Goalie stats
NHL Goalie Shots Against Leaders
2026-27All situationsThrough 11 team games
Jesper Wallstedt (MIN) leads NHL goalies with 236 shots against in 2026-27, ahead of 
Spencer Knight (CHI) (223).
Leaders: Shots Against, 2026-27
- 1stJesper WallstedtMIN · 9 GP236Share
- 2ndSpencer KnightCHI · 7 GP223Share
3rdJeremy SwaymanBOS · 8 GP222Share
4thSergei BobrovskyTOR · 7 GP214Share
5thJuuse SarosNSH · 7 GP213Share
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 2026-27, 65 goalies qualify for this board; the median is 130 and Jesper Wallstedt leads at 236.
Shots Against leaderboard
| # | Goalie | Team | SA | GP | GS | SV | SV% | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesper WallstedtMIN | MIN | 236 | 9 | 9 | 216 | 0.915 | 100 | 98%▲1.1 |
| 2 | Spencer KnightCHI | CHI | 223 | 7 | 7 | 198 | 0.888 | 98 | 73% |
| 3 | Jeremy SwaymanBOS | BOS | 222 | 8 | 8 | 206 | 0.928 | 97 | 97%▲0.8 |
| 4 | Sergei BobrovskyTOR | TOR | 214 | 7 | 7 | 193 | 0.902 | 95 | 84%▼1.2 |
| 5 | Juuse SarosNSH | NSH | 213 | 7 | 7 | 193 | 0.906 | 94 | 85% |
| 6 |  Leevi MeriläinenVAN | VAN | 204 | 7 | 5 | 187 | 0.917 | 92 | 26%▲5.9 |
| 7 |  Logan ThompsonWSH | WSH | 202 | 7 | 7 | 182 | 0.901 | 91 | 99% |
| 8 |  Joseph WollPHI | PHI | 192 | 6 | 6 | 176 | 0.917 | 89 | 37%▼2.7 |
| 9 |  Ilya SorokinNYI | NYI | 183 | 7 | 7 | 171 | 0.934 | 88 | 97% |
| 10 |  Mackenzie BlackwoodCOL | COL | 180 | 7 | 7 | 160 | 0.889 | 86 | 92%▲0.8 |
| 11 |  Carter HartVGK | VGK | 178 | 7 | 7 | 158 | 0.888 | 84 | 90%▲1.2 |
| 12 |  Lukas DostalANA | ANA | 177 | 7 | 7 | 156 | 0.881 | 82 | 82%▼1.1 |
| 13 |  Stuart SkinnerWPG | WPG | 177 | 6 | 6 | 161 | 0.910 | 82 | 67%▲5.3 |
| 14 |  Karel VejmelkaUTA | UTA | 174 | 8 | 7 | 153 | 0.879 | 80 | 98% |
| 15 |  Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF | BUF | 171 | 7 | 6 | 147 | 0.860 | 78 | 67%▲1 |
| 16 |  Devon LeviEDM | EDM | 167 | 6 | 6 | 150 | 0.898 | 77 | 69%▲15 |
| 17 |  Andrei VasilevskiyTBL | TBL | 166 | 7 | 7 | 149 | 0.898 | 74 | 99% |
| 18 |  Kevin LankinenVAN | VAN | 166 | 7 | 6 | 134 | 0.807 | 74 | 18%▼4.1 |
| 19 |  Linus UllmarkOTT | OTT | 164 | 7 | 7 | 155 | 0.945 | 72 | 92%▲3 |
| 20 |  Jake AllenNJD | NJD | 163 | 6 | 6 | 144 | 0.883 | 70 | 51%▼2.8 |
| 21 |  Yaroslav AskarovSJS | SJS | 163 | 6 | 6 | 141 | 0.865 | 70 | 71%▼4.2 |
| 22 |  Dan VladarPHI | PHI | 162 | 5 | 5 | 144 | 0.889 | 67 | 59%▼2.8 |
| 23 |  Joel HoferSTL | STL | 161 | 6 | 6 | 148 | 0.919 | 66 | 83% |
| 24 |  John GibsonDET | DET | 158 | 6 | 6 | 138 | 0.873 | 64 | 60%▼4.1 |
| 25 |  Philipp GrubauerSEA | SEA | 157 | 6 | 5 | 142 | 0.904 | 62 | 23%▲7.6 |
Frequently asked questions
Who leads the NHL in Shots Against in 2026-27?
Jesper Wallstedt leads with 236. The median of the 65 qualified goalies is 130.
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.