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Jacob Markstrom

A .883, on a team that gave up the twelfth-fewest chances in the league.

Season	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV%

2010-11	FLA	1	0	1	0	2	3.01	0	14	.857
2011-12	FLA	7	2	4	1	17	2.66	0	222	.923
2012-13	FLA	23	8	14	1	68	3.22	0	685	.901
2013-14	FLA/VAN	16	2	8	3	46	3.39	0	361	.873
2014-15	VAN	3	1	1	0	4	3.09	0	33	.879
2015-16	VAN	33	13	14	4	84	2.73	0	988	.915
2016-17	VAN	26	10	11	3	62	2.63	0	692	.910
2017-18	VAN	60	23	26	7	154	2.71	2	1745	.912
2018-19	VAN	60	28	23	9	166	2.77	1	1896	.912
2019-20	VAN	43	23	16	4	117	2.75	2	1420	.918
2020-21	CGY	43	22	19	2	111	2.68	3	1161	.904
2021-22	CGY	63	37	15	9	137	2.22	9	1754	.922
2022-23	CGY	59	23	21	12	166	2.92	1	1542	.892
2023-24	CGY	48	23	23	2	131	2.78	2	1379	.905
2024-25	NJD	49	26	16	6	121	2.50	4	1214	.900
2025-26	NJD	44	23	19	1	130	3.07	1	1113	.883
2026-27 so far	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	—	578	264	231	64	1516	2.73	25	16219	.906

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

44 appearances, 23-19-1, a 3.07 goals-against average and a .8832 save percentage with 1 shutout. His career figure across 578 games is .9065.

The Physical Game

6-6 and 207, which is as much net as anyone covers, and for years that was enough on its own. The positional game is sound and the puck-handling is genuinely good.

What has gone is the recovery. He is beaten across the crease now in a way he was not 3 years ago, and a goaltender who relies on being large and square has nothing left when the play moves him.

The Mental Game

578 games and a long career of being the best player on some poor teams. He has handled worse than this.

But .883 across 44 appearances is not a slump inside a good season. It is the season.

The Intangibles

Here is the number that defines this club. Florida finished 13th in the league in even-strength expected goals against and 3rd on the penalty kill — a properly built defensive team — and its goaltending came in 40 goals worse than the chances it faced. The worst in the National Hockey League.

At 5-on-5 the club conceded 181 goals against 161.7 expected. Every minus figure on every Panther’s page traces back here.

He is 36 and this was the worst full season of his career, on a roster with 2 Stanley Cups in it and both Tkachuks on the wing. Nothing about Florida’s ceiling is in doubt except the position he plays.

The numbers underneath

Recent form

Last 20 appearances, 2025-26, oldest first

.860

save percentage over his last 8, on 179 shots · .889 across these 20

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