Stats glossary
What is save percentage in hockey?
His saves divided by the shots on goal he faced, in every situation, written as a decimal as the NHL does. It doesn’t account for how hard the shots were; goals saved vs average does.
SV% · Save percentage
Also called
- SV%
- save %
- save pct
Example: .912 means about 91 saves for every 100 shots.
Counts: Every situation
SV% leaders
Top 10 so far in the 2026–27 regular season
| # | Goalie | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linus Ullmark |  OTT | 9 | .938 |
| 2 | Jacob Fowler |  MTL | 12 | .926 |
| 2 | Joel Hofer |  STL | 14 | .926 |
| 4 | Jesper Wallstedt |  MIN | 18 | .925 |
| 4 | Michael DiPietro |  BOS | 6 | .925 |
| 6 | Pyotr Kochetkov |  CAR | 12 | .920 |
| 7 | Daniil Tarasov |  DET | 8 | .919 |
| 8 | Juuse Saros |  NSH | 13 | .918 |
| 9 | Connor Hellebuyck |  NJD | 6 | .916 |
| 10 | Ilya Sorokin |  NYI | 13 | .915 |
Only goalies with 6 or more games played are ranked, about 30% of the most games any team has played.