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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 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Leevi Meriläinen OTT · 20 GP, 0.860 Thatcher Demko VAN · 20 GP, 0.897 Ville Husso ANA · 20 GP, 0.884 Charlie Lindgren WSH · 21 GP, 0.879 Nikita Tolopilo VAN · 21 GP, 0.881

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

2025-26 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
20 14 5741 548 501 48 2.86 0.914

Contract

$842KCap hitends in 2028
$58KCap dollars per goal above replacement14.5 goals above replacement
$4.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.7MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 66 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 2 seasons 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 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

+14.5Goals above replacement26th of 66 goalies
+2.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+8.7Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 66 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

-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

+8.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
56.7Expected goals againstfrom 854 unblocked attempts
48Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.913Save %0.897 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 68 goalies who played enough to be ranked: 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. The two goals against tiles are left plain, since they follow how much he played.

Goals saved +0.52 above expected per 60 minutes96th
Shot difficulty 6.6% chance per attempt faced24thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

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.

02040Game 10Game 20Expected 56.7Allowed 48

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
Apr 15, 2026 @ OTT L 1-3 L 37 35 2 0.946 58:08
Jan 19, 2026 vs MIN L 3-6 9 9 0 1.000 19:24
Jan 17, 2026 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) W 30 27 3 0.900 63:08
Jan 13, 2026 @ UTA L 1-6 L 41 35 6 0.854 60:00
Jan 8, 2026 @ PHI W 2-1 (OT) W 23 22 1 0.957 62:41
Jan 1, 2026 vs WPG W 6-5 W 23 22 1 0.957 34:36
Dec 28, 2025 @ DET L 2-3 (OT) OTL 36 33 3 0.917 61:46
Dec 21, 2025 @ DAL L 1-5 L 21 17 4 0.810 59:02
Dec 18, 2025 @ WSH L 0-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Dec 13, 2025 vs EDM L 3-6 L 32 27 6 0.844 49:28
Dec 11, 2025 vs SJS L 2-3 (OT) OTL 32 29 3 0.906 62:49
Dec 8, 2025 vs TBL W 2-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 59:42
Dec 6, 2025 vs MTL L 1-2 (SO) OTL 34 33 1 0.971 64:43
Dec 4, 2025 @ CAR W 5-1 9 9 0 1.000 20:00
Nov 29, 2025 @ PIT W 7-2 W 35 33 2 0.943 59:45
Nov 22, 2025 @ MTL L 2-5 3 3 0 1.000 24:37
Nov 13, 2025 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) OTL 37 33 4 0.892 60:35
Nov 11, 2025 @ BOS L 3-5 L 21 19 2 0.905 37:20
Nov 9, 2025 vs CAR L 4-5 L 47 42 5 0.894 58:30
Nov 8, 2025 vs BOS L 3-5 20 19 1 0.950 32:30