New Jersey Devils · #34 · Goalie

Jake Allen

Age 36 · Catches left · 6′2″ · 197 lb · Born Fredericton, New Brunswick, CAN

Drafted 2008, #34 overall by St. Louis

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Games22026-27 · 2 starts Small sample
Record1-1-0Wins: 1st on NJD
Save %.875T-39th of 55
GAA3.4739th of 55
Shutouts0
Saves4956 shots faced
Quality starts1100.0% of starts

2025-262025-26: 37 games, 17-17-2, .904 save %, 2.74 GAA Season detail →

Jake Allen has a .875 save percentage over 2 games of 2026-27, after .904 in 37 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

A .875 save percentage over 2 games

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

Percentile among NHL goalies

Quality start %100.0%82nd
Starts256th
Even-strength save %.91754th
Wins154th
Shutouts043rd
Shots faced / 6023.733rd
Goals against avg3.4730th
Save %.87529th

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

Save % · ten-game blocks

.875.8751–3

Dashed line: season average (.875). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Wins11st on NJD
Save %.875T-39th of 55
Goals against avg3.4739th of 55
Starts21st on NJD
Shutouts0T-1st on NJD
Stats hub

Workload and save % by strength

Thirteen points of save percentage above the league at even strength

2 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.91724 shots · lg .903
Opponent power play1.0001 shot · lg .849

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

Workload

Starts21st on NJD
Relief appearances0
Complete games1100.0% of games
Shots faced / 6023.7
Minutes121

Goal support

Goals for / 602.84
Goals against / 601.89
Regulation wins1
Regulation losses0
Quality starts1100.0% of starts

Expected goals

9.7 goals saved above expected in 2025-26

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

GSAx−1.743rd of 55 goalies
Expected goals against5.37 allowed
Save %.875Expected .905
GSAx per game−0.842 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 .857 save percentage from the slot, 15th 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.625 · 34th
Slot.857 · 15th
Wing.923 · 24th
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 %.90024th of 38 goalies
Slot + crease save %.77328th of 38
Games above .90050%1 of 2 games
Shots on goal faced567 goals against

Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultSAGASV%TOI
6 OctvsUTAL 3-5315.83957:29
3 OctvsNYIW 6-000—0:00
1 OctvsPHIW 3-2 OT252.92063:23

Contract

$1.8M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he saved +5.39 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 9th of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$1.8M1.7% of the $104M ceiling
Term5 yearsYear 2 of 5
Expires2029-30UFA at 39
Cap value$9MCap hit × 5 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 2 Oct 2026.


With New Jersey

Three seasons · 2023-24 to 2025-26
Franchise record

9th in franchise wins since 1990-91

since 1990-91 · regular season

Wins379th for New Jersey
Shutouts57th
Games played83157th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Thirteen seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAASV%SO
2012-13STL159402.46.9051
2014-15STL3722742.28.9134
2015-16STL47261532.35.9206
2016-17STL61332052.42.9154
2017-18STL59272532.75.9061
2018-19STL46191782.83.9053
2019-20STL2412632.15.9272
2020-21MTL29111252.68.9070
2021-22MTL3592043.30.9052
2022-23MTL42152433.55.8911
2023-24MTL, NJD34121843.44.8950
2024-25NJD31131612.66.9084
2025-26NJD37171722.74.9041
Career497225201452.75.90729

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2008St. Louis · round 2#34
Games29
Record11-11
Save %.924
Shutouts0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct