Joonas Korpisalo
New York Rangers Goaltender #70
A .8942, seventeen thousandths behind the man in front of him.
| Season | GP | W | L | OTL | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 90 | 3.15 | 1 | 851 | .894 |
| Career | 334 | 140 | 126 | 38 | 943 | 3.06 | 8 | 9425 | .900 |
Last Season
Thirty-one appearances, 14-9-6, a 3.15 goals-against average and a .8942 save percentage with one shutout. His career figure across 334 games is .8999.
The Physical Game
Six foot four, 200, and he plays a deep, positional game that depends on being square rather than quick. Against volume from the perimeter that works; against lateral movement it does not.
Rebound control is ordinary and it is the most consistent criticism across eleven seasons.
The Mental Game
Three hundred and thirty-four games across five organisations, most of them as somebody’s second goaltender, and he has taken every stretch as a starter without visible complaint.
Fourteen wins in thirty-one appearances behind a club that finished 29th at generating offence is a reasonable outcome.
The Intangibles
The comparison inside the dressing room is the page. Shesterkin stopped .9116 across 51 appearances; Korpisalo stopped .8942 across 31. That is a seventeen-thousandth gap behind the same defence, and it is why New York’s goaltending finished two goals worse than the chances faced despite having one of the best goaltenders alive.
The league median among goaltenders with 25 or more games was .896. He was just under it.
He is 32. On a roster with Shesterkin the backup job matters less than almost anywhere, which is fortunate.