Colten Ellis
Age 26 · Catches left · 6′1″ · 194 lb · Born Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia, CAN
Drafted 2019, #93 overall by St. Louis
2025-262025-26: 16 games, 8-4-2, .903 save %, 2.90 GAA Season detail →
Colten Ellis has a .900 save percentage over 1 game of 2026-27, after .903 in 16 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 1 game Small sampleA .900 save percentage over 1 game
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 (.900). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Forty-six 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
0.5 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 .800 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 Dallas, 0 wins in 1
DALOTL 3-4 SO283.89365:00
MINW 3-2 OT202.90064:22
CHIW 4-300—0:00
CBJW 6-300—0:00A .903 save percentage over 16 games
Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 25+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 25 games in 2025-26; Colten Ellis has 16.
Save % · ten-game blocks
Dashed line: season average (.903). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →Four points of save percentage above the league at even strength
14 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
0.5 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 .832 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 2025-26. Bars start at .750.
Save % by zone, every goalie.900 or better in 7 of 14 starts
How often he gives his team a chance, from the game log.
Against Dallas, 0 wins in 1
DALOTL 3-4 SO283.89365:00DALOTL 3-4 SO283.89365:00CBJW 5-03701.00060:00
WSHL 2-6233.87054:08
TBLOTL 3-4 OT354.88664:24
TORW 7-4182.88947:46
MTLW 5-3233.87059:47
FLAL 3-4313.90357:28
NYRW 5-2322.93860:00
EDMW 4-3 OT601.00019:01
PHIL 2-5355.85760:00MINW 3-2 OT202.90064:22CHIW 4-300—0:00CBJW 6-300—0:00Better at home
Home and road
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Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
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 Buffalo
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-2622nd in franchise wins since 1990-91
Franchise ranks
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Regular season and playoffsOne season, all with the Sabres
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct