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NHL Goalie Goals Against Average Leaders

2025-26All situationsThrough 82 team games

This board ranks NHL goalies by goals against average, lowest first, regular season only, among goalies with enough starts. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table.

Goals against average is goals allowed per 60 minutes in net. Lower is better: below 2.50 over a full season is excellent, and the team's defence shapes it as much as the goalie. GAA is a ratio category, ranked here from lowest. Like SV%, a starter behind a strong defence often looks better than his save percentage says.

Leader in 2025-26: Scott Wedgewood (COL), 2.02 GAA.

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

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

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NHL Goalie Goals Against Average Leaders, 2025-26, All situations
#	Goalie	Team	GAA	GS	GP	GA	SV%	W
1	Scott WedgewoodCOL	COL	2.02	43	45	86	0.921	31	96%▼3.4
2	Andrei VasilevskiyTBL	TBL	2.31	58	58	132	0.912	39	99%▲0.6
3	Dan VladarPHI	PHI	2.42	51	52	121	0.906	29	76%▲9.3
4	Casey DeSmithDAL	DAL	2.43	28	30	71	0.907	15	17%▲16
5	Logan ThompsonWSH	WSH	2.44	58	58	140	0.912	31	100%
6	Brandon BussiCAR	CAR	2.47	39	39	97	0.895	31	96%▲9.8
7	Igor ShesterkinNYR	NYR	2.50	51	51	126	0.912	25	93%▲1.8
8	Mackenzie BlackwoodCOL	COL	2.51	36	39	90	0.904	23	90%▲6.2
9	Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF	BUF	2.52	34	35	85	0.910	22	77%▼1
10	Anton ForsbergLAK	LAK	2.57	31	36	87	0.910	16	26%▼17
11	Jake OettingerDAL	DAL	2.59	54	54	138	0.899	35	99%▼0.6
12	Akira SchmidVGK	VGK	2.59	29	34	85	0.893	16	28%▲26
13	Connor IngramEDM	EDM	2.60	30	32	77	0.899	16	—
14	Jet GreavesCBJ	CBJ	2.60	53	55	142	0.908	26	86%▲21
15	Joel HoferSTL	STL	2.61	43	46	114	0.910	24	80%▲2.1
16	Jesper WallstedtMIN	MIN	2.61	33	35	87	0.916	18	94%▲15
17	Philipp GrubauerSEA	SEA	2.65	28	32	79	0.909	13	14%▲9.6
18	Ilya SorokinNYI	NYI	2.68	54	55	144	0.906	29	97%
19	Filip GustavssonMIN	MIN	2.69	49	50	133	0.904	28	64%▼11
20	Devin CooleyCGY	CGY	2.69	26	31	77	0.909	10	14%▲13
21	Jeremy SwaymanBOS	BOS	2.71	54	55	146	0.908	31	97%▲1.5
22	John GibsonDET	DET	2.72	57	57	144	0.901	29	72%
23	Linus UllmarkOTT	OTT	2.73	49	49	131	0.891	28	81%▼5.4
24	Jake AllenNJD	NJD	2.74	36	37	100	0.904	17	54%▲29
25	Karel VejmelkaUTA	UTA	2.75	63	64	169	0.897	38	98%▲3.3
26	David RittichNYI	NYI	2.76	28	30	76	0.894	14	5.6%▲5.5
27	Alex LyonBUF	BUF	2.77	34	36	92	0.907	20	33%▼17
28	Jakub DobesMTL	MTL	2.78	42	43	117	0.901	29	96%▲13
29	Darcy KuemperLAK	LAK	2.78	50	50	134	0.891	19	58%▼5.2
30	Spencer KnightCHI	CHI	2.82	55	55	155	0.902	19	79%▲17
31	Connor HellebuyckWPG	WPG	2.86	57	57	162	0.895	23	94%▲7.4
32	Alex NedeljkovicSJS	SJS	2.87	34	40	109	0.896	18	18%▲13
33	Stuart SkinnerPIT/EDM	PIT/EDM	2.92	50	50	142	0.888	23	42%▲29
34	Dustin WolfCGY	CGY	3.01	55	57	158	0.899	23	66%▲27
35	Joey DaccordSEA	SEA	3.03	46	47	136	0.897	20	54%▲22
36	Adin HillVGK	VGK	3.04	27	27	76	0.871	10	24%▲17
37	Daniil TarasovFLA	FLA	3.05	31	33	97	0.895	13	11%▲9.4
38	Frederik AndersenCAR	CAR	3.05	35	35	107	0.874	16	38%▲31
39	Jacob MarkstromNJD	NJD	3.07	43	44	130	0.883	23	89%▲43
40	Sergei BobrovskyFLA	FLA	3.07	51	52	154	0.877	27	88%▲16
41	Arturs SilovsPIT	PIT	3.07	38	39	115	0.888	19	45%▲41
42	Lukas DostalANA	ANA	3.10	55	56	169	0.888	30	81%▲50
43	Samuel ErssonPHI	PHI	3.12	29	33	97	0.870	14	9.7%▲8.9
44	Joonas KorpisaloBOS	BOS	3.15	28	31	90	0.894	14	7.6%▲5.2
45	Juuse SarosNSH	NSH	3.16	59	59	181	0.894	28	84%▲16
46	Cam TalbotDET	DET	3.19	25	34	93	0.883	12	5.8%▲4.7
47	Anthony StolarzTOR	TOR	3.28	25	26	76	0.893	10	30%▲27
48	Tristan JarryEDM/PIT	EDM/PIT	3.32	29	33	98	0.882	18	9.4%
49	Jordan BinningtonSTL	STL	3.33	39	41	128	0.873	13	31%▲24
50	Joseph WollTOR	TOR	3.34	38	39	124	0.899	15	33%▲20
51	Elvis MerzlikinsCBJ	CBJ	3.40	29	30	95	0.883	14	8.9%▲7.9
52	Yaroslav AskarovSJS	SJS	3.63	47	47	157	0.884	21	77%▲65
53	Kevin LankinenVAN	VAN	3.70	43	47	160	0.875	11	32%▲25

Minimum sample: 25 starts (it scales with games played). 45 below the minimum are hidden.

How to read it

Goals allowed per 60 minutes in net, lowest first (minimum starts scale with the season).

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GAA mixes goalie and team: shots against vary a lot by team. Read it next to save percentage.

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