NHL statistics · 2026-27 regular season

NHL goals saved above expected

Goals saved above expected (GSAx): the expected goals of every unblocked shot a goalie faced, minus the goals he allowed. Above zero is stopping more than the shots predict.

SeasonSmall sample: teams average 3.3 games so far, so rate leaders move a lot from night to night.

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#Goalie

1Igor Shesterkin#31 · NYR4495711.6+4.6+1.14.880.926

2Ilya Sorokin#30 · NYI226326.1+4.1+2.06.903.968

3Jesper Wallstedt#30 · MIN337558.5+3.5+1.17.887.933

4Linus Ullmark#35 · OTT223925.4+3.4+1.69.866.949

5Jacob Markstrom#25 · FLA335546.2+3.2+1.07.887.927

6Joseph Woll#53 · PHI228468.2+3.2+1.59.901.929

7Joel Hofer#30 · STL224424.8+2.8+1.39.891.955

8Jake Oettinger#29 · DAL223524.0+2.0+1.02.885.943

9Lukas Dostal#1 · ANA226157.0+2.0+0.99.886.918

10Logan Thompson#48 · WSH113324.0+2.0+1.97.880.939

11Karel Vejmelka#70 · UTA336967.7+1.7+0.58.888.913

12Sebastian Cossa#33 · UTA111912.4+1.4+1.44.865.947

13Charlie Lindgren#79 · WSH112923.4+1.4+1.44.882.931

14Jeremy Swayman#1 · BOS338178.4+1.4+0.46.896.914

15Dylan Garand#33 · NYR112201.4+1.4+1.37.9381.000

16Stuart Skinner#74 · WPG226667.1+1.1+0.55.891.909

17Philipp Grubauer#31 · SEA213234.1+1.1+0.55.864.906

18Joey Daccord#35 · SEA337978.0+1.0+0.35.898.911

19Andrei Vasilevskiy#88 · TBL335967.0+1.0+0.35.881.898

20Clay Stevenson#33 · WPG113223.0+1.0+1.01.906.938

21Leevi Meriläinen#31 · VAN213523.0+1.0+0.49.915.943

22Anthony Stolarz#41 · TOR225255.6+0.6+0.28.889.904

23Spencer Knight#30 · CHI33921010.5+0.5+0.18.886.891

24Pyotr Kochetkov#52 · CAR111822.5+0.5+0.50.861.889

25Juuse Saros#74 · NSH339799.4+0.4+0.14.903.907

26Casey DeSmith#1 · DAL112622.4+0.4+0.42.907.923

27John Gibson#36 · DET337277.4+0.4+0.14.896.903

28Semyon Varlamov#40 · NYI112233.4+0.4+0.36.847.864

29Mackenzie Blackwood#39 · COL225755.1+0.1+0.05.911.912

30Sergei Bobrovsky#72 · TOR225366.1+0.1+0.04.885.887

31Devin Cooley#1 · CGY112532.9−0.1−0.15.886.880

32Colten Ellis#92 · BUF112021.8−0.2−0.20.910.900

33Arturs Silovs#37 · PIT224454.5−0.5−0.23.897.886

34Adin Hill#33 · VGK112021.5−0.5−0.51.925.900

35Sergei Murashov#1 · PIT113432.5−0.5−0.53.927.912

36Michael DiPietro#30 · BOS112932.3−0.7−0.65.919.897

37Yaroslav Askarov#30 · SJS33871211.2−0.8−0.28.872.862

38Samuel Ersson#30 · OTT214454.1−0.9−0.46.905.886

39Akira Schmid#40 · FLA113243.0−1.0−1.00.906.875

40Carter Hart#79 · VGK337386.9−1.1−0.38.906.890

41Jet Greaves#73 · CBJ225775.6−1.4−0.72.902.877

42Dan Vladar#80 · PHI2273108.4−1.6−0.81.885.863

43Jake Allen#34 · NJD225675.3−1.7−0.84.905.875

44Arvid Soderblom#40 · CHI113264.0−2.0−2.05.876.813

45Nico Daws#50 · NJD113263.5−2.5−2.48.890.813

46Jordan Binnington#50 · STL113663.5−2.5−2.49.902.833

47Jakub Dobes#75 · MTL3391139.0−3.0−1.00.900.857

48Anton Forsberg#31 · LAK112551.5−3.5−3.48.939.800

49Devon Levi#27 · EDM224284.4−3.6−1.79.895.810

50Brandon Bussi#32 · CAR3367106.3−3.7−1.22.905.851

About this table

How to read it

Save percentage treats every shot the same. Goals saved above expected does not: a goalie behind a team that gives up chances from the slot faces harder shots, and GSAx credits him for it. It is the best single number here for how much a goalie is adding beyond his defence.

GP: Games played.
GS: Games started.
SA: Shots against.
GA: Goals against.
xGA: Expected goals against: the chance of scoring of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded), added up.
GSAx: Goals saved above expected: expected goals against minus the goals he allowed. Above zero, he stopped more than the shots predict; it rewards goalies who face hard shots, which save percentage alone does not.
GSAx/GP: Goals saved above expected per game played.
xSV%: The save percentage an average goalie would post on the same shots. Compare it with his actual save %.
SV%: Save percentage.

How expected goals are built, and how well the model predicts, is on the methodology page.

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