Jet Greaves
Columbus Blue Jackets Goaltender
Undrafted, a career .913, and the reason this club stayed in games it had no business in.
| Season | GP | W | L | OTL | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 55 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 142 | 2.60 | 2 | 1539 | .908 |
| Career | 76 | 36 | 28 | 11 | 196 | 2.61 | 4 | 2254 | .913 |
Last Season
Fifty-five appearances, 26-19-9, a 2.60 goals-against average and a .9077 save percentage with two shutouts. His career figure across 76 games is .913, which is comfortably the best of any goaltender covered so far.
The Physical Game
Six foot even, 188, which makes him one of the two or three smallest goaltenders in the league alongside Wolf in Calgary. Like Wolf, he cannot take away net by standing in it, so everything has to be an actual save.
He is quick, he tracks well through screens, and the depth management is disciplined — he plays further out than his size would suggest is wise and gets away with it because he is rarely beaten across.
Rebound control is good rather than exceptional.
The Mental Game
Undrafted, four seasons of American League work, and he has taken the job from a former starter and kept it. That requires something.
Over his last ten appearances, .887 on 275 shots, which is a soft finish to a good season.
The Intangibles
Columbus finished thirtieth on the penalty kill and twenty-sixth on the power play, and still came within five goals of breaking even on the season. The goaltending came in two goals better than the chances it faced.
He is 25 and has 76 NHL games at a .913, which if it holds is starting goaltending on a good team. The sample is still small enough that the club is right to be careful and large enough that it is no longer a fluke.