Goalie stats
NHL Goalie Saves Leaders
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 team games
Connor Hellebuyck (WPG) leads NHL goalies with 1,223 saves in 2020-21, ahead of
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) (1,144).
Leaders: Saves, 2020-21
1stConnor HellebuyckWPG · 45 GP1,223Share
2ndAndrei VasilevskiyTBL · 42 GP1,144Share
3rdKevin LankinenCHI · 37 GP1,095Share
4thJordan BinningtonSTL · 42 GP1,092Share
5thThatcher DemkoVAN · 35 GP1,065Share
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
What Saves measures
This board ranks NHL goalies by saves, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table. Shots on goal stopped, regular season.
Saves follow shots against and starts; the rate stat behind them is save percentage.
Saves are shots on goal the goalie stopped. Busy starters behind leaky defences lead, so the total says as much about the team in front as about the goalie. Saves are a category in points leagues and some roto formats; a goalie facing 33 shots a night is worth more there than in wins-only leagues. In 2020-21, 98 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 456 and Connor Hellebuyck leads at 1,223.
Saves leaderboard
| # | Goalie | Team | SV | GP | SA | SV% | GS | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WPG | 1,223 | 45 | 1,335 | 0.916 | 45 | 100 | 91%▼0.7 | |
| 2 | TBL | 1,144 | 42 | 1,237 | 0.925 | 42 | 99 | 99% | |
| 3 | CHI | 1,095 | 37 | 1,204 | 0.909 | 37 | 98 | 18%▼4.1 | |
| 4 | STL | 1,092 | 42 | 1,200 | 0.910 | 41 | 97 | 25%▼1.8 | |
| 5 | VAN | 1,065 | 35 | 1,164 | 0.915 | 35 | 96 | 24% | |
| 6 | CGY | 1,050 | 43 | 1,161 | 0.904 | 43 | 95 | 88%▼4.1 | |
| 7 | PIT | 1,000 | 39 | 1,100 | 0.909 | 38 | 94 | 26% | |
| 8 | LAK | 998 | 35 | 1,095 | 0.911 | 32 | 93 | — | |
| 9 | NSH | 995 | 36 | 1,073 | 0.927 | 35 | 92 | 85% | |
| 10 | NJD | 975 | 35 | 1,081 | 0.902 | 35 | 91 | 92%▲0.8 | |
| 11 | NYI | 948 | 36 | 1,020 | 0.929 | 35 | 90 | 4.9% | |
| 12 | ANA | 941 | 35 | 1,042 | 0.903 | 35 | 89 | 60%▼4.1 | |
| 13 | WSH | 936 | 37 | 1,031 | 0.908 | 36 | 88 | 0.1%▼3.1 | |
| 14 | MIN | 922 | 33 | 1,008 | 0.915 | 33 | 87 | 9.2%▲2.6 | |
| 15 | VGK | 918 | 36 | 989 | 0.928 | 36 | 86 | — | |
| 16 | COL | 916 | 40 | 993 | 0.922 | 39 | 85 | 23%▲7.6 | |
| 17 | NYR | 904 | 35 | 987 | 0.916 | 31 | 84 | 62%▼5.9 | |
| 18 | SJS | 878 | 34 | 980 | 0.896 | 34 | 82 | — | |
| 19 | EDM | 850 | 32 | 921 | 0.923 | 30 | 81 | — | |
| 20 | FLA | 847 | 31 | 935 | 0.906 | 30 | 80 | 84%▼1.2 | |
| 21 | DET | 815 | 34 | 894 | 0.912 | 29 | 79 | — | |
| 22 | CBJ | 808 | 33 | 904 | 0.894 | 31 | 78 | 12% | |
| 23 | CBJ | 756 | 28 | 825 | 0.916 | 23 | 77 | 7.3% | |
| 24 | MTL | 741 | 29 | 817 | 0.907 | 27 | 76 | 51%▼2.8 | |
| 25 | DAL | 723 | 32 | 799 | 0.905 | 32 | 75 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Saves in 2020-21?
Connor Hellebuyck leads with 1,223. The median of the 98 qualified goalies is 456.
How is Saves calculated?
Shots on goal stopped, regular season. Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.
How reliable is Saves?
Saves follow shots against and starts; the rate stat behind them is save percentage.