NHL goalie starts
Starter = the goalie with the most ice time for his team that game (ESPN box scores). Team records are in that goalie's starts. Goalie confirmations usually come the morning of the game — the single biggest late line mover in hockey.
| Goalie | Team | Season | GS | SV% | GAA | Shutouts | Team W-L | Puck line | O/U | Avg goals in game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper Wallstedt | MIN | 2026-27 | 11 | 0.918 | 2.08 | 0 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 3-8 | 5.27 |
| Karel Vejmelka | UTA | 2026-27 | 10 | 0.878 | 3.13 | 1 | 6-4 | 4-6 | 7-3 | 7.20 |
| Jeremy Swayman | BOS | 2026-27 | 9 | 0.920 | 2.20 | 1 | 7-2 | 8-1 | 5-4 | 6.33 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | BUF | 2026-27 | 9 | 0.866 | 3.56 | 0 | 3-6 | 5-4 | 7-2 | 6.89 |
| Dylan Garand | NYR | 2026-27 | 8 | 0.914 | 2.26 | 1 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 4-4 | 5.88 |
| Arturs Silovs | PIT | 2026-27 | 8 | 0.890 | 2.87 | 2 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 6.75 |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | TB | 2026-27 | 8 | 0.884 | 2.78 | 0 | 5-3 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 6.50 |
| Linus Ullmark | OTT | 2026-27 | 8 | 0.945 | 1.33 | 1 | 7-1 | 4-4 | 1-7 | 4.50 |
| Carter Hart | VGK | 2026-27 | 8 | 0.889 | 2.76 | 0 | 4-4 | 3-5 | 6-2 | 6.25 |
| Mackenzie Blackwood | COL | 2026-27 | 8 | 0.893 | 2.91 | 0 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 7.38 |
| Juuse Saros | NSH | 2026-27 | 8 | 0.908 | 2.82 | 0 | 3-5 | 5-3 | 4-4 | 5.88 |
| Joel Hofer | STL | 2026-27 | 8 | 0.917 | 2.40 | 1 | 4-4 | 4-4 | 4-4 | 6.00 |
| Jake Oettinger | DAL | 2026-27 | 8 | 0.939 | 1.23 | 3 | 5-3 | 3-5 | 0-8 | 4.38 |
| Spencer Knight | CHI | 2026-27 | 8 | 0.888 | 3.52 | 0 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 6-2 | 6.38 |
| Lukas Dostal | ANA | 2026-27 | 8 | 0.880 | 3.27 | 0 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 3-5 | 6.38 |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | TOR | 2026-27 | 8 | 0.895 | 3.10 | 0 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 4-4 | 6.62 |
| John Gibson | DET | 2026-27 | 8 | 0.867 | 3.44 | 0 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 5-3 | 6.50 |
| Devon Levi | EDM | 2026-27 | 7 | 0.887 | 3.11 | 0 | 6-1 | 5-2 | 4-3 | 8.00 |
| Logan Thompson | WSH | 2026-27 | 7 | 0.901 | 2.90 | 0 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 6.57 |
| Joseph Woll | PHI | 2026-27 | 7 | 0.904 | 2.99 | 0 | 1-6 | 5-2 | 1-6 | 5.00 |
| Pyotr Kochetkov | CAR | 2026-27 | 7 | 0.916 | 1.70 | 1 | 7-0 | 5-2 | 2-5 | 6.14 |
| Ilya Sorokin | NYI | 2026-27 | 7 | 0.934 | 1.72 | 1 | 5-2 | 4-3 | 2-5 | 5.29 |
| Yaroslav Askarov | SJ | 2026-27 | 7 | 0.883 | 3.43 | 0 | 3-4 | 2-5 | 4-3 | 6.57 |
| Jake Allen | NJ | 2026-27 | 7 | 0.886 | 2.84 | 0 | 5-2 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 6.29 |
| Stuart Skinner | WPG | 2026-27 | 7 | 0.912 | 2.67 | 0 | 3-4 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 5.57 |
| Kevin Lankinen | VAN | 2026-27 | 6 | 0.833 | 5.19 | 0 | 1-5 | 2-4 | 4-2 | 7.67 |
| Philipp Grubauer | SEA | 2026-27 | 6 | 0.909 | 2.75 | 0 | 4-2 | 5-1 | 4-2 | 6.67 |
| Joey Daccord | SEA | 2026-27 | 6 | 0.882 | 3.95 | 0 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 5-1 | 7.83 |
| Dan Vladar | PHI | 2026-27 | 6 | 0.900 | 3.15 | 0 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 5.17 |
| Leevi Merilainen | VAN | 2026-27 | 6 | 0.915 | 2.94 | 0 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 2-4 | 7.50 |
| Brandon Bussi | CAR | 2026-27 | 6 | 0.865 | 3.27 | 0 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 4-2 | 6.83 |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | SJ | 2026-27 | 5 | 0.903 | 2.89 | 0 | 3-2 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 6.80 |
| Anthony Stolarz | TOR | 2026-27 | 5 | 0.907 | 2.79 | 0 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 4-1 | 7.60 |
| Adin Hill | VGK | 2026-27 | 5 | 0.882 | 2.95 | 0 | 4-1 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 7.00 |
| Jakub Dobes | MTL | 2026-27 | 5 | 0.847 | 4.47 | 0 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 8.40 |
| Devin Cooley | CGY | 2026-27 | 5 | 0.912 | 2.80 | 0 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 1-4 | 5.60 |
| Darcy Kuemper | LA | 2026-27 | 5 | 0.904 | 3.19 | 0 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 6.00 |
| Jacob Markstrom | FLA | 2026-27 | 5 | 0.906 | 1.96 | 1 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 5.00 |
| Dustin Wolf | CGY | 2026-27 | 5 | 0.834 | 4.85 | 0 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 6.80 |
| Akira Schmid | FLA | 2026-27 | 5 | 0.867 | 3.62 | 0 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 4-1 | 7.20 |
| Jacob Fowler | MTL | 2026-27 | 5 | 0.910 | 1.94 | 1 | 4-1 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 5.40 |
| Jet Greaves | CBJ | 2026-27 | 5 | 0.880 | 3.51 | 1 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 6.20 |
| Karel Vejmelka | UTA | 2025-26 | 68 | 0.897 | 2.75 | 2 | 40-28 | 35-33 | 39-29 | 6.40 |
| Lukas Dostal | ANA | 2025-26 | 64 | 0.889 | 3.07 | 0 | 36-28 | 32-32 | 33-31 | 6.53 |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | TB | 2025-26 | 64 | 0.913 | 2.23 | 3 | 42-22 | 29-35 | 26-38 | 5.78 |
| Jakub Dobes | MTL | 2025-26 | 61 | 0.904 | 2.71 | 0 | 38-23 | 38-22 | 32-29 | 6.28 |
| Jeremy Swayman | BOS | 2025-26 | 60 | 0.909 | 2.66 | 2 | 33-27 | 36-24 | 25-35 | 5.97 |
| Dan Vladar | PHI | 2025-26 | 59 | 0.911 | 2.32 | 2 | 33-26 | 40-19 | 23-36 | 5.44 |
| Jake Oettinger | DAL | 2025-26 | 58 | 0.903 | 2.50 | 4 | 37-21 | 26-32 | 31-27 | 6.16 |
| Logan Thompson | WSH | 2025-26 | 57 | 0.914 | 2.38 | 4 | 31-26 | 33-24 | 21-36 | 5.91 |
| Connor Hellebuyck | WPG | 2025-26 | 57 | 0.895 | 2.86 | 0 | 23-34 | 23-34 | 30-27 | 5.84 |
| Juuse Saros | NSH | 2025-26 | 56 | 0.898 | 2.98 | 0 | 28-28 | 32-23 | 28-27 | 6.29 |
| Jet Greaves | CBJ | 2025-26 | 55 | 0.908 | 2.60 | 2 | 26-29 | 24-31 | 24-31 | 5.76 |
| Spencer Knight | CHI | 2025-26 | 55 | 0.902 | 2.82 | 3 | 19-36 | 35-19 | 21-34 | 5.65 |
| Ilya Sorokin | NYI | 2025-26 | 55 | 0.906 | 2.68 | 7 | 29-26 | 30-25 | 28-27 | 5.87 |
| John Gibson | DET | 2025-26 | 55 | 0.903 | 2.67 | 5 | 30-25 | 28-27 | 28-27 | 5.95 |
| Dustin Wolf | CGY | 2025-26 | 52 | 0.905 | 2.80 | 3 | 23-29 | 27-25 | 26-26 | 5.75 |
| Scott Wedgewood | COL | 2025-26 | 52 | 0.924 | 1.95 | 6 | 39-13 | 27-25 | 21-31 | 6.00 |
| Linus Ullmark | OTT | 2025-26 | 51 | 0.899 | 2.53 | 3 | 28-23 | 25-26 | 22-28 | 5.98 |
| Igor Shesterkin | NYR | 2025-26 | 50 | 0.911 | 2.51 | 1 | 25-25 | 25-25 | 22-28 | 5.90 |
| Frederik Andersen | CAR | 2025-26 | 50 | 0.886 | 2.63 | 3 | 29-21 | 19-31 | 26-24 | 6.28 |
| Filip Gustavsson | MIN | 2025-26 | 50 | 0.902 | 2.74 | 4 | 28-22 | 24-25 | 30-20 | 6.58 |
| Sergei Bobrovsky | FLA | 2025-26 | 49 | 0.882 | 2.92 | 4 | 27-22 | 18-31 | 27-22 | 6.18 |
| Darcy Kuemper | LA | 2025-26 | 47 | 0.894 | 2.72 | 3 | 19-28 | 16-31 | 24-23 | 5.89 |
| Kevin Lankinen | VAN | 2025-26 | 45 | 0.877 | 3.65 | 0 | 11-34 | 19-26 | 25-20 | 6.51 |
| Joey Daccord | SEA | 2025-26 | 44 | 0.902 | 2.88 | 2 | 20-24 | 28-16 | 21-23 | 5.98 |
| Joel Hofer | STL | 2025-26 | 44 | 0.912 | 2.54 | 6 | 24-20 | 28-16 | 21-23 | 5.82 |
| Brandon Bussi | CAR | 2025-26 | 43 | 0.898 | 2.39 | 3 | 34-9 | 20-23 | 22-21 | 6.44 |
| Jesper Wallstedt | MIN | 2025-26 | 43 | 0.914 | 2.63 | 4 | 23-20 | 22-21 | 24-19 | 6.12 |
| Yaroslav Askarov | SJ | 2025-26 | 42 | 0.889 | 3.40 | 0 | 21-21 | 26-16 | 27-15 | 7.10 |
| Jacob Markstrom | NJ | 2025-26 | 42 | 0.885 | 3.00 | 1 | 22-20 | 12-30 | 21-21 | 5.90 |
| Alex Lyon | BUF | 2025-26 | 40 | 0.912 | 2.59 | 3 | 24-16 | 21-19 | 19-20 | 6.05 |
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | BUF | 2025-26 | 40 | 0.907 | 2.57 | 2 | 25-15 | 23-17 | 17-23 | 6.53 |
| Arturs Silovs | PIT | 2025-26 | 39 | 0.898 | 2.77 | 2 | 21-18 | 21-18 | 24-15 | 6.77 |
| Mackenzie Blackwood | COL | 2025-26 | 39 | 0.906 | 2.42 | 3 | 23-16 | 18-20 | 18-21 | 6.33 |
| Alex Nedeljkovic | SJ | 2025-26 | 39 | 0.897 | 2.86 | 0 | 18-21 | 23-16 | 14-25 | 6.00 |
| Carter Hart | VGK | 2025-26 | 38 | 0.906 | 2.51 | 0 | 25-13 | 21-17 | 20-18 | 6.42 |
| Anton Forsberg | LA | 2025-26 | 38 | 0.908 | 2.63 | 3 | 16-22 | 16-22 | 16-22 | 5.47 |
| Joseph Woll | TOR | 2025-26 | 38 | 0.901 | 3.27 | 2 | 15-23 | 18-20 | 18-20 | 6.58 |
| Jordan Binnington | STL | 2025-26 | 38 | 0.877 | 3.22 | 1 | 13-25 | 19-19 | 18-20 | 6.13 |
| Jake Allen | NJ | 2025-26 | 37 | 0.904 | 2.74 | 1 | 18-19 | 19-18 | 17-19 | 5.95 |
| Connor Ingram | EDM | 2025-26 | 35 | 0.897 | 2.74 | 2 | 20-15 | 17-18 | 20-15 | 6.40 |
| Akira Schmid | VGK | 2025-26 | 34 | 0.893 | 2.59 | 5 | 16-18 | 12-22 | 15-19 | 5.94 |
| Daniil Tarasov | FLA | 2025-26 | 33 | 0.895 | 3.05 | 1 | 13-20 | 12-21 | 20-13 | 6.79 |
| Samuel Ersson | PHI | 2025-26 | 31 | 0.871 | 3.09 | 0 | 14-17 | 18-13 | 20-11 | 6.61 |
| Philipp Grubauer | SEA | 2025-26 | 31 | 0.908 | 2.68 | 1 | 13-18 | 17-14 | 14-17 | 6.29 |
| Casey DeSmith | DAL | 2025-26 | 30 | 0.907 | 2.43 | 1 | 15-15 | 9-21 | 14-15 | 6.20 |
| Stuart Skinner | PIT | 2025-26 | 30 | 0.884 | 3.00 | 0 | 12-18 | 13-17 | 16-14 | 6.80 |
| Devin Cooley | CGY | 2025-26 | 29 | 0.912 | 2.61 | 1 | 10-19 | 17-12 | 15-14 | 5.79 |
| Joonas Korpisalo | BOS | 2025-26 | 28 | 0.897 | 3.07 | 1 | 14-14 | 21-7 | 20-8 | 7.00 |
| Cam Talbot | DET | 2025-26 | 27 | 0.884 | 3.22 | 0 | 11-16 | 13-14 | 14-13 | 6.37 |
| Elvis Merzlikins | CBJ | 2025-26 | 27 | 0.887 | 3.30 | 1 | 14-13 | 17-10 | 15-12 | 7.00 |
| David Rittich | NYI | 2025-26 | 27 | 0.899 | 2.64 | 2 | 14-13 | 12-15 | 11-16 | 5.59 |
| Justus Annunen | NSH | 2025-26 | 26 | 0.908 | 2.70 | 3 | 10-16 | 14-12 | 8-18 | 6.31 |
| Jonathan Quick | NYR | 2025-26 | 25 | 0.891 | 3.09 | 2 | 6-19 | 14-11 | 11-14 | 5.88 |
| Arvid Soderblom | CHI | 2025-26 | 24 | 0.882 | 3.72 | 1 | 8-16 | 11-12 | 14-9 | 6.79 |
| Jonas Johansson | TB | 2025-26 | 24 | 0.884 | 3.28 | 0 | 11-13 | 9-15 | 17-7 | 7.33 |
| Adin Hill | VGK | 2025-26 | 24 | 0.875 | 2.92 | 1 | 10-14 | 11-13 | 13-11 | 6.54 |
| Sam Montembeault | MTL | 2025-26 | 23 | 0.877 | 3.32 | 0 | 10-13 | 10-13 | 16-7 | 7.22 |
| Anthony Stolarz | TOR | 2025-26 | 22 | 0.896 | 3.14 | 0 | 10-12 | 8-14 | 15-7 | 6.77 |
| Eric Comrie | WPG | 2025-26 | 22 | 0.899 | 2.86 | 0 | 12-10 | 14-8 | 13-9 | 6.27 |
| Stuart Skinner | EDM | 2025-26 | 21 | 0.902 | 2.55 | 2 | 11-10 | 8-13 | 11-10 | 6.14 |
| Charlie Lindgren | WSH | 2025-26 | 21 | 0.879 | 3.52 | 1 | 9-12 | 9-12 | 15-6 | 7.10 |
| Ville Husso | ANA | 2025-26 | 21 | 0.886 | 3.14 | 0 | 10-11 | 8-13 | 14-7 | 6.90 |
| Vitek Vanecek | UTA | 2025-26 | 20 | 0.881 | 2.97 | 1 | 5-15 | 6-14 | 8-12 | 5.70 |
| Leevi Merilainen | OTT | 2025-26 | 19 | 0.864 | 3.41 | 0 | 8-11 | 8-11 | 13-6 | 7.42 |
| Nikita Tolopilo | VAN | 2025-26 | 18 | 0.885 | 3.57 | 1 | 6-12 | 9-9 | 10-8 | 6.50 |
| Thatcher Demko | VAN | 2025-26 | 18 | 0.906 | 2.68 | 1 | 8-10 | 10-8 | 11-7 | 6.06 |
| Tristan Jarry | EDM | 2025-26 | 17 | 0.858 | 3.94 | 1 | 7-10 | 8-9 | 12-5 | 7.82 |
| Jacob Fowler | MTL | 2025-26 | 17 | 0.908 | 2.43 | 1 | 9-8 | 10-7 | 6-11 | 5.88 |
| Dennis Hildeby | TOR | 2025-26 | 17 | 0.911 | 3.05 | 1 | 5-12 | 7-10 | 9-8 | 6.29 |
| Colten Ellis | BUF | 2025-26 | 15 | 0.902 | 2.96 | 1 | 8-7 | 10-5 | 11-4 | 7.20 |
| Calvin Pickard | EDM | 2025-26 | 15 | 0.866 | 3.78 | 0 | 5-10 | 5-10 | 10-5 | 7.40 |
| James Reimer | OTT | 2025-26 | 14 | 0.886 | 2.42 | 1 | 7-7 | 7-7 | 6-8 | 5.57 |
| Tristan Jarry | PIT | 2025-26 | 14 | 0.909 | 2.66 | 1 | 9-5 | 12-2 | 9-5 | 6.57 |
| Petr Mrazek | ANA | 2025-26 | 9 | 0.860 | 4.15 | 0 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 7-2 | 8.67 |
| Carl Lindbom | VGK | 2025-26 | 8 | 0.873 | 3.00 | 0 | 2-6 | 2-6 | 4-4 | 6.25 |
| Pyotr Kochetkov | CAR | 2025-26 | 8 | 0.899 | 2.34 | 1 | 6-2 | 4-4 | 4-4 | 6.25 |
| Sergei Murashov | PIT | 2025-26 | 5 | 0.897 | 2.56 | 1 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 1-4 | 5.60 |
2026-27 starter save % on back-to-backs vs rested
| Team | B2B starts | SV% on B2B | SV% rested |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANA | 2 | 0.906 | 0.864 |
| BOS | 2 | 0.929 | 0.914 |
| BUF | 1 | 0.921 | 0.866 |
| CAR | 3 | 0.916 | 0.872 |
| CBJ | 2 | 0.895 | 0.870 |
| CGY | 1 | 0.778 | 0.891 |
| CHI | 0 | nan | 0.874 |
| COL | 3 | 0.910 | 0.889 |
| DAL | 2 | 0.925 | 0.947 |
| DET | 1 | 1.000 | 0.854 |
| EDM | 0 | nan | 0.884 |
| FLA | 2 | 0.873 | 0.877 |
| LA | 0 | nan | 0.926 |
| MIN | 1 | 0.800 | 0.917 |
| MTL | 1 | 0.792 | 0.874 |
| NJ | 1 | 0.852 | 0.889 |
| NSH | 0 | nan | 0.895 |
| NYI | 0 | nan | 0.919 |
| NYR | 1 | 1.000 | 0.903 |
| OTT | 3 | 0.821 | 0.938 |
| PHI | 2 | 0.899 | 0.912 |
| PIT | 2 | 0.848 | 0.874 |
| SEA | 1 | 0.970 | 0.879 |
| SJ | 1 | 0.912 | 0.884 |
| STL | 1 | 0.833 | 0.889 |
| TB | 1 | 0.821 | 0.893 |
| TOR | 2 | 0.955 | 0.884 |
| UTA | 1 | 0.857 | 0.860 |
| VAN | 2 | 0.826 | 0.878 |
| VGK | 1 | 0.929 | 0.875 |
| WPG | 1 | 0.935 | 0.896 |
| WSH | 2 | 0.897 | 0.888 |