nhl player highest goals against average in the first quarter 2022

Samuel Montembeault had the worst goals-against average in 2021-22, with a 3.77 average.

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NHL player highest goals against average with a minimum of 25.625 games played per 82 team games in the first quarter 2022

	NAME	GAA	SEASON	TM	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	SHO	MIN
1	Samuel Montembeault S. Montembeault	3.77	2021-22	MTL	38	30	8	18	6	1,124	1,002	.891	122	1	1943
2	Karel Vejmelka K. Vejmelka	3.68	2021-22	ARI	52	49	13	32	3	1,669	1,499	.898	170	1	2773
3	Thomas Greiss T. Greiss	3.66	2021-22	DET	31	28	10	15	1	842	750	.891	92	0	1508
4	Kevin Lankinen K. Lankinen	3.50	2021-22	CHI	32	29	8	15	6	973	867	.891	106	0	1816
5	Martin Jones M. Jones	3.42	2021-22	PHI	35	33	12	18	3	1,141	1,027	.900	114	0	1997
6	Alex Nedeljkovic A. Nedeljkovic	3.31	2021-22	DET	59	52	20	24	9	1,796	1,618	.901	178	4	3231
7	Jake Allen J. Allen	3.30	2021-22	MTL	35	35	9	20	4	1,123	1,016	.905	107	2	1948
8	Dustin Tokarski D. Tokarski	3.27	2021-22	BUF	29	28	10	12	5	900	809	.899	91	1	1671
9	Elvis Merzlikins E. Merzlikins	3.22	2021-22	CBJ	59	55	27	23	7	1,920	1,742	.907	178	2	3320
10	John Gibson J. Gibson	3.19	2021-22	ANA	56	56	18	26	11	1,789	1,617	.904	172	1	3236
11	Philipp Grubauer P. Grubauer	3.16	2021-22	SEA	55	54	18	31	5	1,479	1,315	.889	164	2	3111
12	Carter Hart C. Hart	3.16	2021-22	PHI	45	44	13	24	7	1,441	1,304	.905	137	1	2603
13	Scott Wedgewood S. Wedgewood	3.14	2021-22	TOT	37	32	13	15	6	1,218	1,108	.910	110	1	2105
14	Jordan Binnington J. Binnington	3.13	2021-22	STL	37	37	18	14	4	1,135	1,023	.901	112	2	2145
15	Craig Anderson C. Anderson	3.12	2021-22	BUF	31	31	17	12	2	945	848	.897	97	0	1867
16	Mikko Koskinen M. Koskinen	3.10	2021-22	EDM	45	43	27	12	4	1,397	1,261	.903	136	1	2629
17	Ilya Samsonov I. Samsonov	3.02	2021-22	WSH	44	39	23	12	5	1,145	1,026	.896	119	3	2361
18	Connor Hellebuyck C. Hellebuyck	2.97	2021-22	WPG	66	66	29	27	10	2,155	1,962	.910	193	4	3904
19	Chris Driedger C. Driedger	2.96	2021-22	SEA	27	24	9	14	1	722	649	.899	73	1	1478
20	Alexandar Georgiev A. Georgiev	2.92	2021-22	NYR	33	28	15	10	2	832	747	.898	85	2	1746
21	Semyon Varlamov S. Varlamov	2.91	2021-22	NYI	31	29	10	17	2	978	891	.911	87	2	1792
22	Marc-Andre Fleury M. Fleury	2.90	2021-22	TOT	56	56	28	23	5	1,732	1,573	.908	159	4	3285
23	James Reimer J. Reimer	2.90	2021-22	SJS	48	46	19	17	10	1,450	1,321	.911	129	1	2673
24	Cal Petersen C. Petersen	2.89	2021-22	LAK	37	35	20	14	2	1,002	897	.895	105	3	2177
25	Kaapo Kahkonen K. Kahkonen	2.87	2021-22	TOT	36	33	14	14	4	1,056	963	.912	93	0	1947

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Team Leaders

44

Caufield

62

Suzuki

+/-

+29

Suzuki

Team Rankings

G/GP

3.53

3rd

GA/GP

3.21

25th

PP%

25.0

3rd

PK%

76.3

27th

2025-26 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	44	20	7	95	44
Lightning	44	21	5	93	62
Canadiens	39	21	10	88	19
Bruins	39	24	8	86	15
Senators	38	24	9	85	23
Red Wings	38	25	8	84	-4
Maple Leafs	30	29	13	73	-27
Panthers	35	32	3	73	-22

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/26	CBJ	@	MTL	7:00 PM
Sat 3/28	MTL	@	NSH	7:00 PM
Sun 3/29	MTL	@	CAR	5:00 PM
Tue 3/31	MTL	@	TBL	7:00 PM
Thu 4/2	MTL	@	NYR	7:00 PM

Last Game

Hurricanes

45 - 20 - 6

Final

Canadiens

39 - 21 - 10

Tue 24 Mar 2026

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

Goals Leaders

46

MacKinnon

44

Caufield

40

McDavid

Assists Leaders

80

Kucherov

78

McDavid

69

MacKinnon

Points Leaders

120

Kucherov

118

McDavid

115

MacKinnon

Hits Leaders

364

Trenin

281

Sherwood

264

McBain

Blocks Leaders

170

Dobson

169

McCabe

159

Weegar

Wins Leaders

34

Vasilevskiy

32

Vejmelka

29

Dostal

Goals Against Leaders

2.19

Wedgewood

2.30

Vasilevskiy

2.37

Thompson

Save Percentage Leaders

.916

Wedgewood

.915

Cooley

.915

Thompson

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

Goals Rankings

3.71

3.61

3.53

Goals Against Rankings

2.44

2.70

2.76

Power Play Rankings

31.0

29.0

25.0

Penalty Kill Rankings

84.6

83.2

82.9

NHL 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

45-25

45-26

44-26

44-27

41-28

42-29

Worst Record ATS

23-47

26-45

26-44

27-44

28-44

NHL 2025-26 Standings

Central Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche - x	47	13	10	104	86
Stars - x	43	17	11	97	48
Wild	40	20	12	92	28
Mammoth	37	29	6	80	22
Predators	34	28	9	77	-20
Jets	30	29	12	72	-17
Blues	29	30	11	69	-41
Blackhawks	27	31	13	67	-41
Pacific Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Ducks	40	27	4	84	-5
Oilers	35	28	9	79	4
Golden Knights	32	26	14	78	0
Kings	28	25	18	74	-27
Kraken	31	29	10	72	-18
Sharks	32	31	6	70	-38
Flames	30	34	7	67	-39
Canucks - e	21	41	8	50	-80

Atlantic Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Sabres	44	20	7	95	44
Lightning	44	21	5	93	62
Canadiens	39	21	10	88	19
Bruins	39	24	8	86	15
Senators	38	24	9	85	23
Red Wings	38	25	8	84	-4
Panthers	35	32	3	73	-22
Maple Leafs	30	29	13	73	-27
Metropolitan Division	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	45	20	6	96	41
Blue Jackets	38	22	11	87	14
Penguins	35	20	16	86	18
Islanders	40	27	5	85	3
Flyers	34	24	12	80	-10
Capitals	35	28	9	79	9
Devils	36	32	2	74	-20
Rangers	28	34	9	65	-27