NHL Goalie Goals Against Average Leaders 2017-18

Leaders: Goals Against Average, 2017-18

1stCarter HuttonSTL · 26 GS2.09Share
2ndAntti RaantaARI · 46 GS2.24Share
3rdMarc-Andre FleuryVGK · 46 GS2.24Share
4thCorey CrawfordCHI · 27 GS2.27Share
5thPekka RinneNSH · 59 GS2.31Share
6thPhilipp GrubauerWSH · 28 GS2.35Share
7thConnor HellebuyckWPG · 64 GS2.36Share
8thTuukka RaskBOS · 53 GS2.36Share
9thJonathan QuickLAK · 63 GS2.40Share
10thSergei BobrovskyCBJ · 65 GS2.42Share

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What Goals Against Average measures

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

GAA mixes goalie and team: shots against vary a lot by team. Read it next to save percentage. A row needs at least 25 starts to qualify, a bar that rises as the season goes on, so early leaders with a handful of games do not crowd the top.

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. In 2017-18, 45 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 2.71 and Carter Hutton leads at 2.09.

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NHL Goalie Goals Against Average Leaders, 2017-18, All situations
#	Goalie	Team	GAA	GS	GP	GA	SV%	W	Pctl
1	Carter HuttonSTL	STL	2.09	26	32	56	0.931	17	100	—
2	Antti RaantaARI	ARI	2.24	46	47	97	0.930	21	98	—
3	Marc-Andre FleuryVGK	VGK	2.24	46	46	100	0.927	29	95	—
4	Corey CrawfordCHI	CHI	2.27	27	28	60	0.929	16	93	—
5	Pekka RinneNSH	NSH	2.31	59	59	134	0.927	42	91	—
6	Philipp GrubauerWSH	WSH	2.35	28	35	73	0.923	15	89	23%▲7.6
7	Connor HellebuyckWPG	WPG	2.36	64	67	156	0.924	44	86	91%▼0.7
8	Tuukka RaskBOS	BOS	2.36	53	54	125	0.917	34	84	—
9	Jonathan QuickLAK	LAK	2.40	63	64	147	0.921	33	82	0.4%
10	Sergei BobrovskyCBJ	CBJ	2.42	65	65	158	0.921	37	80	84%▼1.2
11	John GibsonANA	ANA	2.43	60	60	139	0.926	31	77	60%▼4.1
12	Roberto LuongoFLA	FLA	2.47	33	35	81	0.929	18	75	—
13	Ben BishopDAL	DAL	2.49	51	53	120	0.916	26	73	—
14	Darcy KuemperLAK/ARI	LAK/ARI	2.52	25	29	67	0.920	12	70	46%▼5.1
15	Devan DubnykMIN	MIN	2.52	59	60	145	0.918	35	68	—
16	Martin JonesSJS	SJS	2.55	60	60	145	0.915	30	66	—
17	Anton KhudobinBOS	BOS	2.56	29	31	76	0.913	16	64	—
18	Kari LehtonenDAL	DAL	2.56	30	37	83	0.912	15	61	—
19	Andrei VasilevskiyTBL	TBL	2.62	64	65	167	0.920	44	59	99%
20	Mike SmithCGY	CGY	2.65	55	55	141	0.916	25	57	—
21	Brian ElliottPHI	PHI	2.66	42	43	112	0.909	23	55	—
22	Semyon VarlamovCOL	COL	2.68	47	51	128	0.920	24	52	4.9%
23	Jacob MarkstromVAN	VAN	2.71	57	60	154	0.912	23	50	88%▼4.1
24	Cam WardCAR	CAR	2.73	42	43	112	0.906	23	48	—
25	Jake AllenSTL	STL	2.75	56	59	152	0.906	27	45	51%▼2.8
26	Keith KinkaidNJD	NJD	2.77	38	41	106	0.913	26	43	—
27	Frederik AndersenTOR	TOR	2.81	66	66	182	0.918	38	41	34%▼0.9
28	Jonathan BernierCOL	COL	2.85	34	37	95	0.913	19	39	—
29	Jimmy HowardDET	DET	2.85	57	60	160	0.910	22	36	—
30	Matt MurrayPIT	PIT	2.92	45	49	133	0.907	27	34	0.1%
31	Cory SchneiderNJD	NJD	2.93	40	40	114	0.907	17	32	—
32	Anton ForsbergCHI	CHI	2.97	30	35	85	0.908	10	30	19%▼2
33	Henrik LundqvistNYR	NYR	2.98	61	63	174	0.915	26	27	—
34	James ReimerFLA	FLA	2.99	42	44	120	0.913	22	25	—
35	Braden HoltbyWSH	WSH	2.99	54	54	153	0.907	34	23	—
36	Robin LehnerBUF	BUF	3.01	50	53	143	0.908	14	20	—
37	Cam TalbotEDM	EDM	3.02	67	67	188	0.908	31	18	9.2%▲2.6
38	Petr MrazekDET/PHI	DET/PHI	3.03	33	39	106	0.902	14	16	0.1%
39	Carey PriceMTL	MTL	3.11	48	49	148	0.900	16	14	—
40	Scott DarlingCAR	CAR	3.18	40	43	131	0.888	13	11	—
41	Jaroslav HalakNYI	NYI	3.19	49	54	161	0.908	20	9	—
42	Mike CondonOTT	OTT	3.25	26	31	88	0.902	5	7	—
43	Craig AndersonOTT	OTT	3.32	55	58	180	0.898	23	5	—
44	Chad JohnsonBUF	BUF	3.55	29	36	105	0.891	10	2	—
45	Thomas GreissNYI	NYI	3.82	25	27	95	0.892	13	0	—