NHL Goals Allowed Average Leaders

NHL Goals Allowed Average Leaders

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In terms of the 2023-24 year, Kenneth Appleby is the best in the NHL in goals allowed average with 6.00. Positioned in the runner up spot is Devin Cooley, bearing a goals given up per game total of 4.98. Earning a mark of 4.95, Ivan Fedotov is holding on to the 3rd position. With the fourth and fifth spot are Magnus Chrona (4.71) and Jack Campbell (4.50).

2023-24 NHL Goals Allowed Average Leaders

GAA Rank Player GAA
1st Kenneth Appleby 6.00
2nd Devin Cooley 4.98
3rd Ivan Fedotov 4.95
4th Magnus Chrona 4.71
5th Jack Campbell 4.50
6th Matt Villalta 4.17
7th Mads Sogaard 4.05
8th Ji?i Patera 3.98
9th Arvid Soderblom 3.92
10th Calvin Petersen 3.90
11th Felix Sandstrom 3.87
12th Eric Comrie 3.69
13th Kaapo Kahkonen 3.64
14th Daniel Vlada? 3.62
15th Ville Husso 3.55
16th John Gibson 3.54
17th Jet Greaves 3.49
18th Mackenzie Blackwood 3.45
19th Elvis Merz?ikins 3.45
20th Jake Allen 3.44
21st Jonas Johansson 3.37
22nd Karel Vejmelka 3.35
23rd Lukas Dostal 3.33
24th Matt Tomkins 3.33
25th Darcy Kuemper 3.31
26th Spencer Martin 3.30
27th Joonas Korpisalo 3.27
28th Anton Forsberg 3.21
29th Hunter Shepard 3.19
30th Vitek Van??ek 3.18
31st Daniil Tarasov 3.18
32nd Dustin Wolf 3.16

2022 NHL Goals Allowed Average Leaders

GAA Rank Player GAA
1st Hugo Alnefelt – Tampa Bay Lightning 9.00
2nd Michael McNiven – Montreal Canadiens 9.00
3rd Alex Stalock – San Jose Sharks 7.81
4th Carter Hutton – Arizona Coyotes 7.76
5th Jack LaFontaine – Carolina Hurricanes 7.20
6th Adam Huska – New York Rangers 7.04
7th Maxime Lagace – Tampa Bay Lightning 6.11
8th Arvid Soderblom – Chicago Blackhawks 5.01
9th Malcolm Subban – Buffalo Sabres 4.85
10th Akira Schmid – New Jersey Devils 4.83
11th Jonas Johansson – 2 Teams 4.81
12th Cayden Primeau – Montreal Canadiens 4.62
13th Michael Hutchinson – Toronto Maple Leafs 4.57
14th Justus Annunen – Colorado Avalanche 4.34
15th Joey Daccord – Seattle Kraken 4.30
16th Calvin Pickard – Detroit Red Wings 4.30
17th Tuukka Rask – Boston Bruins 4.28
18th Harri Sateri – Arizona Coyotes 4.22
19th Ivan Prosvetov – Arizona Coyotes 4.22
20th Joonas Korpisalo – Columbus Blue Jackets 4.15
21st Jean-Francois Berube – Columbus Blue Jackets 4.12
22nd Aaron Dell – Buffalo Sabres 4.03
23rd Andrew Hammond – 2 Teams 3.89
24th Collin Delia – Chicago Blackhawks 3.85
25th Sam Montembeault – Montreal Canadiens 3.77
26th Connor Ingram – Nashville Predators 3.71
27th Jon Gillies – 2 Teams 3.70
28th Karel Vejmelka – Arizona Coyotes 3.68
29th Thomas Greiss – Detroit Red Wings 3.66
30th Anton Khudobin – Dallas Stars 3.63
31st Carey Price – Montreal Canadiens 3.63
32nd David Rittich – Nashville Predators 3.57

2021 NHL Goals Allowed Average Leaders

GAA Rank Team GAA
1st Veini Vehvilainen – Columbus Blue Jackets 5.63
2nd Alexei Melnichuk – San Jose Sharks 5.05
3rd Stuart Skinner – Edmonton Oilers 5.03
4th Artyom Zagidulin – Calgary Flames 4.25
5th Hunter Miska – Colorado Avalanche 4.16
6th Cayden Primeau – Montreal Canadiens 4.16
7th Ivan Prosvetov – Arizona Coyotes 4.15
8th Aaron Dell – New Jersey Devils 4.14
9th Oscar Dansk – Vegas Golden Knights 3.91
10th Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen – Buffalo Sabres 3.88
11th Marcus Hogberg – Ottawa Senators 3.74
12th Carter Hart – Philadelphia Flyers 3.67
13th Braden Holtby – Vancouver Canucks 3.67
14th Collin Delia – Chicago Blackhawks 3.59
15th Dustin Tokarski – Buffalo Sabres 3.54
16th Ryan Miller – Anaheim Ducks 3.51
17th Carter Hutton – Buffalo Sabres 3.47
18th Michael Houser – Buffalo Sabres 3.46
19th Daniel Vladar – Boston Bruins 3.40
20th Matiss Kivlenieks – Columbus Blue Jackets 3.40
21st Matt Murray – Ottawa Senators 3.38
22nd Antti Raanta – Arizona Coyotes 3.36
23rd Alex Lyon – Philadelphia Flyers 3.33
24th Joonas Korpisalo – Columbus Blue Jackets 3.30
25th Martin Jones – San Jose Sharks 3.28
26th Joey Daccord – Ottawa Senators 3.27
27th Ville Husso – St. Louis Blues 3.21
28th Anton Forsberg – Ottawa Senators 3.21
29th Devan Dubnyk – 2 Teams 3.20
30th Malcolm Subban – Chicago Blackhawks 3.20
31st Mikko Koskinen – Edmonton Oilers 3.17
32nd Josef Korenar – San Jose Sharks 3.17

2020 NHL Goals Allowed Average Leaders

GAA Rank Team GAA
1st Michael Dipietro – Vancouver Canucks 7.16
2nd Oscar Dansk – Vegas Golden Knights 6.00
3rd Kasimir Kaskisuo – Toronto Maple Leafs 6.00
4th Calvin Pickard – Detroit Red Wings 5.46
5th Garret Sparks – Vegas Golden Knights 4.38
6th Eric Comrie – Detroit Red Wings 4.28
7th Keith Kinkaid – Montreal Canadiens 4.24
8th Jimmy Howard – Detroit Red Wings 4.20
9th David Ayres – Carolina Hurricanes 4.18
10th Louis Domingue – 2 Teams 3.81
11th Alex Lyon – Philadelphia Flyers 3.55
12th Cory Schneider – New Jersey Devils 3.53
13th Michael Hutchinson – 2 Teams 3.47
14th Gilles Senn – New Jersey Devils 3.42
15th Adam Werner – Colorado Avalanche 3.42
16th Devan Dubnyk – Minnesota Wild 3.35
17th Anton Forsberg – Carolina Hurricanes 3.35
18th Sam Montembeault – Florida Panthers 3.34
19th Charlie Lindgren – Montreal Canadiens 3.33
20th Laurent Brossoit – Winnipeg Jets 3.28
21st Antoine Bibeau – Colorado Avalanche 3.27
22nd Craig Anderson – Ottawa Senators 3.25
23rd Sergei Bobrovsky – Florida Panthers 3.23
24th Carter Hutton – Buffalo Sabres 3.18
25th Anders Nilsson – Ottawa Senators 3.18
26th Pekka Rinne – Nashville Predators 3.17
27th Malcolm Subban – 2 Teams 3.17
28th Henrik Lundqvist – New York Rangers 3.16
29th Marcus Hogberg – Ottawa Senators 3.12
30th Braden Holtby – Washington Capitals 3.11
31st Ryan Miller – Anaheim Ducks 3.10
32nd Thatcher Demko – Vancouver Canucks 3.06

2019 NHL Goals Allowed Average Leaders

GAA Rank Team GAA
1st Michael Dipietro – Vancouver Canucks 7.00
2nd Mike Condon – Ottawa Senators 6.38
3rd Richard Bachman – Vancouver Canucks 6.00
4th Alex Lyon – Philadelphia Flyers 5.08
5th Peter Budaj – Los Angeles Kings 5.02
6th Eric Comrie – Winnipeg Jets 5.01
7th Joey Daccord – Ottawa Senators 5.00
8th Charlie Lindgren – Montreal Canadiens 4.62
9th Kaden Fulcher – Detroit Red Wings 4.41
10th Michal Neuvirth – Philadelphia Flyers 4.27
11th Marcus Hogberg – Ottawa Senators 4.09
12th Maxime Lagace – Vegas Golden Knights 4.03
13th Mike McKenna – 2 Teams 3.99
14th Eddie Pasquale – Tampa Bay Lightning 3.96
15th Calvin Pickard – 2 Teams 3.86
16th Antti Niemi – Montreal Canadiens 3.78
17th Cam Ward – Chicago Blackhawks 3.67
18th Chad Johnson – 2 Teams 3.63
19th Collin Delia – Chicago Blackhawks 3.61
20th Craig Anderson – Ottawa Senators 3.51
21st Tristan Jarry – Pittsburgh Penguins 3.50
22nd Anthony Stolarz – 2 Teams 3.45
23rd Cam Talbot – 2 Teams 3.40
24th Jonathan Quick – Los Angeles Kings 3.38
25th Keith Kinkaid – New Jersey Devils 3.36
26th Scott Darling – Carolina Hurricanes 3.34
27th Hunter Miska – Arizona Coyotes 3.28
28th Michael Hutchinson – 2 Teams 3.27
29th Aaron Dell – San Jose Sharks 3.17
30th Jonathan Bernier – Detroit Red Wings 3.16
31st Garret Sparks – Toronto Maple Leafs 3.15
32nd Roberto Luongo – Florida Panthers 3.12

2018 NHL Goals Allowed Average Leaders

GAA Rank Team GAA
1st Dylan Ferguson – Vegas Golden Knights 6.50
2nd Brandon Halverson – New York Rangers 4.78
3rd Jared Coreau – Detroit Red Wings 4.26
4th Daniel Taylor – Ottawa Senators 4.10
5th Eddie Läck – 2 Teams 4.02
6th Eric Comrie – Winnipeg Jets 3.99
7th Collin Delia – Chicago Blackhawks 3.96
8th Maxime Lagace – Vegas Golden Knights 3.92
9th Thatcher Demko – Vancouver Canucks 3.91
10th Calvin Pickard – Toronto Maple Leafs 3.83
11th Thomas Greiss – New York Islanders 3.82
12th Jean-Francois Berube – Chicago Blackhawks 3.78
13th Peter Budaj – Tampa Bay Lightning 3.76
14th Christopher Gibson – New York Islanders 3.65
15th Chad Johnson – Buffalo Sabres 3.55
16th Adin Hill – Arizona Coyotes 3.49
17th Scott Wedgewood – Arizona Coyotes 3.45
18th Anders Nilsson – Vancouver Canucks 3.44
19th Louis Domingue – 2 Teams 3.41
20th Jeff Glass – Chicago Blackhawks 3.36
21st Craig Anderson – Ottawa Senators 3.32
22nd Joonas Korpisalo – Columbus Blue Jackets 3.32
23rd Michael Hutchinson – Winnipeg Jets 3.26
24th Mike Condon – Ottawa Senators 3.25
25th Laurent Brossoit – Edmonton Oilers 3.24
26th Steve Mason – Winnipeg Jets 3.24
27th Al Montoya – 2 Teams 3.21
28th Jaroslav Halak – New York Islanders 3.19
29th Scott Darling – Carolina Hurricanes 3.18
30th Alexandar Georgiev – New York Rangers 3.15
31st Antti Niemi – 2 Teams 3.12
32nd Carey Price – Montreal Canadiens 3.11

2017 NHL Goals Allowed Average Leaders

GAA Rank Team GAA
1st Chris Driedger – Ottawa Senators 6.00
2nd Malcolm Subban – Boston Bruins 5.88
3rd Pheonix Copley – St. Louis Blues 5.09
4th Marek Mazanec – Nashville Predators 4.73
5th Spencer Martin – Colorado Avalanche 4.35
6th Anton Forsberg – Columbus Blue Jackets 4.10
7th Andrew Hammond – Ottawa Senators 4.08
8th Eric Comrie – Winnipeg Jets 4.05
9th Zane McIntyre – Boston Bruins 3.97
10th Jhonas Enroth – Toronto Maple Leafs 3.94
11th Marek Langhamer – Arizona Coyotes 3.87
12th Ondrej Pavelec – Winnipeg Jets 3.55
13th Jeremy Smith – Colorado Avalanche 3.54
14th Jared Coreau – Detroit Red Wings 3.46
15th Reto Berra – Florida Panthers 3.45
16th Jean-Francois Berube – New York Islanders 3.42
17th Michael Leighton – Carolina Hurricanes 3.42
18th Semyon Varlamov – Colorado Avalanche 3.38
19th Antti Niemi – Dallas Stars 3.30
20th Justin Peters – Arizona Coyotes 3.16
21st Darcy Kuemper – Minnesota Wild 3.13
22nd Jonas Gustavsson – Edmonton Oilers 3.10
23rd Louis Domingue – Arizona Coyotes 3.08
24th Tristan Jarry – Pittsburgh Penguins 3.06
25th Linus Ullmark – Buffalo Sabres 3.06
26th Petr Mrazek – Detroit Red Wings 3.04
27th Marc-Andre Fleury – Pittsburgh Penguins 3.02
28th David Rittich – Calgary Flames 3.00
29th Calvin Pickard – Colorado Avalanche 2.98
30th Jeff Zatkoff – Los Angeles Kings 2.94
31st Mike Smith – Arizona Coyotes 2.92
32nd Michael Hutchinson – Winnipeg Jets 2.92

2016 NHL Goals Allowed Average Leaders

GAA Rank Team GAA
1st Niklas Treutle – Arizona Coyotes 6.04
2nd Magnus Hellberg – New York Rangers 6.00
3rd Yann Danis – New Jersey Devils 4.75
4th Jordan Binnington – St. Louis Blues 4.69
5th Jason Kasdorf – Buffalo Sabres 4.00
6th Peter Budaj – Los Angeles Kings 3.85
7th Laurent Brossoit – Edmonton Oilers 3.61
8th Jonas Hiller – Calgary Flames 3.51
9th Christopher Gibson – New York Islanders 3.40
10th Niklas Bäckström – Calgary Flames 3.35
11th Curtis McElhinney – Columbus Blue Jackets 3.30
12th Roman Will – Colorado Avalanche 3.25
13th Dustin Tokarski – Montreal Canadiens 3.18
14th Anders Nilsson – 2 Teams 3.12
15th Anders Lindbäck – Arizona Coyotes 3.11
16th Matt O’Connor – Ottawa Senators 3.10
17th Juuse Saros – Nashville Predators 3.10
18th Ben Scrivens – Montreal Canadiens 3.07
19th Anton Forsberg – Columbus Blue Jackets 3.03
20th Garret Sparks – Toronto Maple Leafs 3.02
21st Richard Bachman – Vancouver Canucks 3.01
22nd Alex Stalock – San Jose Sharks 2.94
23rd Jonathan Bernier – Toronto Maple Leafs 2.88
24th Michael Hutchinson – Winnipeg Jets 2.84
25th Semyon Varlamov – Colorado Avalanche 2.81
26th Eddie Läck – Carolina Hurricanes 2.81
27th Keith Kinkaid – New Jersey Devils 2.81
28th Jimmy Howard – Detroit Red Wings 2.80
29th Jeff Zatkoff – Pittsburgh Penguins 2.79
30th Craig Anderson – Ottawa Senators 2.78
31st Ondrej Pavelec – Winnipeg Jets 2.78
32nd Kari Lehtonen – Dallas Stars 2.76

2015 NHL Goals Allowed Average Leaders

GAA Rank Team GAA
1st Tyler Bunz – Edmonton Oilers 9.00
2nd Malcolm Subban – Boston Bruins 5.76
3rd Mike McKenna – Arizona Coyotes 5.00
4th Scott Clemmensen – New Jersey Devils 4.73
5th Anton Forsberg – Columbus Blue Jackets 4.69
6th Jussi Rynnas – Dallas Stars 4.54
7th Matt Hackett – Buffalo Sabres 4.32
8th Ilya Bryzgalov – Anaheim Ducks 4.19
9th John Curry – Minnesota Wild 4.18
10th Viktor Fasth – Edmonton Oilers 3.41
11th Justin Peters – Washington Capitals 3.25
12th Mike Smith – Arizona Coyotes 3.16
13th Ben Scrivens – Edmonton Oilers 3.16
14th James Reimer – Toronto Maple Leafs 3.16
15th Evgeni Nabokov – Tampa Bay Lightning 3.14
16th Anders Lindbäck – 2 Teams 3.11
17th Jacob Markstrom – Vancouver Canucks 3.09
18th Chad Johnson – New York Islanders 3.08
19th Jhonas Enroth – 2 Teams 3.07
20th Ray Emery – Philadelphia Flyers 3.06
21st Niklas Bäckström – Minnesota Wild 3.05
22nd Robin Lehner – Ottawa Senators 3.02
23rd Al Montoya – Florida Panthers 3.01
24th Andrey Makarov – Buffalo Sabres 3.00
25th Michal Neuvirth – 2 Teams 2.98
26th Kari Lehtonen – Dallas Stars 2.94
27th Rob Zepp – Philadelphia Flyers 2.89
28th Curtis McElhinney – Columbus Blue Jackets 2.88
29th Jonathan Bernier – Toronto Maple Leafs 2.87
30th Martin Brodeur* – St. Louis Blues 2.87
31st Richard Bachman – Edmonton Oilers 2.84
32nd Kevin Poulin – New York Islanders 2.77

2014 NHL Goals Allowed Average Leaders

GAA Rank Team GAA
1st Nathan Lawson – Ottawa Senators 10.11
2nd Joacim Eriksson – Vancouver Canucks 9.99
3rd Martin Biron – New York Rangers 7.65
4th Cedrick Desjardins – Tampa Bay Lightning 6.65
5th Jack Campbell – Dallas Stars 6.00
6th Kent Simpson – Chicago Blackhawks 6.00
7th Nikolai Khabibulin – Chicago Blackhawks 5.01
8th Magnus Hellberg – Nashville Predators 4.92
9th Cal Heeter – Philadelphia Flyers 4.69
10th Cristopher Nilstorp – Dallas Stars 4.56
11th Sami Aittokallio – Colorado Avalanche 4.50
12th Dan Ellis – 2 Teams 3.62
13th Devan Dubnyk – 2 Teams 3.43
14th Jacob Markstrom – 2 Teams 3.39
15th Kevin Poulin – New York Islanders 3.29
16th Jason LaBarbera – Edmonton Oilers 3.27
17th James Reimer – Toronto Maple Leafs 3.26
18th Connor Knapp – Buffalo Sabres 3.14
19th Anders Nilsson – New York Islanders 3.11
20th Matt Hackett – Buffalo Sabres 3.10
21st Scott Clemmensen – Florida Panthers 3.08
22nd Reto Berra – 2 Teams 3.07
23rd Robin Lehner – Ottawa Senators 3.06
24th Cam Ward – Carolina Hurricanes 3.06
25th Mark Visentin – Arizona Coyotes 3.06
26th Richard Bachman – Edmonton Oilers 3.03
27th Niklas Bäckström – Minnesota Wild 3.02
28th Ondrej Pavelec – Winnipeg Jets 3.01
29th Mike McKenna – Columbus Blue Jackets 3.01
30th John Curry – Minnesota Wild 3.01
31st Craig Anderson – Ottawa Senators 3.00
32nd Nathan Lieuwen – Buffalo Sabres 2.97