what is the best save percentage in a season by a rookie goalie

Jesper Wallstedt has the best save percentage by a rookie goalie, at .944 this season.

Interpreted as:
What is the best save percentage with a minimum of 25.625 games played per 82 team games in a season by a rookie goalie?
NAMESV%SEASONTMGPGSWLTOTLSASVGAGAASHOMIN
1Jesper Wallstedt
J. Wallstedt
.944
2025-26
MIN MIN
10
10
8
0
0
2
322
304
18
1.74
4
620
2Alex Nedeljkovic
A. Nedeljkovic
.932
2020-21
CAR CAR
23
23
15
5
0
3
648
604
44
1.90
3
1392
3Tony Esposito
T. Esposito
.932
1969-70
CHI CHI
63
38
17
8
1,995
1,859
136
2.17
15
3760
4Tuukka Rask
T. Rask
.931
2009-10
BOS BOS
45
39
22
12
5
1,221
1,137
84
1.97
5
2562
5Doug Favell
D. Favell
.931
1967-68
PHI PHI
37
16
15
6
1,204
1,121
83
2.27
4
2191
6Ken Dryden
K. Dryden
.930
1971-72
MTL MTL
64
39
8
15
2,030
1,888
142
2.24
8
3798
7Ernie Wakely
E. Wakely
.930
1969-70
STL STL
30
12
9
4
823
765
58
2.11
4
1650
8Glenn Resch
G. Resch
.928
1975-76
NYI NYI
44
23
11
8
1,215
1,127
88
2.08
7
2540
9Jordan Binnington
J. Binnington
.927
2018-19
STL STL
32
30
24
5
0
1
807
748
59
1.89
5
1876
10Andrew Raycroft
A. Raycroft
.926
2003-04
BOS BOS
57
55
29
18
9
1,586
1,469
117
2.05
3
3420
11Marty Turco
M. Turco
.925
2000-01
DAL DAL
26
20
13
6
1
532
492
40
1.90
3
1266
12Glenn Hall
G. Hall
.925
1955-56
DET DET
70
30
24
16
1,952
1,805
147
2.10
12
4198
13Juuse Saros
J. Saros
.925
2017-18
NSH NSH
26
23
11
5
0
7
810
749
61
2.45
3
1497
14Jimmy Howard
J. Howard
.924
2009-10
DET DET
63
61
37
15
10
1,849
1,708
141
2.26
3
3740
15Matt Murray
M. Murray
.923
2016-17
PIT PIT
49
47
32
10
0
4
1,450
1,339
111
2.41
4
2766
16Frederik Andersen
F. Andersen
.923
2013-14
ANA ANA
28
24
20
5
0
783
723
60
2.29
0
1569
17Elvis Merzlikins
E. Merzlikins
.923
2019-20
CBJ CBJ
33
31
13
9
0
8
919
848
71
2.35
5
1815
18Henrik Lundqvist
H. Lundqvist
.922
2005-06
NYR NYR
53
50
30
12
9
1,485
1,369
116
2.24
2
3112
19James Reimer
J. Reimer
.921
2010-11
TOR TOR
37
35
20
10
5
1,134
1,044
90
2.60
3
2080
20John Gibson
J. Gibson
.920
2015-16
ANA ANA
40
38
21
13
0
4
992
913
79
2.07
4
2295
21Roberto Luongo
R. Luongo
.920
2000-01
FLA FLA
47
41
12
24
7
1,333
1,226
107
2.44
5
2628
22Carey Price
C. Price
.920
2007-08
MTL MTL
41
40
24
12
3
1,282
1,179
103
2.56
3
2413
23Joonas Korpisalo
J. Korpisalo
.920
2015-16
CBJ CBJ
31
30
16
11
0
4
969
891
78
2.60
0
1803
24Gilles Villemure
G. Villemure
.919
1970-71
NYR NYR
34
22
8
4
966
888
78
2.30
4
2036
25Ilya Sorokin
I. Sorokin
.918
2020-21
NYI NYI
22
21
13
6
0
3
563
517
46
2.17
3
1272
StatMuse has season-level data for save percentage going back to the 1955-56 season.

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Team Rankings

G/GP

2.71

26th

GA/GP

2.68

7th

PP%

22.4

11th

PK%

80.3

20th

2025-26 Division Standings
TEAMWLOTLPTSDIFF
Avalanche Avalanche
19
2
6
44
47
Stars Stars
18
5
5
41
24
Wild Wild
15
8
5
35
3
Blackhawks Blackhawks
12
9
6
30
7
Mammoth Mammoth
13
12
3
29
4
Jets Jets
13
12
1
27
1
Blues Blues
9
12
7
25
-29
Predators Predators
10
13
4
24
-23
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/6
MIN MIN
@
VAN VAN
10:00 PM
Mon
12/8
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
10:00 PM
Thu
12/11
DAL DAL
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Sat
12/13
OTT OTT
@
MIN MIN
2:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BOS BOS
@
MIN MIN
6:00 PM
Last Game
MIN Wild

15 - 8 - 5

1

Final

4

CGY Flames

10 - 15 - 4

Thu 4 Dec 2025

NHL 2025-26 Leaders

NHL 2025-26 Rankings

NHL 2025-26 Betting

NHL 2025-26 Division Standings

Central DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Avalanche Avalanche
19
2
6
44
47
Stars Stars
18
5
5
41
24
Wild Wild
15
8
5
35
3
Pacific DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Ducks Ducks
16
10
1
33
5
Golden Knights Golden Knights
12
6
8
32
1
Kings Kings
12
8
7
31
-5
Atlantic DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Lightning Lightning
16
9
2
34
17
Bruins Bruins
16
13
0
32
-1
Canadiens Canadiens
14
9
3
31
-7
Metropolitan DivisionWLOTLPTSDIFF
Capitals Capitals
17
9
2
36
27
Hurricanes Hurricanes
16
8
2
34
12
Penguins Penguins
14
7
5
33
9

NHL 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/7
SEA SEA
@
STL STL
4-3
Fri
11/7
BUF BUF
@
CAR CAR
3-6
Fri
11/7
BOS BOS
@
TOR TOR
5-3
Fri
11/7
UTA UTA
@
MTL MTL
2-6
Fri
11/7
FLA FLA
@
SJS SJS
1-3

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/5
VGK VGK
@
NJD NJD
7:00 PM
Fri
12/5
BUF BUF
@
WPG WPG
7:00 PM
Fri
12/5
SJS SJS
@
DAL DAL
8:00 PM
Fri
12/5
UTA UTA
@
VAN VAN
9:00 PM
Fri
12/5
WSH WSH
@
ANA ANA
10:00 PM