Alex Nedeljkovic
Age 30 · Catches left · 6′0″ · 205 lb · Born Parma, Ohio, USA
Drafted 2014, #37 overall by Carolina
2025-262025-26: 40 games, 18-14-4, .896 save %, 2.87 GAA Season detail →
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0.8 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.
Against St. Louis, 0 wins in 2
STLOTL 1-2 OT122.83335:51STLOTL 2-3 OT143.78660:54
DALW 5-000—0:00
LAKW 5-4 OT00—0:00
FLAW 4-3 OT00—0:00A .896 save percentage over 40 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 (.896). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →League-average stopping at even strength
34 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
0.8 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 .852 save percentage from the slot, 8th 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 20 of 34 starts
How often he gives his team a chance, from the game log.
Against St. Louis, 0 wins in 2
STLOTL 1-2 OT122.83335:51STLOTL 2-3 OT143.78660:54
WPGW 6-1271.96360:00
NSHW 3-2282.92959:53
EDML 2-5265.80859:54
CHIW 3-2292.93159:59
TORW 4-1201.95060:00
CBJW 3-2242.91759:31STLOTL 1-2 OT122.83335:51NSHL 3-6196.68460:00
PHIL 1-4262.92358:43
BUFL 0-5165.68860:00DALW 5-000—0:00LAKW 5-4 OT00—0:00FLAW 4-3 OT00—0:00Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he saved −0.28 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 33rd 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 San Jose
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-2614th in franchise wins since 1990-91
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsNine seasons, with 4 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct