best save percentage by a rookie in nhl history minimum 50 games

Tony Esposito has the highest save percentage by a rookie with 50+ games played, at .932 in 1969-70.

NAME SV% GP SEASON TM GS W L T OTL SA SV GA GAA SHO MIN
1 Tony Esposito
T. Esposito
.932
63
1969-70
CHI CHI
38
17
8
1,995
1,859
136
2.17
15
3760
2 Ken Dryden
K. Dryden
.930
64
1971-72
MTL MTL
39
8
15
2,030
1,888
142
2.24
8
3798
3 Andrew Raycroft
A. Raycroft
.926
57
2003-04
BOS BOS
55
29
18
9
1,586
1,469
117
2.05
3
3420
4 Glenn Hall
G. Hall
.925
70
1955-56
DET DET
30
24
16
1,952
1,805
147
2.10
12
4198
5 Jimmy Howard
J. Howard
.924
63
2009-10
DET DET
61
37
15
10
1,849
1,708
141
2.26
3
3740
6 Henrik Lundqvist
H. Lundqvist
.922
53
2005-06
NYR NYR
50
30
12
9
1,485
1,369
116
2.24
2
3112
7 Corey Crawford
C. Crawford
.917
57
2010-11
CHI CHI
55
33
18
6
1,545
1,417
128
2.30
4
3337
8 Pekka Rinne
P. Rinne
.917
52
2008-09
NSH NSH
49
29
15
4
1,435
1,316
119
2.38
7
2999
9 Steve Mason
S. Mason
.916
61
2008-09
CBJ CBJ
61
33
20
7
1,658
1,518
140
2.29
10
3664
10 Sergei Bobrovsky
S. Bobrovsky
.915
54
2010-11
PHI PHI
52
28
13
8
1,527
1,397
130
2.59
0
3017
11 Evgeni Nabokov
E. Nabokov
.915
66
2000-01
SJS SJS
65
32
21
7
1,582
1,447
135
2.19
6
3700
12 Jean-Sebastien Aubin
J. Aubin
.914
51
1999-00
PIT PIT
48
23
21
3
1,392
1,272
120
2.58
2
2789
13 Stuart Skinner
S. Skinner
.913
50
2022-23
EDM EDM
48
29
14
0
5
1,536
1,403
133
2.75
1
2903
14 Roger Crozier
R. Crozier
.913
70
1964-65
DET DET
40
22
7
1,931
1,763
168
2.42
6
4165
15 Ed Belfour
E. Belfour
.910
74
1990-91
CHI CHI
43
19
7
1,883
1,713
170
2.47
4
4127
16 Les Binkley
L. Binkley
.905
54
1967-68
PIT PIT
20
24
10
1,585
1,435
150
2.87
6
3139
17 Ed Chadwick
E. Chadwick
.905
70
1956-57
TOR TOR
21
34
15
1,964
1,778
186
2.66
5
4196
18 Gary Inness
G. Inness
.905
57
1974-75
PIT PIT
24
18
10
1,696
1,535
161
3.10
2
3116
19 Mike Palmateer
M. Palmateer
.904
50
1976-77
TOR TOR
23
18
8
1,609
1,455
154
3.22
4
2873
20 Mike Condon
M. Condon
.903
55
2015-16
MTL MTL
51
21
25
6
1,458
1,317
141
2.71
1
3123
21 Ron Hextall
R. Hextall
.902
66
1986-87
PHI PHI
37
21
6
1,929
1,739
190
3.01
1
3792
22 Alex Nedeljkovic
A. Nedeljkovic
.901
59
2021-22
DET DET
52
20
24
0
9
1,796
1,618
178
3.31
4
3231
23 Karel Vejmelka
K. Vejmelka
.898
52
2021-22
ARI ARI
49
13
32
0
3
1,669
1,499
170
3.68
1
2773
24 Marc-Andre Fleury
M. Fleury
.898
50
2005-06
PIT PIT
45
13
27
6
1,485
1,333
152
3.25
1
2809
25 Gerry Desjardins
G. Desjardins
.898
61
1968-69
LAK LAK
19
29
9
1,845
1,656
189
3.24
4
3495
StatMuse has season-level data for save percentage going back to the 1955-56 season.

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9
0
42
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Wild Wild
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5
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22
Stars Stars
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10
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13
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14
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12
11
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17
2
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Sat
2/22
CHI CHI
@
CBJ CBJ
7:00 PM
Sat
2/8
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7:00 PM
Fri
2/7
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Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Wild Wild
19
5
4
42
22
Jets Jets
21
9
0
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Stars Stars
17
10
0
34
23
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Golden Knights Golden Knights
18
7
3
39
17
Kings Kings
17
8
3
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14
Oilers Oilers
16
10
2
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Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Panthers Panthers
18
9
2
38
16
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
17
9
2
36
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Bruins Bruins
15
12
3
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Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
Capitals Capitals
19
6
2
40
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Devils Devils
18
10
3
39
19
Hurricanes Hurricanes
18
9
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Tue
12/10
ANA ANA
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Tue
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BUF BUF
3-2
Mon
12/9
STL STL
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TBL TBL
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SEA SEA
10:00 PM
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FLA FLA
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CGY CGY
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12/14
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