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Hunter Shepard

Position Goaltender Current Team Ottawa Senators
Catches Left Current Contract 1 years
Height 6'0" Expires 2025-26
Weight (lbs) 215 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 30
Age 29 (Nov 7, 1995) Expiry Status UFA
Drafted Undrafted
Date Team Transaction
Jul 2, 2025 Ottawa Senators Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2025-26
Apr 14, 2025 Washington Capitals Recalled from AHL
Apr 4, 2025 Washington Capitals Recalled from AHL
Jan 18, 2025 Washington Capitals Assigned to AHL
Jan 11, 2025 Washington Capitals Recalled from AHL
Oct 7, 2024 Washington Capitals Assigned to AHL
Oct 7, 2024 Washington Capitals Cleared Waivers
Oct 6, 2024 Washington Capitals Placed on Waivers
Jul 1, 2023 Washington Capitals Signed 2 years @ $775K AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 28, 2021 Washington Capitals Signed 2 years @ $750K AAV starting in 2021-22
Status History Coming Soon
Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv% GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Sv%
2011-12 USHS-MN Grand Rapids High 10 2.20 0.908
2012-13 USHS-MN Grand Rapids High 24 554 41 1.95 0.926 3 2.20 0.911
2012-13 UMHSEHL Team Velocity 11 3.11 0.919 2 3.20 0.906
2013-14 USHS-MN Grand Rapids High 25 427 35 2.64 0.918 2 2.71 0.914
2013-14 UMHSEHL Team Velocity 12 2.57 0.926 1 6.53 0.792
2014-15 NAHL Bismarck Bobcats 31 3.28 0.878 2 2.55 0.911
2015-16 NAHL Bismarck Bobcats 50 1.90 0.926 11 2.28 0.926
2016-17 NCAA Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth 2 2 51 4 2.58 0.922
2017-18 NCAA Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth 41 25 14 1012 76 1.91 0.925
2018-19 NCAA Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth 42 29 11 2 974 75 1.76 0.923
2019-20 NCAA Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth 34 22 10 2 900 74 2.18 0.918
2020-21 AHL Hershey Bears 3 3 96 3 1.00 0.969
2020-21 ECHL South Carolina Stingrays 21 12 6 2 664 52 2.55 0.922 13 7 6 359 42 3.38 0.883
2021-22 ECHL South Carolina Stingrays 23 12 9 2 812 67 2.88 0.917
2021-22 AHL Hershey Bears 9 5 3 217 17 2.06 0.922
2022-23 AHL Hershey Bears 33 20 8 5 835 70 2.18 0.916 20 14 6 5 523 45 2.27 0.914
2023-24 NHL Washington Capitals 4 4 2 1 1 123 13 3.19 0.894
2023-24 AHL Hershey Bears 34 27 4 3 860 61 1.76 0.929 20 14 6 3 553 50 2.49 0.910
2024-25 NHL Washington Capitals 1 1 1 26 7 7.00 0.731
2024-25 AHL Hershey Bears 39 23 11 4 959 105 2.80 0.891 7 2 5 4 178 19 2.77 0.893
NHL Career 5 5 2 2 1 149 20 3.94 0.866

5v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2023-24 WSH 4 205:41 51.63 32.09 3.10 3.21 -0.11 90.00 90.34 -0.34
2024-25 WSH 1 52:08 39.13 27.62 2.76 8.06 -5.30 70.83 90.01 -19.18

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2023-24 WSH 4 9:13 32.55 26.04 3.08 13.02 -9.94 50.00 88.18 -38.18
2024-25 WSH 1 3:52 62.07 31.03 3.60 0.00 3.60 100.00 88.39 11.61

Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100

Glossary

Statistic Definition
SAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%Save Percentage.
xSv%Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AESave Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).
Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2025-26 29 $775,000 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $400,000 UFA
Total - - $775,000 $775,000 $400,000
Signed: July 2, 2025
Team: Ottawa Senators
GM: -
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 0.81

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2023-24 27 $775,000 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $350,000 UFA
2024-25 28 $775,000 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $350,000 UFA
Total - - $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $700,000
Signed: July 1, 2023
Team: Washington Capitals
GM: -
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 0.93

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2021-22 25 $750,000 $750,000 - - $750,000 $750,000 $90,000 RFA
2022-23 26 $750,000 $750,000 - - $750,000 $750,000 $90,000 RFA
Total - - $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $180,000
Signed: July 28, 2021
Team: Washington Capitals
GM: -
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 0.92

*Age is as of September 15