NHL save ratio records

The best goaltending performances in National Hockey League history, measured in save ratio - the number of saves a goalie makes for every goal they allow.

Jacques Plante’s 1970-71 is the best season in NHL history at 16.77. The best single month belongs to Tim Thomas, October 2010, at 60.67.

Best seasons

Ranked by save ratio. Minimum 25 games played.

#	Goalie	Team	When	GP	Save ratio	Save %	GAA
1	Jacques Plante	TOR	1970-71	40	16.77	.944	1.89
2	Brian Elliott	STL	2011-12	38	15.76	.940	1.56
3	Jacques Plante	STL	1968-69	37	15.76	.940	1.96
4	Tim Thomas	BOS	2010-11	57	15.17	.938	2.00
5	Linus Ullmark	BOS	2022-23	49	15.01	.938	1.89
6	Dominik Hasek	BUF	1998-99	64	14.77	.937	1.87
7	Cory Schneider	VAN	2011-12	33	14.75	.937	1.96
8	Igor Shesterkin	NYR	2021-22	53	14.30	.935	2.07
9	Bruce Gamble	TOR	1967-68	41	14.22	.934	2.32
10	Ben Bishop	DAL	2018-19	46	14.21	.934	1.98
11	Johnny Bower	TOR	1967-68	43	14.18	.934	2.26
12	Tony Esposito	CHI	1971-72	48	14.13	.934	1.77
13	Gump Worsley	MNS	1971-72	34	14.03	.933	2.12
14	Carey Price	MTL	2014-15	66	14.02	.933	1.96
15	Josh Harding	MIN	2013-14	29	14.00	.933	1.66
16	Dwayne Roloson	MIN	2003-04	48	13.87	.933	1.88
17	Miikka Kiprusoff	CGY	2003-04	38	13.86	.933	1.70
18	Tim Thomas	BOS	2008-09	54	13.86	.933	2.10
19	Marty Turco	DAL	2002-03	55	13.77	.932	1.72
20	Bernie Parent	PHI	1973-74	73	13.75	.932	1.89
21	Johnny Bower	TOR	1963-64	51	13.69	.932	2.11
22	Tony Esposito	CHI	1969-70	63	13.67	.932	2.17
23	Sergei Bobrovsky	CBJ	2012-13	38	13.65	.932	2.00
24	Dominik Hasek	BUF	1997-98	72	13.62	.932	2.09
25	Sergei Bobrovsky	CBJ	2016-17	63	13.60	.931	2.06

Drawn from 2,359 qualified seasons since 1955-56.

Best months

A single calendar month. Minimum 6 games played.

#	Goalie	Team	When	GP	Save ratio	Save %	GAA
1	Tim Thomas	BOS	October 2010	6	60.67	.984	0.50
2	Marty Turco	DAL	March 2001	6	54.50	.982	0.46
3	Tuukka Rask	BOS	December 2011	6	39.25	.975	0.75
4	Brian Elliott	STL	March 2012	6	38.00	.974	0.66
5	Arturs Irbe	CAR	October 1998	8	32.83	.970	0.76
6	Ben Bishop	DAL	March 2019	9	31.43	.969	0.88
7	Casey DeSmith	PIT	March 2021	6	31.40	.969	0.89
8	Marty Turco	DAL	February 2010	6	29.71	.967	1.15
9	Craig Anderson	OTT	January 2013	6	29.67	.967	0.99
10	Rogie Vachon	LAK	October 1974	7	29.57	.967	1.00
11	Mackenzie Blackwood	NJD	February 2020	7	29.44	.967	1.27
12	Sergei Bobrovsky	CBJ	March 2017	11	29.42	.967	1.09
13	Jesper Wallstedt	MIN	November 2025	6	28.86	.967	1.14
14	Manny Legace	LAK	October 1998	6	27.83	.965	1.19
15	Tony Esposito	CHI	February 1974	13	26.46	.964	1.00
16	Juuse Saros	NSH	March 2021	7	26.00	.963	1.27
17	Mackenzie Blackwood	NJD	December 2018	6	25.83	.963	1.25
18	Braden Holtby	WSH	March 2011	6	25.33	.962	1.03
19	Robin Lehner	NYI	December 2018	7	25.29	.962	1.06
20	Martin Prusek	OTT	December 2003	6	25.17	.962	1.00
21	Brian Elliott	STL	November 2011	6	24.33	.961	0.99
22	Brent Johnson	PIT	October 2010	6	24.14	.960	1.16
23	Nikolai Khabibulin	PHX	November 1998	6	24.00	.960	0.99
24	Nikolai Khabibulin	EDM	October 2011	7	23.88	.960	1.12
25	Miikka Kiprusoff	CGY	April 2006	8	23.78	.960	1.10

Drawn from 10,691 qualified months since 1955-56.

Best stretches

The hottest a goalie has ever been. Consecutive games within a single season — only each goalie’s best stretch per season is listed, because a great 20-game run contains eleven good 10-game runs and one goalie would otherwise fill the table.

#	Goalie	Team	Season	Stretch	Save ratio
1	Brian Boucher	PHX	2003-04	Dec 31, 2003 – Jan 9, 2004	Perfect
2	Ben Bishop	DAL	2018-19	Mar 2, 2019 – Mar 14, 2019	130.00
3	Tuukka Rask	BOS	2011-12	Dec 10, 2011 – Jan 5, 2012	128.00
4	Andrei Vasilevskiy	TBL	2017-18	Dec 23, 2017 – Jan 2, 2018	107.00
5	Mike Smith	PHX	2011-12	Mar 29, 2012 – Apr 7, 2012	95.00
6	Patrick Lalime	PIT	1996-97	Dec 13, 1996 – Dec 28, 1996	84.00
7	Thomas Greiss	NYI	2018-19	Jan 18, 2019 – Feb 14, 2019	73.50
8	Ilya Bryzgalov	PHI	2011-12	Mar 4, 2012 – Mar 13, 2012	72.50
9	Tristan Jarry	PIT	2021-22	Nov 18, 2021 – Nov 26, 2021	70.50
10	Tony Esposito	CHI	1973-74	Feb 13, 1974 – Feb 23, 1974	70.00
11	Nikolai Khabibulin	TBL	2001-02	Nov 17, 2001 – Nov 25, 2001	61.50
12	Marc-Andre Fleury	PIT	2012-13	Mar 16, 2013 – Apr 2, 2013	59.50
13	Jeff Hackett	CHI	1997-98	Dec 17, 1997 – Dec 28, 1997	58.50
14	Fred Brathwaite	CGY	1999-00	Dec 14, 1999 – Dec 26, 1999	57.67
15	Roberto Luongo	FLA	2003-04	Feb 18, 2004 – Feb 25, 2004	56.33
16	Philipp Grubauer	COL	2020-21	Mar 12, 2021 – Mar 20, 2021	55.00
17	Dominik Hasek	BUF	2000-01	Mar 20, 2001 – Mar 30, 2001	51.50
18	Ondrej Pavelec	ATL	2010-11	Nov 19, 2010 – Nov 28, 2010	51.33
19	Tim Thomas	BOS	2010-11	Oct 10, 2010 – Oct 28, 2010	51.00
20	Jonathan Quick	LAK	2011-12	Oct 13, 2011 – Oct 22, 2011	50.33
21	Bruce Gamble	TOR	1965-66	Mar 3, 1966 – Mar 12, 1966	50.00
22	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	ANA	2000-01	Mar 4, 2001 – Mar 13, 2001	50.00
23	Matt Hackett	MIN	2011-12	Dec 6, 2011 – Mar 2, 2012	50.00
24	Marty Turco	DAL	2000-01	Mar 11, 2001 – Mar 31, 2001	49.50
25	Corey Crawford	CHI	2015-16	Dec 8, 2015 – Dec 17, 2015	49.33

Best 5-game stretch by save ratio, one per goalie per season. Drawn from 3,702 qualifying goalie-seasons since 1955-56.

#	Goalie	Team	Season	Stretch	Save ratio
1	Tony Esposito	CHI	1973-74	Jan 31, 1974 – Feb 20, 1974	37.86
2	Ben Bishop	DAL	2018-19	Mar 2, 2019 – Apr 6, 2019	34.86
3	Sergei Bobrovsky	CBJ	2016-17	Mar 2, 2017 – Mar 28, 2017	33.20
4	Jacques Plante	TOR	1970-71	Dec 19, 1970 – Jan 20, 1971	32.33
5	Jacques Plante	MTL	1956-57	Nov 3, 1956 – Dec 9, 1956	31.25
6	Dominik Hasek	BUF	1998-99	Dec 4, 1998 – Dec 26, 1998	30.40
7	Jacques Plante	MTL	1958-59	Nov 30, 1958 – Dec 25, 1958	29.56
8	Sergei Bobrovsky	CBJ	2012-13	Mar 3, 2013 – Mar 22, 2013	29.50
9	Dominik Hasek	BUF	1993-94	Nov 29, 1993 – Dec 17, 1993	29.11
10	Fred Brathwaite	CGY	1999-00	Dec 2, 1999 – Dec 26, 1999	28.45
11	Tony Esposito	CHI	1969-70	Oct 25, 1969 – Nov 21, 1969	28.30
12	Philipp Grubauer	COL	2018-19	Feb 23, 2019 – Mar 24, 2019	28.10
13	Nikolai Khabibulin	TBL	2001-02	Nov 21, 2001 – Dec 12, 2001	27.80
14	Brian Boucher	PHX	2003-04	Dec 31, 2003 – Jan 24, 2004	27.50
15	Devan Dubnyk	MIN	2016-17	Oct 22, 2016 – Nov 17, 2016	27.27
16	Tuukka Rask	BOS	2011-12	Nov 17, 2011 – Jan 10, 2012	27.00
17	Ty Conklin	PIT	2007-08	Dec 29, 2007 – Jan 21, 2008	26.50
18	Juuse Saros	NSH	2020-21	Mar 18, 2021 – Apr 8, 2021	26.50
19	Tomas Vokoun	FLA	2009-10	Jan 7, 2010 – Jan 26, 2010	26.33
20	Roberto Luongo	VAN	2007-08	Nov 25, 2007 – Dec 23, 2007	25.91
21	Jacques Plante	MTL	1959-60	Nov 7, 1959 – Dec 2, 1959	25.82
22	Ilya Bryzgalov	PHI	2011-12	Mar 4, 2012 – Mar 22, 2012	25.82
23	Andrei Vasilevskiy	TBL	2017-18	Dec 12, 2017 – Jan 4, 2018	25.80
24	Carey Price	MTL	2014-15	Jan 20, 2015 – Feb 16, 2015	25.64
25	Andrew Hammond	OTT	2014-15	Feb 25, 2015 – Mar 17, 2015	25.50

Best 10-game stretch by save ratio, one per goalie per season. Drawn from 3,307 qualifying goalie-seasons since 1955-56.

#	Goalie	Team	Season	Stretch	Save ratio
1	Jacques Plante	TOR	1970-71	Dec 2, 1970 – Jan 20, 1971	26.65
2	Ben Bishop	DAL	2018-19	Jan 30, 2019 – Apr 6, 2019	25.31
3	Jacques Plante	MTL	1959-60	Oct 24, 1959 – Nov 28, 1959	24.35
4	Sergei Bobrovsky	CBJ	2016-17	Feb 17, 2017 – Mar 31, 2017	23.80
5	Carey Price	MTL	2014-15	Jan 20, 2015 – Feb 28, 2015	23.00
6	Tony Esposito	CHI	1973-74	Jan 27, 1974 – Feb 28, 1974	22.88
7	Antti Raanta	ARI	2017-18	Feb 12, 2018 – Apr 3, 2018	21.90
8	Rogie Vachon	LAK	1974-75	Oct 13, 1974 – Nov 27, 1974	21.86
9	Nikolai Khabibulin	TBL	2001-02	Nov 8, 2001 – Dec 12, 2001	21.68
10	Dominik Hasek	BUF	1993-94	Nov 22, 1993 – Dec 23, 1993	21.61
11	Dominik Hasek	BUF	1998-99	Nov 21, 1998 – Dec 26, 1998	21.45
12	Nikolai Khabibulin	TBL	2002-03	Feb 17, 2003 – Apr 2, 2003	21.44
13	Roberto Luongo	VAN	2007-08	Nov 25, 2007 – Jan 8, 2008	21.42
14	Juuse Saros	NSH	2020-21	Feb 13, 2021 – Apr 8, 2021	21.42
15	Dominik Hasek	BUF	1997-98	Feb 7, 1998 – Mar 27, 1998	21.40
16	Philipp Grubauer	COL	2018-19	Feb 12, 2019 – Apr 4, 2019	21.30
17	Devan Dubnyk	MIN	2016-17	Oct 25, 2016 – Dec 4, 2016	21.19
18	Patrick Roy	COL	2001-02	Nov 6, 2001 – Dec 12, 2001	21.18
19	Jacques Plante	MTL	1956-57	Oct 20, 1956 – Dec 9, 1956	20.68
20	Tony Esposito	CHI	1969-70	Oct 25, 1969 – Dec 3, 1969	20.62
21	Jonas Hiller	ANA	2010-11	Dec 7, 2010 – Jan 9, 2011	20.57
22	Roberto Luongo	FLA	2003-04	Jan 28, 2004 – Mar 2, 2004	20.38
23	Jacques Plante	MTL	1958-59	Nov 22, 1958 – Dec 25, 1958	20.20
24	Elvis Merzlikins	CBJ	2019-20	Dec 29, 2019 – Feb 7, 2020	20.19
25	Rogie Vachon	MTL	1967-68	Jan 11, 1968 – Feb 22, 1968	20.16

Best 15-game stretch by save ratio, one per goalie per season. Drawn from 3,001 qualifying goalie-seasons since 1955-56.

#	Goalie	Team	Season	Stretch	Save ratio
1	Dominik Hasek	BUF	1998-99	Nov 7, 1998 – Dec 26, 1998	21.96
2	Tim Thomas	BOS	2010-11	Oct 10, 2010 – Dec 11, 2010	20.63
3	Carey Price	MTL	2014-15	Jan 14, 2015 – Mar 10, 2015	20.52
4	Jacques Plante	TOR	1970-71	Dec 16, 1970 – Feb 27, 1971	20.38
5	Devan Dubnyk	MIN	2016-17	Oct 25, 2016 – Dec 15, 2016	20.34
6	Jacques Plante	MTL	1958-59	Nov 27, 1958 – Jan 10, 1959	20.28
7	Rogie Vachon	LAK	1974-75	Oct 13, 1974 – Dec 15, 1974	19.73
8	Dominik Hasek	BUF	1997-98	Feb 1, 1998 – Apr 1, 1998	19.57
9	Sergei Bobrovsky	CBJ	2012-13	Mar 3, 2013 – Apr 13, 2013	19.28
10	Henrik Lundqvist	NYR	2011-12	Dec 20, 2011 – Feb 19, 2012	19.14
11	Jacques Plante	STL	1968-69	Nov 2, 1968 – Jan 29, 1969	19.10
12	Sergei Bobrovsky	CBJ	2016-17	Feb 7, 2017 – Apr 2, 2017	18.84
13	Ben Bishop	DAL	2018-19	Jan 6, 2019 – Apr 6, 2019	18.75
14	Roberto Luongo	VAN	2007-08	Nov 9, 2007 – Jan 3, 2008	18.71
15	Corey Crawford	CHI	2015-16	Dec 8, 2015 – Jan 24, 2016	18.61
16	Jacques Plante	MTL	1956-57	Oct 13, 1956 – Dec 15, 1956	18.57
17	Craig Anderson	OTT	2012-13	Jan 19, 2013 – Apr 18, 2013	18.53
18	Jacques Plante	MTL	1959-60	Oct 22, 1959 – Dec 5, 1959	18.43
19	Nikolai Khabibulin	TBL	2001-02	Oct 25, 2001 – Dec 12, 2001	18.17
20	Andrei Vasilevskiy	TBL	2017-18	Nov 12, 2017 – Jan 4, 2018	18.07
21	Patrick Roy	COL	2001-02	Nov 6, 2001 – Dec 26, 2001	18.04
22	Cory Schneider	NJD	2014-15	Jan 6, 2015 – Mar 3, 2015	18.03
23	Johnny Bower	TOR	1967-68	Nov 1, 1967 – Jan 27, 1968	18.03
24	Igor Shesterkin	NYR	2021-22	Dec 3, 2021 – Mar 6, 2022	18.03
25	Steve Mason	CBJ	2008-09	Nov 15, 2008 – Jan 9, 2009	17.93

Best 20-game stretch by save ratio, one per goalie per season. Drawn from 2,681 qualifying goalie-seasons since 1955-56.

By decade

League-average save ratio, for all goalies across each time period.

Decade	Seasons	Save ratio	Save %
50s	5	10.14	.910
60s	10	10.00	.909
70s	10	8.24	.892
80s	10	7.10	.877
90s	10	8.79	.898
00s	9	9.79	.907
10s	10	10.46	.913
20s	6	9.30	.903

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