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Arturs Silovs
Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltender #37
A .8873, and a .852 finish, on a club that scored two hundred and eighty-six goals.
| Season | GP | W | L | OTL | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 39 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 115 | 3.07 | 2 | 1020 | .887 |
| Career | 58 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 172 | 3.09 | 2 | 1494 | .885 |
Last Season
Thirty-nine appearances, 19-12-8, a 3.07 goals-against average and a .8873 save percentage with two shutouts. His career figure across 58 games is .8849.
Over his last ten appearances, .852 on 244 shots.
The Physical Game
Six foot four, 208, and he plays a deep, positional game that relies on covering net rather than moving to it. When he is square he is fine; when the play moves laterally he arrives late.
Rebound control is the weakest part and it is the one that costs most behind a club that concedes second chances.
The Mental Game
He carried Vancouver through a playoff round two seasons ago as an emergency starter, which is where the reputation comes from, and he has not been that good since.
Nineteen wins in thirty-nine appearances on a team that scored 286 goals is a low return.
The Intangibles
Pittsburgh’s goaltending came in twelve goals worse than the chances it faced, and the club won anyway because it finished thirty-five above its expected total on the other end.
The league median among goaltenders with twenty-five or more games was .896. Silovs was nine thousandths under it, and finished the season forty-four under.
He is 25, a sixth-round pick, and holding a starting job on a club with Crosby, Malkin, Karlsson and Letang still in it. That is the position this roster has to solve, and there is nothing on this page suggesting it has been.