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Andrei Vasilevskiy

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Andrei Vasilevskiy

Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltender #88

598 games, 370 wins, and a .9166 career.

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAGAASOSASV%
2014-15TBL16751342.361415.918
2015-16TBL2411100582.761646.910
2016-17TBL50231771232.6121480.917
2017-18TBL65441731672.6282075.919
2018-19TBL53391041282.4061713.925
2019-20TBL52351431332.5631605.917
2020-21TBL4231101932.2151237.925
2021-22TBL63391851562.4921868.916
2022-23TBL60342241592.6541875.915
2023-24TBL52302021482.9021477.900
2024-25TBL63382051362.1861716.921
2025-26TBL58391541322.3121483.911
2026-27 so far——————————
Career—5983701783914672.504217590.917

This Season So Far

The 2026-27 season has not started. The empty row above is his, and both it and this paragraph fill in on their own from the morning after he first plays: what he has done, what it is worth against his own last season, and the run he is on when the two disagree.

Last Season

58 appearances, 39-15-4, a 2.31 goals-against average and a .9110 save percentage with 2 shutouts.

His 598th career game and his 370th win. A career save percentage of .9166 across 12 seasons.

Over his last 10 appearances, .900 on 240 shots.

The Physical Game

6-4, 223, and the athleticism at that size is still the thing that separates him — the push across the crease is as quick as any goaltender’s in the league and he arrives square.

He handles the puck well and reads a play developing behind the net better than most.

The Mental Game

39 wins in 58 appearances. A Vezina, a Conn Smythe, 2 Stanley Cups, and a decade of being the goaltender other clubs planned around.

He had a stretch in the middle of his career where the workload and a back operation took the edge off, and it has come back.

The Intangibles

Tampa conceded 152 goals at 5-on-5 against an expected 151.4 — its goaltending finished level with the chances it faced, which on a club that gave up the second-fewest expected goals in the league means the netminding neither rescued nor cost anything.

That is the honest framing, and it is worth stating because a 2.31 goals-against average behind the third-best possession team in the league is partly the team.

The .9110 is a fair season and 11 points below his own career figure.

He is 32, and on a club carrying Kucherov at 33, Carlson at 36, Hedman at 35 and McDonagh at 37, he is the piece that has to hold for the window to stay open.

The numbers underneath

Recent form

Last 20 appearances, 2025-26, oldest first

.913

save percentage over his last 8, on 196 shots · .894 across these 20

Each bar is one appearance, taller being a better save percentage. Filled bars are .920 or better.