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Photo of NHL player Ben Kraws

Dallas Stars Logo Ben Kraws

Position Goaltender Current Team Dallas Stars
Catches Left Current Contract 1 year ($775.0K CapHit)
Height 6'5" Expires 2025-26
Weight (lbs) 200 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 25
Age (DOB) 25 (Aug 2, 2000) Expiry Status RFA-arb
Drafted Undrafted

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Career Statistics

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 HPHL 13U Little Caesars 13U AAA 10 2.44 0.884
2014-15 HPHL 14U Little Caesars 14U AAA 12 2.73 0.845
2016-17 OJHL Buffalo Jr. Sabres 1 2.00 0.917
2016-17 T1EHL 16U Buffalo Jr. Sabres 16U AAA 21 1.71 0.932 4 1.99 0.914
2017-18 USHL Sioux City Musketeers 20 3.34 0.895
2017-18 OJHL Buffalo Jr. Sabres 2 3.50 0.900
2018-19 USHL Sioux City Musketeers 49 24 16 6 1282 134 2.92 0.895 2 2 6 78 5 1.66 0.936
2019-20 NCAA Miami Univ. (Ohio) 11 1 7 2 325 42 4.12 0.871
2020-21 NCAA Miami Univ. (Ohio) 8 6 255 32 4.49 0.875
2021-22 NCAA Arizona State Univ. 27 12 11 1 760 71 2.97 0.907
2023-24 AHL Texas Stars 4 2 2 111 11 2.77 0.901 2 16 3 4.46 0.813
2024-25 ECHL Idaho Steelheads 40 23 12 5 1279 115 2.88 0.910
2024-25 AHL Texas Stars 3 2 1 4 81 9 3.00 0.889
2025-26 ECHL Idaho Steelheads 31 16 12 2 985 91 3.03 0.908
2025-26 AHL Texas Stars 4 3 2 100 16 4.34 0.840

Core Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI Producer Playmaker Shooter Sniper Rebound Rush Skating Defend

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI 5v5 TOI 5v4 TOI 4v5 TOI Possession Drive Suppress Faceoffs
See About Skater Archetypes for more information about skater archetypes.

5v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAA/60 SA/60 xGA/60 GA/60 GS/60 Sv% xSv% Sv%AE

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).

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary
  • Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
  • Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
  • 5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
  • Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
  • Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
  • Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
  • Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
  • Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
  • Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
  • Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
  • 5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
  • Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
  • Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
  • Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
  • 4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.