Goalie stats
NHL Goalie Losses Leaders
2017-18All situationsThrough 82 team games
Cam Talbot (EDM) leads NHL goalies with 31 L in 2017-18, ahead of
Jonathan Quick (LAK) (28).
Leaders: Losses, 2017-18
1stCam TalbotEDM · 67 GP31Share
2ndJonathan QuickLAK · 64 GP28Share
3rdJimmy HowardDET · 60 GP27Share
4thHenrik LundqvistNYR · 63 GP26Share
5thJacob MarkstromVAN · 60 GP26Share
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
What Losses measures
This board ranks NHL goalies by losses, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table. Regulation losses charged, regular season (overtime losses in OTL).
Losses are a team and workload stat: the busiest starters on bad teams top it.
A regulation loss is charged to the goalie in net for the goal that decides the game; overtime and shootout losses are counted separately (OTL). A few leagues score losses as a negative. High totals usually mean heavy usage on a weak team rather than poor play. In 2017-18, 95 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 8 and Cam Talbot leads at 31.
Losses leaderboard
| # | Goalie | Team | L | GP | GS | W | SV% | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EDM | 31 | 67 | 67 | 31 | 0.908 | 100 | 9.2%▲2.6 | |
| 2 | LAK | 28 | 64 | 63 | 33 | 0.921 | 99 | 0.4% | |
| 3 | DET | 27 | 60 | 57 | 22 | 0.910 | 98 | — | |
| 4 | NYR | 26 | 63 | 61 | 26 | 0.915 | 95 | — | |
| 5 | VAN | 26 | 60 | 57 | 23 | 0.912 | 95 | 88%▼4.1 | |
| 6 | NYI | 26 | 54 | 49 | 20 | 0.908 | 95 | — | |
| 7 | BUF | 26 | 53 | 50 | 14 | 0.908 | 95 | — | |
| 8 | MTL | 26 | 49 | 48 | 16 | 0.900 | 95 | — | |
| 9 | STL | 25 | 59 | 56 | 27 | 0.906 | 91 | 51%▼2.8 | |
| 10 | OTT | 25 | 58 | 55 | 23 | 0.898 | 91 | — | |
| 11 | CBJ | 22 | 65 | 65 | 37 | 0.921 | 88 | 84%▼1.2 | |
| 12 | SJS | 22 | 60 | 60 | 30 | 0.915 | 88 | — | |
| 13 | CGY | 22 | 55 | 55 | 25 | 0.916 | 88 | — | |
| 14 | TOR | 21 | 66 | 66 | 38 | 0.918 | 86 | 34%▼0.9 | |
| 15 | CAR | 21 | 43 | 40 | 13 | 0.888 | 86 | — | |
| 16 | ANA | 18 | 60 | 60 | 31 | 0.926 | 84 | 60%▼4.1 | |
| 17 | TBL | 17 | 65 | 64 | 44 | 0.920 | 81 | 99% | |
| 18 | DAL | 17 | 53 | 51 | 26 | 0.916 | 81 | — | |
| 19 | ARI | 17 | 47 | 46 | 21 | 0.930 | 81 | — | |
| 20 | OTT | 17 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 0.902 | 81 | — | |
| 21 | MIN | 16 | 60 | 59 | 35 | 0.918 | 76 | — | |
| 22 | WSH | 16 | 54 | 54 | 34 | 0.907 | 76 | — | |
| 23 | COL | 16 | 51 | 47 | 24 | 0.920 | 76 | 4.9% | |
| 24 | PIT | 16 | 49 | 45 | 27 | 0.907 | 76 | 0.1% | |
| 25 | NJD | 16 | 40 | 40 | 17 | 0.907 | 76 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Losses in 2017-18?
Cam Talbot leads with 31. The median of the 95 qualified goalies is 8.
How is Losses calculated?
Regulation losses charged, regular season (overtime losses in OTL). Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.
How reliable is Losses?
Losses are a team and workload stat: the busiest starters on bad teams top it.