Vegas Golden Knights · #79 · Goalie

Carter Hart

Age 28 · Catches left · 6′2″ · 196 lb · Born Sherwood Park, Alberta, CAN

Drafted 2016, #48 overall by Philadelphia

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Toronto · 10:00 PM ETGame preview →
Games32026-27 · 3 starts Small sample
Record2-1-0Wins: 1st on VGK
Save %.89032nd of 55
GAA2.7028th of 55
Shutouts0
Saves6573 shots faced
Quality starts266.7% of starts

2025-262025-26: 18 games, 11-3-3, .891 save %, 2.71 GAA Season detail →

Carter Hart has a .890 save percentage over 3 games of 2026-27, after .891 in 18 games last season.

This season

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

A .890 save percentage over 3 games, top-15% in wins

Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 1+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL goalies

Wins285th
Starts385th
Quality start %66.7%68th
Goals against avg2.7050th
Save %.89043rd
Shots faced / 6024.743rd
Shutouts043rd
Even-strength save %.88132nd

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

Save % · ten-game blocks

.890.8901–4

Dashed line: season average (.890). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Wins21st on VGK
Save %.89032nd of 55
Goals against avg2.7028th of 55
Starts31st on VGK
Shutouts0T-1st on VGK
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Workload and save % by strength

Twenty 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.88159 shots · lg .901
Opponent power play.91712 shots · lg .844
His team on the PP1.0002 shots · lg .869

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

Workload

Starts31st on VGK
Relief appearances0
Complete games3100.0% of games
Shots faced / 6024.7
Minutes178

Goal support

Goals for / 604.73
Goals against / 602.70
Regulation wins2
Regulation losses1
Quality starts266.7% of starts

Expected goals

3.2 goals below expected in 2025-26

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

GSAx−1.140th of 55 goalies
Expected goals against6.98 allowed
Save %.890Expected .906
GSAx per game−0.383 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 .783 save percentage from the slot, 29th 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
Crease1.000 · 1st
Slot.783 · 29th
Wing.893 · 29th
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 %.87928th of 38 goalies
Slot + crease save %.83316th of 38
Games above .90067%2 of 3 games
Shots on goal faced738 goals against

Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultSAGASV%TOI
6 OctvsSEAL 2-6272.92660:00
4 OctvsVANL 2-300—0:00
2 OctvsANAL 3-4204.80057:40
29 SepvsCHIW 5-2262.92359:57

Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

Cap hit$2M1.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27UFA at 28
Cap value$4MCap 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 Vegas

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

9th in franchise wins since 1990-91

since 1990-91 · regular season

Wins139th for Vegas
Shutouts011th
Games played2180th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eight seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAASV%SO
2018-19PHI31161312.83.9170
2019-20PHI43241332.42.9141
2020-21PHI2791153.67.8771
2021-22PHI45132473.16.9051
2022-23PHI552223102.94.9072
2023-24PHI2612932.80.9061
2025-26VGK1811332.71.8910
2026-27VGK11002.00.9230
Career24610896322.92.9056

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2016Philadelphia · round 2#48
Games36
Record23-13
Save %.916
Shutouts2
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct