Andrei Vasilevskiy

Last Season

Fifty-eight appearances, 39-15-4, a 2.31 goals-against average and a .9110 save percentage with two shutouts.

His 598th career game and his 370th win. A career save percentage of .9166 across twelve seasons.

Over his last ten appearances, .900 on 240 shots.

The Physical Game

Six foot four, 223, and the athleticism at that size is still the thing that separates him — the push across the crease is as quick as any goaltender’s in the league and he arrives square.

He handles the puck well and reads a play developing behind the net better than most.

The Mental Game

Thirty-nine wins in fifty-eight appearances. A Vezina, a Conn Smythe, two Stanley Cups, and a decade of being the goaltender other clubs planned around.

He had a stretch in the middle of his career where the workload and a back operation took the edge off, and it has come back.

The Intangibles

Tampa conceded 152 goals at five-on-five against an expected 151.4 — its goaltending finished level with the chances it faced, which on a club that gave up the second-fewest expected goals in the league means the netminding neither rescued nor cost anything.

That is the honest framing, and it is worth stating because a 2.31 goals-against average behind the third-best possession team in the league is partly the team.

The .9110 is a fair season and eleven points below his own career figure.

He is 32, and on a club carrying Kucherov at 33, Carlson at 36, Hedman at 35 and McDonagh at 37, he is the piece that has to hold for the window to stay open.