Jeremy Swayman

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

55 appearances, 31-18-4, a 2.71 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage with 2 shutouts. The league median among goaltenders with 25 or more games was .896.

The Physical Game

6-3 and he plays big without being a blocker — the depth is aggressive, he challenges, and he gets set before the shot rather than after it. When a play breaks down and he has to scramble he is quick enough to make the second and third save, which is the part that separates him from the merely competent.

Rebound control is good and steadily improving. Pucks go to the corners.

The Mental Game

He is demonstrative and it works for him. He does not sag after a bad goal and the club plays like it believes him, which on a team that was outshot most nights is not a small thing.

914 over his last 10 appearances on 279 shots — no late fade in a heavy season.

The Intangibles

The arithmetic on this is stark. Boston finished 21st in the league in even-strength expected goals for and 24th against, and scored 272 while allowing 250. The goaltending came in 16 goals better than the chances it faced would predict, fourth-best in the NHL, and the shooting came in 29 better still.

That is a club whose record was built on its goaltender and a shooting percentage that will not repeat. Take Swayman out of last season and Boston is a lottery team. He is 27, his career figure is .9096 across 245 games, and he is comfortably the most important player here.