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NHL Goalie Goals Against Average Leaders

2023-24All 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 2023-24: Pyotr Kochetkov (CAR), 2.33 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, 2023-24, All situations
#	Goalie	Team	GAA	GS	GP	GA	SV%	W
1	Pyotr KochetkovCAR	CAR	2.33	40	42	92	0.911	23	45%▲42
2	Sergei BobrovskyFLA	FLA	2.37	58	58	135	0.915	36	88%▲16
3	Connor HellebuyckWPG	WPG	2.39	60	60	142	0.921	37	94%▲7.4
4	Thatcher DemkoVAN	VAN	2.45	51	51	123	0.918	35	24%▲22
5	Joey DaccordSEA	SEA	2.46	46	50	116	0.916	19	54%▲22
6	Cam TalbotLAK	LAK	2.50	52	54	130	0.913	27	5.8%▲4.7
7	Jeremy SwaymanBOS	BOS	2.53	43	44	108	0.916	25	97%▲1.5
8	Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF	BUF	2.57	51	54	132	0.910	27	77%▼1
9	Linus UllmarkBOS	BOS	2.57	39	40	103	0.915	22	81%▼5.4
10	Igor ShesterkinNYR	NYR	2.58	55	55	141	0.913	36	93%▲1.8
11	Semyon VarlamovNYI	NYI	2.60	27	28	69	0.918	14	4.9%▲4.5
12	Jonathan QuickNYR	NYR	2.62	26	27	69	0.911	18	0.3%
13	Stuart SkinnerEDM	EDM	2.62	57	59	147	0.905	36	42%▲29
14	Joel HoferSTL	STL	2.65	27	30	72	0.914	15	80%▲2.1
15	Charlie LindgrenWSH	WSH	2.67	48	50	127	0.911	25	11%▲11
16	Logan ThompsonVGK	VGK	2.70	42	46	119	0.908	25	100%
17	Adin HillVGK	VGK	2.71	35	35	89	0.909	19	24%▲17
18	Jake OettingerDAL	DAL	2.72	53	54	140	0.905	35	99%▼0.6
19	Jacob MarkstromCGY	CGY	2.78	48	48	131	0.905	23	89%▲43
20	Carter HartPHI	PHI	2.80	25	26	68	0.906	12	87%▲34
21	Samuel ErssonPHI	PHI	2.82	49	51	132	0.890	23	9.7%▲8.9
22	Jordan BinningtonSTL	STL	2.84	55	57	156	0.913	28	31%▲24
23	Scott WedgewoodDAL	DAL	2.85	28	32	85	0.899	16	96%▼3.4
24	Philipp GrubauerSEA	SEA	2.85	34	36	95	0.899	14	14%▲9.6
25	Juuse SarosNSH	NSH	2.86	64	64	173	0.906	35	84%▲16
26	Casey DeSmithVAN	VAN	2.89	27	29	80	0.896	12	17%▲16
27	Andrei VasilevskiyTBL	TBL	2.90	52	52	148	0.900	30	99%▲0.6
28	Connor IngramARI	ARI	2.91	48	50	136	0.907	23	—
29	Tristan JarryPIT	PIT	2.91	48	51	133	0.903	19	9.4%
30	Alex NedeljkovicPIT	PIT	2.97	33	38	102	0.902	18	18%▲13
31	Marc-Andre FleuryMIN	MIN	2.98	36	40	111	0.895	17	—
32	Ilya SorokinNYI	NYI	3.01	55	56	167	0.909	25	97%
33	Alexandar GeorgievCOL	COL	3.02	62	63	183	0.897	38	—
34	Petr MrazekCHI	CHI	3.05	53	56	160	0.908	18	0.1%
35	Alex LyonDET	DET	3.05	43	44	127	0.904	21	33%▼17
36	Filip GustavssonMIN	MIN	3.06	43	45	129	0.899	20	64%▼11
37	Ilya SamsonovTOR	TOR	3.13	40	40	120	0.890	23	0.2%
38	Samuel MontembeaultMTL	MTL	3.14	40	41	127	0.903	16	15%▲14
39	Vitek VanecekNJD	NJD	3.18	29	32	95	0.890	17	3.2%▲3.1
40	Anton ForsbergOTT	OTT	3.21	28	30	84	0.890	15	26%▼17
41	Joonas KorpisaloOTT	OTT	3.27	49	55	168	0.890	21	7.6%▲5.2
42	Darcy KuemperWSH	WSH	3.31	30	33	103	0.890	13	58%▼5.2
43	Lukas DostalANA	ANA	3.33	38	44	129	0.902	14	81%▲50
44	Karel VejmelkaARI	ARI	3.35	33	38	114	0.897	13	98%▲3.3
45	Jake AllenMTL/NJD	MTL/NJD	3.44	33	34	114	0.895	12	54%▲29
46	Mackenzie BlackwoodSJS	SJS	3.45	41	44	140	0.899	10	90%▲6.2
47	Elvis MerzlikinsCBJ	CBJ	3.45	40	41	130	0.897	13	8.9%▲7.9
48	John GibsonANA	ANA	3.54	44	46	151	0.888	13	72%
49	Kaapo KahkonenSJS/NJD	SJS/NJD	3.64	33	37	116	0.898	7	—
50	Arvid SoderblomCHI	CHI	3.92	29	32	114	0.880	5	5.6%▲5.4

Minimum sample: 25 starts (it scales with games played). 48 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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