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Dennis Hildeby has appeared in 20 games for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2025-26, starting 14, with a 5-7-4 record and .914 save percentage on 548 shots (48 goals against). Over his last 5 appearances he has stopped 128 of 140 (.914), starting 4 of them. In 2024-25 he went 3-3-0 with a .878 save percentage in 6 games.
Right now
Recent workload and form
Starts and workload
2025-26 · last 20 appearances, oldest first
- Relief.950BOS
- Start.894CAR · L
- Relief.905BOS · L
- Start.892LAK · O
- Relief1.000MTL
- Start.943PIT · W
- Relief1.000CAR
- Start.971MTL · O
- Start1.000TBL · W
- Start.906SJS · O
- Start.844EDM · L
- Start.862WSH · L
- Start.810DAL · L
- Start.917DET · O
- Relief.957WPG · W
- Start.957PHI · W
- Start.854UTA · L
- Start.900WPG · W
- Relief1.000MIN
- Start.946OTT · 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 · 450 unblocked attempts faced, 282 on goal, 30 goals
Shot map, OPP at TBL: 450 attempts, 282 on goal, 30 goals, 30.34 expected goals; best chance Justin Hryckowian at 0.68 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 played20
- Games started1468th of 98
- Wins569th of 72
- Overtime losses430th of 72
- Shutouts130th of 72
- Save %.9143rd of 72
- Goals-against average2.8635th of 72
- Goals against486th of 72
- Saves50162nd of 72
- Goals saved above expected+9.416th of 72
- High-danger save %.8467th of 72
- Rebounds prevented /100−0.6048th of 72
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 · 20 games through the sequence engine
| Class | SA | SV% | League | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | .892 | .842 | +5.1 pts | |
| 46 | .913 | .920 | −0.7 pts | |
| Cycle | 198 | .914 | .899 | +1.5 pts |
| Off the draw | 24 | 1.000 | .950 | +5.0 pts |
Unblocked save % .944 vs .931 expected from his shot mix: +1.25 pts (±1.55)
- Prevented /100
- −0.60
- Rebounds
- 64vs 61.0 exp.
- Rate
- 12.8%of 500 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
20 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | DEC | SA | SV | GA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15 | @ OTT | L 1-3 | L | 37 | 35 | 2 | .946 | 58:08 |
| Jan 19 | vs MIN | L 3-6 | RL | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 19:24 |
| Jan 17 | @ WPG | W 4-3 | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 63:08 |
| Jan 13 | @ UTA | L 1-6 | L | 41 | 35 | 6 | .854 | 60:00 |
| Jan 8 | @ PHI | W 2-1 | W | 23 | 22 | 1 | .957 | 62:41 |
| Jan 1 | vs WPG | W 6-5 | W | 23 | 22 | 1 | .957 | 34:36 |
| Dec 28 | @ DET | OTL 2-3 | O | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 61:46 |
| Dec 21 | @ DAL | L 1-5 | L | 21 | 17 | 4 | .810 | 59:02 |
| Dec 18 | @ WSH | L 0-4 | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 60:00 |
| Dec 13 | vs EDM | L 3-6 | L | 32 | 27 | 6 | .844 | 49:28 |
| Dec 11 | vs SJS | OTL 2-3 | O | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 62:49 |
| Dec 8 | vs TBL | W 2-0 | W | 29 | 29 | 0 | 1.000 | 59:42 |
| Dec 6 | vs MTL | OTL 1-2 | O | 34 | 33 | 1 | .971 | 64:43 |
| Dec 4 | @ CAR | W 5-1 | RL | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 20:00 |
| Nov 29 | @ PIT | W 7-2 | W | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 59:45 |
| Nov 22 | @ MTL | L 2-5 | RL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 24:37 |
| Nov 13 | vs LAK | OTL 3-4 | O | 37 | 33 | 4 | .892 | 60:35 |
| Nov 11 | @ BOS | L 3-5 | L | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 37:20 |
| Nov 9 | vs CAR | L 4-5 | L | 47 | 42 | 5 | .894 | 58:30 |
| Nov 8 | vs BOS | L 3-5 | RL | 20 | 19 | 1 | .950 | 32:30 |
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 | 20 | 1014:08 | 50:42 | 548 | 48 | .912 | 67.0 |
| Even strength | 20 | 851:18 | 42:34 | 441 | 40 | .909 | 66.7 |
| 5v5 | 20 | 825:53 | 41:18 | 425 | 37 | .913 | 66.7 |
| Power play | 20 | 83:35 | 4:11 | 13 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.2 |
| Penalty kill | 17 | 70:52 | 4:10 | 88 | 7 | .920 | 129.5 |
| 4v4 | 7 | 9:19 | 1:20 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 64.4 |
| 3v3 (OT) | 6 | 16:06 | 2:41 | 12 | 3 | .750 | 67.1 |
| 5v4 | 20 | 82:47 | 4:08 | 13 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.3 |
| 4v5 | 17 | 68:31 | 4:02 | 84 | 7 | .917 | 127.0 |
| 5v6, opponent net empty | 7 | 8:08 | 1:10 | 6 | 1 | .833 | 118.0 |
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 | TOR | 20 | 14 | 5-7-4 | 548 | 501 | 48 | .914 | 2.86 |
| 2024-25 | TOR | 6 | 6 | 3-3-0 | 156 | 137 | 20 | .878 | 3.33 |
Dennis Hildeby news
- Dennis Hildeby News: Facing FloridaRotoWire
- Lightning's Dennis Hildeby: Facing FloridaCBS Sports
- Dennis Hildeby News: Comes out on top in preseason shootoutRotoWire
- Lightning's Dennis Hildeby: Comes out on top in preseason shootoutCBS Sports
- Lightning Trade Jonas Johansson to Senators, Dennis Hildeby Takes Over as BackupYahoo Sports
- Dennis Hildeby News: Falls short in exhibition tiltrotowire.com
- Lightning's Dennis Hildeby: Guarding goal TuesdayCBS Sports
- Dennis Hildeby News: Guarding goal Tuesdayrotowire.com
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
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.