which nhl goalie has the best save percentage in 2021

Alex Nedeljkovic had the best save percentage by a goalie in his rookie season in 2020-21, at .932.

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	NAME	SV%	SEASON	TM	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
1	Alex Nedeljkovic A. Nedeljkovic	.932	2020-21	CAR	23	23	15	5	3	648	604	44	1.90	3	1392
2	Semyon Varlamov S. Varlamov	.929	2020-21	NYI	36	35	19	11	4	1,020	948	72	2.04	7	2117
3	Marc-Andre Fleury M. Fleury	.928	2020-21	VGK	36	36	26	10	0	989	918	71	1.98	6	2147
4	Juuse Saros J. Saros	.927	2020-21	NSH	36	35	21	11	1	1,073	995	78	2.28	3	2052
5	Chris Driedger C. Driedger	.927	2020-21	FLA	23	23	14	6	3	640	593	47	2.07	3	1362
6	Andrei Vasilevskiy A. Vasilevskiy	.925	2020-21	TBL	42	42	31	10	1	1,237	1,144	93	2.21	5	2524
7	Mike Smith M. Smith	.923	2020-21	EDM	32	30	21	6	2	921	850	71	2.31	3	1847
8	Philipp Grubauer P. Grubauer	.922	2020-21	COL	40	39	30	9	1	993	916	77	1.95	7	2367
9	Jack Campbell J. Campbell	.921	2020-21	TOR	22	22	17	3	2	585	539	46	2.15	2	1284
10	Ilya Sorokin I. Sorokin	.918	2020-21	NYI	22	21	13	6	3	563	517	46	2.17	3	1272
11	Linus Ullmark L. Ullmark	.917	2020-21	BUF	20	20	9	6	3	591	542	49	2.63	0	1117
12	Elvis Merzlikins E. Merzlikins	.916	2020-21	CBJ	28	23	8	12	5	825	756	69	2.77	2	1497
13	Connor Hellebuyck C. Hellebuyck	.916	2020-21	WPG	45	45	24	17	3	1,335	1,223	112	2.58	4	2603
14	Igor Shesterkin I. Shesterkin	.916	2020-21	NYR	35	31	16	14	3	987	904	83	2.62	2	1899
15	Thatcher Demko T. Demko	.915	2020-21	VAN	35	35	16	18	1	1,164	1,065	99	2.85	1	2087
16	Cam Talbot C. Talbot	.915	2020-21	MIN	33	33	19	8	5	1,008	922	86	2.63	2	1961
17	Jonathan Bernier J. Bernier	.914	2020-21	DET	24	23	9	11	1	757	692	65	2.99	0	1306
18	Tuukka Rask T. Rask	.913	2020-21	BOS	24	24	15	5	2	611	558	53	2.28	2	1396
19	Adin Hill A. Hill	.913	2020-21	ARI	19	17	9	9	1	530	484	46	2.74	2	1006
20	Robin Lehner R. Lehner	.913	2020-21	VGK	19	19	13	4	2	505	461	44	2.29	1	1155
21	Thomas Greiss T. Greiss	.912	2020-21	DET	34	29	8	15	8	894	815	79	2.70	2	1755
22	Casey DeSmith C. DeSmith	.912	2020-21	PIT	20	17	11	7	0	543	495	48	2.54	2	1132
23	Cal Petersen C. Petersen	.911	2020-21	LAK	35	32	9	18	5	1,095	998	97	2.89	0	2016
24	Jake Oettinger J. Oettinger	.911	2020-21	DAL	29	24	11	8	7	710	647	63	2.36	1	1604
25	Jordan Binnington J. Binnington	.910	2020-21	STL	42	41	18	14	8	1,200	1,092	108	2.65	0	2448

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Alex Nedeljkovic had the best save percentage by a goalie in his rookie season in 2020-21, at .932.

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