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Calvin Pickard31

Minnesota Wild · Goalie · Catches L

Calvin Pickard

Age 34 · 6'1" · 206 lb · Born in Moncton, CAN

Cap hit

$1M

1.0% of $104M cap

Term

1 yr

Through 2026-27, then UFA

Clause

None

Surplus value

+$1.498M

vs. $2.498M market estimate

Confirmed by the public signing announcement · source

2025-26 regular season

GP

16

13 starts

Record

5-6-2

SV%

.871

GAA

3.68

Shots against

410

GSAx

-4.1

goals saved above expected

Game Score

-0.27

per game

Game log

Last 5 games · NHL API

GameDecSASVGASV%TOIxGAGSAxHD savesGS
Jan 8@ WPG · W 4-3W16133.81360:001.80-1.201/2-1.21
Jan 3vs PHI · L 5-2L28244.85757:092.75-1.252/3-1.26
Dec 29@ WPG · W 3-1W42411.97659:563.91+2.913/3+2.89
Dec 20@ MIN · L 5-2L36324.88957:424.08+0.083/5+0.06
Dec 18@ BOS · W 3-1Relief131301.00023:521.26+1.261/1+1.26

Dec = decision (W, L, OTL; ND = started, no decision). HD saves = high-danger shots on goal stopped. GS = our Game Score.

Advanced metrics

2025-26 · 16 GP · 864 min · percentile vs. NHL goalies

SV%.871

4th percentile

GSAx-4.1

34th percentile

GSAx/60-0.28

16th percentile

HDSV%.621

6th percentile

HD GSAx-2.7

33rd percentile

5v5 GSAx-4.7

34th percentile

EV SV%.876

3rd percentile

Quality start %23.1%

0th percentile

Really bad start %30.8%

21st percentile

xGA/603.40

97th percentile

Expected goals come from our own model and rate every unblocked shot he faced by its chance of going in. High-danger shots are those worth 0.15 expected goals or more. Percentiles compare him with goalies who played 600 minutes that season. xGA/60 shows how hard his workload was, so its bar is grey.

Where his Game Score comes from

2025-26 · 16 GP · goals above average

Season total -4.3 goals, or -0.27 per game.

Goaltending
-4.3

Game Score adds up a player's impact in goals compared with an average player given the same ice time: his share of expected goals for and against at even strength, on the power play, and on the penalty kill, plus finishing (goals minus expected goals), primary assists, penalties drawn and taken, and faceoffs. Goalies are measured by goals saved above expected.

Career stats

From the NHL's player records

SeasonTeamGPGSWLOTLSV%GAASOSAGAGSAx
2014-15Colorado Avalanche1613673.9322.35051135—
2015-16Colorado Avalanche2013761.9222.56153942—
2016-17Colorado Avalanche504815312.9042.9821461140—
2017-18Toronto Maple Leafs11001.8573.830284—
2018-19Philadelphia Flyers118422.8634.01122731—
2018-19Arizona Coyotes64040.8923.61015717—
2019-20Detroit Red Wings31020.7975.4607415—
2020-21Detroit Red Wings64211.8743.16012716—
2021-22Detroit Red Wings31110.8754.300729—
2023-24Edmonton Oilers23201271.9092.45158153+1.6
2024-25Edmonton Oilers363122101.9002.71084985-6
2025-26Edmonton Oilers1613562.8713.68041053-4.1
Career11 seasons191157747714.9012.9655036500

Seasons traded mid-year show one row per team. GSAx (goals saved above expected) is ours, from our expected goals model.

Usage

Last game: @ NSH, Oct 1

Did not start last game (Jesper Wallstedt did).

From the NHL's shift chart.

Latest news

Headlines from news outlets and team blogs

No news about him in the last 30 days.

Sentiment & chatter

Fans

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Beat writers

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Media

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Fan, beat writer, and media scores, the 14-day trade chatter chart, and the latest mentions appear once sentiment scoring is switched on. Mentions are already being collected.

Recent Game Scores

Last 10 games · goals above average

Average -0.01 per game over these 10.

Age curve

NHL goalies · production index

202937

At 34, goalies typically produce 100% of their peak (age 26).

From 24 seasons of NHL results, adjusted for league scoring and save percentage in each era. Shaded bars are the seasons left on his contract.

Contract by season

1 season left

SeasonTeamCap hit% of cap
2026-27MIN$1M1.0%

UFA after 2026-27. $1M in cap hits left. % of cap uses each season's ceiling where the league has set one ($104M this season, $113.5M in 2027-28).