Goalie stats
NHL Goalie Shots Against Leaders
2019-20All situationsThrough 71 team games
Connor Hellebuyck (WPG) leads NHL goalies with 1,796 shots against in 2019-20, ahead of Carey Price (MTL) (1,755).
Leaders: Shots Against, 2019-20
1stConnor HellebuyckWPG · 58 GP1,796
2ndCarey PriceMTL · 58 GP1,755
3rdAndrei VasilevskiyTBL · 52 GP1,605
4thFrederik AndersenTOR · 52 GP1,577
5thJohn GibsonANA · 51 GP1,552
The full ranked table, with filters, follows.
What Shots Against measures
This board ranks NHL goalies by shots against, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table. Shots on goal faced while in net, regular season.
A workload stat: starts and team shot suppression explain almost all of it.
Shots against counts every shot on goal a goalie faced. Starters on teams that bleed shots lead, which is why they also lead in saves. Shots against drive saves in points leagues; a busy goalie on a bad team can still score well there. In 2019-20, 87 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 849 and Connor Hellebuyck leads at 1,796.
Shots Against leaderboard
| # | Goalie | Team | SA | GP | GS | SV | SV% | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WPG | 1,796 | 58 | 56 | 1,656 | 0.922 | 100 | 91%▼0.7 | |
| 2 | MTL | 1,755 | 58 | 58 | 1,595 | 0.909 | 99 | — | |
| 3 | TBL | 1,605 | 52 | 52 | 1,472 | 0.917 | 98 | 99% | |
| 4 | TOR | 1,577 | 52 | 52 | 1,434 | 0.909 | 97 | 34%▼0.9 | |
| 5 | ANA | 1,552 | 51 | 51 | 1,403 | 0.904 | 95 | 60%▼4.1 | |
| 6 | FLA | 1,505 | 50 | 49 | 1,354 | 0.900 | 94 | 84%▼1.2 | |
| 7 | CGY | 1,478 | 48 | 48 | 1,340 | 0.907 | 93 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | NJD | 1,452 | 47 | 43 | 1,328 | 0.915 | 92 | 92%▲0.8 | |
| 9 | STL | 1,430 | 50 | 50 | 1,304 | 0.912 | 91 | 25%▼1.8 | |
| 10 | VAN | 1,420 | 43 | 43 | 1,303 | 0.918 | 90 | 88%▼4.1 | |
| 11 | VGK | 1,399 | 49 | 48 | 1,266 | 0.905 | 88 | — | |
| 12 | WSH | 1,385 | 48 | 47 | 1,243 | 0.897 | 87 | — | |
| 13 | DET | 1,353 | 46 | 41 | 1,227 | 0.907 | 86 | — | |
| 14 | CHI | 1,294 | 40 | 39 | 1,186 | 0.917 | 85 | — | |
| 15 | DAL | 1,286 | 44 | 43 | 1,183 | 0.920 | 84 | — | |
| 16 | NYI | 1,278 | 45 | 39 | 1,168 | 0.914 | 83 | 4.9% | |
| 17 | CHI/VGK | 1,235 | 36 | 34 | 1,136 | 0.920 | 81 | — | |
| 18 | LAK | 1,224 | 42 | 42 | 1,107 | 0.904 | 80 | 0.4% | |
| 19 | BOS | 1,189 | 41 | 41 | 1,104 | 0.929 | 79 | — | |
| 20 | EDM | 1,175 | 38 | 34 | 1,078 | 0.917 | 78 | — | |
| 21 | NSH | 1,142 | 40 | 34 | 1,044 | 0.914 | 77 | 85% | |
| 22 | SJS | 1,139 | 41 | 40 | 1,021 | 0.896 | 76 | — | |
| 23 | PHI | 1,100 | 43 | 40 | 1,005 | 0.914 | 74 | 90%▲1.2 | |
| 24 | CAR | 1,091 | 40 | 38 | 987 | 0.905 | 73 | 0.1% | |
| 25 | EDM | 1,087 | 39 | 37 | 981 | 0.902 | 72 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Shots Against in 2019-20?
Connor Hellebuyck leads with 1,796. The median of the 87 qualified goalies is 849.
How is Shots Against calculated?
Shots on goal faced while in net, regular season. Regular season only, from the NHL's official game data.
How reliable is Shots Against?
A workload stat: starts and team shot suppression explain almost all of it.