NHL Starting Goalies This Week

UpdatedOct 14, 5:06 PM ET

Fantasy week goalie projections. See projected starts and stats for the full week.

Fantasy Week 3: Oct 12 - Oct 18(Mon-Sun)

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Stats shown are aggregated projections for the entire week. "Projected Starts" indicates expected games started. Great for planning your fantasy week strategy and identifying streaming opportunities.

This Week's Starting Goalies(Oct 12-18 (Week 3))

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Games	Team	Goalie	Rostered %	Weekly Projected Stats
Games	Team	Goalie	Rostered %	Saves	Shots	Wins	SV%	GA
2 games ~3.0 starts	MIN	Jesper Wallstedt	96.4%	75.3	83.3	178%	.904	8.00
2 games ~3.0 starts	OTT	Linus Ullmark	88.9%	68.8	75.9	187%	.906	7.17
NSH ~3.0 starts	VGK	Adin Hill	27.3%	69.8	77.5	202%	.901	7.69
2 games ~3.0 starts	VGK	Carter Hart	89.0%	69.9	77.6	192%	.902	7.62
2 games ~3.0 starts	NJD	Jake Allen	53.8%	69.2	77.2	161%	.897	7.98
CBJ ~3.0 starts	FLA	Akira Schmid	24.4%	68.6	76.7	171%	.894	8.10
FLA ~3.0 starts	BUF	Colten Ellis	16.3%	70.9	79.3	134%	.894	8.39
2 games ~3.0 starts	FLA	Jacob Markstrom	91.8%	64.4	72.2	175%	.892	7.77
2 games ~3.0 starts	BUF	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	66.1%	70.3	78.8	149%	.893	8.47
WPG ~3.0 starts	MIN	Calvin Pickard	4.1%	72.3	81.1	143%	.892	8.80
STL ~3.0 starts	OTT	Samuel Ersson	10.6%	67.7	76.5	139%	.885	8.79
CAR ~2.0 starts	WSH	Logan Thompson	99.8%	54.5	60.1	106%	.907	5.61
2 games ~2.0 starts	BOS	Jeremy Swayman	96.6%	50.7	56.0	96%	.905	5.31
UTA ~2.0 starts	TOR	Anthony Stolarz	36.4%	51.7	57.3	107%	.902	5.63
COL ~2.0 starts	DAL	Jake Oettinger	99.1%	45.5	50.2	110%	.906	4.74
WSH ~2.0 starts	CAR	Pyotr Kochetkov	53.7%	45.4	50.3	125%	.903	4.85
DAL ~2.0 starts	COL	Mackenzie Blackwood	91.0%	46.2	51.5	134%	.898	5.24
BUF ~2.0 starts	MTL	Jacob Fowler	52.3%	47.5	52.6	115%	.902	5.17
2 games ~2.0 starts	STL	Joel Hofer	83.0%	45.0	49.7	95%	.906	4.65
LAK ~2.0 starts	EDM	Devon Levi	54.0%	53.1	59.1	103%	.898	6.04
TBL ~2.0 starts	SEA	Joey Daccord	67.3%	49.7	54.9	84%	.904	5.25
2 games ~2.0 starts	NYR	Dylan Garand	53.2%	42.9	47.1	84%	.911	4.17
2 games ~2.0 starts	NYI	Ilya Sorokin	97.3%	46.8	52.1	103%	.898	5.32
2 games ~2.0 starts	WPG	Stuart Skinner	62.1%	50.1	55.6	99%	.900	5.58
PHI ~2.0 starts	SEA	Philipp Grubauer	15.2%	50.1	55.5	84%	.902	5.43
BUF ~2.0 starts	TOR	Sergei Bobrovsky	84.8%	52.5	58.5	86%	.897	6.02
2 games ~2.0 starts	TBL	Andrei Vasilevskiy	99.2%	43.1	48.1	127%	.897	4.95
NJD ~2.0 starts	DET	John Gibson	63.9%	47.4	52.8	108%	.897	5.42
2 games ~2.0 starts	ANA	Lukas Dostal	83.2%	49.4	55.2	112%	.895	5.80
2 games ~2.0 starts	NSH	Juuse Saros	85.3%	51.5	57.7	95%	.893	6.15
2 games ~2.0 starts	PHI	Dan Vladar	61.4%	51.4	57.4	75%	.895	6.02
2 games ~2.0 starts	CHI	Spencer Knight	73.3%	50.4	56.4	92%	.893	6.06
2 games ~2.0 starts	UTA	Karel Vejmelka	97.9%	45.7	51.5	109%	.888	5.76
FLA ~2.0 starts	CBJ	Cam Talbot	6.6%	48.5	54.2	79%	.896	5.63
EDM ~2.0 starts	LAK	Darcy Kuemper	51.2%	45.8	51.6	104%	.888	5.80
2 games ~2.0 starts	CGY	Dustin Wolf	54.5%	51.8	58.7	63%	.883	6.88
2 games ~2.0 starts	SJS	Yaroslav Askarov	74.8%	48.9	55.3	81%	.885	6.36
CHI ~2.0 starts	PIT	Sergei Murashov	61.8%	42.5	47.5	54%	.895	4.98
NYI ~2.0 starts	VAN	Leevi Meriläinen	20.4%	45.5	51.3	58%	.887	5.81
2 games ~1.0 starts	COL	Scott Wedgewood	88.9%	23.3	25.7	68%	.906	2.42
FLA ~2.0 starts	VAN	Kevin Lankinen	22.4%	41.5	47.5	49%	.875	5.93
COL ~1.0 starts	DAL	Casey DeSmith	15.6%	25.2	28.0	43%	.902	2.74
PHI ~1.0 starts	DET	Daniil Tarasov	11.5%	24.0	26.8	55%	.895	2.82
WSH ~1.0 starts	MTL	Jakub Dobes	93.0%	24.5	27.4	50%	.894	2.91
UTA ~1.0 starts	EDM	Tristan Jarry	26.1%	25.5	28.6	48%	.894	3.03
COL ~1.0 starts	PIT	Arturs Silovs	57.0%	25.1	28.3	39%	.888	3.17
OTT	NJD	Nico Daws	17.0%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MTL	WSH	Charlie Lindgren	12.2%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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Rank	Goalie	Matchup	Rostered %	Predicted Goalie Stats					Game Time
Rank	Goalie	Matchup	Rostered %	Saves	Shots	Win %	SV%	GA	Game Time
#1	Jesper Wallstedt MIN	vs 2 games	96.4%	75.3	83.3 178%	0.904	8.00	8:00 PM ET
#2	Linus Ullmark OTT	vs 2 games	88.9%	68.8	75.9 187%	0.906	7.17	7:00 PM ET
#3	Adin Hill VGK	@ NSH	27.3%	69.8	77.5 202%	0.901	7.69	8:45 PM ET
#4	Carter Hart VGK	vs 2 games	89.0%	69.9	77.6 192%	0.902	7.62	8:00 PM ET
#5	Jake Allen NJD	vs 2 games	53.8%	69.2	77.2 161%	0.897	7.98	6:00 PM ET
#6	Akira Schmid FLA	@ CBJ	24.4%	68.6	76.7 171%	0.894	8.10	6:15 PM ET
#7	Colten Ellis BUF	vs FLA	16.3%	70.9	79.3 134%	0.894	8.39	1:00 PM ET
#8	Jacob Markstrom FLA	vs 2 games	91.8%	64.4	72.2 175%	0.892	7.77	1:00 PM ET
#9	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF	vs 2 games	66.1%	70.3	78.8 149%	0.893	8.47	6:30 PM ET
#10	Calvin Pickard MIN	@ WPG	4.1%	72.3	81.1 143%	0.892	8.80	8:15 PM ET
#11	Samuel Ersson OTT	vs STL	10.6%	67.7	76.5 139%	0.885	8.79	7:30 PM ET
#12	Logan Thompson WSH	@ CAR	99.8%	54.5	60.1 106%	0.907	5.61	6:45 PM ET
#13	Jeremy Swayman BOS	vs 2 games	96.6%	50.7	56.0 96%	0.905	5.31	11:15 PM ET
#14	Anthony Stolarz TOR	@ UTA	36.4%	51.7	57.3 107%	0.902	5.63	9:00 PM ET
#15	Jake Oettinger DAL	vs COL	99.1%	45.5	50.2 110%	0.906	4.74	8:45 PM ET
#16	Pyotr Kochetkov CAR	vs WSH	53.7%	45.4	50.3 125%	0.903	4.85	6:45 PM ET
#17	Mackenzie Blackwood COL	@ DAL	91.0%	46.2	51.5 134%	0.898	5.24	8:45 PM ET
#18	Jacob Fowler MTL	vs BUF	52.3%	47.5	52.6 115%	0.902	5.17	6:30 PM ET
#19	Joel Hofer STL	vs 2 games	83.0%	45.0	49.7 95%	0.906	4.65	7:30 PM ET
#20	Devon Levi EDM	@ LAK	54.0%	53.1	59.1 103%	0.898	6.04	10:30 PM ET
#21	Joey Daccord SEA	@ TBL	67.3%	49.7	54.9 84%	0.904	5.25	7:00 PM ET
#22	Dylan Garand NYR	vs 2 games	53.2%	42.9	47.1 84%	0.911	4.17	7:15 PM ET
#23	Ilya Sorokin NYI	vs 2 games	97.3%	46.8	52.1 103%	0.898	5.32	7:45 PM ET
#24	Stuart Skinner WPG	vs 2 games	62.1%	50.1	55.6 99%	0.900	5.58	8:15 PM ET
#25	Philipp Grubauer SEA	@ PHI	15.2%	50.1	55.5 84%	0.902	5.43	7:00 PM ET
#26	Sergei Bobrovsky TOR	vs BUF	84.8%	52.5	58.5 86%	0.897	6.02	7:00 PM ET
#27	Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL	vs 2 games	99.2%	43.1	48.1 127%	0.897	4.95	7:15 PM ET
#28	John Gibson DET	vs NJD	63.9%	47.4	52.8 108%	0.897	5.42	6:00 PM ET
#29	Lukas Dostal ANA	vs 2 games	83.2%	49.4	55.2 112%	0.895	5.80	9:45 PM ET
#30	Juuse Saros NSH	vs 2 games	85.3%	51.5	57.7 95%	0.893	6.15	8:45 PM ET
#31	Dan Vladar PHI	vs 2 games	61.4%	51.4	57.4 75%	0.895	6.02	7:00 PM ET
#32	Spencer Knight CHI	vs 2 games	73.3%	50.4	56.4 92%	0.893	6.06	8:00 PM ET
#33	Karel Vejmelka UTA	vs 2 games	97.9%	45.7	51.5 109%	0.888	5.76	9:00 PM ET
#34	Cam Talbot CBJ	vs FLA	6.6%	48.5	54.2 79%	0.896	5.63	6:15 PM ET
#35	Darcy Kuemper LAK	vs EDM	51.2%	45.8	51.6 104%	0.888	5.80	10:30 PM ET
#36	Dustin Wolf CGY	vs 2 games	54.5%	51.8	58.7 63%	0.883	6.88	9:45 PM ET
#37	Yaroslav Askarov SJS	vs 2 games	74.8%	48.9	55.3 81%	0.885	6.36	11:15 PM ET
#38	Sergei Murashov PIT	@ CHI	61.8%	42.5	47.5 54%	0.895	4.98	8:00 PM ET
#39	Leevi Meriläinen VAN	@ NYI	20.4%	45.5	51.3 58%	0.887	5.81	7:45 PM ET
#40	Scott Wedgewood COL	vs 2 games	88.9%	23.3	25.7 68%	0.906	2.42	8:30 PM ET
#41	Kevin Lankinen VAN	@ FLA	22.4%	41.5	47.5 49%	0.875	5.93	7:00 PM ET
#42	Casey DeSmith DAL	@ COL	15.6%	25.2	28.0 43%	0.902	2.74	8:30 PM ET
#43	Daniil Tarasov DET	vs PHI	11.5%	24.0	26.8 55%	0.895	2.82	7:30 PM ET
#44	Jakub Dobes MTL	@ WSH	93.0%	24.5	27.4 50%	0.894	2.91	7:30 PM ET
#45	Tristan Jarry EDM	vs UTA	26.1%	25.5	28.6 48%	0.894	3.03	9:00 PM ET
#46	Arturs Silovs PIT	@ COL	57.0%	25.1	28.3 39%	0.888	3.17	9:00 PM ET
#47	Nico Daws NJD	vs OTT	17.0%	N/A	N/A N/A	N/A	N/A	7:00 PM ET
#48	Charlie Lindgren WSH	vs MTL	12.2%	N/A	N/A N/A	N/A	N/A	7:30 PM ET

Start Probability

Chance each goalie starts, from our start model (rotation, rest, back-to-backs) with LineupExperts status applied. See the whole week in the goalie start planner.

Date	Team	Goalie
Wed, Oct 14	MTL @ WSHB2B	Jakub Dobes97%Confirmed
Wed, Oct 14	WSH vs MTLB2B	Charlie Lindgren97%Confirmed Logan Thompson3%
Wed, Oct 14	DAL @ COLB2B	Casey DeSmith97%Confirmed Jake Oettinger3%
Wed, Oct 14	COL vs DALB2B	Scott Wedgewood89%Expected Mackenzie Blackwood11%
Thu, Oct 15	BUF @ TOR	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen61%Projected Colten Ellis39%
Thu, Oct 15	TOR vs BUF	Sergei Bobrovsky78%Projected Anthony Stolarz22%
Thu, Oct 15	NYI @ OTT	Ilya Sorokin83%Projected Semyon Varlamov17%
Thu, Oct 15	OTT vs NYI	Linus Ullmark78%Projected Samuel Ersson14% Jonas Johansson7%
Thu, Oct 15	PHI @ DET	Dan Vladar56%Projected Joseph Woll44%
Thu, Oct 15	DET vs PHI	Daniil Tarasov97%Confirmed John Gibson3%
Thu, Oct 15	SEA @ TBL	Joey Daccord76%Projected Philipp Grubauer24%
Thu, Oct 15	TBL vs SEA	Andrei Vasilevskiy79%Projected Dennis Hildeby15% Mads Sogaard5%
Thu, Oct 15	VAN @ FLA	Kevin Lankinen78%Projected Leevi Meriläinen22%
Thu, Oct 15	FLA vs VAN	Jacob Markstrom75%Projected Akira Schmid17% Cooper Black8%
Thu, Oct 15	NYR @ NJD	Igor Shesterkin47% Dylan Garand45%Projected Joonas Korpisalo7%
Thu, Oct 15	NJD vs NYR	Jake Allen78%Projected Nico Daws22%
Thu, Oct 15	WPG @ CHI	Stuart Skinner68%Projected Clay Stevenson33%
Thu, Oct 15	CHI vs WPG	Spencer Knight75%Projected Arvid Soderblom25%
Thu, Oct 15	SJS @ NSH	Yaroslav Askarov72%Projected Alex Nedeljkovic28%
Thu, Oct 15	NSH vs SJS	Juuse Saros77%Projected Matt Murray14% Justus Annunen9%
Thu, Oct 15	STL @ MIN	Joel Hofer65%Projected Jordan Binnington35%
Thu, Oct 15	MIN vs STL	Jesper Wallstedt85%Projected Calvin Pickard15%
Thu, Oct 15	UTA @ EDM	Karel Vejmelka81%Projected Sebastian Cossa19%
Thu, Oct 15	EDM vs UTA	Tristan Jarry79%Projected Devon Levi21%
Thu, Oct 15	CGY @ VGK	Dustin Wolf71%Projected Devin Cooley29%
Thu, Oct 15	VGK vs CGY	Carter Hart74%Projected Adin Hill26%
Fri, Oct 16	PIT @ COL	Arturs Silovs85%Projected Sergei Murashov15%
Fri, Oct 16	COL vs PIT	Mackenzie Blackwood53% Scott Wedgewood47%Projected
Fri, Oct 16	BOS @ ANA	Jeremy Swayman86%Projected Michael DiPietro14%
Fri, Oct 16	ANA vs BOS	Lukas Dostal85%Projected Ville Husso15%
Sat, Oct 17	NJD @ WSH	Jake Allen77% Nico Daws23%
Sat, Oct 17	WSH vs NJD	Logan Thompson95% Charlie Lindgren5%
Sat, Oct 17	CAR @ WPG	Brandon Bussi87% Pyotr Kochetkov13%
Sat, Oct 17	WPG vs CAR	Stuart Skinner93% Clay Stevenson8%
Sat, Oct 17	VAN @ TBL	Kevin Lankinen68% Leevi Meriläinen32%
Sat, Oct 17	TBL vs VAN	Andrei Vasilevskiy69% Dennis Hildeby21% Mads Sogaard11%
Sat, Oct 17	SEA @ FLA	Joey Daccord56% Philipp Grubauer44%
Sat, Oct 17	FLA vs SEA	Jacob Markstrom70% Akira Schmid25% Cooper Black5%
Sat, Oct 17	NYI @ TOR	Ilya Sorokin84% Semyon Varlamov17%
Sat, Oct 17	TOR vs NYI	Sergei Bobrovsky63% Anthony Stolarz37%
Sat, Oct 17	BUF @ MTL	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen66% Colten Ellis34%
Sat, Oct 17	MTL vs BUF	Jakub Dobes58% Jacob Fowler36% Samuel Montembeault6%
Sat, Oct 17	SJS @ DET	Yaroslav Askarov73% Alex Nedeljkovic27%
Sat, Oct 17	DET vs SJS	John Gibson87% Daniil Tarasov13%
Sat, Oct 17	OTT @ PHI	Linus Ullmark53% Samuel Ersson34% Jonas Johansson14%
Sat, Oct 17	PHI vs OTT	Dan Vladar55% Joseph Woll45%
Sat, Oct 17	NYR @ CBJ	Igor Shesterkin61% Dylan Garand26% Joonas Korpisalo13%
Sat, Oct 17	CBJ vs NYR	Jet Greaves90% Cam Talbot10%
Sat, Oct 17	DAL @ CHI	Jake Oettinger88% Casey DeSmith12%
Sat, Oct 17	CHI vs DAL	Spencer Knight80% Arvid Soderblom20%
Sat, Oct 17	STL @ NSH	Joel Hofer62% Jordan Binnington38%
Sat, Oct 17	NSH vs STL	Juuse Saros84% Matt Murray9% Justus Annunen7%
Sat, Oct 17	BOS @ LAKB2B	Michael DiPietro67% Jeremy Swayman33%
Sat, Oct 17	LAK vs BOS	Darcy Kuemper87% Anton Forsberg14%
Sat, Oct 17	EDM @ UTA	Tristan Jarry61% Devon Levi39%
Sat, Oct 17	UTA vs EDM	Karel Vejmelka94% Sebastian Cossa6%
Sat, Oct 17	PIT @ VGKB2B	Sergei Murashov71% Arturs Silovs29%
Sat, Oct 17	VGK vs PIT	Carter Hart53% Adin Hill47%
Sun, Oct 18	CBJ @ MINB2B	Cam Talbot81% Jet Greaves19%
Sun, Oct 18	MIN vs CBJ	Jesper Wallstedt93% Calvin Pickard7%
Sun, Oct 18	CAR @ CGYB2B	Pyotr Kochetkov88% Brandon Bussi12%
Sun, Oct 18	CGY vs CAR	Dustin Wolf88% Devin Cooley12%

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How to Read Starting Goalie Status

Confirmed: The team or a reliable beat report has named the starter. Late scratches still happen (warmup injuries, illness), which is why we keep a history and flag any change.
Expected: Strong signals point to one goalie (first off the ice at morning skate, coach hints, the usual rotation) but nothing is official yet.
Projected: A forecast from rotation patterns, rest and the schedule. Most starters two or three days out are projected, and they change more often.

2nd night of back-to-back means the team also played the night before. Most NHL teams split back-to-backs between their two goalies, so the regular starter is more likely to rest and the backup more likely to start. That makes a projected starter on the second night less certain, and the backup a possible streaming option.

How often we check: starter status comes from LineupExperts. We poll it every 15 minutes from about 10 AM to 10 PM ET and record each change, so "Confirmed at" is the first time we saw the confirmation and "Changed from" shows the goalie who was listed before a switch.

Frequently Asked Questions

How often are starting goalies updated?

We check the LineupExperts starting goalie feed every 15 minutes from about 10 AM to 10 PM ET and refresh this page when a starter or status changes. Otherwise the page itself refreshes every few minutes. The confirmation times shown are when we first saw each change.

What's the difference between confirmed, expected and projected?

Confirmed means the team or a reliable beat report has named the starter. Expected means strong signals (morning skate, first off the ice, coach hints) point to one goalie but nothing is official. Projected is a forecast from rotation patterns, rest and back-to-backs, and is common two or three days out.

What does 2nd night of back-to-back mean for goalies?

The team also played the night before. Most NHL teams split back-to-backs between their goalies, so the usual starter is more likely to sit and the backup more likely to start. Treat a projected starter on the second night with extra caution.

How can I use this for fantasy hockey?

Connect your ESPN or Fantrax league in League settings to highlight the goalies on your roster and see which starters are still available. Start probabilities and the back-to-back flags on this page help you decide who to start or stream.