This is the 2025-26 edition — an archived read. Read the 2026-27 report →
Lukas Dostal
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Goaltender
A .9028 in 54 games behind the worst chance-suppression in the league, and 27.5 goals saved above expectation.
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | ANA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2.98 | 0 | 108 | .907 |
| 2022-23 | ANA | 19 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 67 | 3.78 | 0 | 679 | .901 |
| 2023-24 | ANA | 44 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 129 | 3.33 | 1 | 1310 | .901 |
| 2024-25 | ANA | 54 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 158 | 3.10 | 1 | 1625 | .903 |
| 2025-26 so far | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 121 | 42 | 58 | 13 | 364 | 3.29 | 2 | 3722 | .902 |
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
23-23-7 in 54 games, .9028 with a 3.10 average and 1 shutout on 1,625 shots.
A .9028 and a 3.10 look like a bad season and they are the opposite. Anaheim conceded chances at 3.20 expected goals against per 60, dead last in the league, and the club’s goaltending came in 27.5 goals better than what it faced, 2nd in hockey. Almost all of that is his.
The Physical Game
6-2 and 190, which is small by modern standards, and the game is athletic rather than structural. He covers the net by moving to the puck rather than by occupying space, and the lateral quickness is genuinely high-end.
The rebound control is decent and could be better; on a club facing this many second chances it matters more than usual. What stands out is that he does not get progressively worse as a game gets worse, which for a goaltender facing 33 shots a night is the whole job.
The Mental Game
Two seasons of facing more danger than any goaltender in the league and no visible sign of it wearing on him. He has been pulled, he has lost by four, and the next start has looked the same.
That is the specific thing that separates a young goaltender who survives a rebuild from one who is ruined by it, and there is now a real sample of it.
The Intangibles
A third-round pick who spent three years behind an established starter and took the job the moment it was available, at 24, on the worst defensive team in hockey.
He is the most valuable asset in this organisation after Leo Carlsson, and the club has now traded away the goaltender he replaced. What nobody knows is what a .9028 becomes in front of a competent defence — the honest guess is something considerably better than the number looks.