NHL Goalie Goals Against Average Leaders 2021-22

Leaders: Goals Against Average, 2021-22

1stIgor ShesterkinNYR · 52 GS2.07Share
2ndFrederik AndersenCAR · 51 GS2.17Share
3rdJacob MarkstromCGY · 63 GS2.22Share
4thIlya SorokinNYI · 52 GS2.40Share
5thJeremy SwaymanBOS · 39 GS2.41Share
6thTristan JarryPIT · 56 GS2.42Share
7thLinus UllmarkBOS · 39 GS2.45Share
8thAntti RaantaCAR · 26 GS2.45Share
9thAndrei VasilevskiyTBL · 63 GS2.49Share
10thJake OettingerDAL · 46 GS2.53Share

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 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 2021-22, 47 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 2.87 and Igor Shesterkin leads at 2.07.

Goals Against Average leaderboard

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NHL Goalie Goals Against Average Leaders, 2021-22, All situations
#	Goalie	Team	GAA	GS	GP	GA	SV%	W	Pctl
1	Igor ShesterkinNYR	NYR	2.07	52	53	106	0.935	36	100	62%▼5.9
2	Frederik AndersenCAR	CAR	2.17	51	52	111	0.922	35	98	34%▼0.9
3	Jacob MarkstromCGY	CGY	2.22	63	63	137	0.922	37	96	88%▼4.1
4	Ilya SorokinNYI	NYI	2.40	52	52	123	0.925	26	93	97%
5	Jeremy SwaymanBOS	BOS	2.41	39	41	96	0.914	23	91	97%▲0.8
6	Tristan JarryPIT	PIT	2.42	56	58	138	0.919	34	89	26%
7	Linus UllmarkBOS	BOS	2.45	39	41	95	0.917	26	87	92%▲3
8	Antti RaantaCAR	CAR	2.45	26	28	62	0.912	15	85	—
9	Andrei VasilevskiyTBL	TBL	2.49	63	63	156	0.916	39	83	99%
10	Jake OettingerDAL	DAL	2.53	46	48	114	0.914	30	80	99%
11	Darcy KuemperCOL	COL	2.54	57	57	138	0.921	37	78	46%▼5.1
12	Ville HussoSTL	STL	2.56	38	40	100	0.919	25	76	11%▲3.3
13	Jonathan QuickLAK	LAK	2.59	46	46	116	0.910	23	74	0.4%
14	Jack CampbellTOR	TOR	2.64	47	49	123	0.914	31	72	—
15	Juuse SarosNSH	NSH	2.64	67	67	173	0.918	38	70	85%
16	Vitek VanecekWSH	WSH	2.67	39	42	103	0.908	20	67	0.1%▼3.1
17	Sergei BobrovskyFLA	FLA	2.67	53	54	137	0.913	39	65	84%▼1.2
18	Thatcher DemkoVAN	VAN	2.72	61	64	168	0.915	33	63	24%
19	Cam TalbotMIN	MIN	2.76	48	49	132	0.911	32	61	9.2%▲2.6
20	Spencer KnightFLA	FLA	2.79	27	32	81	0.908	19	59	73%
21	Mike SmithEDM	EDM	2.81	27	28	74	0.915	16	57	—
22	Anton ForsbergOTT	OTT	2.82	44	46	121	0.917	22	54	19%▼2
23	Robin LehnerVGK	VGK	2.83	44	44	120	0.907	23	52	—
24	Kaapo KahkonenMIN/SJS	MIN/SJS	2.87	33	36	93	0.912	14	50	—
25	Cal PetersenLAK	LAK	2.89	35	37	105	0.895	20	48	—
26	James ReimerSJS	SJS	2.90	46	48	129	0.911	19	46	—
27	Marc-Andre FleuryCHI/MIN	CHI/MIN	2.90	56	56	159	0.908	28	43	—
28	Semyon VarlamovNYI	NYI	2.91	29	31	87	0.911	10	41	4.9%
29	Alexandar GeorgievNYR	NYR	2.92	28	33	85	0.898	15	39	—
30	Connor HellebuyckWPG	WPG	2.97	66	66	193	0.910	29	37	91%▼0.7
31	Ilya SamsonovWSH	WSH	3.02	39	44	119	0.896	23	35	0.1%
32	Mikko KoskinenEDM	EDM	3.10	43	45	136	0.903	27	33	—
33	Craig AndersonBUF	BUF	3.12	31	31	97	0.897	17	30	—
34	Jordan BinningtonSTL	STL	3.13	37	37	112	0.901	18	28	25%▼1.8
35	Scott WedgewoodARI/DAL/NJD	ARI/DAL/NJD	3.14	32	37	110	0.910	13	26	85%▼3.7
36	Carter HartPHI	PHI	3.16	44	45	137	0.905	13	24	90%▲1.2
37	Philipp GrubauerSEA	SEA	3.16	54	55	164	0.889	18	22	23%▲7.6
38	John GibsonANA	ANA	3.19	56	56	172	0.904	18	20	60%▼4.1
39	Elvis MerzlikinsCBJ	CBJ	3.22	56	59	178	0.907	27	17	7.3%
40	Dustin TokarskiBUF	BUF	3.27	28	29	91	0.899	10	15	—
41	Jake AllenMTL	MTL	3.30	35	35	107	0.905	9	13	51%▼2.8
42	Alex NedeljkovicDET	DET	3.31	52	59	178	0.901	20	11	21%▲4.5
43	Martin JonesPHI	PHI	3.42	33	35	114	0.900	12	9	—
44	Kevin LankinenCHI	CHI	3.50	29	32	106	0.891	8	7	18%▼4.1
45	Thomas GreissDET	DET	3.66	28	31	92	0.891	10	4	—
46	Karel VejmelkaARI	ARI	3.68	49	52	170	0.898	13	2	98%
47	Samuel MontembeaultMTL	MTL	3.77	30	38	122	0.891	8	0	13%▼0.8