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Goalie · #35

Ilya Samsonov

Washington Capitals Toronto Maple Leafs Vegas Golden Knights(traded during the season)
Age
29
Catches
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
94 kg
Born
Magnitogorsk, RUS
Draft
2015, round 1, #22 (WSH)

Career · 2019–20 to 2024–25

Games
200
Save %
.902
GAA
2.77
GSAx
−17.2
Wins
118
HD save %
.752
ShowAll teamsWashington CapitalsToronto Maple LeafsVegas Golden Knights

Season by season

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

2019–20WSH26221662.9132.551+1.5
2020–21WSH19181341.9022.692−4.7
2021–22WSH443923125.8963.023−11.5
2022–23TOR424027105.9192.334+16.1
2023–24TOR40402378.8903.133−13.3
2024–25VGK29291694.8912.822−5.3
Total3 teams2001881184825.9022.7715−17.2

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Save percentage, ten-game rolling

Ilya Samsonov's save percentage over the previous ten appearances. The dashed line is .900.

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Player card

Model-based

How 2019–20 to 2024–25 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Starter

45th percentile among qualified goalies, blending goaltending 75%, usage 25%.

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

Goaltending

Backup
  • Save %.90244th pct
  • GSAx−17.224th pct
  • GSAx /60-0.0944th pct
  • High-danger SV%.75249th pct
  • Medium-danger SV%.86441st pct
  • Low-danger SV%.96323rd pct
  • Rebound control−0.7520th pct
  • GAA (lower is better)2.7765th pct

Usage

Starter
  • Games started18879th pct
  • Shots faced /6028.227th pct
  • xG faced /602.6815th 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).

Most similar players this season

  1. Philipp GrubauerCOL/SEA0.81
  2. Brian ElliottPHI0.80
  3. Pyotr KochetkovCAR0.77
  4. Spencer KnightFLA0.75
  5. Jonathan QuickLAK0.74
  6. Sergei BobrovskyFLA0.71

Saves against expectation

Model-based

Goals allowed against the expected goals of the shots faced.

Ilya Samsonov −17.2 GSAx

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GSAx, every goalie with 10+ games

−500+50+100+150

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 average2.8237th pct
  • Share of games above .90048.3%29th pct
  • Goal differential per 600.4173rd pct
  • Goal support per game3.2382nd pct
  • Team points % in starts62.1%78th pct