Jon Gillies
Columbus Blue Jackets Goaltender
Six-six, a .8873 across two clubs, and 32 NHL games in nine years since the third round.
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | CGY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 28 | .964 |
| 2017-18 | CGY | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 2.88 | 0 | 280 | .896 |
| 2021-22 | STL/NJD | 20 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 62 | 3.70 | 0 | 550 | .887 |
| 2022-23 so far | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 32 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 92 | 3.31 | 0 | 858 | .893 |
This Season So Far
The 2022-23 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
20 games, 3-10-2, a .8873 save percentage and a 3.70 goals-against average for St. Louis and New Jersey, with no shutouts on 550 shots faced.
Twenty games is the most he has played in a season, nine years after being drafted, and he signed here in July.
The Physical Game
6-6 and 223, which is as large as goaltenders come, and the method is the one that size suggests: he blocks, he stays big, and he relies on the puck hitting him rather than on getting to it.
Thirty-two career games and a .8928. The one good line in the record is a single game in 2016-17; everything else above a handful of appearances has come in at under .900.
The Mental Game
Nine years of American League starts between a third-round selection and a twenty-game NHL season is a long apprenticeship, and the twenty games came on two clubs that were not helping.
Nothing in 550 shots separates a goaltender from the teams he played for, and that is the honest summary of the whole record.
The Intangibles
Seventy-fifth overall in 2012 by Calgary, and 32 NHL games at 28.
He is the third goaltender on a club with a settled starter. The role is Cleveland, and the job is to be available in November.