G · NYI · NHL id 8479496
David Rittich has appeared in 30 games for the New York Islanders in 2025-26, starting 28, with a 14-10-3 record and .894 save percentage on 720 shots (76 goals against). Over his last 5 appearances he has stopped 63 of 72 (.875), starting 3 of them. In 2024-25 he went 16-14-2 with a .887 save percentage in 34 games.
Right now
Recent workload and form
Starts and workload
2025-26 · last 30 appearances, oldest first
- Start.939EDM · W
- Start.941DET · W
- Start.824CAR · L
- Start.909CBJ · W
- Start.808MIN · L
- Start.933UTA · W
- Start.917DAL · W
- Start1.000SEA · W
- Start.857PHI · O
- Start.897FLA · L
- Start.939ANA · W
- Start.938BUF · O
- Start.969NJD · W
- Start1.000NYR · W
- Start.912CBJ · L
- Start.895CHI · W
- Start.643UTA · L
- Start.857TOR · W
- Start.963NSH · O
- Start.789CGY · L
- Start.800BUF · L
- Start.875NYR · W
- Start.875WSH · L
- Start.879FLA · W
- Start.840ANA · L
- Start.938CGY · W
- Relief.750MTL
- Start.750CHI
- Relief.667PIT
- Start.905CAR · L
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among goalies
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among goalies this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shots against
Last 10 games · 299 unblocked attempts faced, 190 on goal, 26 goals
Shot map, OPP at NYI: 299 attempts, 190 on goal, 26 goals, 20.60 expected goals; best chance Sam Reinhart at 0.60 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among goalies. Each stat links to its explainer.
Goaltending
- Games played30
- Games started2846th of 98
- Wins1442nd of 72
- Overtime losses341st of 72
- Shutouts216th of 72
- Save %.89438th of 72
- Goals-against average2.7630th of 72
- Goals against7618th of 72
- Saves64453rd of 72
- Goals saved above expected+4.327th of 72
- High-danger save %.80839th of 72
- Rebounds prevented /100+1.0021st of 72
Compare head to head
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 30 games through the sequence engine
| Class | SA | SV% | League | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | .883 | .842 | +4.1 pts | |
| 66 | .924 | .920 | +0.4 pts | |
| Cycle | 290 | .890 | .899 | −0.9 pts |
| Off the draw | 30 | 1.000 | .950 | +5.0 pts |
Unblocked save % .935 vs .932 expected from his shot mix: +0.33 pts (±1.42)
- Prevented /100
- +1.00
- Rebounds
- 72vs 78.4 exp.
- Rate
- 11.2%of 643 saves
A rebound is an opponent attempt within 3 seconds of a save. Expected rebounds use the shot-by-shot model; positive means fewer second chances than expected.
Game log
30 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | DEC | SA | SV | GA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14 | vs CAR | L 1-2 | L | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 56:29 |
| Mar 30 | vs PIT | L 3-8 | RL | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 12:06 |
| Mar 24 | vs CHI | L 3-4 | — | 12 | 9 | 3 | .750 | 20:00 |
| Mar 21 | @ MTL | L 3-7 | RL | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 8:11 |
| Mar 14 | vs CGY | W 3-2 | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 59:45 |
| Mar 4 | @ ANA | L 1-5 | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 55:26 |
| Mar 1 | vs FLA | W 5-4 | W | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 60:00 |
| Feb 2 | @ WSH | L 1-4 | L | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 57:08 |
| Jan 28 | vs NYR | W 5-2 | W | 16 | 14 | 2 | .875 | 59:22 |
| Jan 24 | vs BUF | L 0-5 | L | 20 | 16 | 4 | .800 | 58:03 |
| Jan 17 | @ CGY | L 2-4 | L | 19 | 15 | 4 | .789 | 52:16 |
| Jan 8 | @ NSH | OTL 1-2 | O | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 65:00 |
| Jan 3 | vs TOR | W 4-3 | W | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 64:11 |
| Jan 1 | vs UTA | L 2-7 | L | 14 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 45:21 |
| Dec 30 | @ CHI | W 3-2 | W | 19 | 17 | 2 | .895 | 64:54 |
| Dec 28 | @ CBJ | L 2-4 | L | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 59:34 |
| Dec 27 | vs NYR | W 2-0 | W | 27 | 27 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| Dec 23 | vs NJD | W 2-1 | W | 32 | 31 | 1 | .969 | 60:00 |
| Dec 20 | @ BUF | OTL 2-3 | O | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 62:39 |
| Dec 11 | vs ANA | W 5-2 | W | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 60:00 |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GA | CA/60 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 30 | 1651:21 | 55:03 | 719 | 76 | .894 | 58.1 |
| Even strength | 30 | 1403:03 | 46:46 | 588 | 59 | .900 | 57.6 |
| 5v5 | 30 | 1338:25 | 44:37 | 568 | 56 | .901 | 58.6 |
| Power play | 26 | 117:34 | 4:31 | 16 | 3 | .813 | 13.8 |
| Penalty kill | 28 | 113:17 | 4:03 | 99 | 12 | .879 | 100.1 |
| 4v4 | 17 | 36:14 | 2:08 | 12 | 3 | .750 | 36.4 |
| 3v3 (OT) | 7 | 28:24 | 4:03 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 35.9 |
| 5v4 | 26 | 111:29 | 4:17 | 16 | 3 | .813 | 14.5 |
| 4v5 | 28 | 110:30 | 3:57 | 95 | 11 | .884 | 98.3 |
| 5v3 | 1 | 2:00 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 13 | 15:57 | 1:14 | 13 | 2 | .846 | 120.4 |
| 4v3 | 5 | 4:05 | 0:49 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | GS | W-L-OTL | SA | SV | GA | GAA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | NYI | 30 | 28 | 14-10-3 | 720 | 644 | 76 | .894 | 2.76 |
| 2024-25 | LAK | 34 | 31 | 16-14-2 | 771 | 684 | 88 | .887 | 2.84 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | LAK | 2 | 2 | 0-2-0 | 39 | 34 | 5 | .872 | 2.56 |
| 2023-24 | LAK | 24 | 22 | 13-6-3 | 621 | 572 | 49 | .921 | 2.15 |
| 2022-23 | WPG | 21 | 18 | 9-8-1 | 506 | 456 | 50 | .901 | 2.67 |
| 2021-22Playoffs | NSH | 1 | 1 | 0-1-0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | .615 | 19.91 |
| 2021-22 | NSH | 17 | 12 | 6-3-4 | 431 | 382 | 49 | .886 | 3.57 |
| 2020-21 | TOR, CGY | 19 | 15 | 5-8-2 | 463 | 417 | 46 | .901 | 2.86 |
| 2019-20 | CGY | 48 | 48 | 24-17-6 | 1478 | 1340 | 138 | .907 | 2.97 |
| 2018-19 | CGY | 45 | 42 | 27-9-5 | 1228 | 1119 | 109 | .911 | 2.61 |
| 2017-18 | CGY | 21 | 16 | 8-6-3 | 512 | 463 | 49 | .904 | 2.92 |
David Rittich news
- Devils' David Rittich: Appears on waiversCBS Sports
- Devils Make Second Round of Roster Cuts, Claim Poirier Off WaiversThe Hockey Writers
- NHL Rumors: Alex Ovechkin, Will Smith, and Five Potential Waiver Wire TargetsNHLRumors.com
- Devils' David Rittich: Concedes one goal in preseason openerCBS Sports
- David Rittich News: Concedes one goal in preseason openerrotowire.com
- 3 Takeaways From Devils’ 2-1 Preseason Win Over IslandersThe Hockey Writers
- David Rittich News: Facing former team SundayRotoWire
- Devils' David Rittich: Facing former team SundayCBS Sports
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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.
