NHL Goalie Games Started Leaders 2023-24

Leaders: Games Started, 2023-24

1stJuuse SarosNSH · 64 GP64Share
2ndAlexandar GeorgievCOL · 63 GP62Share
3rdConnor HellebuyckWPG · 60 GP60Share
4thSergei BobrovskyFLA · 58 GP58Share
5thStuart SkinnerEDM · 59 GP57Share
6thJordan BinningtonSTL · 57 GP55Share
7thIlya SorokinNYI · 56 GP55Share
8thIgor ShesterkinNYR · 55 GP55Share
9thPetr MrazekCHI · 56 GP53Share
10thJake OettingerDAL · 54 GP53Share

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 2023-24, 98 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 26 and Juuse Saros leads at 64.

Games Started leaderboard

WindowSeason Last 7 days Last 14 days Last 30 days

Season2026-27 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24

Older seasons

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NHL Goalie Games Started Leaders, 2023-24, All situations
#	Goalie	Team	GS	GP	W	SV%	GAA	Pctl
1	Juuse SarosNSH	NSH	64	64	35	0.906	2.86	100	85%
2	Alexandar GeorgievCOL	COL	62	63	38	0.897	3.02	99	—
3	Connor HellebuyckWPG	WPG	60	60	37	0.921	2.39	98	91%▼0.7
4	Sergei BobrovskyFLA	FLA	58	58	36	0.915	2.37	97	84%▼1.2
5	Stuart SkinnerEDM	EDM	57	59	36	0.905	2.62	96	67%▲5.3
6	Jordan BinningtonSTL	STL	55	57	28	0.913	2.84	94	25%▼1.8
7	Ilya SorokinNYI	NYI	55	56	25	0.909	3.01	94	97%
8	Igor ShesterkinNYR	NYR	55	55	36	0.913	2.58	94	62%▼5.9
9	Petr MrazekCHI	CHI	53	56	18	0.908	3.05	91	0.1%
10	Jake OettingerDAL	DAL	53	54	35	0.905	2.72	91	99%
11	Cam TalbotLAK	LAK	52	54	27	0.913	2.50	89	9.2%▲2.6
12	Andrei VasilevskiyTBL	TBL	52	52	30	0.900	2.90	89	99%
13	Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF	BUF	51	54	27	0.910	2.57	87	67%▲1
14	Thatcher DemkoVAN	VAN	51	51	35	0.918	2.45	87	24%
15	Joonas KorpisaloOTT	OTT	49	55	21	0.890	3.27	85	12%
16	Samuel ErssonPHI	PHI	49	51	23	0.890	2.82	85	8.9%▼1.6
17	Tristan JarryPIT	PIT	48	51	19	0.903	2.91	82	26%
18	Connor IngramARI	ARI	48	50	23	0.907	2.91	82	—
19	Charlie LindgrenWSH	WSH	48	50	25	0.911	2.67	82	12%
20	Jacob MarkstromCGY	CGY	48	48	23	0.905	2.78	82	88%▼4.1
21	Joey DaccordSEA	SEA	46	50	19	0.916	2.46	79	65%▼2.5
22	John GibsonANA	ANA	44	46	13	0.888	3.54	78	60%▼4.1
23	Filip GustavssonMIN	MIN	43	45	20	0.899	3.06	76	60%▼1
24	Alex LyonDET	DET	43	44	21	0.904	3.05	76	29%▼2.1
25	Jeremy SwaymanBOS	BOS	43	44	25	0.916	2.53	76	97%▲0.8
26	Logan ThompsonVGK	VGK	42	46	25	0.908	2.70	74	99%
27	Mackenzie BlackwoodSJS	SJS	41	44	10	0.899	3.45	73	92%▲0.8
28	Pyotr KochetkovCAR	CAR	40	42	23	0.911	2.33	71	73%▲19
29	Elvis MerzlikinsCBJ	CBJ	40	41	13	0.897	3.45	71	7.3%
30	Samuel MontembeaultMTL	MTL	40	41	16	0.903	3.14	71	13%▼0.8
31	Ilya SamsonovTOR	TOR	40	40	23	0.890	3.13	71	0.1%
32	Linus UllmarkBOS	BOS	39	40	22	0.915	2.57	68	92%▲3
33	Lukas DostalANA	ANA	38	44	14	0.902	3.33	67	82%▼1.1
34	Marc-Andre FleuryMIN	MIN	36	40	17	0.895	2.98	66	—
35	Adin HillVGK	VGK	35	35	19	0.909	2.71	65	38%▲11
36	Philipp GrubauerSEA	SEA	34	36	14	0.899	2.85	64	23%▲7.6
37	Alex NedeljkovicPIT	PIT	33	38	18	0.902	2.97	61	21%▲4.5
38	Karel VejmelkaARI	ARI	33	38	13	0.897	3.35	61	98%
39	Kaapo KahkonenSJS/NJD	SJS/NJD	33	37	7	0.898	3.64	61	—
40	Jake AllenMTL/NJD	MTL/NJD	33	34	12	0.895	3.44	61	51%▼2.8
41	Darcy KuemperWSH	WSH	30	33	13	0.890	3.31	59	46%▼5.1
42	Vitek VanecekNJD	NJD	29	32	17	0.890	3.18	57	0.1%▼3.1
43	Arvid SoderblomCHI	CHI	29	32	5	0.880	3.92	57	4.8%▼0.8
44	Scott WedgewoodDAL	DAL	28	32	16	0.899	2.85	55	85%▼3.7
45	Anton ForsbergOTT	OTT	28	30	15	0.890	3.21	55	19%▼2
46	Joel HoferSTL	STL	27	30	15	0.914	2.65	53	83%
47	Casey DeSmithVAN	VAN	27	29	12	0.896	2.89	53	16%▲0.8
48	Semyon VarlamovNYI	NYI	27	28	14	0.918	2.60	53	4.9%
49	Jonathan QuickNYR	NYR	26	27	18	0.911	2.62	51	0.4%
50	Carter HartPHI	PHI	25	26	12	0.906	2.80	49	90%▲1.2