Thomas Greiss

Age 35 Jan 29, 1986

Fussen DEU

Goaltender shoots left

6'2" 188 cm

232 lbs 105 kg

ELC Signing Age 23

Waivers Signing Age

UFA Year 2013

Agent Ray (Raynold) Petkau

Draft Year 2004
Drafted Overall 94
Draft Round 3
Draft Team

Cap Hit: $3,600,000
4.4% of team cap space
Accumulated Cap Hit: $0
Year 2 of 2 year contract
Expiry Status UFA | 2022 | 36 yrs old
Career Earnings: $24,225,000

Transaction History

May 7, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss made 22 saves in Friday's 5-2 win over the Blue Jackets.
May 7, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will patrol the crease for Friday's road contest against Columbus.
May 1, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss turned aside all 33 shots he faced in regulation and overtime and five of eight shootout attempts in Saturday's 1-0 win over the Lightning.
May 1, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will be between the pipes Saturday against Tampa Bay, Ansar Khan of MLive.com
Apr 27, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss turned aside all 33 shots he faced in regulation and overtime and one of three shootout attempts in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the Blue Jackets.
Apr 27, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss is starting Tuesday's game against Columbus.
Apr 27, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Jonathan Bernier \| Contrary to a previous report, Bernier won't start Tuesday's game in Columbus and will instead back up Thomas Greiss.
Apr 22, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss stopped 43 of 46 shots in Thursday's 7-3 win over the Stars.
Apr 22, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will draw the home start for Thursday's game against the Stars, Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports.
Apr 20, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss stopped all 11 shots he faced in relief of Jonathan Bernier in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Stars.
Apr 19, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss made 34 saves in regulation and overtime and stopped three of five shootout attempts in Monday's 3-2 loss to the Stars.
Apr 19, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will patrol the crease for Monday's contest in Dallas.
Apr 15, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss stopped 24 of 25 shots in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Blackhawks.
Apr 15, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will start in net for Thursday's home game against the Blackhawks, Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports.
Apr 10, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss stopped 30 of 34 shots Saturday in a 5-4 shootout win over Carolina.
Apr 10, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss led the Red Wings onto the ice, indicating he'll start Saturday's road game versus the Hurricanes, Chip Alexander of The Raleigh News & Observer reports.
Apr 6, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss allowed two goals on 31 shots in Tuesday's 3-2 shootout loss to the Predators.
Apr 6, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will tend the home twine in Tuesday's game versus the Predators, Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports.
Apr 4, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss turned aside 27 shots in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Lightning.
Apr 4, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will guard the road goal in Sunday's game versus the Lightning.
Apr 3, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss made 27 saves in Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Lightning.
Apr 3, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will defend the blue paint during Saturday's road matchup with the Lightning.
Apr 1, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss turned aside 33 of 36 shots Thursday in a 3-2 overtime loss to the Panthers.
Apr 1, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will defend the road goal in Thursday's game versus the Panthers, Jameson Olive of the Panthers' official site reports.
Mar 30, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss came off the bench to stop 24 of 25 shots in a 4-1 loss to Florida on Tuesday.
Mar 25, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Calvin Pickard \| Pickard gave up four goals on 23 shots in relief of Thomas Greiss in Thursday's 7-1 loss to the Predators.
Mar 25, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss gave up three goals on seven shots before he was relieved by Calvin Pickard in Thursday's 7-1 loss to the Predators.
Mar 25, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will guard the road goal in Thursday's game versus the Predators.
Mar 23, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss gave up two goals on 34 shots in Tuesday's 2-0 loss to the Predators.
Mar 23, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss led the team onto the ice for pregame warmups and will start Tuesday's game against Nashville.
Mar 20, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss stopped 30 of 33 shots in a 3-0 loss to Dallas on Saturday.
Mar 20, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss led the Red Wings onto the ice and will guard the home net in Saturday's game versus the Stars, Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports.
Mar 18, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss allowed two goals on 18 shots in Thursday's 3-2 win over the Stars.
Mar 9, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss surrendered four goals on 29 shots in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Lightning.
Mar 9, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will be between the pipes Tuesday against Tampa Bay, Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports.
Mar 2, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss turned aside all nine shots he faced after replacing Jonathan Bernier to begin the third period of Tuesday's 4-1 loss to the Blue Jackets.
Mar 2, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Jonathan Bernier \| Bernier stopped 23 of 27 shots before being replaced by Thomas Greiss to begin the third period of Tuesday's 4-1 loss to the Blue Jackets.
Feb 28, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss gave up seven goals on 32 shots in Sunday's 7-2 loss to the Blackhawks.
Feb 28, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will patrol the crease in Sunday's road matchup against Chicago.
Feb 19, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Jonathan Bernier \| Bernier stopped 23 of 26 shots after replacing Thomas Greiss to begin the second period during Friday's 7-2 loss to the Panthers.
Feb 19, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss stopped nine of 13 shots before being replaced by Jonathan Bernier to begin the second period in Friday's 7-2 loss to the Panthers.
Feb 19, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will defend the home net in Friday's game versus the Panthers.
Feb 15, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss kicked out 21 shots in Monday's 3-2 overtime loss to Chicago.
Feb 15, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss is the expected starter for Monday's home contest against Chicago.
Feb 11, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss stopped 20 of 23 shots Thursday in a 3-2 loss to Nashville.
Feb 11, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will get the starting nod for Thursday's road matchup against the Predators, Brooks Bratten of the Predators' official site reports.
Feb 9, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss made 20 saves in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Panthers.
Feb 9, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss is slated to tend the twine for Tuesday's road matchup with Florida, Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports.
Feb 7, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss stopped 36 of 37 shots in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Panthers.
Feb 7, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will start in the home crease Sunday versus the Panthers.
Feb 7, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss has received a vote of confidence from Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill, despite the goalie starting his tenure with an 0-7-2 record, 3.27 GAA and .892 save percentage, Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports.
Feb 5, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss allowed two goals on 31 shots in a 3-1 loss to the Lightning on Friday. The third goal was an empty-netter.
Feb 5, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will start in the road crease Friday against the Lightning.
Feb 3, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Calvin Pickard \| Pickard was called up from the taxi squad Wednesday and gave up two goals on 19 shots in relief of Thomas Greiss in a 5-1 loss to the Lightning.
Feb 3, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss led his team onto the ice for pregame warmups, indicating he'll start between the pipes in Wednesday's road game versus the Lightning.
Jan 31, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss stopped 27 shots in Sunday's 3-2 loss to Florida.
Jan 31, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will start Sunday's home game against the Panthers.
Jan 30, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss turned aside 23 shots in Saturday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Panthers.
Jan 30, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will defend the home net in Saturday's game against the Panthers,.
Jan 28, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss allowed three goals on nine shots in Thursday's 7-3 loss to Dallas.
Jan 27, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss made 20 saves in Tuesday's 2-1 overtime loss to Dallas.
Jan 26, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will defend the road goal in Tuesday's game versus the Stars, Matthew DeFranks of The Dallas Morning News reports.
Jan 22, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss allowed three goals on 27 shots in Friday's 4-1 loss to the Blackhawks. The fourth goal was an empty-netter.
Jan 22, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will defend the road goal in Friday's matchup against the Blackhawks, Tracey Myers of (NHL).com reports.
Jan 18, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss made 26 saves in Monday's 3-2 loss to the Blue Jackets.
Jan 18, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss is expected to start Monday's matinee against the Blue Jackets.
Jan 14, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss stopped 40 of 42 shots in Thursday's 3-0 loss to the Hurricanes.
Jan 14, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss is slated to be between the pipes against Carolina on Thursday after being the first goalie off the morning skate, per Max Bultman of The Athletic.
Jan 11, 2021		Detroit Red Wings \| Thomas Greiss \| Greiss will rotate with Jonathan Bernier early in the season before the coaching staff officially names a starting goaltender for the Red Wings, Ansar Khan of MLive.com reports.
Oct 10, 2020		Detroit Red Wings \| signed G Thomas Greiss to a two-year, $7.2 million contract.
Jan 30, 2017		New York Islanders \| re-signed G Thomas Greiss to a three-year, $10 million contract extension.
Jul 1, 2015		New York Islanders \| signed G Thomas Greiss to a two-year, $3 million contract.
Jul 1, 2014		Pittsburgh Penguins \| signed G Thomas Greiss to a one-year, $1 million contract.
Jul 5, 2013		Arizona Coyotes \| signed G Thomas Greiss to a one-year contract.
Apr 1, 2013	Activated	San Jose Sharks \| activated G Thomas Greiss from injured reserve.
Mar 29, 2013	Assigned	San Jose Sharks \| assigned G Thomas Greiss to Worcester (AHL) for conditioning.
Mar 11, 2013	Injured	San Jose Sharks \| placed G Thomas Greiss on IR.
Jul 6, 2011		San Jose Sharks \| (Thomas Greiss) signed.
Apr 11, 2011	Recalled	San Jose Sharks \| (Thomas Greiss) recalled from Worcester (AHL).
Oct 21, 2010	Assigned	San Jose Sharks \| (Thomas Greiss) assigned to Brynas (SEL).
Oct 13, 2010	Assigned	San Jose Sharks \| (Thomas Greiss) assigned to Worcester (AHL).

Current Stats
Career Stats

2020-2021 Regular Season Stats

Thomas Greiss	GP	GAA		SV%		PIM	GSAx	GSAx/GP
Detroit Red Wings	34	2.7		0.912		0	-8.67	-0.25
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Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	PIM	GSAx	GSAx/GP	Playoffs	GP	GAA	SV%	PIM
	1999-2000	EV Füssen U18	Jugend-BL	1		0.000	0
	2001-2002	EV Füssen U20	Junioren-BL	5		0.000	0
	2001-2002	Germany U16 (all)	International-Jr	11		0.000	0
	2001-2002	Germany U17 (all)	International-Jr	2		0.000	0
	2002-2003	Kölner EC U18	DNL	25	2.16	0.000	0			Playoffs	3	2.67	0.000	0
	2002-2003	Germany U18	WJC-18 D1	2	1	0.955	0
	2002-2003	Germany U18 (all)	International-Jr	2	1	0.955	0
	2002-2003	Germany U17 (all)	International-Jr	3		0.000	0
Draft Yr	2003-2004	Kölner Haie	DEL	1	12	0.600	0
Draft Yr	2003-2004	Kölner EC U18	DNL	24	2.61	0.000	0
Draft Yr	2003-2004	Germany U18	WJC-18 D1	3	3.43	0.867	0
Draft Yr	2003-2004	Germany U20	WJC-20 D1	2	1.51	0.909	0
Draft Yr	2003-2004	Germany U18 (all)	International-Jr	3	3.43	0.867	0
Draft Yr	2003-2004	Germany U20 (all)	International-Jr	2	1.51	0.909	0
	2004-2005	Kölner Haie	DEL	8	2.09	0.936	0
	2004-2005	Eisbären Regensburg	Germany2	1	2	0.000	0			Playoffs	2	2.14	0.000	0
	2004-2005	Germany U20	WJC-20	3	7.5	0.806	0
	2004-2005	Germany U20 (all)	International-Jr	5	4.31	0.855	0
	2005-2006	Kölner Haie	DEL	27	2.46	0.926	0			Playoffs	9	3.04	0.899	0
	2005-2006	Germany U20	WJC-20 D1	4	0.5	0.978	0
	2005-2006	Germany	OG	1	5	0.875	0
	2005-2006	Germany	WC D1	2	1.97	0.882	0
	2005-2006	Germany (all)	International	9		0.000	0
	2005-2006	Germany U20 (all)	International-Jr	4	0.5	0.978	0
	2005-2006	Germany	Deutschland Cup	2	2.53	0.904	0
	2006-2007	Fresno Falcons	ECHL	3	2.33	0.929	0
	2006-2007	Worcester Sharks	AHL	43	2.61	0.912	0			Playoffs	3	4.18	0.865	0
	2007-2008	Worcester Sharks	AHL	41	3.09	0.892	0
	2007-2008	San Jose Sharks	NHL	3	3.26	0.860	0
	2008-2009	Worcester Sharks	AHL	57	2.47	0.907	0			Playoffs	12	2.43	0.912	0
	2009-2010	San Jose Sharks	NHL	16	2.68	0.912	0			Playoffs	1	3	0.929	0
	2009-2010	Germany	OG	3	5.03	0.815	0
	2009-2010	Germany (all)	International	3	5.03	0.815	0
	2010-2011	Brynäs IF	SHL	32	2.82	0.904	0			Playoffs	5	3.4	0.892	0
	2011-2012	San Jose Sharks	NHL	19	2.3	0.915	0
	2012-2013	San Jose Sharks	NHL	6	2.53	0.915	0
	2012-2013	Hannover Scorpions	DEL	9	3.48	0.905	0
	2012-2013	Worcester Sharks	AHL	1	5.04	0.815	0
	2013-2014	Arizona Coyotes	NHL	25	2.29	0.920	0	4.04	0.17
	2014-2015	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	20	2.59	0.908	0	-1.07	-0.05
	2015-2016	New York Islanders	NHL	41	2.36	0.925	0	12.01	0.29	Playoffs	11	2.46	0.923	0
	2015-2016	Germany	WC	4	2.5	0.904	0
	2015-2016	Germany (all)	International	4	2.5	0.904	0
	2016-2017	New York Islanders	NHL	51	2.69	0.913	0	7.19	0.14
	2016-2017	Germany	WC	4	4.96	0.876	0
	2016-2017	Germany (all)	International	5	4.66	0.875	0
	2017-2018	New York Islanders	NHL	27	3.82	0.892	0	-15.46	-0.57
	2018-2019	New York Islanders	NHL	43	2.28	0.927	0	14.14	0.33	Playoffs	1	3.33	0.800	0
	2019-2020	New York Islanders	NHL	31	2.74	0.913	0	-1.42	-0.05	Playoffs	4	2.02	0.929	0
	2020-2021	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	34	2.7	0.912	0	-8.67	-0.25
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Active Contract

Signing Team

Signing Date October 10, 2020
Signing Status UFA
Agent Ray (Raynold) Petkau

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Standard Contract | 2 Years $7,200,000 4.42% of cap space

	2020-2021	2021-2022
Cap Hit	$3,600,000	$3,600,000	UFA
AAV	$3,600,000	$3,600,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$2,800,000	$4,400,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0
Total Salary	$2,800,000	$4,400,000
Minors Salary	$2,800,000	$4,400,000
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Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date January 30, 2017
Signing Status UFA
Agent Ray (Raynold) Petkau

Standard Contract | 3 Years $10,000,000 4.44% of cap space

	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020
Cap Hit	$3,333,333	$3,333,333	$3,333,333	UFA
AAV	$3,333,333	$3,333,333	$3,333,333
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$3,000,000	$3,250,000	$3,750,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$3,000,000	$3,250,000	$3,750,000
Minors Salary	$3,000,000	$3,250,000	$3,750,000
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Signing Team

Signing Date July 1, 2015
Signing Status UFA

Standard Contract | 2 Years $3,000,000 2.10% of cap space

	2015-2016	2016-2017
Cap Hit	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	UFA
AAV	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$1,000,000	$2,000,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0
Total Salary	$1,000,000	$2,000,000
Minors Salary	$1,000,000	$2,000,000
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Signing Team

Signing Date July 1, 2014
Signing Status UFA

Standard Contract | 1 Years $1,000,000 1.45% of cap space

	2014-2015
Cap Hit	$1,000,000	UFA
AAV	$1,000,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$1,000,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$1,000,000
Minors Salary	$1,000,000
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Signing Team

Signing Date July 5, 2013
Signing Status UFA

Standard Contract | 1 Years $750,000 1.17% of cap space

	2013-2014
Cap Hit	$750,000	UFA
AAV	$750,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$750,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$750,000
Minors Salary	$750,000
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Signing Team

Signing Date July 6, 2011
Signing Status UFA

Standard Contract | 2 Years $1,175,000 0.91% of cap space

	2011-2012	2012-2013
Cap Hit	$587,500	$587,500	UFA
AAV	$587,500	$587,500
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$550,000	$625,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0
Total Salary	$550,000	$625,000
Minors Salary	$105,000	$625,000
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Signing Date August 12, 2009

Standard Contract | 2 Years $1,100,000 0.97% of cap space

	2009-2010	2010-2011
Cap Hit	$550,000	$550,000	UFA
AAV	$550,000	$550,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$550,000	$550,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0
Total Salary	$550,000	$550,000
Minors Salary	$105,000	$550,000
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