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New York Islanders

Vitek Vanecek

#41Goaltender6'2"187 lb

+3.1 in 3 days
2025-26 regular season
22
GP
19 starts
5-13-3
Record
.883
SV%
506 SA
2.93
GAA

G · NYI · NHL id 8477970

Vitek Vanecek has appeared in 22 games for the New York Islanders in 2025-26, starting 19, with a 5-13-3 record and .883 save percentage on 506 shots (59 goals against). Over his last 5 appearances he has stopped 75 of 88 (.852), starting 3 of them. In 2024-25 he went 5-14-4 with a .884 save percentage in 25 games.

Right now

Recent workload and form

Last appearance
Apr 16 vs STL
Relief · 9/10 saves · L
Last 5 games
.852
75 saves on 88 shots
Starts
19 of 22
appearances this season
Minutes
54:50
per appearance

Starts and workload

2025-26 · last 22 appearances, oldest first

  1. Start.846CHI · L
  2. Start.923BOS · W
  3. Start.933WPG · W
  4. Start.778TOR · L
  5. Start.840OTT · L
  6. Start.864SJS · O
  7. Start.857DAL · L
  8. Relief.857SJS · L
  9. Start.955CGY · L
  10. Start.826BOS · L
  11. Start.962COL · L
  12. Start.846NSH · L
  13. Start.917CBJ · O
  14. Start.900FLA · W
  15. Start1.000PHI · W
  16. Start.885CHI · O
  17. Start.900DAL · W
  18. Start.909ANA · L
  19. Relief1.000EDM
  20. Start.739WSH · L
  21. Start.826CGY · L
  22. Relief.900STL · L
Save % by game, line at .900

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among goalies

Source: NHL EDGE
Save %20th20.883
High-danger save %35th36.801
Mid-range save %3rd3.847
Long-range save %37th37.966
5v5 save %6th7.883
Games above .90011th1236.8%
Goals-against average42nd422.93
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

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 · 343 unblocked attempts faced, 226 on goal, 25 goals

Shot map, OPP at NYI: 343 attempts, 226 on goal, 25 goals, 22.87 expected goals; best chance Andre Burakovsky at 0.41 xG.

  • 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.

Player analytics

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2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among goalies. Each stat links to its explainer.

Goaltending

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 · 22 games through the sequence engine

How shot classes work

Leaders
Save percentage by shot class against the league
ClassSASV%LeagueDiff
63.857.842+1.5 pts
53.925.920+0.4 pts
Cycle186.887.899−1.2 pts
Off the draw161.000.950+5.0 pts

Unblocked save % .922 vs .931 expected from his shot mix: −0.90 pts (±1.91)

Leaders
Prevented /100
−3.24
Rebounds
69vs 54.5 exp.
Rate
15.4%of 447 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

22 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultDECSASVGA
Apr 16vs STLL 3-5L1091.90018:31
Apr 12@ CGYL 1-4L23194.82659:46
Mar 26vs WSHL 4-7L23176.73949:54
Mar 24vs EDML 2-5RL101001.00017:28
Mar 20vs ANAL 1-4L22202.90959:06
Mar 16@ DALW 6-3W30273.90059:32
Mar 9@ CHIOTL 2-3O26233.88562:36
Mar 5@ PHIW 3-0W161601.00060:00
Jan 27@ FLAW 4-3W30273.90059:58
Jan 11vs CBJOTL 2-3O36333.91761:01
Dec 29vs NSHL 3-4L26224.84658:15
Dec 23@ COLL 0-1L26251.96257:42
Dec 16@ BOSL 1-4L23194.82660:00
Dec 6@ CGYL 0-2L22211.95559:10
Dec 1@ SJSL 3-6L21183.85746:51
Nov 28@ DALL 3-4L28244.85758:25
Nov 18@ SJSOTL 2-3O22193.86462:52
Nov 9@ OTTL 2-4L25214.84057:14
Nov 5@ TORL 3-5L18144.77858:19
Oct 26@ WPGW 3-2W30282.93360:00

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGACA/60
All situations221206:1554:5050659.88351.1
Even strength22989:2444:5839345.88549.7
5v522971:1944:0938645.88350.2
Power play21100:544:48141.92917.2
Penalty kill20106:225:198812.86490.8
4v41014:211:26701.00033.4
3v3 (OT)23:441:5200—0.0
5v42199:554:45141.92917.4
4v520103:095:09808.90086.7
5v6, opponent net empty97:460:52801.000100.4
3v432:450:5553.400196.4

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGSW-L-OTLSASVGAGAA
2025-26UTA22195-13-350644759.8832.93
2024-25FLA, SJS25245-14-472464084.8843.62
2023-24NJD322917-9-386276795.8903.18
2022-23PlayoffsNJD741-3-01209921.8254.64
2022-23NJD524833-11-413331214119.9112.45
2021-22PlayoffsWSH221-1-051447.8634.21
2021-22WSH423920-12-611171014103.9082.67
2020-21PlayoffsWSH110-0-0431.7504.56
2020-21WSH373621-10-4103193695.9082.69

Vitek Vanecek news

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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.