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Adam Gaudette Andrew Mangiapane Braeden Bowman Brandon Carlo Brandon Saad Brayden Pachal Brian Halonen Bryce Montgomery Colin White Elias PetterssonD Erik Gudbranson Ethan Keppen Fabian Lysell Gage Goncalves Jack Finley Jack Malone Jake Christiansen Jeffrey Viel Jett Woo Johnathan Kovacevic Jonathan Aspirot Jonathan Lekkerimaki Logan Stanley Luca Cagnoni Maksim Tsyplakov Matthew Maggio Max Sasson Nick Foligno Ondrej Palat Philippe Daoust Robert Mastrosimone Ronan Seeley Ross Colton Taige Harding Tony DeAngelo Ty Emberson Ty Tullio Tyler Motte Tyson Jugnauth Victor Mancini Zach Aston-Reese Karel Vejmelka Michael DiPietro Nikita Tolopilo Ruslan Khazheyev Ty Young Vitek Vanecek
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G · Tampa Bay Lightning Lightning · CZE
G2
Depth chart
Backup
Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
30 (1996)
Contract
$4,500,000 × 2y
Expires
UFA 2028
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Trade · Jun 2026
Drafted
2014 Rd 2 (#41) WPG
Vitals
6'2" · 184 lb
G2
Depth chart
Backup

Ratings

Percentile vs 77 goalies
SK 67 25th
DU 53 19th
EN 55 14th
SZ 72 16th
AG 65 52nd
RB 61 19th
SC 76 56th
HS 67 22nd
RT 65 49th
PH 67 23rd
PS 75 48th
EX 63 58th
LD 64 58th
PO 65 18th
OV 64 19th

Contract

Cap hit $4,500,000 $4.451M remaining
Year 4 of 5
2023-24
2026-27
2027-28
Expiry Status
UFA
2028 age 32
Clauses 1-way

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP W L OTL GAA Sv% SO GA SA MP GS
2014-15 WPG 1 0 0 0 0.00 1.000 0 0 7 23 0
2015-16 WPG 21 4 14 1 3.90 .878 0 74 607 1139 19
2019-20 WPG 2 0 2 0 4.01 .875 0 8 64 119 2
2020-21 STL 21 6 15 0 4.15 .887 0 76 673 1097 20
2021-22 STL 52 19 18 8 3.11 .918 2 139 1691 2681 41
2022-23 STL 60 24 19 6 2.81 .919 0 148 1820 3164 47
2023-24 ARI 61 32 23 6 2.66 .912 3 163 1845 3672 61
2024-25 UTA / MTL 54 26 25 2 2.55 .907 5 137 1476 3218 53
2025-26 MTL 33 11 14 2 2.91 .897 0 82 800 1687 25
Career 9 yrs 305 122 130 25 2.95 .908 10 827 8983 16804 268
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP W L OTL GAA Sv% SO GA SA MP GS
2023-24 ARI 6 3 2 1 2.54 .926 0 16 215 377 6
Career 1 app. 6 3 2 1 2.54 .926 0 16 215 377 6
2026-27 Regular Season

No regular-season games played yet.

Season Team GP GS W L OTL GAA Sv% SO MP
2025-26 NYI 22 19 5 13 3 2.93 .883 1 1206
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP GS W L OT GAA Sv% SO GA SA A PiM MP
2020-21 WSH 37 36 21 10 4 2.69 .908 2 95 1031 0 - 2115
2021-22 WSH 42 39 20 12 6 2.67 .908 4 103 1117 0 - 2317
2022-23 NJD 52 48 33 11 4 2.45 .911 3 119 1333 3 2 2915
2023-24 NJD 32 29 17 9 3 3.18 .890 0 95 862 1 - 1791
2024-25 SJS 18 17 3 10 3 3.88 .882 0 63 533 1 - 972
2024-25 FLA 7 7 2 4 1 3.00 .890 1 21 191 0 - 420
2025-26 UTA 22 19 5 13 3 2.93 .883 1 59 506 1 0 1206
Career NHL 210 195 101 69 24 2.84 .900 11 555 5573 6 2 11740

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
2014-15 18 G WPG 62 68 60 66 72 70 69 70 71 72 68 40 40 64
2015-16 19 G WPG 62 68 60 66 72 70 69 70 71 72 68 40 40 64
2016-17 20 G WPG 62 68 60 66 72 70 69 70 71 72 68 40 40 64
2017-18 21 G WPG 58 68 85 68 56 64 55 63 61 60 95 44 44 60
2018-19 22 G WPG 50 64 80 68 46 54 50 56 51 51 30 44 44 54
2019-20 23 G WPG 57 63 79 68 55 59 55 62 57 57 30 44 44 58
2020-21 24 G STL 63 63 79 68 63 65 64 70 65 65 30 44 44 62
2021-22 25 G STL 73 72 68 74 75 70 72 73 78 73 75 47 47 69
2022-23 26 G STL 73 78 74 74 74 72 85 75 78 73 95 54 55 72
2023-24 27 G ARI 77 77 74 68 76 79 77 79 81 78 95 59 60 73
2024-25 28 G MTL 69 74 72 68 70 68 73 72 73 70 95 60 61 68
2025-26 29 G MTL 61 55 56 72 65 56 69 64 65 61 95 62 63 62
2026-27 30 G TBL 67 53 55 72 65 61 76 67 65 67 75 63 64 64
Season Age Pos Team SK DU EN SZ AG RB SC HS RT PH PS EX LD OV
2014-15 18 G WPG 62 68 60 66 72 70 69 70 71 72 68 40 40 64
2015-16 19 G WPG · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
2016-17 20 G WPG · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
2017-18 21 G WPG −4 · +25 +2 −16 −6 −14 −7 −10 −12 +27 +4 +4 −4
2018-19 22 G WPG −8 −4 −5 · −10 −10 −5 −7 −10 −9 −65 · · −6
2019-20 23 G WPG +7 −1 −1 · +9 +5 +5 +6 +6 +6 · · · +4
2020-21 24 G STL +6 · · · +8 +6 +9 +8 +8 +8 · · · +4
2021-22 25 G STL +10 +9 −11 +6 +12 +5 +8 +3 +13 +8 +45 +3 +3 +7
2022-23 26 G STL · +6 +6 · −1 +2 +13 +2 · · +20 +7 +8 +3
2023-24 27 G ARI +4 −1 · −6 +2 +7 −8 +4 +3 +5 · +5 +5 +1
2024-25 28 G MTL −8 −3 −2 · −6 −11 −4 −7 −8 −8 · +1 +1 −5
2025-26 29 G MTL −8 −19 −16 +4 −5 −12 −4 −8 −8 −9 · +2 +2 −6
2026-27 30 G TBL +6 −2 −1 · · +5 +7 +3 · +6 −20 +1 +1 +2
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2014-15 WPG $925,000 3 yr 1.3% 18 ELC Rookie
2017-18 WPG $715,000 1 yr 1.0% 21 RFA
2018-19 WPG $925,000 2 yr 1.2% 22 RFA
2020-21 STL $1,000,000 3 yr 1.2% 24 RFA
2023-24 ARI $4,500,000 5 yr 5.4% 27 RFA CURRENT
2020-21
Nov 18 2020
2020-21
to BLUES
  • Vitek Vanecek 62
to JETS
2023-24
Aug 18 2023
2023-24
to COYOTES
2024-25
Mar 9 2025
2024-25
to CANADIENS
2026-27
Jun 17 2026
2026-27
to LIGHTNING
  • Vitek Vanecek 64
to CANADIENS
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