Minnesota Wild · #30 · Goalie

Jesper Wallstedt

Age 23 · Catches left · 6′3″ · 214 lb · Born Vasteras, SWE

Drafted 2021, #20 overall by Minnesota

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Games32026-27 · 3 starts Small sample
Record2-0-1Wins: 1st on MIN
Save %.93310th of 55
GAA1.639th of 55
Shutouts0
Saves7075 shots faced
Quality starts266.7% of starts

2025-262025-26: 35 games, 18-9-6, .916 save %, 2.61 GAA Season detail →

Jesper Wallstedt has a .933 save percentage over 3 games of 2026-27, after .916 in 35 games last season.

This season

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

A .933 save percentage over 3 games, top-15% in goals against avg

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

Percentile among NHL goalies

Goals against avg1.6385th
Wins285th
Starts385th
Save %.93383rd
Quality start %66.7%68th
Even-strength save %.91857th
Shutouts043rd
Shots faced / 6024.539th

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

Save % · ten-game blocks

.933.9331–3

Dashed line: season average (.933). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Wins21st on MIN
Save %.93310th of 55
Goals against avg1.639th of 55
Starts31st on MIN
Shutouts01st on MIN
Stats hub

Workload and save % by strength

Seventeen points of save percentage above 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.91861 shots · lg .901
Opponent power play1.00012 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 MIN
Relief appearances0
Complete games3100.0% of games
Shots faced / 6024.5
Minutes184

Goal support

Goals for / 602.94
Goals against / 601.63
Regulation wins2
Regulation losses1
Quality starts266.7% of starts

Expected goals

11.0 goals saved above expected in 2025-26

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

GSAx+3.53rd of 55 goalies
Expected goals against8.55 allowed
Save %.933Expected .887
GSAx per game+1.173 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 .897 save percentage from the slot, 10th 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.897 · 10th
Wing.963 · 11th
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 %.92518th of 38 goalies
Slot + crease save %.8829th of 38
Games above .90067%2 of 3 games
Shots on goal faced755 goals against

Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultSAGASV%TOI
6 OctvsBUFW 3-2 OT283.89364:22
3 OctvsBOSW 4-1271.96360:00
1 OctvsNSHL 1-3201.95059:14

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

Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he saved +4.98 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 10th of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$2.2M2.1% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27RFA at 24
Cap value$4.4MCap 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 2 Oct 2026.


With Minnesota

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

12th in franchise wins since 1990-91

since 1990-91 · regular season

Wins2212th for Minnesota
Shutouts58th
Games played43180th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Three seasons, all with the Wild

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAASV%SO
2023-24MIN32103.01.8971
2024-25MIN20204.09.8430
2025-26MIN3518962.61.9164
Career40201262.72.9115

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2021Minnesota · round 1From Lulea (SWEDEN)#20
Games10
Record5-5
Save %.909
Shutouts0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct