NHL Goalie Games Started Leaders 2017-18

Leaders: Games Started, 2017-18

1stCam TalbotEDM · 67 GP67Share
2ndFrederik AndersenTOR · 66 GP66Share
3rdSergei BobrovskyCBJ · 65 GP65Share
4thConnor HellebuyckWPG · 67 GP64Share
5thAndrei VasilevskiyTBL · 65 GP64Share
6thJonathan QuickLAK · 64 GP63Share
7thHenrik LundqvistNYR · 63 GP61Share
8thMartin JonesSJS · 60 GP60Share
9thJohn GibsonANA · 60 GP60Share
10thDevan DubnykMIN · 60 GP59Share

The full ranked table, with filters, follows.

What Games Started measures

This board ranks NHL goalies by games started, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table. Games the goalie started, regular season.

Starts follow the depth chart and health more than form, so they carry over well within a season.

Games started counts the games a goalie began in net. Workhorse starters reach 60 or more; most teams now split the net closer to 55-27. Starts are opportunity: every win, save and shutout needs one. Watch for timeshares forming early in the season. In 2017-18, 95 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 23 and Cam Talbot leads at 67.

Games Started leaderboard

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NHL Goalie Games Started Leaders, 2017-18, All situations
#	Goalie	Team	GS	GP	W	SV%	GAA	Pctl
1	Cam TalbotEDM	EDM	67	67	31	0.908	3.02	100	9.2%▲2.6
2	Frederik AndersenTOR	TOR	66	66	38	0.918	2.81	99	34%▼0.9
3	Sergei BobrovskyCBJ	CBJ	65	65	37	0.921	2.42	98	84%▼1.2
4	Connor HellebuyckWPG	WPG	64	67	44	0.924	2.36	96	91%▼0.7
5	Andrei VasilevskiyTBL	TBL	64	65	44	0.920	2.62	96	99%
6	Jonathan QuickLAK	LAK	63	64	33	0.921	2.40	95	0.4%
7	Henrik LundqvistNYR	NYR	61	63	26	0.915	2.98	94	—
8	Martin JonesSJS	SJS	60	60	30	0.915	2.55	92	—
9	John GibsonANA	ANA	60	60	31	0.926	2.43	92	60%▼4.1
10	Devan DubnykMIN	MIN	59	60	35	0.918	2.52	90	—
11	Pekka RinneNSH	NSH	59	59	42	0.927	2.31	90	—
12	Jimmy HowardDET	DET	57	60	22	0.910	2.85	88	—
13	Jacob MarkstromVAN	VAN	57	60	23	0.912	2.71	88	88%▼4.1
14	Jake AllenSTL	STL	56	59	27	0.906	2.75	86	51%▼2.8
15	Craig AndersonOTT	OTT	55	58	23	0.898	3.32	85	—
16	Mike SmithCGY	CGY	55	55	25	0.916	2.65	85	—
17	Braden HoltbyWSH	WSH	54	54	34	0.907	2.99	83	—
18	Tuukka RaskBOS	BOS	53	54	34	0.917	2.36	82	—
19	Ben BishopDAL	DAL	51	53	26	0.916	2.49	81	—
20	Robin LehnerBUF	BUF	50	53	14	0.908	3.01	80	—
21	Jaroslav HalakNYI	NYI	49	54	20	0.908	3.19	79	—
22	Carey PriceMTL	MTL	48	49	16	0.900	3.11	78	—
23	Semyon VarlamovCOL	COL	47	51	24	0.920	2.68	77	4.9%
24	Antti RaantaARI	ARI	46	47	21	0.930	2.24	75	—
25	Marc-Andre FleuryVGK	VGK	46	46	29	0.927	2.24	75	—
26	Matt MurrayPIT	PIT	45	49	27	0.907	2.92	73	0.1%
27	James ReimerFLA	FLA	42	44	22	0.913	2.99	71	—
28	Cam WardCAR	CAR	42	43	23	0.906	2.73	71	—
29	Brian ElliottPHI	PHI	42	43	23	0.909	2.66	71	—
30	Scott DarlingCAR	CAR	40	43	13	0.888	3.18	69	—
31	Cory SchneiderNJD	NJD	40	40	17	0.907	2.93	69	—
32	Keith KinkaidNJD	NJD	38	41	26	0.913	2.77	67	—
33	Jonathan BernierCOL	COL	34	37	19	0.913	2.85	66	—
34	Petr MrazekDET/PHI	DET/PHI	33	39	14	0.902	3.03	64	0.1%
35	Roberto LuongoFLA	FLA	33	35	18	0.929	2.47	64	—
36	Kari LehtonenDAL	DAL	30	37	15	0.912	2.56	62	—
37	Anton ForsbergCHI	CHI	30	35	10	0.908	2.97	62	19%▼2
38	Chad JohnsonBUF	BUF	29	36	10	0.891	3.55	60	—
39	Anton KhudobinBOS	BOS	29	31	16	0.913	2.56	60	—
40	Philipp GrubauerWSH	WSH	28	35	15	0.923	2.35	59	23%▲7.6
41	Corey CrawfordCHI	CHI	27	28	16	0.929	2.27	57	—
42	Carter HuttonSTL	STL	26	32	17	0.931	2.09	56	—
43	Mike CondonOTT	OTT	26	31	5	0.902	3.25	56	—
44	Darcy KuemperLAK/ARI	LAK/ARI	25	29	12	0.920	2.52	54	46%▼5.1
45	Thomas GreissNYI	NYI	25	27	13	0.892	3.82	54	—
46	Anders NilssonVAN	VAN	24	27	7	0.901	3.44	52	—
47	Alex StalockMIN	MIN	23	28	10	0.910	2.85	50	—
48	Juuse SarosNSH	NSH	23	26	11	0.925	2.45	50	85%
49	Tristan JarryPIT	PIT	23	26	14	0.908	2.77	50	26%
50	Aaron DellSJS	SJS	22	29	15	0.914	2.64	48	—