Joel Hofer
Age 26 · Catches left · 6′5″ · 197 lb · Born Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
Drafted 2018, #107 overall by St. Louis
2025-262025-26: 46 games, 24-13-5, .910 save %, 2.61 GAA Season detail →
Joel Hofer has a .955 save percentage over 2 games of 2026-27, after .910 in 46 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sampleA .955 save percentage over 2 games, top-15% in save %
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 1+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.955). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Seventy 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.
Workload
10.2 goals saved above expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
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.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A .889 save percentage from the slot, 11th 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.
Save % by zone
See all: Save % by zone →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 goalieAgainst San Jose, 1 win in 2
SJSL 4-5295.82859:27SJSW 2-1 OT251.96064:57
CHIW 4-2192.89558:14
COLW 6-100—0:00
DALL 0-42501.00060:00A .910 save percentage over 46 games, top-15% in shutouts
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 25+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.909). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Eleven points of save percentage above the league at even strength
43 starts in 2025-26: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.
Workload
10.2 goals saved above expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
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.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A .831 save percentage from the slot, 25th of 61 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.
Save % by zone
See all: Save % by zone →Save % and rank among the 61 goalies who faced at least a third of the league-high shot total in 2025-26. Bars start at .750.
Save % by zone, every goalie.900 or better in 26 of 43 starts
How often he gives his team a chance, from the game log.
Against San Jose, 1 win in 2
SJSL 4-5295.82859:27SJSW 2-1 OT251.96064:57
UTAW 5-3233.87060:00
MINW 6-3313.90359:50CHIW 5-3343.91260:00COLL 1-3373.91955:51COLW 3-2282.92960:00
ANAW 6-2272.92659:34SJSL 4-5295.82859:27SJSW 2-1 OT251.96064:57
WSHW 3-02101.00059:19
CGYOTL 1-2 SO311.96865:00CHIW 4-2192.89558:14COLW 6-100—0:00DALL 0-42501.00060:00Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he saved +3.00 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 15th of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.
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 St. Louis
Five seasons · 2021-22 to 2025-2610th in franchise wins since 1990-91
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFive seasons, all with the Blues
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct