Fantasy Hockey Pool Tips: Top 30 NHL Goalies

Ok fantasy hockey poolies we’re back with a look at the top 30 goalies from last year. When selecting a goaltender you want to pick a tender who is going to play the lionshare of the games for his team. You probably want to consider key metrics such as wins, shutouts and save percentage as well. This year we have a few goalies who have traded teams and will have fresh new starts (Bernier in Toronto and Schneider in New Jersey for example). Will that mean improved success? Only time will tell. For now here is a look at the top NHL goaltenders from last season.

Top 50 NHL Defensemen from last season.

Top 150 NHL Scorers from last season.

Fantasy Hockey Pool Tips: Top 30 NHL Goalies

Who will be your starter in your fantasy hockey pool?  Here is a look at last year’s top performing netminders in the NHL.  A couple of interesting goalie stats from last year:

  • Martin Brodeur was credited for a goal last year
  • Evgeni Nabokov of the New York Islanders had 4 assists
  • Craig Anderson of the Ottawa Senators had a 0.941 save percentage last season
Rank Goaltender Team GP  W L OT SA GA GAA Sv Sv% SO A
1 Henrik Lundqvist NYR 43 24 16 3 1190 88 2.05 1102 0.926 2 1
2 Antti Niemi SJS 43 24 12 6 1220 93 2.16 1127 0.924 4 1
3 Niklas Backstrom MIN 42 24 15 3 1072 98 2.48 974 0.909 2 0
4 Marc-Andre Fleury PIT 33 23 8 0 881 74 2.39 807 0.916 1 2
5 Evgeni Nabokov NYI 41 23 11 7 1139 103 2.5 1036 0.91 3 4
6 Braden Holtby WSH 36 23 12 1 1123 90 2.58 1033 0.92 4 2
7 Sergei Bobrovsky CBJ 38 21 11 6 1084 74 2 1010 0.932 4 0
8 Jimmy Howard DET 42 21 13 7 1129 87 2.13 1042 0.923 5 1
9 Carey Price MTL 39 21 13 4 1018 97 2.59 921 0.905 3 0
10 Ondrej Pavelec WPG 44 21 20 3 1251 119 2.8 1132 0.905 0 0
11 Corey Crawford CHI 30 19 5 5 769 57 1.94 712 0.926 3 0
12 Tuukka Rask BOS 36 19 10 5 980 70 2 910 0.929 5 1
13 James Reimer TOR 33 19 8 5 995 76 2.46 919 0.924 4 1
14 Ilya Bryzgalov PHI 40 19 17 3 1066 107 2.79 959 0.9 1 3
15 Jonathan Quick LAK 37 18 13 4 889 87 2.45 802 0.902 1 0
16 Ray Emery CHI 21 17 1 0 460 36 1.94 424 0.922 3 0
17 Cory Schneider VAN 30 17 9 4 835 61 2.11 774 0.927 5 1
18 Ryan Miller BUF 40 17 17 5 1270 108 2.81 1162 0.915 0 0
19 Viktor Fasth ANA 25 15 6 2 661 52 2.18 609 0.921 4 0
20 Jonas Hiller ANA 26 15 6 4 675 59 2.36 616 0.913 1 1
21 Pekka Rinne NSH 43 15 16 8 1101 99 2.43 1002 0.91 5 1
22 Mike Smith PHX 34 15 12 5 938 84 2.58 854 0.91 5 0
23 Kari Lehtonen DAL 36 15 14 3 1050 88 2.66 962 0.916 1 2
24 Brian Elliott STL 24 14 8 1 526 49 2.28 477 0.907 3 0
25 Devan Dubnyk EDM 38 14 16 6 1132 90 2.57 1042 0.92 2 0
26 Martin Brodeur NJD 29 13 9 7 654 65 2.22 589 0.901 2 2
27 Tomas Vokoun PIT 20 13 4 0 519 42 2.45 477 0.919 3 2
28 Craig Anderson OTT 24 12 9 2 677 40 1.69 637 0.941 3 0
29 Ben Bishop OTT, TBL 22 11 9 1 701 56 2.67 645 0.92 2 0
30 Semyon Varlamov COL 35 11 21 3 1007 98 3.02 909 0.903 3 1