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Goalie · #1

Casey DeSmith

Pittsburgh Penguins Vancouver Canucks Dallas Stars(traded during the season)
Age
35
Catches
Left
Height
183 cm
Weight
85 kg
Born
Rochester, USA
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 9 seasons

Games
29
Save %
.896
GAA
2.89
GSAx
−6.2
Wins
12
HD save %
.671
ShowAll teamsPittsburgh PenguinsVancouver CanucksDallas Stars

Season by season

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

2017–18PIT1411641.9212.401+5.8
2018–19PIT363015115.9162.753+0.4
After a break: 2020–21PIT20171170.9122.542+5.7
2021–22PIT26241165.9142.793+0.2
2022–23PIT383315164.9053.170+0.8
2023–24VAN29271296.8962.891−6.2
2024–25DAL27241482.9152.592+14.6
2025–26DAL30281586.9072.431+8.3
2026–27DAL11010.9232.050+0.6
Total3 teams221195997029.9102.7313+30.1

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Save percentage, ten-game rolling

Casey DeSmith's save percentage over the previous ten appearances. The dashed line is .900.

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Player card

Model-based

How 9 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Starter

83rd percentile among qualified goalies, blending goaltending 75%, usage 25%.

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

Goaltending

Starter
  • Save %.91074th pct
  • GSAx+30.185th pct
  • GSAx /600.1579th pct
  • High-danger SV%.75556th pct
  • Medium-danger SV%.87682nd pct
  • Low-danger SV%.97489th pct
  • Rebound control−0.8116th pct
  • GAA (lower is better)2.7372nd pct

Usage

Starter
  • Games started19573rd pct
  • Shots faced /6030.2750th pct
  • xG faced /602.8854th 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. Connor HellebuyckWPG0.97
  2. Igor ShesterkinNYR0.91
  3. Robin LehnerNYI0.89
  4. Frederik AndersenTOR/CAR0.89
  5. Semyon VarlamovCOL/NYI0.86
  6. Ilya SorokinNYI0.86

Saves against expectation

Model-based

Goals allowed against the expected goals of the shots faced.

Casey DeSmith −6.2 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 average2.0569th pct
  • Share of games above .900100.0%100th pct
  • Goal differential per 60-1.0329th pct
  • Goal support per game1.0313th pct
  • Team points % in starts0.0%27th pct