Goalie stats
NHL Goalie Shots Against Leaders
2020-21All situationsThrough 56 team games
Connor Hellebuyck (WPG) leads NHL goalies with 1,335 shots against in 2020-21, ahead of
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) (1,237).
Leaders: Shots Against, 2020-21
1stConnor HellebuyckWPG · 45 GP1,335Share
2ndAndrei VasilevskiyTBL · 42 GP1,237Share
3rdKevin LankinenCHI · 37 GP1,204Share
4thJordan BinningtonSTL · 42 GP1,200Share
5thThatcher DemkoVAN · 35 GP1,164Share
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 2020-21, 98 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 502 and Connor Hellebuyck leads at 1,335.
Shots Against leaderboard
| # | Goalie | Team | SA | GP | GS | SV | SV% | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WPG | 1,335 | 45 | 45 | 1,223 | 0.916 | 100 | 91%▼0.7 | |
| 2 | TBL | 1,237 | 42 | 42 | 1,144 | 0.925 | 99 | 99% | |
| 3 | CHI | 1,204 | 37 | 37 | 1,095 | 0.909 | 98 | 18%▼4.1 | |
| 4 | STL | 1,200 | 42 | 41 | 1,092 | 0.910 | 97 | 25%▼1.8 | |
| 5 | VAN | 1,164 | 35 | 35 | 1,065 | 0.915 | 96 | 24% | |
| 6 | CGY | 1,161 | 43 | 43 | 1,050 | 0.904 | 95 | 88%▼4.1 | |
| 7 | PIT | 1,100 | 39 | 38 | 1,000 | 0.909 | 94 | 26% | |
| 8 | LAK | 1,095 | 35 | 32 | 998 | 0.911 | 93 | — | |
| 9 | NJD | 1,081 | 35 | 35 | 975 | 0.902 | 92 | 92%▲0.8 | |
| 10 | NSH | 1,073 | 36 | 35 | 995 | 0.927 | 91 | 85% | |
| 11 | ANA | 1,042 | 35 | 35 | 941 | 0.903 | 90 | 60%▼4.1 | |
| 12 | WSH | 1,031 | 37 | 36 | 936 | 0.908 | 89 | 0.1%▼3.1 | |
| 13 | NYI | 1,020 | 36 | 35 | 948 | 0.929 | 88 | 4.9% | |
| 14 | MIN | 1,008 | 33 | 33 | 922 | 0.915 | 87 | 9.2%▲2.6 | |
| 15 | COL | 993 | 40 | 39 | 916 | 0.922 | 86 | 23%▲7.6 | |
| 16 | VGK | 989 | 36 | 36 | 918 | 0.928 | 85 | — | |
| 17 | NYR | 987 | 35 | 31 | 904 | 0.916 | 84 | 62%▼5.9 | |
| 18 | SJS | 980 | 34 | 34 | 878 | 0.896 | 82 | — | |
| 19 | FLA | 935 | 31 | 30 | 847 | 0.906 | 81 | 84%▼1.2 | |
| 20 | EDM | 921 | 32 | 30 | 850 | 0.923 | 80 | — | |
| 21 | CBJ | 904 | 33 | 31 | 808 | 0.894 | 79 | 12% | |
| 22 | DET | 894 | 34 | 29 | 815 | 0.912 | 78 | — | |
| 23 | CBJ | 825 | 28 | 23 | 756 | 0.916 | 77 | 7.3% | |
| 24 | MTL | 817 | 29 | 27 | 741 | 0.907 | 76 | 51%▼2.8 | |
| 25 | DAL | 799 | 32 | 32 | 723 | 0.905 | 75 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Shots Against in 2020-21?
Connor Hellebuyck leads with 1,335. The median of the 98 qualified goalies is 502.
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.