Elvis Merzlikins
Age 32 · Catches left · 6′3″ · 190 lb · Born Riga, LVA
Drafted 2014, #76 overall by Columbus
at Vegas · 10:00 PM ETElvis Merzlikins posted a .883 save percentage and a 3.40 goals-against average over 30 games in 2025-26, with a 14-11-3 record.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 0 gamesToronto have played 4 games and Elvis Merzlikins has not dressed yet (ir, shoulder). Next game on Thursday 8 October at Vegas. 2025-26 in full below.
Last season
2025-26 regular season · 30 gamesA .883 save percentage over 30 games
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 (.883). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Eleven points of save percentage below the league at even strength
29 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
8.4 goals below expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A .824 save percentage from the slot, 34th 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 12 of 29 starts
How often he gives his team a chance, from the game log.
The last ten games
CARL 1-5215.76259:53
SJSL 2-3363.91759:10
SEAW 5-2172.88260:00
FLAOTL 1-2 OT212.90562:20
TBLW 5-2182.88959:29
UTAOTL 4-5 OT255.80062:08
NSHW 3-2201.0008:16
NYRW 5-4 OT334.87961:04
BOSL 2-4223.86458:32
NJDW 3-02401.00059:55Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
3.5% for the Vezina Trophy
Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.
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Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he saved −1.55 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 44th of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.
Contract terms from public reports. 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.
Career
Regular season and playoffsSeven seasons, all with the Blue Jackets
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct