NHL Goalie Games Started Leaders 2024-25

Leaders: Games Started, 2024-25

1stAndrei VasilevskiyTBL · 63 GP63Share
2ndConnor HellebuyckWPG · 63 GP62Share
3rdIgor ShesterkinNYR · 61 GP61Share
4thSamuel MontembeaultMTL · 62 GP60Share
5thIlya SorokinNYI · 61 GP60Share
6thJuuse SarosNSH · 58 GP58Share
7thFilip GustavssonMIN · 58 GP58Share
8thJake OettingerDAL · 58 GP58Share
9thJeremy SwaymanBOS · 58 GP58Share
10thKarel VejmelkaUTA · 58 GP55Share

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 2024-25, 103 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 24 and Andrei Vasilevskiy leads at 63.

Games Started leaderboard

WindowSeason Last 7 days Last 14 days Last 30 days

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

Older seasons

2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18

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NHL Goalie Games Started Leaders, 2024-25, All situations
#	Goalie	Team	GS	GP	W	SV%	GAA	Pctl
1	Andrei VasilevskiyTBL	TBL	63	63	38	0.921	2.18	100	99%
2	Connor HellebuyckWPG	WPG	62	63	47	0.925	2.00	99	91%▼0.7
3	Igor ShesterkinNYR	NYR	61	61	27	0.905	2.86	98	62%▼5.9
4	Samuel MontembeaultMTL	MTL	60	62	31	0.902	2.82	97	13%▼0.8
5	Ilya SorokinNYI	NYI	60	61	30	0.907	2.71	97	97%
6	Juuse SarosNSH	NSH	58	58	20	0.896	2.98	94	85%
7	Filip GustavssonMIN	MIN	58	58	31	0.914	2.56	94	60%▼1
8	Jake OettingerDAL	DAL	58	58	36	0.909	2.59	94	99%
9	Jeremy SwaymanBOS	BOS	58	58	22	0.892	3.11	94	97%▲0.8
10	Karel VejmelkaUTA	UTA	55	58	26	0.904	2.58	90	98%
11	Joey DaccordSEA	SEA	55	57	27	0.906	2.75	90	65%▼2.5
12	Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF	BUF	55	55	24	0.887	3.20	90	67%▲1
13	Jordan BinningtonSTL	STL	54	56	28	0.900	2.69	88	25%▼1.8
14	Sergei BobrovskyFLA	FLA	54	54	33	0.906	2.44	88	84%▼1.2
15	Mackenzie BlackwoodCOL/SJS	COL/SJS	53	56	28	0.912	2.55	86	92%▲0.8
16	Dustin WolfCGY	CGY	53	53	29	0.910	2.64	86	51%▼3.6
17	Elvis MerzlikinsCBJ	CBJ	52	53	26	0.892	3.18	84	7.3%
18	Stuart SkinnerEDM	EDM	50	51	26	0.896	2.81	82	67%▲5.3
19	Darcy KuemperLAK	LAK	50	50	31	0.922	2.02	82	46%▼5.1
20	Adin HillVGK	VGK	50	50	32	0.906	2.47	82	38%▲11
21	Lukas DostalANA	ANA	49	54	23	0.903	3.10	79	82%▼1.1
22	Kevin LankinenVAN	VAN	49	51	25	0.902	2.62	79	18%▼4.1
23	Jacob MarkstromNJD	NJD	49	49	26	0.900	2.50	79	88%▼4.1
24	Alexandar GeorgievSJS/COL	SJS/COL	47	49	15	0.875	3.71	77	—
25	Pyotr KochetkovCAR	CAR	47	47	27	0.898	2.60	77	73%▲19
26	Samuel ErssonPHI	PHI	45	47	22	0.883	3.14	75	8.9%▼1.6
27	Cam TalbotDET	DET	43	47	21	0.901	2.93	74	9.2%▲2.6
28	Linus UllmarkOTT	OTT	43	44	25	0.910	2.72	74	92%▲3
29	Logan ThompsonWSH	WSH	42	43	31	0.910	2.49	73	99%
30	Joseph WollTOR	TOR	41	42	27	0.909	2.73	72	37%▼2.7
31	Charlie LindgrenWSH	WSH	38	39	20	0.896	2.73	70	12%
32	Petr MrazekCHI/DET	CHI/DET	38	38	12	0.891	3.35	70	0.1%
33	Spencer KnightFLA/CHI	FLA/CHI	36	38	17	0.902	2.72	69	73%
34	Alex NedeljkovicPIT	PIT	35	38	14	0.894	3.12	67	21%▲4.5
35	Tristan JarryPIT	PIT	35	36	16	0.893	3.12	67	26%
36	Arvid SoderblomCHI	CHI	33	36	10	0.898	3.18	65	4.8%▼0.8
37	Anthony StolarzTOR	TOR	33	34	21	0.926	2.14	65	36%▼0.6
38	Calvin PickardEDM	EDM	31	36	22	0.900	2.71	63	3.3%▼0.8
39	David RittichLAK	LAK	31	34	16	0.887	2.84	63	4.0%
40	Justus AnnunenNSH/COL	NSH/COL	29	34	15	0.883	3.18	60	9.7%▼0.8
41	Jake AllenNJD	NJD	29	31	13	0.908	2.66	60	51%▼2.8
42	Dan VladarCGY	CGY	29	30	12	0.898	2.80	60	59%▼2.8
43	Ilya SamsonovVGK	VGK	29	29	16	0.891	2.82	60	0.1%
44	Joel HoferSTL	STL	28	31	16	0.904	2.64	57	83%
45	John GibsonANA	ANA	28	29	11	0.912	2.77	57	60%▼4.1
46	Anton ForsbergOTT	OTT	27	30	11	0.901	2.72	56	19%▼2
47	Alex LyonDET	DET	26	30	14	0.896	2.81	54	29%▼2.1
48	Philipp GrubauerSEA	SEA	26	26	8	0.875	3.49	54	23%▲7.6
49	Joonas KorpisaloBOS	BOS	24	27	11	0.893	2.90	51	12%
50	Casey DeSmithDAL	DAL	24	27	14	0.915	2.59	51	16%▲0.8