Pittsburgh Penguins Goalie Starts 2025-26
2025-26 · 41-25-16 · 98 pts · 2nd Metropolitan
Who started in goal for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2025-26: every game colour-coded by starting goalie, with each goalie's share of starts and how it moved through the season. G1 made the most starts.
Arturs Silovs started 38 of 82 Penguins games (46%). Stuart Skinner had 27 starts. Season: 1A/1B split.
G1StarterArturs Silovs- Starts
- 38/82
- Share
- 46%
- Last 10
- 4
19-12-8 · .887 SV% · 1 relief · last start Apr 11
G2BackupStuart Skinner- Starts
- 27/82
- Share
- 33%
- Last 10
- 6
12-9-5 · .885 SV% · last start Apr 14
Every team: NHL goalie starts by team, 2025-26
Every Penguins game by starting goalie
- G1 Arturs Silovs
- G2 Stuart Skinner
- G3 Tristan Jarry
- G4 Sergei Murashov
- G5 Taylor Gauthier
Filled: started · half: relief · dot: dressed, did not play · blank: not dressed · ▲ second game of a back-to-back
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie patterns
- Back-to-backs: 16 second games, started by Arturs Silovs 8, Stuart Skinner 5, Sergei Murashov 3.
- Home and road: Arturs Silovs started 24 of 41 home games and 14 of 41 road games.
- Pulled starters: a reliever came in 3 times (4% of games).
Game log
Every game: starter, saves and result (82 games)
| # | Date | Opp | Starter | Saves | Result | Relief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | Apr 14 | @ STL | G2 Stuart Skinner | 17/21 | L | Arturs Silovs |
| 81 | Apr 12 ▲ | @ WSH | G2 Stuart Skinner | 24/26 | L | – |
| 80 | Apr 11 | vs WSH | G1 Arturs Silovs | 26/31 | L | – |
| 79 | Apr 9 | @ NJD | G2 Stuart Skinner | 19/21 | W | – |
| 78 | Apr 5 ▲ | vs FLA | G1 Arturs Silovs | 29/31 | W | – |
| 77 | Apr 4 | vs FLA | G1 Arturs Silovs | 19/23 | W | – |
| 76 | Apr 2 | @ TBL | G2 Stuart Skinner | 27/32 | L | – |
| 75 | Mar 31 ▲ | vs DET | G2 Stuart Skinner | 22/23 | W | – |
| 74 | Mar 30 | @ NYI | G1 Arturs Silovs | 20/23 | W | – |
| 73 | Mar 28 | vs DAL | G2 Stuart Skinner | 20/24 | L | – |
| 72 | Mar 26 | @ OTT | G2 Stuart Skinner | 26/29 | W | – |
| 71 | Mar 24 | vs COL | G1 Arturs Silovs | 24/29 | L | – |
| 70 | Mar 22 ▲ | vs CAR | G2 Stuart Skinner | 21/25 | L | – |
| 69 | Mar 21 | vs WPG | G1 Arturs Silovs | 21/25 | W | – |
| 68 | Mar 18 | @ CAR | G2 Stuart Skinner | 38/44 | OTL | – |
| 67 | Mar 16 | @ COL | G1 Arturs Silovs | 25/27 | W | – |
| 66 | Mar 14 | @ UTA | G2 Stuart Skinner | 26/29 | W | – |
| 65 | Mar 12 | @ VGK | G1 Arturs Silovs | 11/16 | L | – |
| 64 | Mar 10 | @ CAR | G2 Stuart Skinner | 40/44 | OTL | – |
| 63 | Mar 8 ▲ | vs BOS | G1 Arturs Silovs | 24/28 | W | – |
| 62 | Mar 7 | vs PHI | G2 Stuart Skinner | 13/16 | OTL | – |
| 61 | Mar 5 | vs BUF | G1 Arturs Silovs | 21/25 | L | – |
| 60 | Mar 3 | @ BOS | G2 Stuart Skinner | 26/28 | L | – |
| 59 | Mar 1 ▲ | vs VGK | G1 Arturs Silovs | 22/22 | W | – |
| 58 | Feb 28 | @ NYR | G2 Stuart Skinner | 23/25 | OTL | – |
| 57 | Feb 26 | vs NJD | G1 Arturs Silovs | 29/30 | W | – |
| 56 | Feb 5 | @ BUF | G1 Arturs Silovs | 25/27 | W | – |
| 55 | Feb 3 ▲ | @ NYI | G2 Stuart Skinner | 18/23 | OTL | – |
| 54 | Feb 2 | vs OTT | G1 Arturs Silovs | 28/31 | L | – |
| 53 | Jan 31 | vs NYR | G2 Stuart Skinner | 15/20 | W | – |
| 52 | Jan 29 | vs CHI | G1 Arturs Silovs | 18/20 | W | – |
| 51 | Jan 25 | @ VAN | G2 Stuart Skinner | 30/32 | W | – |
| 50 | Jan 22 ▲ | @ EDM | G1 Arturs Silovs | 30/32 | W | – |
| 49 | Jan 21 | @ CGY | G2 Stuart Skinner | 18/19 | W | – |
| 48 | Jan 19 | @ SEA | G2 Stuart Skinner | 20/23 | W | – |
| 47 | Jan 17 | vs CBJ | G1 Arturs Silovs | 23/26 | OTL | – |
| 46 | Jan 15 | vs PHI | G2 Stuart Skinner | 31/34 | W | – |
| 45 | Jan 13 | vs TBL | G1 Arturs Silovs | 30/31 | OTL | – |
| 44 | Jan 11 ▲ | @ BOS | G2 Stuart Skinner | 18/19 | L | – |
| 43 | Jan 10 | vs CGY | G1 Arturs Silovs | 23/25 | L | – |
| 42 | Jan 8 | vs NJD | G2 Stuart Skinner | 28/29 | W | – |
| 41 | Jan 4 ▲ | @ CBJ | G1 Arturs Silovs | 21/25 | W | – |
| 40 | Jan 3 | @ DET | G2 Stuart Skinner | 11/12 | W | – |
| 39 | Jan 1 | vs DET | G1 Arturs Silovs | 24/27 | W | – |
| 38 | Dec 30 | vs CAR | G2 Stuart Skinner | 27/28 | W | – |
| 37 | Dec 28 | @ CHI | G1 Arturs Silovs | 21/24 | W | – |
| 36 | Dec 23 | @ TOR | G2 Stuart Skinner | 25/29 | L | – |
| 35 | Dec 21 ▲ | vs MTL | G1 Arturs Silovs | 22/25 | W | – |
| 34 | Dec 20 | @ MTL | G2 Stuart Skinner | 17/20 | L | – |
| 33 | Dec 18 | @ OTT | G1 Arturs Silovs | 22/26 | L | – |
| 32 | Dec 16 | vs EDM | G2 Stuart Skinner | 17/22 | L | – |
| 31 | Dec 14 ▲ | vs UTA | G4 Sergei Murashov | 31/36 | OTL | – |
| 30 | Dec 13 | vs SJS | G1 Arturs Silovs | 25/31 | OTL | – |
| 29 | Dec 11 | vs MTL | G3 Tristan Jarry | 25/29 | L | – |
| 28 | Dec 9 | vs ANA | G1 Arturs Silovs | 25/28 | OTL | – |
| 27 | Dec 7 | @ DAL | G3 Tristan Jarry | 21/23 | OTL | – |
| 26 | Dec 4 | @ TBL | G3 Tristan Jarry | 37/40 | W | – |
| 25 | Dec 1 | @ PHI | G3 Tristan Jarry | 28/29 | W | – |
| 24 | Nov 29 ▲ | vs TOR | G1 Arturs Silovs | 6/10 | L | Tristan Jarry |
| 23 | Nov 28 | @ CBJ | G3 Tristan Jarry | 26/29 | W | – |
| 22 | Nov 26 | vs BUF | G3 Tristan Jarry | 29/31 | W | – |
| 21 | Nov 22 ▲ | vs SEA | G4 Sergei Murashov | 18/21 | OTL | – |
| 20 | Nov 21 | vs MIN | G1 Arturs Silovs | 6/10 | L | Sergei Murashov |
| 19 | Nov 16 | vs NSH | G4 Sergei Murashov | 21/21 | W | – |
| 18 | Nov 14 | @ NSH | G1 Arturs Silovs | 28/30 | OTL | – |
| 17 | Nov 9 ▲ | vs LAK | G4 Sergei Murashov | 24/27 | L | – |
| 16 | Nov 8 | @ NJD | G1 Arturs Silovs | 23/24 | OTL | – |
| 15 | Nov 6 | vs WSH | G1 Arturs Silovs | 27/30 | W | – |
| 14 | Nov 3 | @ TOR | G3 Tristan Jarry | 16/20 | L | – |
| 13 | Nov 1 | @ WPG | G1 Arturs Silovs | 29/33 | L | – |
| 12 | Oct 30 | @ MIN | G3 Tristan Jarry | 26/27 | W | – |
| 11 | Oct 28 ▲ | @ PHI | G1 Arturs Silovs | 32/34 | OTL | – |
| 10 | Oct 27 | vs STL | G3 Tristan Jarry | 25/28 | W | – |
| 9 | Oct 25 | vs CBJ | G1 Arturs Silovs | 37/41 | OTL | – |
| 8 | Oct 23 | @ FLA | G3 Tristan Jarry | 34/37 | W | – |
| 7 | Oct 21 | vs VAN | G1 Arturs Silovs | 23/24 | W | – |
| 6 | Oct 18 | @ SJS | G3 Tristan Jarry | 31/31 | W | – |
| 5 | Oct 16 | @ LAK | G1 Arturs Silovs | 30/32 | W | – |
| 4 | Oct 14 | @ ANA | G3 Tristan Jarry | 18/22 | L | – |
| 3 | Oct 11 | vs NYR | G1 Arturs Silovs | 24/30 | L | – |
| 2 | Oct 9 | vs NYI | G3 Tristan Jarry | 34/37 | W | – |
| 1 | Oct 7 | @ NYR | G1 Arturs Silovs | 25/25 | W | – |
Goalie data stories
How the game changed, told through the numbers.
- The Schedule Got Kinder. The Second Night Didn’t. In the Original Six era about a third of NHL games were a team’s second night in a row, and one goalie played both.
- Hainsworth’s 22 Was Mostly Arithmetic George Hainsworth’s 22 shutouts in 1928-29 have stood for almost a century.
- A Shootout Shooter Needs More Than 200 Tries Before Skill Outweighs Luck. The Most Anyone Has Taken Is 135. T.J.
- The Last Goalie Who Played Every Night A rule ended the every-night goalie in the mid-1960s, and the 1990s brought him back.
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie starts FAQ
Who was the Pittsburgh Penguins starting goalie in 2025-26?
Arturs Silovs made the most starts: 38 of 82 (46%), going 19-12-8.
How often did the Pittsburgh Penguins backup goalie start in 2025-26?
Stuart Skinner had 27 starts (33% of games).
Who started the second game of Pittsburgh Penguins back-to-backs in 2025-26?
Arturs Silovs started 8 of 16 second games; the other goalies started 8.