NHL Goalie Goals Against Average Leaders 2023-24

Leaders: Goals Against Average, 2023-24

1stPyotr KochetkovCAR · 40 GS2.33Share
2ndSergei BobrovskyFLA · 58 GS2.37Share
3rdConnor HellebuyckWPG · 60 GS2.39Share
4thThatcher DemkoVAN · 51 GS2.45Share
5thJoey DaccordSEA · 46 GS2.46Share
6thCam TalbotLAK · 52 GS2.50Share
7thJeremy SwaymanBOS · 43 GS2.53Share
8thUkko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF · 51 GS2.57Share
9thLinus UllmarkBOS · 39 GS2.57Share
10thIgor ShesterkinNYR · 55 GS2.58Share

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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 2023-24, 50 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 2.87 and Pyotr Kochetkov leads at 2.33.

Goals Against Average leaderboard

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NHL Goalie Goals Against Average Leaders, 2023-24, All situations
#	Goalie	Team	GAA	GS	GP	GA	SV%	W	Pctl
1	Pyotr KochetkovCAR	CAR	2.33	40	42	92	0.911	23	100	73%▲19
2	Sergei BobrovskyFLA	FLA	2.37	58	58	135	0.915	36	98	84%▼1.2
3	Connor HellebuyckWPG	WPG	2.39	60	60	142	0.921	37	96	91%▼0.7
4	Thatcher DemkoVAN	VAN	2.45	51	51	123	0.918	35	94	24%
5	Joey DaccordSEA	SEA	2.46	46	50	116	0.916	19	92	65%▼2.5
6	Cam TalbotLAK	LAK	2.50	52	54	130	0.913	27	90	9.2%▲2.6
7	Jeremy SwaymanBOS	BOS	2.53	43	44	108	0.916	25	88	97%▲0.8
8	Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF	BUF	2.57	51	54	132	0.910	27	86	67%▲1
9	Linus UllmarkBOS	BOS	2.57	39	40	103	0.915	22	84	92%▲3
10	Igor ShesterkinNYR	NYR	2.58	55	55	141	0.913	36	82	62%▼5.9
11	Semyon VarlamovNYI	NYI	2.60	27	28	69	0.918	14	80	4.9%
12	Jonathan QuickNYR	NYR	2.62	26	27	69	0.911	18	78	0.4%
13	Stuart SkinnerEDM	EDM	2.62	57	59	147	0.905	36	76	67%▲5.3
14	Joel HoferSTL	STL	2.65	27	30	72	0.914	15	73	83%
15	Charlie LindgrenWSH	WSH	2.67	48	50	127	0.911	25	71	12%
16	Logan ThompsonVGK	VGK	2.70	42	46	119	0.908	25	69	99%
17	Adin HillVGK	VGK	2.71	35	35	89	0.909	19	67	38%▲11
18	Jake OettingerDAL	DAL	2.72	53	54	140	0.905	35	65	99%
19	Jacob MarkstromCGY	CGY	2.78	48	48	131	0.905	23	63	88%▼4.1
20	Carter HartPHI	PHI	2.80	25	26	68	0.906	12	61	90%▲1.2
21	Samuel ErssonPHI	PHI	2.82	49	51	132	0.890	23	59	8.9%▼1.6
22	Jordan BinningtonSTL	STL	2.84	55	57	156	0.913	28	57	25%▼1.8
23	Scott WedgewoodDAL	DAL	2.85	28	32	85	0.899	16	55	85%▼3.7
24	Philipp GrubauerSEA	SEA	2.85	34	36	95	0.899	14	53	23%▲7.6
25	Juuse SarosNSH	NSH	2.86	64	64	173	0.906	35	51	85%
26	Casey DeSmithVAN	VAN	2.89	27	29	80	0.896	12	49	16%▲0.8
27	Andrei VasilevskiyTBL	TBL	2.90	52	52	148	0.900	30	47	99%
28	Connor IngramARI	ARI	2.91	48	50	136	0.907	23	45	—
29	Tristan JarryPIT	PIT	2.91	48	51	133	0.903	19	43	26%
30	Alex NedeljkovicPIT	PIT	2.97	33	38	102	0.902	18	41	21%▲4.5
31	Marc-Andre FleuryMIN	MIN	2.98	36	40	111	0.895	17	39	—
32	Ilya SorokinNYI	NYI	3.01	55	56	167	0.909	25	37	97%
33	Alexandar GeorgievCOL	COL	3.02	62	63	183	0.897	38	35	—
34	Petr MrazekCHI	CHI	3.05	53	56	160	0.908	18	33	0.1%
35	Alex LyonDET	DET	3.05	43	44	127	0.904	21	31	29%▼2.1
36	Filip GustavssonMIN	MIN	3.06	43	45	129	0.899	20	29	60%▼1
37	Ilya SamsonovTOR	TOR	3.13	40	40	120	0.890	23	27	0.1%
38	Samuel MontembeaultMTL	MTL	3.14	40	41	127	0.903	16	24	13%▼0.8
39	Vitek VanecekNJD	NJD	3.18	29	32	95	0.890	17	22	0.1%▼3.1
40	Anton ForsbergOTT	OTT	3.21	28	30	84	0.890	15	20	19%▼2
41	Joonas KorpisaloOTT	OTT	3.27	49	55	168	0.890	21	18	12%
42	Darcy KuemperWSH	WSH	3.31	30	33	103	0.890	13	16	46%▼5.1
43	Lukas DostalANA	ANA	3.33	38	44	129	0.902	14	14	82%▼1.1
44	Karel VejmelkaARI	ARI	3.35	33	38	114	0.897	13	12	98%
45	Jake AllenMTL/NJD	MTL/NJD	3.44	33	34	114	0.895	12	10	51%▼2.8
46	Mackenzie BlackwoodSJS	SJS	3.45	41	44	140	0.899	10	8	92%▲0.8
47	Elvis MerzlikinsCBJ	CBJ	3.45	40	41	130	0.897	13	6	7.3%
48	John GibsonANA	ANA	3.54	44	46	151	0.888	13	4	60%▼4.1
49	Kaapo KahkonenSJS/NJD	SJS/NJD	3.64	33	37	116	0.898	7	2	—
50	Arvid SoderblomCHI	CHI	3.92	29	32	114	0.880	5	0	4.8%▼0.8