Utah Mammoth · #70 · Goalie

Karel Vejmelka

Age 30 · Catches right · 6′4″ · 221 lb · Born Trebic, CZE

Drafted 2015, #145 overall by Nashville

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Games32026-27 · 3 starts Small sample
Record2-1-0Wins: 1st on UTA
Save %.91318th of 55
GAA2.0216th of 55
Shutouts1
Saves6369 shots faced
Quality starts150.0% of starts

2025-262025-26: 64 games, 38-20-3, .897 save %, 2.75 GAA Season detail →

Karel Vejmelka has a .913 save percentage over 3 games of 2026-27, after .897 in 64 games last season.

This season

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

A .913 save percentage over 3 games, top-15% in shutouts

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

Percentile among NHL goalies

Shutouts193rd
Wins285th
Starts385th
Goals against avg2.0272nd
Save %.91368th
Even-strength save %.90649th
Quality start %50.0%48th
Shots faced / 6018.27th

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

Save % · ten-game blocks

.913.9131–4

Dashed line: season average (.913). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Wins21st on UTA
Save %.91318th of 55
Goals against avg2.0216th of 55
Starts31st on UTA
Shutouts11st on UTA
Stats hub

Workload and save % by strength

League-average stopping 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.90632 shots · lg .903
Opponent power play1.0003 shots · lg .849
His team on the PP1.0001 shot · lg .848

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

Workload

Starts31st on UTA
Relief appearances0
Complete games2100.0% of games
Shots faced / 6018.2
Minutes178

Goal support

Goals for / 604.04
Goals against / 601.52
Regulation wins1
Regulation losses1
Quality starts150.0% of starts

Expected goals

6.6 goals saved above expected in 2025-26

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

GSAx+1.711th of 55 goalies
Expected goals against7.76 allowed
Save %.913Expected .888
GSAx per game+0.583 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 .846 save percentage from the slot, 17th 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.500 · 37th
Slot.846 · 17th
Wing1.000 · 1st
Point.917 · 30th
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 %.90623rd of 38 goalies
Slot + crease save %.82120th of 38
Games above .90067%2 of 3 games
Shots on goal faced696 goals against

Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultSAGASV%TOI
6 OctvsNJDL 3-5333.90959:46
4 OctvsNYRW 4-2213.85758:40
3 OctvsCBJL 1-400—0:00
1 OctvsCHIW 6-01501.00060:00

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%—Best2¢4¢Not listed

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Contract

$4.75M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he saved +1.38 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 22nd of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$4.75M4.6% of the $104M ceiling
Term5 yearsYear 2 of 5
Expires2029-30UFA at 34
Cap value$23.8MCap 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.


Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Five seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAASV%SO
2021-22ARI52133233.68.8981
2022-23ARI50182463.43.9003
2023-24ARI38131923.35.8971
2024-25UTA58262282.58.9041
2025-26UTA64382032.75.8972
Career262108117223.10.8998

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2015Nashville · round 5#145
Games6
Record2-4
Save %.885
Shutouts0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct