Since 1999-00, Roman Cechmanek has the lowest goals-against average, with a 2.08 average.

Interpreted as:

NHL lowest gaa with a minimum of 20.5 games played per 82 team games by a player since 2000

	NAME	GAA	GP	GS	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	SHO	MIN
1	Roman Cechmanek R. Cechmanek	2.08	212	205	110	64	28		5,161	4,742	.919	419	25	12086
2	Dominik Hasek D. Hasek	2.13	321	318	194	84	20	13	8,007	7,336	.916	671	39	18934
3	Patrick Roy P. Roy	2.15	251	247	139	72	36		6,505	5,973	.918	532	20	14831
4	Martin Brodeur M. Brodeur	2.26	891	885	490	292	48	49	22,594	20,602	.912	1,992	89	52812
5	Tuukka Rask T. Rask	2.28	564	544	308	165	0	66	15,575	14,345	.921	1,230	52	32404
6	Ben Bishop B. Bishop	2.32	413	397	222	128	0	36	11,360	10,457	.921	903	33	23317
7	Roman Turek R. Turek	2.34	273	270	129	101	39		6,699	6,071	.906	628	25	16127
8	Mikhail Shtalenkov M. Shtalenkov	2.35	30	28	15	10	4		739	669	.905	70	2	1786
9	Marty Turco M. Turco	2.36	543	516	275	167	26	40	13,447	12,231	.910	1,216	41	30955
10	Manny Legace M. Legace	2.40	348	323	185	90	16	23	8,712	7,942	.912	770	24	19241
11	Pekka Rinne P. Rinne	2.43	683	667	369	213	0	75	19,225	17,627	.917	1,598	60	39413
12	Henrik Lundqvist H. Lundqvist	2.43	887	871	459	310	0	96	25,610	23,509	.918	2,101	64	51816
13	Cory Schneider C. Schneider	2.43	410	389	171	159	0	58	11,513	10,568	.918	945	26	23304
14	Evgeni Nabokov E. Nabokov	2.44	697	683	353	227	29	57	18,398	16,768	.911	1,630	59	40152
15	Tommy Salo T. Salo	2.44	326	318	140	129	50		8,312	7,531	.906	781	23	19168
16	Corey Crawford C. Crawford	2.45	488	474	260	162	0	53	13,924	12,778	.918	1,146	26	28119
17	Cristobal Huet C. Huet	2.46	272	250	129	90	11	21	7,216	6,591	.913	625	24	15261
18	Pyotr Kochetkov P. Kochetkov	2.47	116	112	65	36	0	12	2,891	2,615	.905	276	10	6715
19	Manny Fernandez M. Fernandez	2.48	316	302	142	120	23	11	8,591	7,842	.913	749	15	18143
20	Antti Raanta A. Raanta	2.48	277	251	139	80	0	29	7,308	6,685	.915	623	20	15088
21	Ed Belfour E. Belfour	2.48	413	404	208	146	36	14	10,862	9,864	.908	998	31	24144
22	Miikka Kiprusoff M. Kiprusoff	2.49	623	606	319	213	7	64	17,114	15,614	.912	1,500	44	36169
23	John Vanbiesbrouck J. Vanbiesbrouck	2.49	103	100	41	43	14		2,530	2,286	.904	244	5	5880
24	Niklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	2.49	413	394	196	144	0	50	11,392	10,417	.914	975	28	23480
25	Jonathan Quick J. Quick	2.49	804	786	404	290	0	88	21,670	19,731	.911	1,939	63	46660