NHL Goalie Losses Leaders 2020-21

Leaders: Losses, 2020-21

1stJacob MarkstromCGY · 43 GP19Share
2ndJohn GibsonANA · 35 GP19Share
3rdCal PetersenLAK · 35 GP18Share
4thThatcher DemkoVAN · 35 GP18Share
5thConnor HellebuyckWPG · 45 GP17Share
6thMackenzie BlackwoodNJD · 35 GP17Share
7thThomas GreissDET · 34 GP15Share
8thJordan BinningtonSTL · 42 GP14Share
9thKevin LankinenCHI · 37 GP14Share
10thIgor ShesterkinNYR · 35 GP14Share

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 2020-21, 98 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 6 and Jacob Markstrom leads at 19.

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NHL Goalie Losses Leaders, 2020-21, All situations
#	Goalie	Team	L	GP	GS	W	OTL	SV%	Pctl
1	Jacob MarkstromCGY	CGY	19	43	43	22	2	0.904	99	88%▼4.1
2	John GibsonANA	ANA	19	35	35	9	7	0.903	99	60%▼4.1
3	Cal PetersenLAK	LAK	18	35	32	9	5	0.911	97	—
4	Thatcher DemkoVAN	VAN	18	35	35	16	1	0.915	97	24%
5	Connor HellebuyckWPG	WPG	17	45	45	24	3	0.916	95	91%▼0.7
6	Mackenzie BlackwoodNJD	NJD	17	35	35	14	4	0.902	95	92%▲0.8
7	Thomas GreissDET	DET	15	34	29	8	8	0.912	94	—
8	Jordan BinningtonSTL	STL	14	42	41	18	8	0.910	92	25%▼1.8
9	Kevin LankinenCHI	CHI	14	37	37	17	5	0.909	92	18%▼4.1
10	Igor ShesterkinNYR	NYR	14	35	31	16	3	0.916	92	62%▼5.9
11	Martin JonesSJS	SJS	13	34	34	15	4	0.896	88	—
12	Joonas KorpisaloCBJ	CBJ	13	33	31	9	7	0.894	88	12%
13	Matt MurrayOTT	OTT	13	27	25	10	1	0.893	88	0.1%
14	Mikko KoskinenEDM	EDM	13	26	25	13	0	0.899	88	—
15	Jake AllenMTL	MTL	12	29	27	11	5	0.907	85	51%▼2.8
16	Elvis MerzlikinsCBJ	CBJ	12	28	23	8	5	0.916	85	7.3%
17	Pekka RinneNSH	NSH	12	24	21	10	1	0.907	85	—
18	Semyon VarlamovNYI	NYI	11	36	35	19	4	0.929	79	4.9%
19	Juuse SarosNSH	NSH	11	36	35	21	1	0.927	79	85%
20	Anton KhudobinDAL	DAL	11	32	32	12	7	0.905	79	—
21	Darcy KuemperARI	ARI	11	27	27	10	3	0.907	79	46%▼5.1
22	Carter HartPHI	PHI	11	27	25	9	5	0.877	79	90%▲1.2
23	Jonathan BernierDET	DET	11	24	23	9	1	0.914	79	—
24	Devan DubnykSJS/COL	SJS/COL	11	22	18	6	2	0.895	79	—
25	Braden HoltbyVAN	VAN	11	21	21	7	3	0.889	79	—
26	Andrei VasilevskiyTBL	TBL	10	42	42	31	1	0.925	73	99%
27	Vitek VanecekWSH	WSH	10	37	36	21	4	0.908	73	0.1%▼3.1
28	Marc-Andre FleuryVGK	VGK	10	36	36	26	0	0.928	73	—
29	Carter HuttonBUF	BUF	10	13	12	1	1	0.886	73	—
30	Philipp GrubauerCOL	COL	9	40	39	30	1	0.922	68	23%▲7.6
31	Tristan JarryPIT	PIT	9	39	38	25	3	0.909	68	26%
32	Brian ElliottPHI	PHI	9	30	26	15	2	0.889	68	—
33	Jonathan QuickLAK	LAK	9	22	22	11	2	0.898	68	0.4%
34	Adin HillARI	ARI	9	19	17	9	1	0.913	68	38%▲11
35	Cam TalbotMIN	MIN	8	33	33	19	5	0.915	60	9.2%▲2.6
36	Sergei BobrovskyFLA	FLA	8	31	30	19	2	0.906	60	84%▼1.2
37	Jake OettingerDAL	DAL	8	29	24	11	7	0.911	60	99%
38	Frederik AndersenTOR	TOR	8	24	23	13	3	0.895	60	34%▼0.9
39	Kaapo KahkonenMIN	MIN	8	24	23	16	0	0.902	60	—
40	David RittichCGY/TOR	CGY/TOR	8	19	15	5	2	0.901	60	4.0%
41	Ryan MillerANA	ANA	8	16	14	4	2	0.882	60	—
42	Scott WedgewoodNJD	NJD	8	16	15	3	3	0.900	60	85%▼3.7
43	Malcolm SubbanCHI	CHI	8	16	14	6	1	0.900	60	—
44	Dustin TokarskiBUF	BUF	8	13	10	2	2	0.904	60	—
45	Carey PriceMTL	MTL	7	25	25	12	5	0.901	53	—
46	Casey DeSmithPIT	PIT	7	20	17	11	0	0.912	53	16%▲0.8
47	Alexandar GeorgievNYR	NYR	7	19	18	8	2	0.905	53	—
48	Marcus HogbergOTT	OTT	7	14	10	4	0	0.876	53	—
49	Mike SmithEDM	EDM	6	32	30	21	2	0.923	46	—
50	Chris DriedgerFLA	FLA	6	23	23	14	3	0.927	46	—