Jake Allen (ice hockey)

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Jake Allen
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Allen with the St. Louis Blues in 2019
Born (1990-08-07) August 7, 1990 (age 33)
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 203 lb (92 kg; 14 st 7 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NHL team
Former teams		 New Jersey Devils
St. Louis Blues
Montreal Canadiens
NHL Draft 34th overall, 2008
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 2010–present

Jake Allen (born August 7, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the second round, 34th overall, by the St. Louis Blues in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft and won the Stanley Cup with the Blues in 2019. Allen has also previously played for the Montreal Canadiens.

Early life

Allen was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, the son of Kurt and Susan Allen.[1]

Playing career

Amateur

Allen played for the Midget "AAA" Canadiens under Kevin Pottle, before being drafted in the third round of the QMJHL draft to the St. John's Fog Devils. After one season with the Fog Devils, Allen was picked to play for the Under-18 World Hockey Championship in Kazan, Russia where he won gold and was named tournament MVP and top goalie. In 2008, the Fog Devils were sold and moved to Montreal, becoming the Montreal Junior Hockey Club. In 2009, Allen represented Canada at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship in Saskatoon, winning silver after posting 4 wins and 1 subsequent loss in the final to the Americans. Allen was traded to Drummondville after the World Juniors tournament, and posted a record of 18 wins and 3 losses with a save percentage of .933% and 1.75 GAA. He was named the recipient of the Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy as goalie of the year in the QMJHL in 2009–10.

Professional

St. Louis Blues

File:Jake Allen - Blues vs Lightning (2).jpg
Allen (left) with the St. Louis Blues in 2012.

On October 22, 2008, Allen was signed by the St. Louis Blues to an entry-level contract.[2] He made his NHL debut during the playoffs on April 30, 2012, coming in to briefly relieve Brian Elliott late in the Blues' second game against the Los Angeles Kings in the Western Conference semi-finals. During the shortened 2012–13 season, Allen was recalled to the Blues and recorded his first career NHL start and win in a 4–3 overtime victory over the Detroit Red Wings on February 13, 2013.[3] He has scored one goal.

On April 17, 2014, Allen was named the Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award winner as the American Hockey League's (AHL) Outstanding Goaltender for the 2013–14 season.[4]

On March 26, 2016, Allen shut out the Washington Capitals to help the Blues break their record for longest stretch without allowing a goal.[5] In the 2015–16 season, he had a 2.35 GAA with a .920 save percentage.

During the 2016–17 season, Allen was pulled four times in six starts during a rough stretch of play, including a poor showing on January 19, where he allowed four goals on 10 shots against the Washington Capitals.[6] Allen did not travel with the team to Winnipeg for the January 21 game against the Winnipeg Jets, and stayed home to be with his newborn daughter. He was scheduled to rejoin the team on January 23, for the remaining two games of the road trip.[7] His play soon rebounded however, and he was named Second Star of the Week on February 13.[8] Allen went 3–0–0 with a 1.00 goals-against average, a .967 save percentage along with his 13th career shutout against the Ottawa Senators (February 7). His two other wins were against the Toronto Maple Leafs (2–1 OT, 31 saves, February 9), and Montreal Canadiens (February 11).[9]

Allen won the Stanley Cup in 2019 as the backup to rookie Jordan Binnington in the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs. He had begun the season as the starting goaltender, but after the team dove to last place in the league half way through the season the young rookie was given a shot. While Binnington shone in goal, Allen finished the second half of the season with a pedestrian 5–4–4 record.

Montreal Canadiens

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Allen in net for the Canadiens in 2021

On September 2, 2020, Allen was traded to the Montreal Canadiens with a 2022 seventh-round pick in exchange for 2020 third-round and seventh-round picks.[10] On October 14, Allen signed a two-year, $5.75 million contract extension with the Canadiens taking him through the 2022–23 season.[11]

Allen immediately distinguished himself as a backup goaltender to Carey Price, especially during a stretch of the 2020–21 season where Price was unable to play due to a concussion. Allen's performance in net was widely credited with allowing the Canadiens to make the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs, though Allen did not play during the playoffs themselves following Price's return.[12][13] It was widely assumed that Allen would be taken by the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft, as the rules allowed for teams to protect only one goaltender, and Price had a contractual guarantee of such protection. However, Price and Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin opted to waive Price's contractual guarantee and expose him, allowing them to protect Allen while calculating that Price's age and salary would deter the Kraken from taking him.[14]

Following Price's entering the NHL's Player Assistance Program at the start of the 2021–22 season, Allen was again the Canadiens' starting goaltender. He was generally judged to be performing strongly even as the team struggled to score, notably posting a 45-save shutout in an October 28 game against the San Jose Sharks that represented the Canadiens' first victory in San Jose since November 23, 1999.[15] On January 12, 2022, Allen sustained a groin injury in a game against the Boston Bruins, and it was announced that he would miss eight weeks of the season.[16] He returned to the team for a March 17 game against the Dallas Stars, making several noteworthy saves in a 4–3 overtime loss.[17] Allen made ten more appearances in net with the Canadiens, but was forced to exit an April 9 game against the Toronto Maple Leafs after suffering a lower body injury while attempting to stop a shot by Leafs star forward Auston Matthews. Shortly afterward he called it a "season from hell."[18] As a result of this new groin injury he missed the remainder of the season.[19]

In the off-season of 2022, it became clear that Price would at a minimum be unable to play in the 2022–23 season. As a result, Allen, entering the final year of his contract with the Canadiens, became its new starting goaltender.[20] On September 28, general manager Kent Hughes confirmed that he was hoping to negotiate a contract extension with Allen.[21] On October 1, Allen signed a two-year, $7.7 million extension with the Canadiens locking him up until the end of the 2024–25 season.[22] The ensuing season was marked by the ascending profile of Allen's former backup goaltender, Sam Montembeault, who enjoyed success early on in a supporting role before taking over for a stretch of games in January when Allen was injured.[23] Upon Allen's return to the lineup, he and Montembeault largely alternated starts on an equal basis.[24] Allen finished third in Molson Cup voting as the team's most valuable player at the end of the year, behind captain Nick Suzuki and Montembeault.[25]

The Canadiens began the 2023–24 season with three goaltenders on the roster, as in addition to Allen and Montembeault, prospect goaltender Cayden Primeau was no longer exempt from waivers and thus could not be sent down to the AHL's Laval Rocket without possibly being lost to another team. This precipitated discussions about one of the three being traded.[26] Allen appeared in 21 games with the Canadiens that season, with a 6–12–3 record and .892 save percentage.[27]

New Jersey Devils

On March 8, 2024, Allen was traded to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for a conditional 2025 third-round pick.[28]

Personal life

In January 2017, Allen's fiancée, Shannon Adams, gave birth to their first daughter.[29] The couple welcomed their second daughter in April 2018, then married in August of the same year.[30] Their third daughter was born in October of 2022 while he played for the Canadiens, and he noted afterward "my two other daughters are born in St. Louis. Now we get a Montrealer and a Quebecer. Our first Canadian baby. The other two fortunately have dual citizenship for them in the future."[31]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2007–08 St. John's Fog Devils QMJHL 30 9 8 4 1507 76 2 3.14 .901 4 2 1 128 8 0 3.74 .855
2008–09 Montreal Junior Hockey Club QMJHL 53 28 25 0 3023 144 3 2.86 .916 10 4 6 585 35 1 3.59 .897
2009–10 Montreal Junior Hockey Club QMJHL 23 11 11 0 1241 55 1 2.66 .912 — — — — — — — —
2009–10 Drummondville Voltigeurs QMJHL 22 18 3 0 1271 37 3 1.75 .933 14 9 5 840 34 1 2.43 .899
2010–11 Peoria Rivermen AHL 47 25 19 3 2805 118 6 2.52 .917 3 0 3 189 12 0 3.80 .888
2011–12 Peoria Rivermen AHL 38 13 20 2 2148 105 1 2.93 .915 — — — — — — — —
2011–12 St. Louis Blues NHL — — — — — — — — — 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 1.000
2012–13 Peoria Rivermen AHL 35 13 19 2 2054 99 2 2.89 .904 — — — — — — — —
2012–13 St. Louis Blues NHL 15 9 4 0 804 33 1 2.46 .905 — — — — — — — —
2013–14 Chicago Wolves AHL 52 33 16 3 3138 106 7 2.03 .928 9 3 6 511 28 1 3.29 .879
2014–15 St. Louis Blues NHL 37 22 7 4 2077 79 4 2.28 .913 6 2 4 328 12 0 2.20 .904
2015–16 St. Louis Blues NHL 47 26 15 3 2584 101 6 2.35 .920 5 1 1 170 7 0 2.49 .897
2016–17 St. Louis Blues NHL 61 33 20 5 3419 138 4 2.42 .915 11 6 5 675 22 0 1.96 .935
2017–18 St. Louis Blues NHL 59 27 25 3 3317 152 1 2.75 .906 — — — — — — — —
2018–19 St. Louis Blues NHL 46 19 17 8 2568 121 3 2.83 .905 1 0 0 24 1 0 2.45 .750
2019–20 St. Louis Blues NHL 24 12 6 3 1339 48 2 2.15 .927 5 2 1 286 9 0 1.89 .935
2020–21 Montreal Canadiens NHL 29 11 12 5 1703 76 0 2.68 .907 — — — — — — — —
2021–22 Montreal Canadiens NHL 35 9 20 4 1948 107 2 3.30 .905 — — — — — — — —
2022–23 Montreal Canadiens NHL 42 15 24 3 2451 145 1 3.55 .891 — — — — — — — —
2023–24 Montreal Canadiens NHL 21 6 12 3 1216 74 0 3.65 .892 — — — — — — — —
NHL totals 416 189 162 41 23,423 1,074 24 2.75 .908 29 11 11 1,456 51 0 2.06 .925

Awards and honours

Medal record
Representing Canada
Ice hockey
IIHF World U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Russia
World Junior Hockey Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Canada
File:Jake Allen Award (cropped).jpg
Allen in 2014, with the Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award.
Award Year Ref
QMJHL
Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy 2010
First All-Star Team 2010
CHL First All-Star Team 2010
CHL Goaltender of the Year 2010
AHL
All-Star Game 2011, 2014
First All-Star Team 2014 [32]
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award 2014 [4]
NHL
All-Rookie Team 2013, 2015 [33]
Stanley Cup champion 2019 [34]
International
WJC18 All-Star Team 2008 [35]
WJC18 Best Goaltender 2008
WJC18 MVP 2008

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External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
2013–14		 Succeeded by
Matt Murray
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