Sam Montembeault had the highest goals-against average in 2021-22, with a 3.77 average.

Interpreted as:

worst gaa with a minimum of 25.625 games played per 82 team games by a player in NHL 2022

	NAME	GAA	SEASON	TM	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	SHO	MIN
1	Sam 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