Arturs Silovs

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

39 appearances, 19-12-8, a 3.07 goals-against average and a .8873 save percentage with 2 shutouts. His career figure across 58 games is .8849.

Over his last 10 appearances, .852 on 244 shots.

The Physical Game

6-4, 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 2 seasons ago as an emergency starter, which is where the reputation comes from, and he has not been that good since.

19 wins in 39 appearances on a team that scored 293 goals is a low return.

The Intangibles

Pittsburgh’s goaltending came in 12 goals worse than the chances it faced, and the club won anyway because it finished 35 above its expected total on the other end.

The league median among goaltenders with 25 or more games was .896. Silovs was 9 thousandths under it, and finished the season 44 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.