Regular season and playoffsWSH

Vitek Vanecek's 2020-2021 season

Wins

NHL#7

Save pct

.908

NHL#42

GAA

2.69

NHL#41

Shutouts

NHL#15

Games

66% of 56

Goaltender Vitek Vanecek was 24 years old when the 2020-2021 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 37 games and won 21 of them, at .908. The season was cut to 56 games by the pandemic. In the playoffs he played 1 game and won 0.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2020-2021Playoffs

Year 2021
5 years ago
NHL debut
January 15
Vitek Vanecek makes his NHL debut
WSHWashington Capitals2–1BUFBuffalo Sabres
Vitek was 25 years old · KeyBank Center, USA
First NHL win
Swedes on the ice: Nicklas Bäckström, Carl Hagelin, Linus Ullmark, among others.
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- The game
  WSH2–1BUF
  W
  January 15game 2/565
  His night
  .968SV%
  30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .968
  View the game
Milestone
Vitek Vanecek records his first NHL win
in the game against Buffalo Sabres · January 15
- The game
  WSH4–5PIT
  L
  January 19game 4/563
  His night
  .833SV%
  25SV30SA5GA61:11TOI
  .833
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- The game
  BUF3–4WSH
  W
  January 22game 5/565
  His night
  .889SV%
  24SV27SA3GA64:57TOIW
  .889
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- The game
  BUF4–3WSH
  L
  January 24game 6/565
  His night
  .938SV%
  45SV48SA3GA65:00TOI
  .938
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- The game
  NYI2–3WSH
  W
  January 26game 7/562
  His night
  .941SV%
  32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .941
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- The game
  NYI3–6WSH
  W
  January 28game 8/562
  His night
  .900SV%
  27SV30SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .900
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- The game
  BOS3–4WSH
  W
  January 30game 9/562
  His night
  .930SV%
  40SV43SA3GA60:28TOIW
  .930
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- February 2021
- The game
  BOS5–3WSH
  L
  February 1game 10/562
  His night
  .875SV%
  28SV32SA4GA58:36TOIL
  .875
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- The game
  WSH2–4NYR
  L
  February 4game 11/563
  His night
  .900SV%
  27SV30SA3GA58:50TOIL
  .900
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- The game
  PHI7–4WSH
  L
  February 7game 12/565
  His night
  .714SV%
  10SV14SA4GA36:36TOI
  .714
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- The game
  WSH3–6PIT
  L
  February 14game 13/562
  His night
  .889SV%
  32SV36SA4GA59:19TOIL
  .889
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- The game
  WSH3–1PIT
  W
  February 16game 14/563
  His night
  .963SV%
  26SV27SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .963
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- Checkpoint
  February 16
  1/4 into the season
  Game 14 of 5612 of 14 started
  6
  wins
  NHL#10
  .906
  SV%
  NHL#18
  3.1
  GAA
  NHL#24
  WSH
  7-4-3W-L-OT17Points
  4th in the East·16th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF1–3WSH
  W
  February 18game 15/565
  His night
  .957SV%
  22SV23SA1GA59:28TOIW
  .957
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- The game
  NYR4–1WSH
  L
  February 20game 16/563
  His night
  .870SV%
  20SV23SA3GA58:36TOIL
  .870
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- The game
  PIT3–2WSH
  L
  February 23game 18/563
  His night
  .919SV%
  34SV37SA3GA61:43TOI
  .919
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- The game
  PIT2–5WSH
  W
  February 25game 19/563
  His night
  .929SV%
  26SV28SA2GA59:55TOIW
  .929
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- The game
  WSH5–2NJD
  W
  February 27game 20/564
  His night
  .917SV%
  22SV24SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .917
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- March 2021
- The game
  WSH2–1BOS
  W
  March 3game 22/562
  His night
  .947SV%
  18SV19SA1GA64:39TOIW
  .947
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- The game
  WSH1–5BOS
  L
  March 5game 23/562
  His night
  .778SV%
  14SV18SA4GA35:43TOIL
  .778
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- The game
  NJD4–5WSH
  W
  March 9game 25/564
  His night
  .871SV%
  27SV31SA4GA61:04TOIW
  .871
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- The game
  WSH6–0BUF
  W
  March 15game 28/565
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  23SV23SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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- Checkpoint
  March 15
  1/2 into the season
  Game 28 of 5621 of 28 started
  12
  wins
  NHL#6
  .908
  SV%
  NHL#20
  2.7
  GAA
  NHL#20
  1
  shutouts
  NHL#11
  WSH
  18-6-4W-L-OT40Points
  2nd in the East·5th in the whole NHL
Milestone
Vitek Vanecek records his first NHL shutout
in the game against Buffalo Sabres · March 15
- The game
  NYR1–2WSH
  W
  March 19game 30/563
  His night
  .970SV%
  32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .970
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- The game
  NJD3–4WSH
  W
  March 25game 32/564
  His night
  .875SV%
  21SV24SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .875
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- The game
  WSH2–5NYR
  L
  March 30game 35/563
  His night
  .846SV%
  22SV26SA4GA58:32TOIL
  .846
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- April 2021
- The game
  WSH4–8NYI
  L
  April 1game 36/562
  His night
  .778SV%in relief
  7SV9SA2GA16:26TOI
  in relief
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- The game
  WSH2–1NJD
  W
  April 2game 37/565
  His night
  .957SV%
  22SV23SA1GA64:39TOIW
  .957
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- The game
  WSH0–1NYI
  L
  April 6game 39/562
  His night
  .974SV%
  38SV39SA1GA58:12TOIL
  .974
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- The game
  WSH4–3BUF
  W
  April 9game 41/565
  His night
  .909SV%
  30SV33SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .909
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- The game
  WSH8–1BOS
  W
  April 11game 42/563
  His night
  .971SV%
  34SV35SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .971
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- Checkpoint
  April 11
  3/4 into the season
  Game 42 of 5628 of 42 started
  17
  wins
  NHL#5
  .913
  SV%
  NHL#18
  2.6
  GAA
  NHL#14
  1
  shutouts
  NHL#17
  WSH
  27-11-4W-L-OT58Points
  Playoff spot
  1st in the East·5th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF5–2WSH
  L
  April 15game 44/565
  His night
  .810SV%
  17SV21SA4GA32:54TOIL
  .810
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- The game
  WSH3–6BOS
  L
  April 18game 46/562
  His night
  .815SV%
  22SV27SA5GA59:25TOIL
  .815
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- The game
  NYI0–1WSH
  W
  April 27game 49/562
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  18SV18SA0GA59:47TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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- The game
  PIT5–4WSH
  L
  April 29game 50/563
  His night
  .857SV%
  30SV35SA5GA60:45TOI
  .857
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- May 2021
- The game
  WSH6–3NYR
  W
  May 3game 52/563
  His night
  .885SV%
  23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .885
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- The game
  WSH4–2NYR
  W
  May 5game 53/563
  His night
  .905SV%
  19SV21SA2GA59:57TOIW
  .905
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- The game
  PHI4–2WSH
  L
  May 7game 54/563
  His night
  .893SV%
  25SV28SA3GA58:47TOIL
  .893
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- The game
  BOS1–2WSH
  W
  May 11game 56/564
  His night
  .960SV%
  24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .960
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The season in numbers
May 11
Vitek Vanecek closes the 2020-2021 season with 21 wins
WSHWashington Capitals
Wins
21
Games
37of 56
66%
Shutouts
2
SV%
.908
GAA
2.69
Starts
36
Events
1
First NHL shutout
1
First NHL win
4×
First star
5×
Second star
4×
Third star
4 i rad
straight wins
4 days later
Playoffs
May 15
Washington Capitals are in the playoffs
First round
May 15
Washington Capitals meet Boston Bruins
WSHvsBOS
Swedes on Washington Capitals
Carl Hagelin
Nicklas Bäckström
Swedes on Boston Bruins
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  BOS2–3WSH
  W
  May 152
  His night
  .750SV%
  3SV4SA1GA13:10TOI
  .750
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First round
May 23
Boston Bruins knock Washington Capitals out 4–1
WSH1–4BOS
Eliminated
1Games0Wins.750SV%4.6GAA
The run in numbers
May 23
Vitek Vanecek ends the 2020-2021 playoffs with 0 wins
WSHWashington Capitals
Wins
0
Games
1
Shutouts
0
SV%
.750
GAA
4.56
Starts
1
BOS1–4

Vitek Vanecek makes his NHL debut

Vitek Vanecek records his first NHL win

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

Vitek Vanecek records his first NHL shutout

3/4 into the season

Vitek Vanecek closes the 2020-2021 season with 21 wins

Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

Washington Capitals meet Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins knock Washington Capitals out 4–1

Vitek Vanecek ends the 2020-2021 playoffs with 0 wins