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Detroit Red Wings · Goalie · Catches L

John Gibson

Age 33 · 6'3" · 209 lb · Born in Pittsburgh, USA

Cap hit

$6.4M

6.2% of $104M cap

Term

1 yr

Through 2026-27, then UFA

Clause

M-NTC

10-team no-trade list

Surplus value

+$2.179M

vs. $8.579M market estimate

Confirmed by the public signing announcement · source

2026-27 regular season

GP

1

1 starts

Record

0-1-0

SV%

.950

GAA

1.02

Shots against

20

GSAx

+1.2

goals saved above expected

Game Score

+1.21

per game

Game log

Last 5 games · NHL API

GameDecSASVGASV%TOIxGAGSAxHD savesGS
Oct 2vs NYR · L 2-0L20191.95059:022.21+1.212/2+1.21
Apr 15@ FLA · L 8-1L15114.73331:541.30-2.700/0-2.71
Apr 11vs NJD · L 5-3L32284.87558:453.45-0.553/4-0.57
Apr 9vs PHI · W 6-3W15132.86730:401.46-0.540/1-0.55
Apr 7vs CBJ · OTL 4-3OTL35323.91465:003.50+0.505/6+0.49

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 · 57 GP · 3,181 min · percentile vs. NHL goalies

SV%.901

66th percentile

GSAx+12.7

86th percentile

GSAx/60+0.24

73rd percentile

HDSV%.746

64th percentile

HD GSAx+4.7

73rd percentile

5v5 GSAx+11.7

91st percentile

EV SV%.912

73rd percentile

Quality start %50.9%

41st percentile

Really bad start %17.5%

71st percentile

xGA/602.94

51st 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

2026-27 · 1 GP · goals above average

Season total +1.2 goals, or +1.21 per game.

Goaltending
+1.2

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.

By season

Regular season

SeasonTeamGPGSW-L-OTLSV%GAASAGSAx
2026-27DET110-1-0.9501.0220+1.2
2025-26DET575729-22-4.9012.721461+12.7
2024-25ANA292811-11-2.9122.77811+11.4
2023-24ANA464413-27-2.8883.541343-6.6
2022-23ANA535214-31-8.8993.991983-7.7

Latest news

Headlines from news outlets and team blogs

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 -0.20 per game over these 10.

Age curve

NHL goalies · production index

202937

At 33, 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
2026-27DET$6.4M6.2%

UFA after 2026-27. M-NTC (10-team list). $6.4M 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).