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Jordan Binnington

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Jordan Binnington

St. Louis Blues Goaltender #50

A Stanley Cup, 377 games, and the lowest save percentage in the league.

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAGAASOSASV%
2015-16STL100014.6904.750
2018-19STL322451591.895807.927
2019-20STL50301371262.5631430.912
2020-21STL42181481082.6501200.910
2021-22STL37181441123.1321135.901
2022-23STL61272761943.3121826.894
2023-24STL57282151562.8431786.913
2024-25STL56282251452.6931457.900
2025-26STL41132071283.3311010.873
2026-27 so far——————————
Career—3771861364310292.831910655.903

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

41 appearances, 13-20-7, a 3.33 goals-against average and a .8733 save percentage with 1 shutout. That is the lowest figure of any goaltender in the league who appeared 40 times.

His career figure across 377 games is .9034, with 186 wins.

Over his last 10 appearances, .898 on 244 shots — better, and still under the league median.

The Physical Game

6-2 and 172 pounds, which is very light for a modern goaltender, and it shows when traffic arrives: he is moved in his crease and loses his post.

The athleticism is real and the technique has always been unorthodox — he battles rather than positions, which produces both the saves he is famous for and the goals he is not.

The Mental Game

This is the whole career. He won a Stanley Cup as a rookie at 25, on a club that was last in the league in January, and he has been the most emotionally visible goaltender in the sport ever since.

There is no scouting instrument for what he did in 2019 and there is no arguing with a .8733 either.

The Intangibles

St. Louis finished 14 goals worse than the chances its goaltenders faced. Hofer, in 5 more appearances, stopped .9088.

That is a 35-thousandth gap behind the same defence, over a full season, and it is the single largest difference between 2 goaltenders on 1 club in this edition.

He is 33. The 2019 banner does not come down, and neither does this number.

The numbers underneath

Recent form

Last 20 appearances, 2025-26, oldest first

.902

save percentage over his last 8, on 184 shots · .877 across these 20

Each bar is one appearance, taller being a better save percentage. Filled bars are .920 or better.