NHL Goalie Goals Against Average Leaders 2020-21

Leaders: Goals Against Average, 2020-21

1stAlex NedeljkovicCAR · 23 GS1.90Share
2ndPhilipp GrubauerCOL · 39 GS1.95Share
3rdMarc-Andre FleuryVGK · 36 GS1.98Share
4thSemyon VarlamovNYI · 35 GS2.04Share
5thChris DriedgerFLA · 23 GS2.07Share
6thJack CampbellTOR · 22 GS2.15Share
7thIlya SorokinNYI · 21 GS2.17Share
8thAndrei VasilevskiyTBL · 42 GS2.21Share
9thTuukka RaskBOS · 24 GS2.28Share
10thJuuse SarosNSH · 35 GS2.28Share

The full ranked table, with filters, follows.

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 17 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 2020-21, 52 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 2.68 and Alex Nedeljkovic leads at 1.90.

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NHL Goalie Goals Against Average Leaders, 2020-21, All situations
#	Goalie	Team	GAA	GS	GP	GA	SV%	W	Pctl
1	Alex NedeljkovicCAR	CAR	1.90	23	23	44	0.932	15	100	21%▲4.5
2	Philipp GrubauerCOL	COL	1.95	39	40	77	0.922	30	98	23%▲7.6
3	Marc-Andre FleuryVGK	VGK	1.98	36	36	71	0.928	26	96	—
4	Semyon VarlamovNYI	NYI	2.04	35	36	72	0.929	19	94	4.9%
5	Chris DriedgerFLA	FLA	2.07	23	23	47	0.927	14	92	—
6	Jack CampbellTOR	TOR	2.15	22	22	46	0.921	17	90	—
7	Ilya SorokinNYI	NYI	2.17	21	22	46	0.918	13	88	97%
8	Andrei VasilevskiyTBL	TBL	2.21	42	42	93	0.925	31	86	99%
9	Tuukka RaskBOS	BOS	2.28	24	24	53	0.913	15	84	—
10	Juuse SarosNSH	NSH	2.28	35	36	78	0.927	21	82	85%
11	Robin LehnerVGK	VGK	2.29	19	19	44	0.913	13	80	—
12	Mike SmithEDM	EDM	2.31	30	32	71	0.923	21	78	—
13	Jake OettingerDAL	DAL	2.36	24	29	63	0.911	11	76	99%
14	Jaroslav HalakBOS	BOS	2.53	17	19	46	0.905	9	75	—
15	Anton KhudobinDAL	DAL	2.54	32	32	76	0.905	12	73	—
16	Casey DeSmithPIT	PIT	2.54	17	20	48	0.912	11	71	16%▲0.8
17	Darcy KuemperARI	ARI	2.56	27	27	66	0.907	10	69	46%▼5.1
18	Connor HellebuyckWPG	WPG	2.58	45	45	112	0.916	24	67	91%▼0.7
19	Igor ShesterkinNYR	NYR	2.62	31	35	83	0.916	16	65	62%▼5.9
20	Cam TalbotMIN	MIN	2.63	33	33	86	0.915	19	63	9.2%▲2.6
21	Linus UllmarkBUF	BUF	2.63	20	20	49	0.917	9	61	92%▲3
22	Carey PriceMTL	MTL	2.64	25	25	65	0.901	12	59	—
23	Jordan BinningtonSTL	STL	2.65	41	42	108	0.910	18	57	25%▼1.8
24	James ReimerCAR	CAR	2.66	21	22	59	0.906	15	55	—
25	Jacob MarkstromCGY	CGY	2.68	43	43	111	0.904	22	53	88%▼4.1
26	Jake AllenMTL	MTL	2.68	27	29	76	0.907	11	51	51%▼2.8
27	Ilya SamsonovWSH	WSH	2.69	18	19	49	0.902	13	49	0.1%
28	Vitek VanecekWSH	WSH	2.69	36	37	95	0.908	21	47	0.1%▼3.1
29	Thomas GreissDET	DET	2.70	29	34	79	0.912	8	45	—
30	Alexandar GeorgievNYR	NYR	2.71	18	19	44	0.905	8	43	—
31	Adin HillARI	ARI	2.74	17	19	46	0.913	9	41	38%▲11
32	Tristan JarryPIT	PIT	2.75	38	39	100	0.909	25	39	26%
33	Elvis MerzlikinsCBJ	CBJ	2.77	23	28	69	0.916	8	37	7.3%
34	Pekka RinneNSH	NSH	2.84	21	24	62	0.907	10	35	—
35	Thatcher DemkoVAN	VAN	2.85	35	35	99	0.915	16	33	24%
36	Jonathan QuickLAK	LAK	2.86	22	22	58	0.898	11	31	0.4%
37	Kaapo KahkonenMIN	MIN	2.88	23	24	68	0.902	16	29	—
38	Cal PetersenLAK	LAK	2.89	32	35	97	0.911	9	27	—
39	Sergei BobrovskyFLA	FLA	2.91	30	31	88	0.906	19	25	84%▼1.2
40	Frederik AndersenTOR	TOR	2.96	23	24	70	0.895	13	24	34%▼0.9
41	John GibsonANA	ANA	2.98	35	35	101	0.903	9	22	60%▼4.1
42	Jonathan BernierDET	DET	2.99	23	24	65	0.914	9	20	—
43	Kevin LankinenCHI	CHI	3.01	37	37	109	0.909	17	18	18%▼4.1
44	Mackenzie BlackwoodNJD	NJD	3.04	35	35	106	0.902	14	16	92%▲0.8
45	Brian ElliottPHI	PHI	3.06	26	30	82	0.889	15	14	—
46	Mikko KoskinenEDM	EDM	3.17	25	26	76	0.899	13	12	—
47	Devan DubnykSJS/COL	SJS/COL	3.20	18	22	63	0.895	6	10	—
48	Martin JonesSJS	SJS	3.28	34	34	102	0.896	15	8	—
49	Joonas KorpisaloCBJ	CBJ	3.30	31	33	96	0.894	9	6	12%
50	Matt MurrayOTT	OTT	3.38	25	27	79	0.893	10	4	0.1%