Colorado Avalanche · #39 · Goalie

Mackenzie Blackwood

Age 29 · Catches left · 6′4″ · 225 lb · Born Thunder Bay, Ontario, CAN

Drafted 2015, #42 overall by New Jersey

Next game · tonightat Winnipeg · 7:30 PM ET.887 save % in the last 3 vs WPGGame preview →
Games22026-27 · 2 starts Small sample
Record2-0-0Wins: 1st on COL
Save %.91220th of 55
GAA2.5026th of 55
Shutouts0
Saves5257 shots faced
Quality starts150.0% of starts

2025-262025-26: 39 games, 23-10-2, .904 save %, 2.51 GAA Season detail →

Mackenzie Blackwood has a .912 save percentage over 2 games of 2026-27, after .904 in 39 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

A .912 save percentage over 2 games, top-15% in wins

Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 1+ games.

Percentile among NHL goalies

Wins285th
Even-strength save %.93670th
Save %.91265th
Shots faced / 6028.558th
Starts256th
Goals against avg2.5054th
Quality start %50.0%53rd
Shutouts043rd

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

Wins21st on COL
Save %.91220th of 55
Goals against avg2.5026th of 55
Starts21st on COL
Shutouts01st on COL
Stats hub

Workload and save % by strength

Thirty-five points of save percentage above the league at even strength

2 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.93647 shots · lg .901
Opponent power play1.0007 shots · lg .844
His team on the PP.3333 shots · lg .869

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

Workload

Starts21st on COL
Relief appearances0
Complete games2100.0% of games
Shots faced / 6028.5
Minutes120

Goal support

Goals for / 607.00
Goals against / 602.50
Regulation wins2
Regulation losses0
Quality starts150.0% of starts

Expected goals

7.1 goals saved above expected in 2025-26

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

GSAx+0.129th of 55 goalies
Expected goals against5.15 allowed
Save %.912Expected .911
GSAx per game+0.052 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 .938 save percentage from the slot, 5th 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
Crease1.000 · 1st
Slot.938 · 5th
Wing.846 · 32nd
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 %.9577th of 38 goalies
Slot + crease save %.9443rd of 38
Games above .90050%1 of 2 games
Shots on goal faced575 goals against

Game log

Against Winnipeg, 1 win in 3

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultSAGASV%TOI
28 Mar 2026vsWPGL 2-4203.85057:49
26 Mar 2026@WPGW 3-2242.91760:00
14 Mar 2026@WPGL 1-3182.88956:41

Prediction markets

3.5% for the Vezina Trophy

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

Vezina TrophyBest goaltender3.5%—Best2¢4¢Not listed

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Contract

$5.25M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he saved +1.35 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 24th of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$5.25M5.0% of the $104M ceiling
Term5 yearsYear 2 of 5
Expires2029-30UFA at 33
Cap value$26.3MCap hit × 5 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 1 Oct 2026.


With Colorado

Three seasons · 2024-25 to 2026-27
Franchise record

8th in franchise wins since 1990-91

since 1990-91 · regular season

Wins478th for Colorado
Shutouts68th
Games played78163rd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Nine seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAASV%SO
2018-19NJD23101002.61.9182
2019-20NJD47221482.77.9153
2020-21NJD35141743.04.9021
2021-22NJD2591043.39.8922
2022-23NJD2210623.20.8930
2023-24SJS44102543.45.8992
2024-25COL, SJS56282162.55.9124
2025-26COL39231022.51.9043
2026-27COL11004.00.8710
Career292127113302.90.90517

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2015New Jersey · round 2#42
Games11
Record4-5
Save %.892
Shutouts1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct