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Mackenzie
Adam Beckman Anton Lundell Ben Kindel Braden Doyle Calen Addison Casey Cizikas Cedric Pare Cole Guttman Cole Koepke Dawson Barteaux Declan McDonnell Drake Batherson Esa Lindell Graeme Clarke Jack Quinn Jason Zucker K'Andre Miller Kevin Korchinski Kirill Marchenko Leo Loof Liam Foudy Matt Coronato Michael Amadio Mikhail Sergachev Moritz Seider Nathan MacKinnon Nick Suzuki Oskar Pettersson Owen Pickering Pavel Novak Phil Kemp Ryan McDonagh Ryan O'Rourke Sammy Blais Samuel Bolduc Scott Mayfield Shane Bowers Viktor Arvidsson Dustin Wolf Evan Cormier Mackenzie Blackwood Matthew Villalta
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G · Vegas Golden Knights Golden Knights · CAN
Status
Pro 100%
Age / YOB
30 (1996)
Contract
$5,500,000 × 4y
Expires
UFA 2030
Waivers
Eligible
Acquired
Free Agent · Jun 2025
Drafted
2015 Rd 1 (#30) BUF
Vitals
6'4" · 225 lb

Ratings

Percentile vs 77 goalies
SK 77 73rd
DU 77 70th
EN 75 70th
SZ 90 92nd
AG 74 79th
RB 77 81st
SC 82 83rd
HS 77 77th
RT 77 79th
PH 78 74th
PS 71 31st
EX 65 71st
LD 66 70th
PO 75 79th
OV 75 83rd

Contract

Cap hit $5,500,000 $5.441M remaining
Year 2 of 5
2025-26
2026-27
2029-30
Expiry Status
UFA
2030 age 34
Clauses 1-way

Season so far

in 1 GP

Last 1 starts 0-0-1 .857 SV%

Record
0-0-1 9th leader84W
pace 0 wins (last yr 32-21-13)
Minutes 65 2nd
Save %
.857 11th leader.963
last yr .900
5-on-5 Sv% .800 13th
GAA
3.69 10th leader1.00
last yr 2.71
Shutouts 0 1st
GSAA
-0.7 12th leader+2.4
last yr +9.3
GS > .900 0/10% 7th

Stats

2026-27 · Golden Knights
GP W L OTL GA SA SV GAA Sv% SO GS MP S/O GA S/O Sv% A PiM
1 0 0 1 4 28 24 3.69 .857 0 1 65 4/6 .333 0 0
OTHL Career
Season Team GP W L OTL GAA Sv% SO GA SA MP GS
2019-20 VGK 31 12 16 3 2.87 .909 1 88 967 1842 30
2020-21 VGK 63 29 30 4 2.64 .918 2 167 2037 3792 63
2021-22 VGK 61 28 29 4 3.01 .905 3 183 1934 3651 61
2022-23 VGK 38 17 14 4 2.74 .916 0 101 1198 2209 36
2023-24 VGK 32 10 17 4 3.47 .895 0 104 989 1799 30
2024-25 VGK 61 21 25 10 2.64 .903 3 149 1532 3390 55
2025-26 VGK 66 32 21 13 2.71 .900 5 181 1812 4004 66
Career 7 yrs 352 149 152 42 2.82 .907 14 973 10469 20689 341
2026-27 Regular Season
Date Opp Result GS DEC SA Sv GA SV% QS GSAA ST PL EVGA PPGA S/O GA MIN PiM
Oct 25 CHI L 4-5 SO S OTL 28 24 4 .857 -0.7 PL 4 0 4/6 65:00
Total (1 GP) 1 0-0-1 28 24 4 .857 0% -0.7 0 1 4 0 65 0
Season Team GP GS W L OTL GAA Sv% SO MP
2026-27 COL 8 8 5 3 0 2.91 .893 0 474
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP GS W L OT GAA Sv% SO GA SA A PiM MP
2018-19 NJD 23 21 10 10 0 2.61 .918 2 55 669 0 - 1263
2019-20 NJD 47 43 22 14 8 2.77 .915 3 124 1452 1 - 2684
2020-21 NJD 35 35 14 17 4 3.04 .902 1 106 1081 0 - 2090
2021-22 NJD 25 24 9 10 4 3.39 .892 2 79 731 0 - 1399
2022-23 NJD 22 20 10 6 2 3.20 .893 0 60 563 0 2 1125
2023-24 SJS 44 41 10 25 4 3.45 .899 2 140 1383 0 2 2437
2024-25 SJS 19 17 6 9 3 3.00 .911 1 53 583 0 - 1058
2024-25 COL 37 36 22 12 3 2.33 .913 3 84 966 1 2 2165
2025-26 COL 39 36 23 10 2 2.51 .904 3 90 933 0 0 2155
2026-27 COL 8 8 5 3 0 2.91 .893 0 23 214 0 0 474
Career NHL 299 281 131 116 30 2.90 .905 17 814 8575 2 6 16853

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Goalies, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team SK DU EN SZ AG RB SC HS RT PH PS EX LD OV
2018-19 22 G VGK 50 63 79 90 45 52 50 55 49 49 30 44 44 55
2019-20 23 G VGK 75 70 66 90 78 71 66 76 84 75 95 46 46 71
2020-21 24 G VGK 84 79 75 90 84 84 70 85 85 84 90 54 54 77
2021-22 25 G VGK 76 79 75 90 79 72 64 76 77 75 81 57 57 72
2022-23 26 G VGK 68 73 71 90 72 64 66 68 71 68 73 59 59 68
2023-24 27 G VGK 61 54 55 90 65 56 71 62 65 61 75 60 60 64
2024-25 28 G VGK 80 75 75 89 83 79 75 78 82 78 69 63 62 76
2025-26 29 G VGK 78 86 83 90 75 82 80 78 82 79 67 64 64 77
2026-27 30 G VGK 77 77 75 90 74 77 82 77 77 78 71 65 66 75
Season Age Pos Team SK DU EN SZ AG RB SC HS RT PH PS EX LD OV
2018-19 22 G VGK 50 63 79 90 45 52 50 55 49 49 30 44 44 55
2019-20 23 G VGK +25 +7 −13 · +33 +19 +16 +21 +35 +26 +65 +2 +2 +16
2020-21 24 G VGK +9 +9 +9 · +6 +13 +4 +9 +1 +9 −5 +8 +8 +6
2021-22 25 G VGK −8 · · · −5 −12 −6 −9 −8 −9 −9 +3 +3 −5
2022-23 26 G VGK −8 −6 −4 · −7 −8 +2 −8 −6 −7 −8 +2 +2 −4
2023-24 27 G VGK −7 −19 −16 · −7 −8 +5 −6 −6 −7 +2 +1 +1 −4
2024-25 28 G VGK +19 +21 +20 −1 +18 +23 +4 +16 +17 +17 −6 +3 +2 +12
2025-26 29 G VGK −2 +11 +8 +1 −8 +3 +5 · · +1 −2 +1 +2 +1
2026-27 30 G VGK −1 −9 −8 · −1 −5 +2 −1 −5 −1 +4 +1 +2 −2
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2018-19 VGK $913,333 3 yr 1.1% 22 ELC Rookie
2021-22 VGK $2,500,000 2 yr 3.1% 25 RFA
2023-24 VGK $2,000,000 1 yr 2.4% 27 RFA
2024-25 VGK $2,000,000 1 yr 2.3% 28 RFA
2025-26 VGK $5,500,000 5 yr 5.8% 29 UFA CURRENT
2017-18
Jul 20 2017
2017-18
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
to SABRES
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