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Nikita Tolopilo

#60 · Goalie · Vancouver Canucks

Born Apr 6, 2000 in Minsk, BLR (age 26) · 6'6", 229 lb · Catches left

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.

Drew Commesso CHI · 2 GP, 0.846 Jakub Skarek NYI · 2 GP, 0.872 Jesper Wallstedt MIN · 2 GP, 0.843 Mads Sogaard OTT · 2 GP, 0.800 Matt Murray TOR · 2 GP, 0.879

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: 2 games224-252025-26: 21 games2125-26

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
2024-25 VAN 2 1100 26 23 3 2.15 0.885 $950K
2025-26 VAN 21 61120 582 513 69 3.61 0.881 $775K
2 seasons Career 23 71220 608 536 72 3.51 0.882

2024-25 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2 1 1100 26 23 3 2.15 0.885

Contract

$950KCap hitends in 2025
$2.468MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.4 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 Vancouver Canucks on Mar 31, 2023, as an entry-level contract: 2 years and $1.9M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $950K $855K $95K $950K
2024-25 $950K $855K $95K $950K

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
2025-26 to 2026-27 $775K
Mar 31, 2023 Vancouver Canucks Entry-level 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.9M $950K

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

+0.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals 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.

012342024-252025-26Goals 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

+0.1Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
3.1Expected goals againstfrom 48 unblocked attempts
3Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.885Save %0.882 expected from his shots
Goals saved +0.05 above expected per 60 minutes56th
Shot difficulty 6.4% chance per attempt faced29thA 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.

0123Expected 3.1Allowed 3

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. 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
Apr 16, 2025 vs VGK L 1-4 L 10 8 2 0.800 19:15
Apr 14, 2025 vs SJS W 2-1 (OT) W 16 15 1 0.938 64:24