NHL Goalie Games Started Leaders 2020-21

Leaders: Games Started, 2020-21

1stConnor HellebuyckWPG · 45 GP45Share
2ndJacob MarkstromCGY · 43 GP43Share
3rdAndrei VasilevskiyTBL · 42 GP42Share
4thJordan BinningtonSTL · 42 GP41Share
5thPhilipp GrubauerCOL · 40 GP39Share
6thTristan JarryPIT · 39 GP38Share
7thKevin LankinenCHI · 37 GP37Share
8thVitek VanecekWSH · 37 GP36Share
9thMarc-Andre FleuryVGK · 36 GP36Share
10thSemyon VarlamovNYI · 36 GP35Share

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 2020-21, 98 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 18 and Connor Hellebuyck leads at 45.

Games Started leaderboard

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NHL Goalie Games Started Leaders, 2020-21, All situations
#	Goalie	Team	GS	GP	W	SV%	GAA	Pctl
1	Connor HellebuyckWPG	WPG	45	45	24	0.916	2.58	100	91%▼0.7
2	Jacob MarkstromCGY	CGY	43	43	22	0.904	2.68	99	88%▼4.1
3	Andrei VasilevskiyTBL	TBL	42	42	31	0.925	2.21	98	99%
4	Jordan BinningtonSTL	STL	41	42	18	0.910	2.65	97	25%▼1.8
5	Philipp GrubauerCOL	COL	39	40	30	0.922	1.95	96	23%▲7.6
6	Tristan JarryPIT	PIT	38	39	25	0.909	2.75	95	26%
7	Kevin LankinenCHI	CHI	37	37	17	0.909	3.01	94	18%▼4.1
8	Vitek VanecekWSH	WSH	36	37	21	0.908	2.69	92	0.1%▼3.1
9	Marc-Andre FleuryVGK	VGK	36	36	26	0.928	1.98	92	—
10	Semyon VarlamovNYI	NYI	35	36	19	0.929	2.04	89	4.9%
11	Juuse SarosNSH	NSH	35	36	21	0.927	2.28	89	85%
12	John GibsonANA	ANA	35	35	9	0.903	2.98	89	60%▼4.1
13	Thatcher DemkoVAN	VAN	35	35	16	0.915	2.85	89	24%
14	Mackenzie BlackwoodNJD	NJD	35	35	14	0.902	3.04	89	92%▲0.8
15	Martin JonesSJS	SJS	34	34	15	0.896	3.28	86	—
16	Cam TalbotMIN	MIN	33	33	19	0.915	2.63	85	9.2%▲2.6
17	Cal PetersenLAK	LAK	32	35	9	0.911	2.89	83	—
18	Anton KhudobinDAL	DAL	32	32	12	0.905	2.54	83	—
19	Igor ShesterkinNYR	NYR	31	35	16	0.916	2.62	81	62%▼5.9
20	Joonas KorpisaloCBJ	CBJ	31	33	9	0.894	3.30	81	12%
21	Mike SmithEDM	EDM	30	32	21	0.923	2.31	79	—
22	Sergei BobrovskyFLA	FLA	30	31	19	0.906	2.91	79	84%▼1.2
23	Thomas GreissDET	DET	29	34	8	0.912	2.70	77	—
24	Jake AllenMTL	MTL	27	29	11	0.907	2.68	76	51%▼2.8
25	Darcy KuemperARI	ARI	27	27	10	0.907	2.56	76	46%▼5.1
26	Brian ElliottPHI	PHI	26	30	15	0.889	3.06	74	—
27	Matt MurrayOTT	OTT	25	27	10	0.893	3.38	72	0.1%
28	Carter HartPHI	PHI	25	27	9	0.877	3.67	72	90%▲1.2
29	Mikko KoskinenEDM	EDM	25	26	13	0.899	3.17	72	—
30	Carey PriceMTL	MTL	25	25	12	0.901	2.64	72	—
31	Jake OettingerDAL	DAL	24	29	11	0.911	2.36	69	99%
32	Tuukka RaskBOS	BOS	24	24	15	0.913	2.28	69	—
33	Elvis MerzlikinsCBJ	CBJ	23	28	8	0.916	2.77	64	7.3%
34	Jonathan BernierDET	DET	23	24	9	0.914	2.99	64	—
35	Frederik AndersenTOR	TOR	23	24	13	0.895	2.96	64	34%▼0.9
36	Kaapo KahkonenMIN	MIN	23	24	16	0.902	2.88	64	—
37	Chris DriedgerFLA	FLA	23	23	14	0.927	2.07	64	—
38	Alex NedeljkovicCAR	CAR	23	23	15	0.932	1.90	64	21%▲4.5
39	Jonathan QuickLAK	LAK	22	22	11	0.898	2.86	60	0.4%
40	Jack CampbellTOR	TOR	22	22	17	0.921	2.15	60	—
41	Pekka RinneNSH	NSH	21	24	10	0.907	2.84	57	—
42	James ReimerCAR	CAR	21	22	15	0.906	2.66	57	—
43	Ilya SorokinNYI	NYI	21	22	13	0.918	2.17	57	97%
44	Braden HoltbyVAN	VAN	21	21	7	0.889	3.67	57	—
45	Linus UllmarkBUF	BUF	20	20	9	0.917	2.63	55	92%▲3
46	Robin LehnerVGK	VGK	19	19	13	0.913	2.29	54	—
47	Devan DubnykSJS/COL	SJS/COL	18	22	6	0.895	3.20	52	—
48	Ilya SamsonovWSH	WSH	18	19	13	0.902	2.69	52	0.1%
49	Alexandar GeorgievNYR	NYR	18	19	8	0.905	2.71	52	—
50	Casey DeSmithPIT	PIT	17	20	11	0.912	2.54	48	16%▲0.8