Who started in goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2019-20: 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.

Andrei Vasilevskiy started 52 of 70 Lightning games (74%). Curtis McElhinney had 18 starts. Season: Clear No. 1.

Clear No. 1 The No. 1 started 60-75% of games.
  • Starts
    52/70
    Share
    74%
    Last 10
    8

    35-14-3 · .917 SV% · last start Mar 10

  • Starts
    18/70
    Share
    26%
    Last 10
    2

    8-7-3 · .906 SV% · last start Mar 8

Every team: NHL goalie starts by team, 2019-20

Every Lightning game by starting goalie

  • G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • G2 Curtis McElhinney

Filled: started · half: relief · dot: dressed, did not play · blank: not dressed · ▲ second game of a back-to-back

Share of recent starts

  • G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy
  • G2 Curtis McElhinney
0%50%100%110203040506070G1 VasilevskiyG2 McElhinney

Share of the team's last 10 starts after each game (fewer early in the season). X axis: game number.

The same goalie has led the last 10 starts all season.

Tampa Bay Lightning goalie patterns

Game log

Every game: starter, saves and result (70 games)
Starting goalie in every game
#DateOppStarterSavesResultRelief
70Mar 10@ TORG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy34/36L–
69Mar 8 ▲@ DETG2 Curtis McElhinney24/28OTL–
68Mar 7@ BOSG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy35/38W–
67Mar 5vs MTLG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy32/32W–
66Mar 3vs BOSG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy33/35L–
65Feb 29vs CGYG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy18/21W–
64Feb 27vs CHIG2 Curtis McElhinney22/26L–
63Feb 25vs TORG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy19/23L–
62Feb 22@ ARIG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy34/41L–
61Feb 20@ VGKG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy28/33L–
60Feb 17@ COLG2 Curtis McElhinney24/27W–
59Feb 15vs PHIG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy30/33W–
58Feb 13vs EDMG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy29/30W–
57Feb 11 ▲@ PITG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy35/36W–
56Feb 10@ CBJG2 Curtis McElhinney31/32W–
55Feb 8vs NYIG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy17/18W–
54Feb 6vs PITG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy29/31W–
53Feb 4vs VGKG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy27/29W–
52Feb 1 ▲@ SJSG2 Curtis McElhinney30/30W–
51Jan 31@ ANAG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy23/26W–
50Jan 29@ LAKG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy32/34W–
49Jan 27@ DALG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy32/35OTL–
48Jan 17 ▲@ WPGG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy30/31W–
47Jan 16@ MING2 Curtis McElhinney20/23L–
46Jan 14vs LAKG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy38/41W–
45Jan 12 ▲@ NJDG2 Curtis McElhinney17/19L–
44Jan 11@ PHIG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy23/23W–
43Jan 9vs ARIG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy25/25W–
42Jan 7vs VANG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy21/23W–
41Jan 5 ▲@ CARG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy28/29W–
40Jan 4@ OTTG2 Curtis McElhinney25/28W–
39Jan 2@ MTLG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy38/39W–
38Dec 31@ BUFG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy24/28W–
37Dec 29 ▲vs DETG2 Curtis McElhinney19/20W–
36Dec 28vs MTLG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy39/43W–
35Dec 23vs FLAG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy29/30W–
34Dec 21@ WSHG2 Curtis McElhinney32/34L–
33Dec 19vs DALG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy16/20OTL–
32Dec 17vs OTTG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy25/28W–
31Dec 14vs WSHG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy29/33L–
30Dec 12vs BOSG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy27/29W–
29Dec 10 ▲@ FLAG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy27/28W–
28Dec 9vs NYIG2 Curtis McElhinney19/24L–
27Dec 7vs SJSG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy37/38W–
26Dec 5vs MING1 Andrei Vasilevskiy16/21L–
25Dec 3@ NSHG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy30/32W–
24Nov 30 ▲vs CARG2 Curtis McElhinney21/24L–
23Nov 29@ WSHG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy31/35OTL–
22Nov 27vs STLG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy29/33L–
21Nov 25vs BUFG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy28/30W–
20Nov 23vs ANAG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy36/38W–
19Nov 21@ CHIG2 Curtis McElhinney32/34W–
18Nov 19@ STLG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy31/33L–
17Nov 16vs WPGG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy23/26L–
16Nov 14vs NYRG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy20/23W–
15Nov 9 ▲vs BUFG2 Curtis McElhinney40/43W–
14Nov 8@ BUFG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy20/22W–
13Nov 1@ NYIG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy21/25L–
12Oct 30 ▲@ NJDG2 Curtis McElhinney36/42W–
11Oct 29@ NYRG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy38/41L–
10Oct 26vs NSHG2 Curtis McElhinney37/40OTL–
9Oct 23vs PITG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy37/39W–
8Oct 19vs COLG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy18/24L–
7Oct 17@ BOSG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy34/37W–
6Oct 15@ MTLG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy33/34W–
5Oct 12@ OTTG2 Curtis McElhinney30/33L–
4Oct 10@ TORG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy25/28W–
3Oct 6 ▲@ CARG2 Curtis McElhinney40/44OTL–
2Oct 5@ FLAG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy24/28L–
1Oct 3vs FLAG1 Andrei Vasilevskiy35/37W–

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Tampa Bay Lightning goalie starts FAQ

Who was the Tampa Bay Lightning starting goalie in 2019-20?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made the most starts: 52 of 70 (74%), going 35-14-3.

How often did the Tampa Bay Lightning backup goalie start in 2019-20?

Curtis McElhinney had 18 starts (26% of games).

Who started the second game of Tampa Bay Lightning back-to-backs in 2019-20?

Andrei Vasilevskiy started 4 of 12 second games; the other goalies started 8.