Carolina Hurricanes · #32 · Goalie

Brandon Bussi

Age 28 · Catches right · 6′4″ · 218 lb · Born Sound Beach, New York, USA

Undrafted

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Vancouver · 7:00 PM ET.818 save % in the last 1 vs VANGame preview →
Games32026-27 · 3 starts Small sample
Record1-1-1Wins: T-1st on CAR
Save %.85145th of 55
GAA3.2437th of 55
Shutouts0
Saves5767 shots faced
Quality starts150.0% of starts

2025-262025-26: 39 games, 31-6-2, .895 save %, 2.47 GAA Season detail →

Brandon Bussi has a .851 save percentage over 3 games of 2026-27, after .895 in 39 games last season.

This season

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

A .851 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
Wins154th
Quality start %50.0%48th
Shutouts043rd
Goals against avg3.2434th
Even-strength save %.86833rd
Shots faced / 6022.624th
Save %.85119th

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

Save % · ten-game blocks

.851.8511–4

Dashed line: season average (.851). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Wins1T-1st on CAR
Save %.85145th of 55
Goals against avg3.2437th of 55
Starts31st on CAR
Shutouts0T-1st on CAR
Stats hub

Workload and save % by strength

Thirty-five 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.86838 shots · lg .903
Opponent power play.8336 shots · lg .849
His team on the PP1.0003 shots · lg .848

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

Workload

Starts31st on CAR
Relief appearances0
Complete games2100.0% of games
Shots faced / 6022.6
Minutes185

Goal support

Goals for / 600.96
Goals against / 602.88
Regulation wins0
Regulation losses2
Quality starts150.0% of starts

Expected goals

2.6 goals saved above expected in 2025-26

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

GSAx−3.750th of 55 goalies
Expected goals against6.310 allowed
Save %.851Expected .905
GSAx per game−1.223 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 .760 save percentage from the slot, 32nd 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.800 · 18th
Slot.760 · 32nd
Wing.952 · 15th
Point.800 · 38th
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 %.86430th of 38 goalies
Slot + crease save %.76729th of 38
Games above .90033%1 of 3 games
Shots on goal faced6710 goals against

Game log

Against Vancouver, 1 win in 1

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultSAGASV%TOI
4 Mar 2026@VANW 6-4224.81860:00

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

$1.9M a season through 2028-29

In 2025-26 he saved +1.37 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 23rd of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$1.9M1.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 1 of 3
Expires2028-29UFA at 31
Cap value$5.7MCap hit × 3 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 Carolina

Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-27
Franchise record

9th in franchise wins since 1990-91

since 1990-91 · regular season

Wins329th for Carolina
Shutouts214th
Games played42201st
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Two seasons, all with the Hurricanes

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAASV%SO
2025-26CAR3931622.47.8952
2026-27CAR10010.92.9500
Career4031632.42.8962

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Games4
Record3-1
Save %.931
Shutouts1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct