Goalie stats
NHL Goalie Saves Leaders: Montreal Canadiens
2025-26All situationsThrough 82 team games
Jakub Dobes (MTL) leads NHL goalies with 1,070 saves for the Montreal Canadiens in 2025-26, ahead of 
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) (554).
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Leaders: Saves, Montreal Canadiens, 2025-26
- 1stJakub DobesMTL · 43 GP1,070
- 2ndSamuel MontembeaultMTL · 25 GP554
3rdJacob FowlerMTL · 17 GP407
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 2025-26, 3 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 554 and Jakub Dobes leads at 1,070.
Saves leaderboard
| # | Goalie | Team | SV | GP | SA | SV% | GS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jakub DobesMTL | MTL | 1,070 | 43 | 1,187 | 0.901 | 42 | 85%▼7.6 |
| 2 | Samuel MontembeaultMTL | MTL | 554 | 25 | 635 | 0.872 | 23 | 13%▼0.8 |
| 3 | Jacob FowlerMTL | MTL | 407 | 17 | 448 | 0.908 | 17 | 63%▲10 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Saves in 2025-26?
Jakub Dobes leads with 1,070. The median of the 3 qualified goalies is 554.
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.