Dallas Stars · #29 · Goalie

Jake Oettinger

Age 27 · Catches left · 6′6″ · 225 lb · Born Lakeville, Minnesota, USA

Drafted 2017, #26 overall by Dallas

Next game · Thu 8 Octat Buffalo · 7:00 PM ET.875 save % in the last 1 vs BUFGame preview →
Games22026-27 · 2 starts Small sample
Record1-1-0Wins: 1st on DAL
Save %.943T-6th of 55
GAA1.013rd of 55
Shutouts1
Saves3335 shots faced
Quality starts2100.0% of starts

2025-262025-26: 54 games, 35-12-6, .899 save %, 2.59 GAA Season detail →

Jake Oettinger has a .943 save percentage over 2 games of 2026-27, after .899 in 54 games last season.

This season

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

A .943 save percentage over 2 games, top-15% in goals against avg

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

Percentile among NHL goalies

Goals against avg1.0195th
Shutouts193rd
Save %.94389th
Quality start %100.0%88th
Even-strength save %.92061st
Starts256th
Wins154th
Shots faced / 6017.85th

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

Save % · ten-game blocks

.943.9431–3

Dashed line: season average (.943). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Wins11st on DAL
Save %.943T-6th of 55
Goals against avg1.013rd of 55
Starts21st on DAL
Shutouts11st on DAL
Stats hub

Workload and save % by strength

Nineteen 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.92025 shots · lg .901
Opponent power play1.0006 shots · lg .844
His team on the PP1.0004 shots · lg .869

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

Workload

Starts21st on DAL
Relief appearances0
Complete games2100.0% of games
Shots faced / 6017.8
Minutes118

Goal support

Goals for / 602.54
Goals against / 601.01
Regulation wins1
Regulation losses1
Quality starts2100.0% of starts

Expected goals

5.7 goals saved above expected in 2025-26

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

GSAx+2.08th of 55 goalies
Expected goals against4.02 allowed
Save %.943Expected .885
GSAx per game+1.022 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 .818 save percentage from the slot, 21st 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.818 · 21st
Wing1.000 · 1st
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 %.91719th of 38 goalies
Slot + crease save %.84614th of 38
Games above .900100%2 of 2 games
Shots on goal faced352 goals against

Game log

Against Buffalo, 1 win in 1

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultSAGASV%TOI
15 Apr 2026@BUFW 4-3 SO243.87565:00

Prediction markets

4.5% for the Vezina Trophy

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

Vezina TrophyBest goaltender4.5%—30¢Best5¢Not listed

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Contract

$8.25M a season through 2032-33

In 2025-26 he saved +0.69 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 27th of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$8.25M7.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 2 of 8
Expires2032-33UFA at 34
Cap value$66MCap 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 Dallas

Six seasons · 2020-21 to 2025-26
Franchise record

3rd in franchise wins since 1990-91

since 1990-91 · regular season

Wins1853rd for Dallas
Shutouts174th
Games played30738th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Six seasons, all with the Stars

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAASV%SO
2020-21DAL2911872.36.9111
2021-22DAL48301512.53.9141
2022-23DAL623711112.37.9195
2023-24DAL54351442.72.9053
2024-25DAL58361842.59.9092
2025-26DAL54351262.59.8994
Career30518478332.54.91016

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2017Dallas · round 1From Boston University (H-EAST)#26
Games71
Record34-34
Save %.911
Shutouts2
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct