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Jonas Johansson

Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltender

An .8953 in 19 games behind a Vezina finalist, which is the whole of the job.

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAGAASOSASV%
2019-20BUF6131162.940151.894
2020-21BUF/COL15562392.861380.897
2021-22COL/FLA11341384.690264.856
2022-23COL320052.10073.931
2023-24TBL261275833.372752.890
2024-25TBL19963583.131554.895
2025-26 so far——————————
Career—803226122393.2942174.890

This Season So Far

The 2025-26 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

9-6-3 in 19 games with an .8953, a 3.13 average and 1 shutout, facing 554 shots.

Nineteen starts behind a goaltender who played 63 is the definition of the role. A .8953 in front of a club that was 4th in the league in goaltending overall says the difference between the two men was very large.

The Physical Game

6-5 and 220 and he plays deep and large, which is the only style available at that size. He sets in the crease and lets the frame take the top of the net away.

The lateral recovery is the cost and it is a real one — a second chance across the crease is a long way for him. The rebound control is poor, which compounds it. He does not handle the puck well.

The Mental Game

He has a career .8901 across 80 NHL games and six seasons and has never held a job for more than half a season anywhere.

There is no argument to make here beyond the record, and the record is that a club with genuine Stanley Cup ambitions gave nineteen starts to a goaltender with an .8901 because it could not afford anybody better.

The Intangibles

A third-round pick of Buffalo in 2014 out of Sweden, and 80 NHL games across five organisations.

He is 30. The backup’s job on this club is to not lose the games the starter does not play, and last season it was done at an .8953.

What kind of player

The searchable half of the report. The first group is computed from the season's own data; the rest are read out of the prose above, and each one carries the sentence that produced it. A subject the report never raised is simply absent.

  • a strengthread out of the prose, and claimed
  • he lacks itraised, and he does not have it

Each computed tag also says how well its measure holds up from one season to the next, because a tag describes a season that has finished and a reader will assume it predicts the one coming. Some do and some do not, and the gap is wide: five-on-five workload repeats well, scoring late does not repeat at all.

  • plays-deepa strength· takes the net away by occupying it

    “**6-5 and 220 and he plays deep and large**, which is the only style available at that size.”

  • lateral-recoveryhe lacks it· post-to-post, and across the slot

    “The lateral recovery is the cost and it is a real one — a second chance across the crease is a long way for him.”

  • rebound-controlhe lacks it· where the second chance ends up

    “**The rebound control is poor**, which compounds it.”

  • puck-handlinghe lacks it· starts the breakout himself

    “He does not handle the puck well.”