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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 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dustin Tokarski CAR · 6 GP, 0.902 Jaxson Stauber UTA · 6 GP, 0.892 Nico Daws NJD · 6 GP, 0.939 Akira Schmid VGK · 5 GP, 0.944 Georgii Romanov SJS · 8 GP, 0.877

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.

051015202024-25: 6 games624-252025-26: 20 games2025-262026-27: 1 games126-27

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
2024-25 TOR 6 3300 156 137 20 3.33 0.878 $843K
2025-26 TOR 20 5741 548 501 48 2.86 0.914 $842K
2026-27 TBL 1 1000 36 34 2 2.01 0.944 $842K
3 seasons Career 27 91041 740 672 70 2.94 0.908

2024-25 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
6 6 3300 156 137 20 3.33 0.878

Contract

$843KCap hitends in 2025

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 Toronto Maple Leafs on Jul 13, 2022, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $2.53M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $843K $750K $75K $825K
2023-24 $843K $775K $75K $850K
2024-25 $843K $775K $80K $855K

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 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 2024-25 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.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

-3.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.8Goals 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.

-50510152024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

-4.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
15.2Expected goals againstfrom 249 unblocked attempts
20Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.873Save %0.903 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.79 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 6.1% chance per attempt faced5thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 62 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

05101520Allowed 20Expected 15.2

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 22, 2025 vs CBJ L 1-5 L 18 14 4 0.778 59:14
Jan 11, 2025 vs VAN L 0-3 L 18 16 3 0.889 60:00
Jan 5, 2025 vs PHI W 3-2 (OT) W 32 30 2 0.938 62:25
Dec 15, 2024 vs BUF W 5-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Oct 22, 2024 @ CBJ L 2-6 L 38 32 6 0.842 59:41
Oct 10, 2024 @ NJD W 4-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 59:29