Montréal Canadiens · #75 · Goalie

Jakub Dobes

Age 25 · Catches left · 6′4″ · 215 lb · Born Ostrava, CZE

Drafted 2020, #136 overall by Montréal

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Nashville · 7:00 PM ET.895 save % in the last 1 vs NSHGame preview →
Games32026-27 · 3 starts Small sample
Record1-1-1Wins: 1st on MTL
Save %.85744th of 55
GAA4.4346th of 55
Shutouts0
Saves7891 shots faced
Quality starts133.3% of starts

2025-262025-26: 43 games, 29-10-4, .901 save %, 2.78 GAA Season detail →

Jakub Dobes has a .857 save percentage over 3 games of 2026-27, after .901 in 43 games last season.

This season

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

A .857 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 / 6031.077th
Wins154th
Shutouts043rd
Quality start %33.3%39th
Even-strength save %.85925th
Save %.85721st
Goals against avg4.4317th

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

Save % · ten-game blocks

.857.8571–3

Dashed line: season average (.857). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Wins11st on MTL
Save %.85744th of 55
Goals against avg4.4346th of 55
Starts31st on MTL
Shutouts01st on MTL
Stats hub

Workload and save % by strength

Forty-two points of save percentage below 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.85971 shots · lg .901
Opponent power play.80015 shots · lg .844
His team on the PP1.0005 shots · lg .869

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

Workload

Starts31st on MTL
Relief appearances0
Complete games3100.0% of games
Shots faced / 6031.0
Minutes176

Goal support

Goals for / 603.07
Goals against / 604.43
Regulation wins1
Regulation losses2
Quality starts133.3% of starts

Expected goals

14.7 goals saved above expected in 2025-26

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

GSAx−3.047th of 55 goalies
Expected goals against9.013 allowed
Save %.857Expected .900
GSAx per game−1.003 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 .788 save percentage from the slot, 28th 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.833 · 16th
Slot.788 · 28th
Wing.906 · 27th
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 %.86629th of 38 goalies
Slot + crease save %.80024th of 38
Games above .90033%1 of 3 games
Shots on goal faced9012 goals against

Game log

Against Nashville, 1 win in 1

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultSAGASV%TOI
16 Oct 2025vsNSHW 3-2 OT192.89563:35

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%—Not listed4¢Not listed

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Contract

Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he saved +15.18 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 1st of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$965K0.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27RFA at 26
Cap value$1.9MCap hit × 2 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 Montréal

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

10th in franchise wins since 1990-91

since 1990-91 · regular season

Wins3710th for Montréal
Shutouts118th
Games played62211th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Three seasons, all with the Canadiens

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAASV%SO
2024-25MTL167432.74.9091
2025-26MTL43291042.78.9010
2026-27MTL11002.01.9290
Career60371472.76.9041

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2020Montréal · round 5#136
Games22
Record10-12
Save %.905
Shutouts0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct