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Ilya Samsonov

Position Goaltender Current Team
Catches Left Current Contract
Height 6'3" Expires
Weight (lbs) 208 Expiry Age (Jun 30)
Age 28 (Feb 22, 1997) Expiry Status
Drafted 2015, Round 1, Overall 22 (WSH)

News and Opinions

Date Team Transaction
Jul 1, 2024 Vegas Golden Knights Signed 1 year @ $1.800M AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 23, 2023 Toronto Maple Leafs Signed 1 year @ $3.550M AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 13, 2022 Toronto Maple Leafs Signed 1 year @ $1.800M AAV starting in 2022-23
Aug 9, 2021 Washington Capitals Signed 1 year @ $2.000M AAV starting in 2021-22
May 3, 2018 Washington Capitals Signed to an entry level contract.
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%
2013-14 WHC-17 Russia U17 3 5.71 0.887
2014-15 WJC-18 Russia U18 3 2 1 121 8 2.67 0.934
2014-15 KHL Magnitogorsk 1 2 5.50
2014-15 KHL Metallurg Magnitogorsk 1 4 2 5.50 0.500
2014-15 MHL Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk 18 11 4 1 564 46 2.66 0.918 2 1 1 95 6 2.83 0.937
2015-16 WJC-20 Russia U20 2 2 45 2 1.00 0.956
2015-16 KHL Metallurg Magnitogorsk 19 6 4 3 386 29 2.04 0.925 6 2 2 119 10 2.29 0.916
2015-16 Russia-Jr. Magnitogorsk Jr. 1 1 3 2.82
2015-16 MHL Stalnye Lisy Magnitogorsk 5 5 139 9 1.80 0.935 1 1 24 3 2.82 0.875
2016-17 WJC-20 Russia U20 6 3 3 185 13 2.11 0.930
2016-17 KHL Metallurg Magnitogorsk 27 15 3 5 629 40 2.13 0.936 3 1 39 2 1.28 0.949
2017-18 KHL Metallurg Magnitogorsk 26 12 9 1 690 51 2.31 0.926 5 1 2 103 9 2.30 0.913
2018-19 AHL Hershey Bears 37 20 14 3 967 99 2.70 0.898 5 2 3 3 165 17 2.99 0.897
2019-20 NHL Washington Capitals 26 26 16 6 2 689 60 2.55 0.913
2020-21 AHL Hershey Bears 4 2 1 1 99 13 3.25 0.869
2020-21 NHL Washington Capitals 19 19 13 4 1 499 49 2.69 0.902 3 3 3 99 10 2.99 0.899
2021-22 NHL Washington Capitals 44 44 23 12 5 1145 119 3.02 0.896 5 5 1 3 148 13 2.97 0.912
2022-23 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs 42 42 27 10 5 1184 96 2.33 0.919 9 9 4 4 255 26 3.13 0.898
2023-24 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs 40 40 23 7 8 1087 120 3.13 0.890 5 5 1 4 135 14 3.01 0.896
2024-25 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 29 29 16 9 4 752 82 2.82 0.891
NHL Career 200 200 118 48 25 5356 526 2.77 0.902 22 22 6 14 0 637 63 3.05 0.901

5v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2019-20 WSH 25 1050:53 40.14 29.58 2.39 2.17 0.22 92.66 91.91 0.75
2020-21 WSH 19 853:25 36.00 25.87 2.07 2.18 -0.11 91.58 92.00 -0.42
2021-22 WSH 44 1897:45 40.15 28.61 2.45 2.72 -0.27 90.50 91.44 -0.94
2022-23 TOR 42 1970:17 39.83 27.96 2.43 2.04 0.39 92.70 91.30 1.40
2023-24 TOR 40 1840:52 41.20 26.56 2.37 2.51 -0.14 90.55 91.10 -0.54
2024-25 VGK 29 1509:17 40.51 25.52 2.35 2.31 0.05 90.97 90.78 0.18

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2019-20 WSH 25 124:51 56.71 41.81 5.29 5.29 0.00 87.36 87.35 0.01
2020-21 WSH 19 91:23 61.72 46.62 5.40 5.91 -0.50 87.32 88.41 -1.08
2021-22 WSH 44 164:48 62.26 42.96 5.98 5.46 0.52 87.29 86.07 1.21
2022-23 TOR 42 210:25 63.59 45.34 5.78 5.42 0.36 88.05 87.26 0.79
2023-24 TOR 40 185:42 74.64 51.05 6.83 8.08 -1.25 84.18 86.62 -2.44
2024-25 VGK 29 87:09 75.04 45.44 7.13 11.70 -4.57 74.24 84.31 -10.06

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).

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2024-25 27 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 - - $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 UFA
Total - - $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000
Signed: July 1, 2024
Team: Vegas Golden Knights
GM: -
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 2.05

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2023-24 26 $3,550,000 $3,550,000 - - $3,550,000 $3,550,000 $3,550,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $3,550,000 $3,550,000 $3,550,000
Signed: July 23, 2023
Team: Toronto Maple Leafs
GM: -
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 4.25

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2022-23 25 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 - - $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $1,800,000 $1,800,000 $1,800,000
Signed: July 13, 2022
Team: Toronto Maple Leafs
GM: -
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 2.18

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2021-22 24 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 - - $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Signed: Aug 9, 2021
Team: Washington Capitals
GM: -
Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)
Cap %: 2.45

Entry Level Contract

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2018-19 21 $925,000 $1,475,000 $500,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
2019-20 22 $925,000 $1,475,000 $550,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
2020-21 23 $925,000 $1,475,000 $600,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
Total $1,650,000 $277,500 $2,497,500 $2,775,000 $210,000
Signed: May 3, 2018
Team: Washington Capitals
GM: -
Exp. Status: RFA-arb

*Age is as of September 15