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Jake Allen

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Jake Allen

New Jersey Devils Goaltender #34

A .903 in front of a club that could not score, and a .887 finish.

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAGAASOSASV%
2012-13STL15940332.461346.905
2014-15STL372274792.284909.913
2015-16STL47261531012.3561260.920
2016-17STL61332051382.4241620.915
2017-18STL59272531522.7511614.906
2018-19STL46191781212.8331277.905
2019-20STL241263482.152655.927
2020-21MTL2911125762.680817.907
2021-22MTL3592041073.3021123.905
2022-23MTL42152431453.5511335.891
2023-24MTL/NJD34121841143.4401087.895
2024-25NJD3113161772.664819.906
2025-26NJD37171721002.7411031.903
2026-27 so far——————————
Career—4972252014512912.752913893.907

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

37 appearances, 17-17-2, a 2.74 goals-against average and a .903 save percentage with 1 shutout. His career figure across 497 games is .9071.

The Physical Game

6-2, 197, and a technically sound positional goaltender who has been doing this for 13 seasons. He is square, he is economical, and the rebounds mostly go where he intends.

The athleticism has faded and he compensates by being early. Against a club that concedes an average number of chances, that has been enough for a long time.

The Mental Game

497 games, several of them as the starter on teams that were not good, and a long stretch in Montreal that would have soured most people. Nothing suggests it soured him.

Over his last 10 appearances, .887 on 282 shots.

The Intangibles

New Jersey’s goaltending came in 14 goals worse than the chances it faced, split between Allen at .903 across 37 games and Rittich at .8944 across 30. The league median among goaltenders with 25 or more games was .896.

Set against the club’s other problem that is a minor complaint. New Jersey scored 136 5-on-5 goals against 173.9 expected — the worst finishing in the league — and no goaltender was going to rescue that.

He is 36. This is a tandem holding a position rather than solving it, on a roster that is otherwise built to win now.

The numbers underneath

Recent form

Last 20 appearances, 2025-26, oldest first

.883

save percentage over his last 8, on 239 shots · .896 across these 20

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