what goalie has the highest save percentage in their first playoff start

8 goalies are tied for the highest career save percentage by a goalie in the playoffs, at 1.000. The first three are Erik Kallgren, Jean-Francois Berube and Steve Valiquette.

NAMESV%GPGSWLTOTLSASVGAGAASHOMIN
1Erik Kallgren
E. Kallgren
1.000
1
0
0
0
0
0
10
10
0
0.00
0
31
2Jean-Francois Berube
J. Berube
1.000
1
0
2
2
0
0.00
0
5
3Steve Valiquette
S. Valiquette
1.000
2
0
0
0
9
9
0
0.00
0
40
4Reinhard Divis
R. Divis
1.000
1
0
0
0
0
8
8
0
0.00
0
18
5Mathieu Garon
M. Garon
1.000
2
0
0
0
0
14
14
0
0.00
0
36
6Corey Schwab
C. Schwab
1.000
3
0
0
0
0
13
13
0
0.00
0
40
7Andrei Trefilov
A. Trefilov
1.000
1
0
0
0
4
4
0
0.00
0
5
8Dominic Roussel
D. Roussel
1.000
1
0
0
0
8
8
0
0.00
0
23
9Thatcher Demko
T. Demko
.974
5
4
3
1
0
0
154
150
4
0.97
1
246
10Chad Johnson
C. Johnson
.952
1
0
0
1
0
0
21
20
1
1.16
0
52
11Elvis Merzlikins
E. Merzlikins
.946
2
1
1
1
0
0
74
70
4
1.96
0
123
12Mikhail Shtalenkov
M. Shtalenkov
.938
4
0
3
0
162
152
10
2.84
0
211
13Scott Darling
S. Darling
.936
5
4
3
1
171
160
11
2.22
0
298
14Spencer Knight
S. Knight
.933
2
2
1
1
0
0
60
56
4
2.06
0
116
15Kevin Poulin
K. Poulin
.933
2
0
0
0
15
14
1
1.14
0
52
16Martin Prusek
M. Prusek
.933
1
0
0
0
0
15
14
1
1.50
0
40
17Tim Thomas
T. Thomas
.933
51
50
29
21
1,602
1,494
108
2.08
6
3114
18Cory Schneider
C. Schneider
.931
14
9
2
6
0
0
377
351
26
2.35
0
665
19Bob Mason
B. Mason
.931
5
2
3
0
174
162
12
1.96
1
367
20Jonas Hiller
J. Hiller
.930
33
29
15
15
1,000
930
70
2.35
3
1787
21Craig Anderson
C. Anderson
.929
48
47
24
23
0
0
1,601
1,487
114
2.36
4
2900
22Dan Ellis
D. Ellis
.928
7
7
2
5
264
245
19
2.87
0
398
23Tomas Vokoun
T. Vokoun
.928
22
22
9
13
0
705
654
51
2.24
2
1365
24Igor Shesterkin
I. Shesterkin
.928
44
44
23
20
0
0
1,477
1,370
107
2.41
0
2667
25Olie Kolzig
O. Kolzig
.927
45
38
20
24
0
1,376
1,276
100
2.14
6
2799
StatMuse has season-level data for save percentage going back to the 1956 playoffs.

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