NHL Goalie Losses Leaders 2021-22

Leaders: Losses, 2021-22

1stKarel VejmelkaARI · 52 GP32Share
2ndPhilipp GrubauerSEA · 55 GP31Share
3rdConnor HellebuyckWPG · 66 GP27Share
4thJohn GibsonANA · 56 GP26Share
5thJuuse SarosNSH · 67 GP25Share
6thAlex NedeljkovicDET · 59 GP24Share
7thCarter HartPHI · 45 GP24Share
8thElvis MerzlikinsCBJ · 59 GP23Share
9thMarc-Andre FleuryCHI/MIN · 56 GP23Share
10thThatcher DemkoVAN · 64 GP22Share

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 2021-22, 119 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 7 and Karel Vejmelka leads at 32.

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NHL Goalie Losses Leaders, 2021-22, All situations
#	Goalie	Team	L	GP	GS	W	OTL	SV%	Pctl
1	Karel VejmelkaARI	ARI	32	52	49	13	3	0.898	100	98%
2	Philipp GrubauerSEA	SEA	31	55	54	18	5	0.889	99	23%▲7.6
3	Connor HellebuyckWPG	WPG	27	66	66	29	10	0.910	98	91%▼0.7
4	John GibsonANA	ANA	26	56	56	18	11	0.904	97	60%▼4.1
5	Juuse SarosNSH	NSH	25	67	67	38	3	0.918	97	85%
6	Alex NedeljkovicDET	DET	24	59	52	20	9	0.901	95	21%▲4.5
7	Carter HartPHI	PHI	24	45	44	13	7	0.905	95	90%▲1.2
8	Elvis MerzlikinsCBJ	CBJ	23	59	56	27	7	0.907	94	7.3%
9	Marc-Andre FleuryCHI/MIN	CHI/MIN	23	56	56	28	5	0.908	94	—
10	Thatcher DemkoVAN	VAN	22	64	61	33	7	0.915	92	24%
11	Jake AllenMTL	MTL	20	35	35	9	4	0.905	92	51%▼2.8
12	Andrei VasilevskiyTBL	TBL	18	63	63	39	5	0.916	89	99%
13	Tristan JarryPIT	PIT	18	58	56	34	6	0.919	89	26%
14	Ilya SorokinNYI	NYI	18	52	52	26	8	0.925	89	97%
15	Samuel MontembeaultMTL	MTL	18	38	30	8	6	0.891	89	13%▼0.8
16	Martin JonesPHI	PHI	18	35	33	12	3	0.900	89	—
17	James ReimerSJS	SJS	17	48	46	19	10	0.911	85	—
18	Anton ForsbergOTT	OTT	17	46	44	22	4	0.917	85	19%▼2
19	Robin LehnerVGK	VGK	17	44	44	23	2	0.907	85	—
20	Semyon VarlamovNYI	NYI	17	31	29	10	2	0.911	85	4.9%
21	Jacob MarkstromCGY	CGY	15	63	63	37	9	0.922	81	88%▼4.1
22	Jake OettingerDAL	DAL	15	48	46	30	1	0.914	81	99%
23	Scott WedgewoodARI/DAL/NJD	ARI/DAL/NJD	15	37	32	13	6	0.910	81	85%▼3.7
24	Kevin LankinenCHI	CHI	15	32	29	8	6	0.891	81	18%▼4.1
25	Thomas GreissDET	DET	15	31	28	10	1	0.891	81	—
26	Frederik AndersenCAR	CAR	14	52	51	35	3	0.922	77	34%▼0.9
27	Jeremy SwaymanBOS	BOS	14	41	39	23	3	0.914	77	97%▲0.8
28	Jordan BinningtonSTL	STL	14	37	37	18	4	0.901	77	25%▼1.8
29	Cal PetersenLAK	LAK	14	37	35	20	2	0.895	77	—
30	Kaapo KahkonenMIN/SJS	MIN/SJS	14	36	33	14	4	0.912	77	—
31	Chris DriedgerSEA	SEA	14	27	24	9	1	0.899	77	—
32	Igor ShesterkinNYR	NYR	13	53	52	36	4	0.935	73	62%▼5.9
33	Jonathan QuickLAK	LAK	13	46	46	23	9	0.910	73	0.4%
34	Darcy KuemperCOL	COL	12	57	57	37	4	0.921	69	46%▼5.1
35	Cam TalbotMIN	MIN	12	49	48	32	4	0.911	69	9.2%▲2.6
36	Mikko KoskinenEDM	EDM	12	45	43	27	4	0.903	69	—
37	Ilya SamsonovWSH	WSH	12	44	39	23	5	0.896	69	0.1%
38	Vitek VanecekWSH	WSH	12	42	39	20	6	0.908	69	0.1%▼3.1
39	Craig AndersonBUF	BUF	12	31	31	17	2	0.897	69	—
40	Dustin TokarskiBUF	BUF	12	29	28	10	5	0.899	69	—
41	Matt MurrayOTT	OTT	12	20	20	5	2	0.906	69	0.1%
42	Filip GustavssonOTT	OTT	12	18	16	5	1	0.892	69	60%▼1
43	Adin HillSJS	SJS	11	25	22	10	1	0.906	64	38%▲11
44	Nico DawsNJD	NJD	11	25	23	10	1	0.893	64	15%▼1.7
45	Joonas KorpisaloCBJ	CBJ	11	22	17	7	0	0.877	64	12%
46	Linus UllmarkBOS	BOS	10	41	39	26	2	0.917	60	92%▲3
47	Alexandar GeorgievNYR	NYR	10	33	28	15	2	0.898	60	—
48	Mackenzie BlackwoodNJD	NJD	10	25	24	9	4	0.892	60	92%▲0.8
49	Braden HoltbyDAL	DAL	10	24	22	10	1	0.913	60	—
50	Jon GilliesNJD/STL	NJD/STL	10	20	15	3	2	0.887	60	—