Casey DeSmith
Age 35 · Catches left · 6′0″ · 188 lb · Born Rochester, New Hampshire, USA
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 30 games, 15-8-6, .907 save %, 2.43 GAA Season detail →
Casey DeSmith has a .923 save percentage over 1 game of 2026-27, after .907 in 30 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 1 game Small sampleA .923 save percentage over 1 game, top-15% in even-strength save %
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 1+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.923). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Ninety-seven points of save percentage above the league at even strength
1 start in 2026-27: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.
Workload
12.1 goals saved above expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
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.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A 1.000 save percentage from the slot
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 →Not enough shots yet to rank 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 goalieAgainst Buffalo, 0 wins in 1
BUFL 1-4314.87160:00
SJSW 5-000—0:00
NSHW 2-1262.92358:24
STLL 0-400—0:00A .907 save percentage over 30 games, top-15% in goals against avg
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 (.907). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Ten points of save percentage above the league at even strength
28 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
12.1 goals saved above expected in 2025-26
How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.
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.
2025-26. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed.
A .833 save percentage from the slot, 23rd 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 17 of 28 starts
How often he gives his team a chance, from the game log.
Against Buffalo, 0 wins in 1
BUFL 1-4314.87160:00
TORW 6-5275.81560:00
COLL 0-2211.95258:17
PHIOTL 1-2 OT302.93363:27
NJDL 4-6161.93837:47
VGKL 2-3333.90957:28
UTAL 3-6215.76258:40
CHIW 4-3 OT193.84259:32
CGYW 6-1211.95260:00
SEAW 4-1191.94760:00UTAW 3-2142.85760:00SJSW 5-000—0:00NSHW 2-1262.92358:24STLL 0-400—0:00Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he saved +11.48 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 3rd 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 Dallas
Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-2611th in franchise wins since 1990-91
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsEight seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct