Tampa Bay Lightning Goalie Starts 2020-21

2020-21 · 36-17-3 · 75 pts · 3rd Atlantic

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Who started in goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2020-21: 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 42 of 56 Lightning games (75%). Curtis McElhinney had 12 starts. Season: Workhorse.

Workhorse The No. 1 started at least 75% of games.

G1Starter
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Starts
42/56
Share
75%
Last 10
6
31-10-1 · .925 SV% · last start May 10
G2Backup
Curtis McElhinney
Starts
12/56
Share
21%
Last 10
3
4-6-2 · .875 SV% · last start May 7
G3Third goalie
Christopher Gibson
Starts
2/56
Share
4%
Last 10
1
1-1-0 · .875 SV% · last start May 2

Every team: NHL goalie starts by team, 2020-21

Every Lightning game by starting goalie

G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy
G2 Curtis McElhinney
G3 Christopher Gibson
G4 Spencer Martin

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

G1Vasilevskiy

G2McElhinney

G3Gibson

G4Martin

Game

Tampa Bay Lightning goalie patterns

Back-to-backs: 9 second games, started by Andrei Vasilevskiy 4, Curtis McElhinney 3, Christopher Gibson 2.
Home and road: Andrei Vasilevskiy started 20 of 28 home games and 22 of 28 road games.
Pulled starters: no relief appearances yet.

Game log

Every game: starter, saves and result (56 games)

Starting goalie in every game
#	Date	Opp	Starter	Saves	Result	Relief
56	May 10	@ FLA	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	26/30	L	–
55	May 8 ▲	@ FLA	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	30/35	L	–
54	May 7	vs DAL	G2 Curtis McElhinney	26/31	L	–
53	May 5	vs DAL	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	20/22	W	–
52	May 2 ▲	@ DET	G3 Christopher Gibson	22/23	W	–
51	May 1	@ DET	G2 Curtis McElhinney	15/15	OTL	–
50	Apr 29	vs DAL	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	20/20	W	–
49	Apr 27	@ CHI	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	36/40	W	–
48	Apr 25	vs CBJ	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	19/22	W	–
47	Apr 22	vs CBJ	G2 Curtis McElhinney	24/25	W	–
46	Apr 20 ▲	vs CAR	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	32/35	L	–
45	Apr 19	vs CAR	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	25/27	W	–
44	Apr 17	vs FLA	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	27/31	L	–
43	Apr 15	vs FLA	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	36/38	W	–
42	Apr 13	@ NSH	G2 Curtis McElhinney	15/22	L	–
41	Apr 10	@ NSH	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	36/36	W	–
40	Apr 8	@ CBJ	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	32/36	W	–
39	Apr 6	@ CBJ	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	26/29	L	–
38	Apr 4 ▲	vs DET	G3 Christopher Gibson	13/17	L	–
37	Apr 3	vs DET	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	25/26	W	–
36	Apr 1	vs CBJ	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	36/38	W	–
35	Mar 30	vs CBJ	G2 Curtis McElhinney	18/20	L	–
34	Mar 27	@ CAR	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	36/40	L	–
33	Mar 25	@ DAL	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	37/41	L	–
32	Mar 23	@ DAL	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	16/17	W	–
31	Mar 21 ▲	vs FLA	G2 Curtis McElhinney	29/32	W	–
30	Mar 20	vs CHI	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	30/31	W	–
29	Mar 18	vs CHI	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	19/21	W	–
28	Mar 16 ▲	@ DAL	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	24/27	W	–
27	Mar 15	vs NSH	G2 Curtis McElhinney	22/25	L	–
26	Mar 13	vs NSH	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	28/31	W	–
25	Mar 11	@ DET	G2 Curtis McElhinney	17/22	L	–
24	Mar 9	@ DET	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	20/23	W	–
23	Mar 7	@ CHI	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	22/25	W	–
22	Mar 5 ▲	@ CHI	G2 Curtis McElhinney	24/27	OTL	–
21	Mar 4	@ CHI	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	35/37	W	–
20	Mar 2	@ DAL	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	28/28	W	–
19	Feb 27	vs DAL	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	20/20	W	–
18	Feb 25 ▲	vs CAR	G2 Curtis McElhinney	31/32	W	–
17	Feb 24	vs CAR	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	25/25	W	–
16	Feb 22	@ CAR	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	34/36	W	–
15	Feb 20	@ CAR	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	24/27	L	–
14	Feb 15	vs FLA	G2 Curtis McElhinney	15/21	L	–
13	Feb 13	@ FLA	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	33/34	W	–
12	Feb 11	@ FLA	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	24/28	L	–
11	Feb 9 ▲	@ NSH	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	32/33	W	–
10	Feb 8	@ NSH	G2 Curtis McElhinney	23/24	W	–
9	Feb 5	vs DET	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	27/28	W	–
8	Feb 3	vs DET	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	15/16	W	–
7	Feb 1	vs NSH	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	29/31	W	–
6	Jan 30	vs NSH	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	23/26	W	–
5	Jan 28	@ CAR	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	34/35	OTL	–
4	Jan 23	@ CBJ	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	23/27	L	–
3	Jan 21	@ CBJ	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	23/25	W	–
2	Jan 15	vs CHI	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	35/37	W	–
1	Jan 13	vs CHI	G1 Andrei Vasilevskiy	22/23	W	–

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Tampa Bay Lightning goalie starts FAQ

Who was the Tampa Bay Lightning starting goalie in 2020-21?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made the most starts: 42 of 56 (75%), going 31-10-1.

How often did the Tampa Bay Lightning backup goalie start in 2020-21?

Curtis McElhinney had 12 starts (21% of games).

Who started the second game of Tampa Bay Lightning back-to-backs in 2020-21?

Andrei Vasilevskiy started 4 of 9 second games; the other goalies started 5.