Goalie stats
NHL Goalie Losses Leaders: Arizona Coyotes
2025-26All situationsThrough 82 team games
Karel Vejmelka (UTA) leads NHL goalies with 20 L for the Arizona Coyotes in 2025-26, ahead of 
Vitek Vanecek (UTA) (13).
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Leaders: Losses, Arizona Coyotes, 2025-26
- 1stKarel VejmelkaUTA · 64 GP20
- 2ndVitek VanecekUTA · 22 GP13
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 2025-26, 2 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 17 and Karel Vejmelka leads at 20.
Losses leaderboard
| # | Goalie | Team | L | GP | GS | W | SV% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karel VejmelkaUTA | UTA | 20 | 64 | 63 | 38 | 0.897 | 98% |
| 2 | Vitek VanecekUTA | UTA | 13 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 0.883 | 0.1%▼3.1 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Losses in 2025-26?
Karel Vejmelka leads with 20. The median of the 2 qualified goalies is 17.
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.