Antti Niemi

#37Goaltender

2018-19 regular season

17 starts

8-6-2

Record

.887

SV%

539 SA

3.78

GAA

G · MTL · NHL id 8474550

Antti Niemi has appeared in 17 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2018-19, starting 17, with a 8-6-2 record and .887 save percentage on 539 shots (61 goals against). Over his last 5 appearances he has stopped 121 of 136 (.890), starting 5 of them. In 2017-18 he went 7-9-4 with a .911 save percentage in 24 games.

Right now

Recent workload and form

Last appearance

Mar 7 vs SJS

Started · 20/24 saves · L

Last 5 games

.890

121 saves on 136 shots

Starts

17 of 17

appearances this season

Minutes

56:59

per appearance

Starts and workload

2018-19 · last 17 appearances, oldest first

Start.893PIT · W
Start.893DET · W
Start.905BUF · L
Start.875NYI · W
Start.895VGK · W
Start.860EDM · L
Start.925BUF · O
Start.696MIN · L
Start.885FLA · W
Start.813TBL · L
Start.957DAL · W
Start.938DET · W
Start.981FLA · W
Start.826PHI · L
Start.889NJD · O
Start.667FLA
Start.833SJS · L

Save % by game, line at .900

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shots against

Last 10 games · 386 unblocked attempts faced, 296 on goal, 35 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Blocked attempts are excluded; the net is at the right (or the top on phones). Strength is from the goalie's team's view.

Beyond the box score

2018-19 regular season · 17 games through the sequence engine

How shot classes work

Leaders

Save percentage by shot class against the league
Class	SA	SV%	League	Diff
	26	.462	.767	−30.5 pts
	44	.955	.913	+4.1 pts
Cycle	243	.905	.919	−1.4 pts
Off the draw	22	.955	.927	+2.7 pts

Unblocked save % .915 vs .937 expected from his shot mix: −2.19 pts (±2.04)

Leaders

Prevented /100: +1.05
Rebounds: 26vs 31.0 exp.
Rate: 5.4%of 478 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

17 games in 2018-19, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	DEC	SA	SV	GA
Mar 7	@ SJS	L 2-5	L	24	20	4	.833	57:47
Feb 17	@ FLA	L 3-6	—	9	6	3	.667	13:57
Feb 2	vs NJD	OTL 2-3	O	27	24	3	.889	61:56
Jan 19	vs PHI	L 2-5	L	23	19	4	.826	58:01
Jan 15	vs FLA	W 5-1	W	53	52	1	.981	59:34
Jan 8	@ DET	W 3-2	W	32	30	2	.938	60:00
Dec 31	@ DAL	W 3-2	W	47	45	2	.957	60:14
Dec 29	@ TBL	L 5-6	L	32	26	6	.813	59:07
Dec 28	@ FLA	W 5-3	W	26	23	3	.885	59:59
Dec 11	@ MIN	L 1-7	L	23	16	7	.696	46:10
Nov 23	@ BUF	OTL 2-3	O	40	37	3	.925	63:06
Nov 13	@ EDM	L 2-6	L	43	37	6	.860	60:00
Nov 10	vs VGK	W 5-4	W	38	34	4	.895	60:00
Nov 5	@ NYI	W 4-3	W	24	21	3	.875	64:51
Oct 25	@ BUF	L 3-4	L	42	38	4	.905	59:06
Oct 15	vs DET	W 7-3	W	28	25	3	.893	60:00
Oct 13	vs PIT	W 4-3	W	28	25	3	.893	65:00

Season splits by strength

2018-19 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP	SA	GA		CA/60
All situations	17	968:48	56:59	539	61	.887	58.3
Even strength	17	816:41	48:02	434	43	.901	57.4
5v5	17	800:21	47:05	422	42	.900	57.1
Power play	16	69:44	4:22	12	1	.917	16.3
Penalty kill	16	74:27	4:39	82	16	.805	102.4
4v4	5	10:06	2:01	7	0	1.000	71.3
3v3 (OT)	5	6:14	1:15	5	1	.800	77.0
5v4	16	64:28	4:02	12	1	.917	17.7
4v5	16	69:36	4:21	72	14	.806	97.4
5v3	2	2:29	1:15	0	0	—	0.0
5v6, opponent net empty	5	6:51	1:22	9	0	1.000	105.1
3v4	3	3:11	1:04	6	1	.833	150.8
4v3	2	2:47	1:24	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
2018-19	MTL	17	17	8-6-2	539	478	61	.887	3.78
2017-18	MTL, FLA, PIT	24	20	7-9-4	710	647	63	.911	3.12

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.