Mackenzie Blackwood

A big goaltender with a long history of carrying bad teams, finally on a good one.

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV%
2025-26	39	23	10	2	90	2.51	3	933	.903
Career	291	126	113	30	791	2.90	17	8361	.905

Last Season

Thirty-nine games, a .904 save percentage, a 2.51 goals-against average and three shutouts, going 23-10-2. That is close to his career .905 and, on this team, a slightly disappointing number next to the man ahead of him.

The Physical Game

Six-four and 225, and he plays a big, blocking style — square, deep enough to let the puck find him, and hard to beat cleanly from distance. When he is on he looks immovable.

The consistency has always been the issue rather than the technique. He is prone to stretches where the tracking goes and pucks he normally absorbs get past him, and his rebound control is ordinary.

He is not quick laterally for his size, which is the specific thing that separates him from a genuine starter.

The Mental Game

He spent his best years on rebuilding teams facing forty shots a night, which is either an explanation for the career numbers or an excuse for them. To his credit he never visibly stopped competing through any of it.

The Intangibles

Career .905 across 291 games is exactly a 1B: good enough to win you games, not good enough to be the reason you win a series.

Behind a goaltender who just posted a .921, he is in the best situation of his career — thirty-five starts, a strong defence in front, and no expectation that he steals anything. That is where goaltenders of this profile tend to look their best.