Between the 2004-05 and 2023-24 seasons, Dominik Hasek had the lowest goals-against average, with a 2.09 average.

Interpreted as:

Best gaa with a minimum of 20.5 games played per 82 team games by a player 2004-05 to 2023-24

	NAME	GAA	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	SHO	MIN
1	Dominik Hasek D. Hasek	2.09	140	138	93	31	13	3,366	3,078	.914	288	18	8275
2	Tuukka Rask T. Rask	2.28	564	544	308	165	66	15,575	14,345	.921	1,230	52	32404
3	Ben Bishop B. Bishop	2.32	413	397	222	128	36	11,360	10,457	.921	903	33	23317
4	Jeremy Swayman J. Swayman	2.34	132	125	79	33	15	3,622	3,327	.919	295	12	7571
5	Martin Brodeur M. Brodeur	2.34	526	520	288	180	49	13,829	12,621	.913	1,208	50	30927
6	Pyotr Kochetkov P. Kochetkov	2.37	69	65	38	20	9	1,719	1,564	.910	155	8	3924
7	Igor Shesterkin I. Shesterkin	2.43	213	208	135	59	17	6,358	5,855	.921	503	15	12427
8	Pekka Rinne P. Rinne	2.43	683	667	369	213	75	19,225	17,627	.917	1,598	60	39413
9	Henrik Lundqvist H. Lundqvist	2.43	887	871	459	310	96	25,610	23,509	.918	2,101	64	51816
10	Cory Schneider C. Schneider	2.43	410	389	171	159	58	11,513	10,568	.918	945	26	23304
11	Corey Crawford C. Crawford	2.45	488	474	260	162	53	13,924	12,778	.918	1,146	26	28119
12	Cristobal Huet C. Huet	2.47	219	209	115	70	21	6,014	5,499	.914	515	20	12520
13	Jonathan Quick J. Quick	2.47	780	766	393	283	86	21,013	19,144	.911	1,869	60	45335
14	Antti Raanta A. Raanta	2.48	277	251	139	80	29	7,308	6,685	.915	623	20	15088
15	Roberto Luongo R. Luongo	2.48	778	763	409	254	91	22,722	20,860	.918	1,862	54	45049
16	Manny Fernandez M. Fernandez	2.49	134	129	70	44	11	3,656	3,336	.912	320	5	7721
17	Niklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	2.49	413	394	196	144	50	11,392	10,417	.914	975	28	23480
18	Evgeni Nabokov E. Nabokov	2.49	439	433	232	133	57	11,661	10,603	.909	1,058	33	25455
19	Jaroslav Halak J. Halak	2.50	581	555	295	189	69	16,394	15,004	.915	1,390	53	33302
20	Jake Oettinger J. Oettinger	2.51	193	184	113	48	23	5,293	4,832	.913	461	10	11041
21	Carey Price C. Price	2.51	712	700	361	261	79	21,059	19,304	.917	1,755	49	42005
22	Linus Ullmark L. Ullmark	2.51	247	238	138	73	23	7,331	6,733	.918	598	8	14288
23	Tim Thomas T. Thomas	2.52	422	405	211	144	49	12,704	11,688	.920	1,016	31	24227
24	Miikka Kiprusoff M. Kiprusoff	2.52	538	534	281	182	64	15,052	13,730	.912	1,322	37	31478
25	Manny Legace M. Legace	2.54	219	209	110	64	23	5,483	4,975	.907	508	18	12017