NHL Projected Goalie Starts This Week

Starts are the volume behind every goalie stat: wins, saves and shutouts all need a start. This Week this is each goalie's projected chance to start; for a week or the rest of the season it is his expected number of starts. The numbers come from LineupExperts' goalie projections (a goalie's projected games are his starts). Confirm This Week's starters on our starting goalies page before lineups lock (Sep 28-Oct 4 (Week 1)). (Sep 28-Oct 4 (Week 1))

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Fantasy Week 1: Sep 28 - Oct 4(Mon-Sun)

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Updated: 5:30 PM UTC(hourly)

5 games • 48 players

This Week

a start probability. 0.90 means the goalie is very likely in net; 0.50 means the start is a coin flip between him and his partner.

This week, next week and rest of season

expected starts, the team's games times each goalie's share of the crease.

Where the numbers come from

LineupExperts' goalie projections, shown as published; for goalies their projected games played are starts.

Why it matters

in weekly leagues with goalie start minimums, expected starts are the first thing to check when streaming.

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Pro Tip: A starter on a four-game week projects about twice the starts of a tandem goalie on a three-game week. Check the weekly view before streaming.

Sorted by Projected Games Started(Sep 28-Oct 4 (Week 1))

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Player	Team	Pos	Rost%	GS ↓	W	L	OTL	SV	GA	SA	SV%	GAA^†	MIN^†	FPTS
Carter Hart	LV	G	86.6%	3.00	1.60	1.40	0.30	60.4	9.6	67.3	89.7%	3.21	179:29	15.70
Igor Shesterkin	NYR	G	93.3%	3.00	1.80	1.50	0.30	94.8	9.2	104.5	90.8%	3.07	179:35	38.90
John Gibson	DET	G	71.5%	2.00	1.00	1.10	0.20	57.1	4.4	61.2	93.2%	2.22	119:03	26.40
Sergei Bobrovsky	TOR	G	88.1%	2.00	1.20	1.00	0.20	62.9	6.5	68.8	91.3%	3.26	119:43	24.50
Juuse Saros	NSH	G	84.4%	2.00	1.10	1.10	0.20	61.7	4.7	65.4	94.3%	2.36	119:29	28.50
Andrei Vasilevskiy	TB	G	99.0%	2.00	1.00	0.80	0.20	45.5	3.9	48.8	93.2%	1.96	119:40	21.00
Jacob Markstrom	FLA	G	89.1%	2.00	1.20	1.00	0.20	59.7	6.4	65.9	90.7%	3.20	119:54	23.80
Mackenzie Blackwood	COL	G	89.9%	2.00	1.40	0.80	0.20	57.5	5.1	62.4	92.1%	2.55	119:56	26.80
Joey Daccord	SEA	G	53.8%	2.00	1.10	1.10	0.20	61.7	6.3	68.0	90.8%	3.16	119:41	24.30
Joseph Woll	PHI	G	33.1%	2.00	1.20	1.00	0.30	64.8	7.0	71.8	90.3%	3.51	119:49	24.10
Ilya Sorokin	NYI	G	96.9%	2.00	1.10	0.80	0.20	64.6	4.2	70.0	92.3%	2.10	119:47	32.80
Lukas Dostal	ANA	G	80.7%	2.00	1.00	0.90	0.20	56.3	5.6	61.7	91.3%	2.80	119:53	22.20
Jeremy Swayman	BOS	G	96.9%	2.00	1.20	1.00	0.20	63.8	6.5	70.6	90.3%	3.25	119:55	25.30
Dustin Wolf	CGY	G	66.0%	2.00	1.00	1.20	0.30	63.2	7.2	70.0	90.4%	3.62	119:26	21.50
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	BUF	G	76.8%	2.00	1.20	0.90	0.20	40.3	4.6	45.0	89.7%	2.95	93:40	17.00
Spencer Knight	CHI	G	78.7%	2.00	1.00	1.10	0.20	63.1	7.1	70.3	89.8%	3.55	119:55	22.00
Arturs Silovs	PIT	G	45.1%	2.00	1.20	0.90	0.20	41.9	5.7	47.8	87.6%	2.85	119:49	14.40
Devon Levi	EDM	G	40.8%	2.00	1.30	1.00	0.10	62.8	7.2	70.3	89.5%	3.60	119:55	22.30
Karel Vejmelka	UTA	G	98.3%	2.00	1.30	1.00	0.20	57.1	5.3	61.9	92.3%	2.66	119:41	25.70
Jet Greaves	CLB	G	85.6%	2.00	1.10	1.00	0.20	56.9	6.5	65.2	87.3%	3.24	120:15	20.60
Yaroslav Askarov	SJ	G	77.4%	2.00	1.10	0.90	0.30	58.6	6.9	65.8	89.1%	3.47	119:14	20.00
Jesper Wallstedt	MIN	G	94.1%	2.00	0.90	0.80	0.20	50.2	4.3	53.3	94.1%	2.15	119:58	22.40
Jakub Dobes	MON	G	96.1%	2.00	1.20	0.70	0.30	54.6	6.0	63.2	86.5%	3.00	119:55	20.80
Linus Ullmark	OTT	G	81.1%	1.00	0.70	0.30	0.10	25.9	2.1	27.6	94.1%	2.11	59:50	12.80
Anton Forsberg	LA	G	25.5%	1.00	0.60	0.50	0.20	30.2	3.3	33.5	90.2%	3.28	60:17	11.40
Darcy Kuemper	LA	G	58.0%	1.00	0.60	0.50	0.10	30.7	3.4	34.3	89.5%	3.41	59:46	11.40
Charlie Lindgren	WAS	G	11.4%	1.00	0.60	0.50	0.10	30.9	3.0	34.3	90.2%	3.00	60:03	12.70
Jake Allen	NJ	G	54.0%	1.00	0.60	0.50	0.10	31.0	3.3	34.1	90.8%	3.30	60:03	12.00
Jordan Binnington	STL	G	31.2%	1.00	0.50	0.60	0.10	30.7	3.7	34.2	89.8%	3.71	59:54	10.10
Philipp Grubauer	SEA	G	13.6%	1.00	0.60	0.50	0.10	33.4	3.7	37.4	89.4%	3.69	60:08	12.10
Anthony Stolarz	TOR	G	30.0%	1.00	0.70	0.40	0.10	31.8	3.0	34.5	92.2%	3.01	59:45	13.90
Tristan Jarry	EDM	G	9.4%	1.00	0.50	0.50	0.20	29.7	3.8	33.4	88.9%	3.80	60:01	9.50
Casey DeSmith	DAL	G	17.4%	1.00	0.60	0.50	0.10	30.7	2.6	33.6	91.2%	2.60	60:07	14.00
Michael Dipietro	BOS	G	15.4%	1.00	0.60	0.50	0.10	30.9	3.6	34.1	90.5%	3.60	59:58	10.60
Kevin Lankinen	VAN	G	31.7%	1.00	0.50	0.60	0.10	30.7	3.9	34.7	88.4%	3.92	59:40	9.30
Daniel Vladar	PHI	G	76.0%	1.00	0.60	0.50	0.10	31.1	3.4	34.6	90.1%	3.41	59:52	11.60
Jake Oettinger	DAL	G	99.0%	1.00	0.60	0.50	0.10	30.4	2.6	33.6	90.6%	2.61	59:51	13.70
Joel Hofer	STL	G	79.8%	1.00	0.60	0.50	0.10	31.0	3.0	34.4	90.2%	3.00	60:02	13.40
Logan Thompson	WAS	G	99.5%	1.00	0.70	0.40	0.10	31.6	2.6	34.7	91.2%	2.60	59:55	15.10
Leevi Merilainen	VAN	G	12.8%	1.00	0.50	0.60	0.10	23.3	3.7	27.0	86.3%	3.68	60:15	5.30
Nico Daws	NJ	G	16.9%	1.00	0.60	0.50	0.10	32.6	3.7	36.1	90.5%	3.70	59:58	11.50
Akira Schmid	FLA	G	27.8%	1.00	0.60	0.50	0.20	31.4	3.2	34.8	90.3%	3.18	60:25	12.40
Dylan Garand	NYR	G	13.0%	1.00	0.40	0.30	0.10	19.0	2.0	21.0	90.5%	2.68	44:50	8.00
Arvid Soderblom	CHI	G	5.6%	1.00	0.50	0.60	0.10	31.9	3.9	36.2	88.2%	3.90	60:03	9.90
Pyotr Kochetkov	CAR	G	45.4%	1.00	0.70	0.50	0.10	30.2	3.2	33.7	89.7%	3.20	59:58	12.30
Sebastian Cossa	UTA	G	32.2%	1.00	0.70	0.40	0.10	32.7	3.8	36.9	88.5%	3.80	59:58	12.00
Brandon Bussi	CAR	G	96.0%	1.00	0.70	0.40	0.10	30.0	2.9	33.3	90.1%	2.90	60:03	13.00
Devin Cooley	CGY	G	13.7%	1.00	0.50	0.60	0.10	30.7	3.3	34.3	89.7%	3.29	60:15	11.10

† Edgehalla model: derived from LineupExperts' goals, assists and ice-time projection plus NHL history. +/-, shorthanded goals, assists and points are high-variance: the projections are small expected values ranked mostly by ice-time role, and actual totals swing a lot. How the model works

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Frequently Asked Questions

This Week, it is the chance the goalie starts this week: 0.55 is a little better than a coin flip. Over a week or the season the number is expected starts.

LineupExperts' goalie projections, a licensed provider: a goalie's projected games played are his projected starts. We show them as published.

Our starting goalies page tracks confirmed and likely starters for every game and updates through the day.

Workhorse starters take 60 or more of a team's 82 to 84 games; most teams now split closer to 55/45 or 60/40.