Nashville Predators · #74 · Goalie

Juuse Saros

Age 31 · Catches left · 5′11″ · 180 lb · Born Forssa, FIN

Drafted 2013, #99 overall by Nashville

Next game · Thu 8 Octat Montréal · 7:00 PM ET.887 save % in the last 2 vs MTLGame preview →
Games32026-27 · 3 starts Small sample
Record1-1-1Wins: 1st on NSH
Save %.90723rd of 55
GAA2.9531st of 55
Shutouts0
Saves8897 shots faced
Quality starts133.3% of starts

2025-262025-26: 59 games, 28-22-8, .894 save %, 3.16 GAA Season detail →

Juuse Saros has a .907 save percentage over 3 games of 2026-27, after .894 in 59 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

A .907 save percentage over 3 games, top-15% in starts

Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 1+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL goalies

Starts385th
Shots faced / 6031.879th
Save %.90759th
Wins154th
Even-strength save %.90750th
Goals against avg2.9545th
Shutouts043rd
Quality start %33.3%39th

Bars show the percentile against 55 goalies with 1+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Save % · ten-game blocks

.907.9071–3

Dashed line: season average (.907). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Wins11st on NSH
Save %.90723rd of 55
Goals against avg2.9531st of 55
Starts31st on NSH
Shutouts01st on NSH
Stats hub

Workload and save % by strength

Six points of save percentage above the league at even strength

3 starts in 2026-27: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.

Save % by strength

Even strength.90775 shots · lg .901
Opponent power play.89519 shots · lg .844
His team on the PP1.0003 shots · lg .869

League figures pool every goalie with the same minimum games (55 goalies).

Workload

Starts31st on NSH
Relief appearances0
Complete games3100.0% of games
Shots faced / 6031.8
Minutes183

Goal support

Goals for / 602.30
Goals against / 602.95
Regulation wins1
Regulation losses2
Quality starts133.3% of starts

Expected goals

7.9 goals below expected in 2025-26

How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.

GSAx+0.425th of 55 goalies
Expected goals against9.49 allowed
Save %.907Expected .903
GSAx per game+0.143 games

2026-27. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Goals saved above expected for every goalie →


2026-27 · Save % by zone

A .800 save percentage from the slot, 24th of 38 goalies

Every shot on goal he faced, split into the same five zones as our shot maps. The map shows where the goals against came from.

Goal against
Crease.875 · 15th
Slot.800 · 24th
Wing.932 · 21st
Point1.000 · 1st
Neutral zone1.000 · 1st

Save % and rank among the 38 goalies who faced at least a third of the league-high shot total in 2026-27. Bars start at .750. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.

Save % by zone, every goalie
5v5 save %.91420th of 38 goalies
Slot + crease save %.81822nd of 38
Games above .90033%1 of 3 games
Shots on goal faced979 goals against

Game log

Against Montréal, 0 wins in 2

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultSAGASV%TOI
28 Mar 2026vsMTLL 1-4324.87560:00
16 Oct 2025@MTLOTL 2-3 OT303.90064:30

Prediction markets

2.5% for the Vezina Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

Vezina TrophyBest goaltender2.5%—Best2¢3¢Not listed

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Contract

$7.74M a season through 2032-33

In 2025-26 he saved −1.03 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 39th of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$7.74M7.4% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 2 of 8
Expires2032-33UFA at 38
Cap value$61.9MCap hit × 8 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.


With Nashville

Eleven seasons · 2015-16 to 2025-26
Franchise record

2nd in franchise wins since 1990-91

since 1990-91 · regular season

Wins2312nd for Nashville
Shutouts272nd
Games played47021st
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eleven seasons, all with the Predators

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAASV%SO
2015-16NSH10103.10.8700
2016-17NSH2110832.35.9231
2017-18NSH2611572.45.9253
2018-19NSH31171022.62.9153
2019-20NSH40171242.70.9144
2020-21NSH36211112.28.9273
2021-22NSH67382532.64.9184
2022-23NSH64332372.69.9192
2023-24NSH64352452.86.9063
2024-25NSH58203162.98.8964
2025-26NSH59282283.16.8940
Career467230172462.74.91227

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2013Nashville · round 4#99
Games23
Record5-11
Save %.911
Shutouts0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct