Goalie stats
NHL Goalie Shots Against Leaders
2022-23All situationsThrough 82 team games
Juuse Saros (NSH) leads NHL goalies with 2,099 shots against in 2022-23, ahead of 
John Gibson (ANA) (1,983).
Leaders: Shots Against, 2022-23
- 1stJuuse SarosNSH · 64 GP2,099Share
- 2ndJohn GibsonANA · 53 GP1,983Share
3rdConnor HellebuyckWPG · 64 GP1,964Share
4thAlexandar GeorgievCOL · 62 GP1,904Share
5thAndrei VasilevskiyTBL · 60 GP1,875Share
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 2022-23, 107 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 667 and Juuse Saros leads at 2,099.
Shots Against leaderboard
| # | Goalie | Team | SA | GP | GS | SV | SV% | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juuse SarosNSH | NSH | 2,099 | 64 | 63 | 1,928 | 0.919 | 100 | 85% |
| 2 | John GibsonANA | ANA | 1,983 | 53 | 52 | 1,783 | 0.899 | 99 | 60%▼4.1 |
| 3 | Connor HellebuyckWPG | WPG | 1,964 | 64 | 64 | 1,807 | 0.920 | 98 | 91%▼0.7 |
| 4 | Alexandar GeorgievCOL | COL | 1,904 | 62 | 62 | 1,749 | 0.919 | 97 | — |
| 5 | Andrei VasilevskiyTBL | TBL | 1,875 | 60 | 60 | 1,716 | 0.915 | 96 | 99% |
| 6 |  Ilya SorokinNYI | NYI | 1,838 | 62 | 60 | 1,699 | 0.924 | 95 | 97% |
| 7 |  Jordan BinningtonSTL | STL | 1,826 | 61 | 60 | 1,632 | 0.894 | 94 | 25%▼1.8 |
| 8 |  Jake OettingerDAL | DAL | 1,776 | 62 | 61 | 1,633 | 0.919 | 93 | 99% |
| 9 |  Igor ShesterkinNYR | NYR | 1,719 | 58 | 58 | 1,575 | 0.916 | 92 | 62%▼5.9 |
| 10 |  Darcy KuemperWSH | WSH | 1,674 | 57 | 56 | 1,521 | 0.909 | 92 | 46%▼5.1 |
| 11 |  Karel VejmelkaARI | ARI | 1,670 | 50 | 49 | 1,503 | 0.900 | 91 | 98% |
| 12 |  Carter HartPHI | PHI | 1,665 | 55 | 54 | 1,510 | 0.907 | 90 | 90%▲1.2 |
| 13 |  Ville HussoDET | DET | 1,603 | 56 | 56 | 1,436 | 0.896 | 89 | 11%▲3.3 |
| 14 |  Jacob MarkstromCGY | CGY | 1,542 | 59 | 58 | 1,376 | 0.892 | 88 | 88%▼4.1 |
| 15 |  Stuart SkinnerEDM | EDM | 1,536 | 50 | 48 | 1,404 | 0.914 | 87 | 67%▲5.3 |
| 16 |  Sergei BobrovskyFLA | FLA | 1,466 | 50 | 49 | 1,321 | 0.901 | 86 | 84%▼1.2 |
| 17 |  Linus UllmarkBOS | BOS | 1,457 | 49 | 48 | 1,366 | 0.938 | 85 | 92%▲3 |
| 18 |  Tristan JarryPIT | PIT | 1,414 | 47 | 47 | 1,286 | 0.909 | 84 | 26% |
| 19 |  Marc-Andre FleuryMIN | MIN | 1,367 | 46 | 45 | 1,241 | 0.908 | 83 | — |
| 20 |  Samuel MontembeaultMTL | MTL | 1,345 | 40 | 39 | 1,212 | 0.901 | 82 | 13%▼0.8 |
| 21 |  James ReimerSJS | SJS | 1,335 | 43 | 41 | 1,188 | 0.890 | 81 | — |
| 22 |  Jake AllenMTL | MTL | 1,335 | 42 | 41 | 1,190 | 0.891 | 81 | 51%▼2.8 |
| 23 |  Vitek VanecekNJD | NJD | 1,333 | 52 | 48 | 1,214 | 0.911 | 79 | 0.1%▼3.1 |
| 24 |  Petr MrazekCHI | CHI | 1,248 | 39 | 38 | 1,116 | 0.894 | 78 | 0.1% |
| 25 |  Joonas KorpisaloCBJ/LAK | CBJ/LAK | 1,206 | 39 | 37 | 1,103 | 0.915 | 77 | 12% |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Shots Against in 2022-23?
Juuse Saros leads with 2,099. The median of the 107 qualified goalies is 667.
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.