Our third installment of hockey pool tips for your 2012-2013 NHL hockey pool surrounds the last line of defense, the goaltender. Depending on how your hockey pool is structured, you may be looking for a goalie that produces a lot of wins (see Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers), or a number of shutout (see Johnathan Quick from the Los Angeles Kings) or perhaps both. In addition you might be best served to select a goalie who piles up the assists. Regardless selection of your goalie can make or break your hockey pool.
Hockey Pool Tip: Be sure to select a goaltender who will play 60-70 games as they are bound to get their share of wins.
Hockey Pool Tips Part One: Top 150 NHL Point Producers from 2011-2012
Hockey Pool Tips Part Two: Top 60 Point Producing NHL Defensemen from 2011-2012
NHL Hockey Pool Tips: Top 30 Goalies from 2011-12
| # | Player | Team | GP | GS | Wins | L | OT | GAA | Sv% | SO | Assists |
| 1 | Pekka Rinne | NSH | 73 | 72 | 43 | 18 | 8 | 2.39 | 0.923 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Marc-Andre Fleury | PIT | 67 | 64 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 2.36 | 0.913 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Henrik Lundqvist | NYR | 62 | 62 | 39 | 18 | 5 | 1.97 | 0.93 | 8 | 2 |
| 4 | Mike Smith | PHX | 67 | 67 | 38 | 18 | 10 | 2.21 | 0.93 | 8 | 2 |
| 5 | Jonathan Quick | LAK | 69 | 69 | 35 | 21 | 13 | 1.95 | 0.929 | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | Jimmy Howard | DET | 57 | 57 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 2.13 | 0.92 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | Miikka Kiprusoff | CGY | 70 | 68 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 2.35 | 0.921 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Tim Thomas | BOS | 59 | 55 | 35 | 19 | 1 | 2.36 | 0.92 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | Antti Niemi | SJS | 68 | 68 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 2.42 | 0.915 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Ilya Bryzgalov | PHI | 59 | 57 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 2.48 | 0.909 | 6 | 2 |
| 11 | Craig Anderson | OTT | 63 | 60 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 2.84 | 0.914 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | Kari Lehtonen | DAL | 59 | 59 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 2.33 | 0.922 | 4 | 3 |
| 13 | Martin Brodeur | NJD | 59 | 59 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 2.41 | 0.908 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Roberto Luongo | VAN | 55 | 54 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 2.41 | 0.919 | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | Ryan Miller | BUF | 61 | 60 | 31 | 21 | 7 | 2.55 | 0.916 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | Corey Crawford | CHI | 57 | 55 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 2.72 | 0.903 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Cam Ward | CAR | 68 | 68 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 2.74 | 0.915 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | Jonas Hiller | ANA | 73 | 73 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 2.57 | 0.91 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | Ondrej Pavelec | WPG | 68 | 67 | 29 | 28 | 9 | 2.91 | 0.906 | 4 | 2 |
| 20 | Jaroslav Halak | STL | 46 | 46 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 1.97 | 0.926 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | Carey Price | MTL | 65 | 65 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 2.43 | 0.916 | 4 | 2 |
| 22 | Semyon Varlamov | COL | 53 | 52 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 2.59 | 0.913 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | Tomas Vokoun | WSH | 48 | 46 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 2.51 | 0.917 | 4 | 2 |
| 24 | Brian Elliott | STL | 38 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 1.56 | 0.94 | 9 | 0 |
| 25 | Mathieu Garon | TBL | 48 | 44 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 2.85 | 0.901 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Jose Theodore | FLA | 53 | 51 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 2.46 | 0.917 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Cory Schneider | VAN | 33 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1.96 | 0.937 | 3 | 2 |
| 28 | Devan Dubnyk | EDM | 47 | 42 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 2.67 | 0.914 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | Niklas Backstrom | MIN | 46 | 45 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 2.43 | 0.919 | 4 | 2 |
| 30 | Evgeni Nabokov | NYI | 42 | 41 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 2.55 | 0.914 | 2 | 0 |
Notable goalies that changed teams in the off season:
Roberto Luongo – from Vancouver to ?
Chris Mason – from Winnipeg to Nashville
Al Montoya – from Long Island to Winnipeg
Tomas Voukoun – from Washington to Pittsburgh
