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Karel
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G · Tampa Bay Lightning Lightning · CZE
Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
30 (1996)
Contract
$6,500,000 × 4y
Expires
UFA 2030
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Free Agent · Aug 2025
Drafted
2015 Rd 6 (#158) EDM
Vitals
6'4" · 221 lb

Ratings

Percentile vs 77 goalies
SK 74 66th
DU 94 99th
EN 90 99th
SZ 88 87th
AG 65 52nd
RB 75 74th
SC 77 61st
HS 74 61st
RT 65 49th
PH 74 65th
PS 75 48th
EX 65 71st
LD 65 65th
PO 74 70th
OV 73 74th

Contract

Cap hit $6,500,000 $6.465M remaining
Year 2 of 5
2025-26
2026-27
2029-30
Expiry Status
UFA
2030 age 34
Clauses 1-way

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP W L OTL GAA Sv% SO GA SA MP GS
2022-23 TBL 37 10 16 4 3.91 .892 0 124 1144 1904 34
2023-24 TBL 56 11 36 5 3.79 .897 0 192 1871 3036 52
2024-25 TBL 64 25 30 6 2.87 .906 2 171 1817 3570 54
2025-26 TBL 52 19 27 2 3.05 .898 3 147 1437 2896 47
Career 4 yrs 209 65 109 17 3.33 .899 5 634 6269 11408 187
2026-27 Regular Season

No regular-season games played yet.

Season Team GP GS W L OTL GAA Sv% SO MP
2026-27 UTA 10 9 6 3 0 3.13 .878 1 555
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP GS W L OT GAA Sv% SO GA SA A PiM MP
2021-22 ARI 52 49 13 32 3 3.68 .898 1 170 1669 0 - 2773
2022-23 ARI 50 49 18 24 6 3.43 .900 3 168 1670 0 2 2940
2023-24 ARI 38 33 13 19 2 3.35 .897 1 114 1089 2 2 2040
2024-25 Utah Hockey Club 58 55 26 22 8 2.58 .904 1 145 1509 1 - 3368
2025-26 UTA 64 63 38 20 3 2.75 .897 2 169 1626 2 2 3692
2026-27 UTA 10 9 6 3 0 3.13 .878 1 29 230 1 10 555
Career NHL 272 258 114 120 22 3.10 .899 9 795 7793 6 16 15370

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Goalies, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team SK DU EN SZ AG RB SC HS RT PH PS EX LD OV
2022-23 26 G TBL 67 56 55 83 67 66 83 67 65 66 75 49 49 65
2023-24 27 G TBL 68 81 77 81 72 64 83 68 65 68 75 56 56 69
2024-25 28 G TBL 63 74 72 81 65 60 69 64 65 63 75 59 59 65
2025-26 29 G TBL 75 88 84 88 75 74 74 75 73 75 81 62 62 74
2026-27 30 G TBL 74 94 90 88 65 75 77 74 65 74 75 65 65 73
Season Age Pos Team SK DU EN SZ AG RB SC HS RT PH PS EX LD OV
2022-23 26 G TBL 67 56 55 83 67 66 83 67 65 66 75 49 49 65
2023-24 27 G TBL +1 +25 +22 −2 +5 −2 · +1 · +2 · +7 +7 +4
2024-25 28 G TBL −5 −7 −5 · −7 −4 −14 −4 · −5 · +3 +3 −4
2025-26 29 G TBL +12 +14 +12 +7 +10 +14 +5 +11 +8 +12 +6 +3 +3 +9
2026-27 30 G TBL −1 +6 +6 · −10 +1 +3 −1 −8 −1 −6 +3 +3 −1
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2022-23 TBL $2,725,000 3 yr 3.3% 26 ELC Rookie
2025-26 TBL $6,500,000 5 yr 6.8% 29 UFA CURRENT
2019-20
Jun 23 2019
2019-20
to LIGHTNING
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