Roman Cechmanek had the best goals-against average by a goalie after his 1st season, with a 2.11 average.

Interpreted as:

best gaa with a minimum of 20.5 games played per 82 team games by a player one season after 1968

	NAME	GAA	GP	GS	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	SHO	MIN
1	Roman Cechmanek R. Cechmanek	2.11	153	148	75	49	22		3,697	3,393	.918	304	15	8655
2	Dominik Hasek D. Hasek	2.20	730	454	386	223	81	13	20,127	18,563	.922	1,564	81	42641
3	Martin Brodeur M. Brodeur	2.24	1,262	1,024	689	396	105	49	31,624	28,853	.912	2,771	125	74260
4	Ken Dryden K. Dryden	2.25	391		252	57	74		10,872	10,011	.921	861	46	23002
5	Tuukka Rask T. Rask	2.27	560	541	306	164	0	65	15,487	14,267	.921	1,220	52	32220
6	Roman Turek R. Turek	2.31	322	313	156	114	43		7,757	7,032	.907	725	27	18832
7	Ben Bishop B. Bishop	2.32	407	394	221	127	0	35	11,248	10,357	.921	891	33	23072
8	Jacques Plante J. Plante	2.37	146		73	48	20		4,304	3,975	.924	329	14	8316
9	Marty Turco M. Turco	2.38	517	496	262	161	25	40	12,915	11,739	.909	1,176	38	29690
10	Manny Legace M. Legace	2.40	348	323	185	90	16	23	8,712	7,942	.912	770	24	19241
11	Bernie Parent B. Parent	2.41	455		223	126	93		12,473	11,414	.915	1,059	48	26363
12	Cory Schneider C. Schneider	2.42	402	384	169	155	0	57	11,351	10,426	.919	925	26	22949
13	Pyotr Kochetkov P. Kochetkov	2.42	84	81	47	25	0	9	2,096	1,901	.907	195	8	4832
14	Pekka Rinne P. Rinne	2.43	681	666	368	212	0	75	19,185	17,591	.917	1,594	60	39350
15	Evgeni Nabokov E. Nabokov	2.44	686	678	351	225	28	57	18,232	16,617	.911	1,615	58	39738
16	Corey Crawford C. Crawford	2.44	486	473	260	162	0	52	13,883	12,742	.918	1,141	26	28032
17	Henrik Lundqvist H. Lundqvist	2.45	834	821	429	298	0	87	24,125	22,140	.918	1,985	62	48704
18	Josh Harding J. Harding	2.45	148	121	58	58		11	3,901	3,582	.918	319	9	7809
19	Antti Raanta A. Raanta	2.45	252	229	126	75	0	25	6,698	6,138	.916	560	19	13691
20	Cristobal Huet C. Huet	2.46	260	242	125	86	10	21	6,975	6,371	.913	604	23	14720
21	Ed Belfour E. Belfour	2.47	940	523	480	308	108	14	24,146	21,903	.907	2,243	76	54548
22	Jonathan Quick J. Quick	2.47	786	771	397	283	0	86	21,186	19,307	.911	1,879	62	45671
23	Chris Osgood C. Osgood	2.47	703	565	378	208	61	29	17,630	15,967	.906	1,663	48	40356
24	Igor Shesterkin I. Shesterkin	2.49	223	218	135	68	0	18	6,619	6,081	.919	538	16	12982
25	Miikka Kiprusoff M. Kiprusoff	2.49	618	605	317	212	7	64	17,063	15,568	.912	1,495	44	36015