, 2025, as a new contract: 3 years and $2.525M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2027-28, with 1 season left after this one.
| Season | Cap hit |
|---|---|
| 2025-26 | $842K |
| 2026-27 | $842K |
| 2027-28 | $842K |
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 2, 2025 | Toronto Maple Leafs | New contract | 2025-26 to 2027-28 | 3 | $2.525M | $842K |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Entry-level | 2022-23 to 2024-25 | 3 | $2.53M | $843K |
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 1 game (+1.3 goals above replacement), plus the 15 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.
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.
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 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | vs MIN | W 3-2 | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | 0.944 | 59:37 |