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Vitek Vanecek

Position Goaltender Current Team Florida Panthers
Catches Left Current Contract 3 years
Height 6'2" Expires 2024-25
Weight (lbs) 184 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 29
Age 29 (Jan 9, 1996) Expiry Status UFA
Drafted 2014, Round 2, Overall 39 (WSH)
Date Team Transaction
Mar 5, 2025 Florida Panthers Acquired from San Jose Sharks
Mar 5, 2025 San Jose Sharks Traded to Florida Panthers
Feb 2, 2025 San Jose Sharks Recalled from AHL
Jan 29, 2025 San Jose Sharks Assigned to AHL for conditioning stint
Dec 27, 2024 San Jose Sharks Placed on IR
Jul 19, 2022 New Jersey Devils Signed 3 years @ $3.400M AAV starting in 2022-23
Jul 1, 2019 Washington Capitals Signed 3 years @ $716K AAV starting in 2019-20
Jul 15, 2014 Washington Capitals Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon
Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Save% GP GS W L OTL SA GA GAA Save%
2020-21 WSH 37 37 21 10 4 1031 95 2.69 0.908 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 4.56 0.750
2021-22 WSH 42 42 20 12 6 1117 103 2.67 0.908 2 2 1 1 0 51 7 4.21 0.863
2022-23 NJD 52 52 33 11 4 1333 119 2.45 0.911 7 7 1 3 0 120 21 4.64 0.825
2023-24 NJD 32 32 17 9 3 862 95 3.18 0.890
2024-25 SJS 18 18 3 10 3 533 63 3.88 0.882
2024-25 FLA 3 3 1 2 0 87 9 3.04 0.897
Career 184 184 95 54 20 4963 484 2.82 0.902 10 10 2 4 0 175 29 4.52 0.834

5v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2020-21 WSH 37 1704:26 41.15 29.50 2.28 2.43 -0.15 91.77 92.27 -0.50
2021-22 WSH 41 1774:53 39.75 28.16 2.37 1.96 0.41 93.04 91.60 1.44
2022-23 NJD 52 2326:27 39.30 27.18 2.26 2.24 0.02 91.75 91.68 0.06
2023-24 NJD 32 1441:56 39.70 28.25 2.25 2.75 -0.50 90.28 92.04 -1.76
2024-25 SJS 18 755:45 48.35 32.07 2.74 3.26 -0.52 89.85 91.47 -1.62
2024-25 FLA 1 51:45 45.22 24.35 2.40 0.00 2.40 100.00 90.12 9.88
2024-25 FLA, SJS 19 807:30 48.15 31.58 2.71 3.05 -0.33 90.35 91.41 -1.05

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE
2020-21 WSH 37 169:54 64.98 39.55 6.29 5.30 0.99 86.61 84.10 2.51
2021-22 WSH 41 161:27 68.38 50.54 5.96 5.95 0.02 88.24 88.20 0.03
2022-23 NJD 52 248:00 63.87 43.79 5.97 4.35 1.62 90.06 86.36 3.69
2023-24 NJD 32 144:37 70.53 46.88 7.17 6.22 0.94 86.73 84.71 2.01
2024-25 SJS 18 104:04 72.65 50.16 6.99 8.07 -1.08 83.91 86.06 -2.16
2024-25 FLA 1 4:00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - - -
2024-25 FLA, SJS 19 108:04 69.96 48.30 6.73 7.77 -1.04 83.91 86.06 -2.16

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 (RFA)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2022-23 26 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 - $1,000,000 $2,550,000 $3,550,000 $3,550,000 RFA-arb
2023-24 27 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 - - $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 UFA
2024-25 28 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 - - $2,900,000 $2,900,000 $2,900,000 UFA
Total - $1,000,000 $9,200,000 $10,200,000 $10,200,000
Signed: July 19, 2022
Team: New Jersey Devils
GM: -
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 4.12

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2019-20 23 $716,667 $716,667 - - $700,000 $700,000 $160,000 RFA
2020-21 24 $716,667 $716,667 - - $700,000 $700,000 $700,000 RFA-arb
2021-22 25 $716,667 $716,667 - - $750,000 $750,000 $750,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $2,150,000 $2,150,000 $1,610,000
Signed: July 1, 2019
Team: Washington Capitals
GM: -
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 0.88

Entry Level Contract

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2014-15 18 $755,833 $925,000 - $92,500 - $92,500 - ELC
2015-16 19 $745,000 $894,167 - $92,500 - $92,500 - ELC
2016-17 20 $714,167 $863,333 $232,500 $92,500 $600,000 $692,500 $70,000 ELC
2017-18 21 $714,167 $863,333 $132,500 - $700,000 $700,000 $70,000 ELC
2018-19 22 $714,167 $863,333 $82,500 - $750,000 $750,000 $70,000 ELC
Total $447,500 $277,500 $2,050,000 $2,327,500 $210,000
Signed: July 15, 2014
Team: Washington Capitals
GM: -
Exp. Status: RFA
Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

*Age is as of September 15