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Goalie · #40

Semyon Varlamov

Age
38
Catches
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
92 kg
Born
Samara, RUS
Draft
2006, round 1, #23 (WSH)

Career · 17 seasons

Games
616
Save %
.916
GAA
2.65
GSAx
+90.5
Wins
285
HD save %
.758

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded goalies.

2009–10WSH26231546.9092.552−2.5
2010–11WSH27251195.9242.232+12.3
2011–12COL535226243.9132.594+1.2
2012–13COL353311213.9033.023+0.8
2013–14COL636041146.9272.412+28.9
2014–15COL575728208.9212.565+20.5
2015–16COL575727253.9142.812−1.7
2016–17COL24236170.8983.381−14.8
2017–18COL514724166.9202.682+12.1
2018–19COL494920199.9092.872−4.8
2019–20NYI453919146.9142.622+6.6
2020–21NYI363519114.9292.047+17.0
2021–22NYI312910172.9112.912+5.8
2022–23NYI23221192.9132.702+3.2
2023–24NYI28271484.9182.603+7.9
2024–25NYI1010343.8892.890−2.8
After a break: 2026–27NYI11010.8643.030+0.6
Total3 teams61658928523370.9162.6541+90.5

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Save percentage, ten-game rolling

Semyon Varlamov's save percentage over the previous ten appearances. The dashed line is .900.

.860.880.900.920.940.960100200300400500600Appearance.900

Player card

How 17 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Starter

88th percentile among qualified goalies, blending goaltending 75%, usage 25%.

  1. Starter
  2. Backup
  3. Third string / AHL

Goaltending

Starter
  • Save %.91687th pct
  • GSAx+90.597th pct
  • GSAx /600.1589th pct
  • High-danger SV%.75875th pct
  • Medium-danger SV%.87987th pct
  • Low-danger SV%.96750th pct
  • Rebound control−1.323rd pct
  • GAA (lower is better)2.6572nd pct

Usage

Starter
  • Games started58997th pct
  • Shots faced /6031.3786th pct
  • xG faced /602.8066th pct

Percentiles among goalies with 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Saves against expectation

Goals allowed against the expected goals of the shots faced.

Semyon Varlamov +90.5 GSAx

050010001500100200300400500600Appearance

GSAx, every goalie with 10+ games

−1000+100+200+300

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Goals-against average3.0342nd pct
  • Share of games above .9000.0%35th pct
  • Goal differential per 60-1.0133rd pct
  • Goal support per game2.0224th pct
  • Team points % in starts0.0%27th pct