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Jiri Patera
Boston Bruins Goaltender #31
1 appearance, 7 goals against, and a career that has been almost entirely spent waiting.
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | VGK | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 70 | .929 |
| 2023-24 | VGK | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 3.98 | 0 | 196 | .893 |
| 2025-26 | VAN | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.39 | 0 | 40 | .825 |
| 2026-27 so far | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 4.01 | 0 | 306 | .892 |
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
1 appearance. A 7.39 goals-against average and a .825 save percentage, which is a single bad night rather than a body of work. 9 career NHL games in total.
The Physical Game
6-3, 212, and he takes up space in the ordinary modern way. The technique is sound enough that he has stayed employed as an organisational goaltender, and there is not enough NHL evidence to say more than that honestly.
His career figure across 9 games is .8922, which would be poor if it meant anything at this sample size. It does not.
The Mental Game
Untested at this level in any meaningful sense. He has spent most of the last 3 seasons in the American League, where the job is to be ready and to not complain, and by all appearances he has done it.
The Intangibles
He is 27, a sixth-round pick, and the third goaltender on a club whose starter played 55 games. This page exists because he is on the roster, not because there is anything here to project.
If he plays 10 games this season the report will be worth writing. Ask again then.