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David Rittich
New Jersey Devils Goaltender #33
A .8944, and the better half of a tandem that cost fourteen goals.
| Season | GP | W | L | OTL | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 76 | 2.76 | 2 | 720 | .894 |
| Career | 260 | 122 | 81 | 29 | 655 | 2.79 | 9 | 6740 | .903 |
Last Season
Thirty appearances, 14-10-3, a 2.76 goals-against average and a .8944 save percentage with two shutouts. His career figure across 260 games is .9028.
The Physical Game
Six foot three, 200, and an athletic rather than a technical goaltender. He is quick and occasionally scrambly, and the positional discipline has never been the strong part.
Rebound control is ordinary. Behind a club that concedes an average volume of chances, that has been enough to build a 260-game career as somebody’s second goaltender.
The Mental Game
Undrafted out of the Czech Republic, ten seasons in, and he has been the backup on six organisations without any suggestion he minds. He is reliable in the specific sense that matters for the role: he does not lose games the club should win.
The Intangibles
The league median among goaltenders with 25 or more games was .896, and neither New Jersey goaltender reached it — Allen at .903 across 37, Rittich at .8944 across 30.
The club’s goaltending came in fourteen goals worse than the chances faced, which on most teams would be the headline. Here it is the second problem: New Jersey scored 136 five-on-five goals against 173.9 expected, the worst finishing in the league.
He is 33. This is a tandem that holds the position and does not win anything by itself, on a roster where everything else is in place.