Marcus Hogberg
New York Islanders Goaltender
Six foot five and 232 pounds, a .8776 across 15 games, and the third goaltender on a club with two.
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | OTT | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4.09 | 0 | 121 | .884 |
| 2019-20 | OTT | 24 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 70 | 3.12 | 0 | 728 | .904 |
| 2020-21 | OTT | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 40 | 3.74 | 0 | 322 | .876 |
| 2024-25 | NYI | 15 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 3.38 | 0 | 335 | .878 |
| 2025-26 so far | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 57 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 165 | 3.39 | 0 | 1506 | .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
15 games, 2-6-3, a .8776 save percentage and a 3.38 goals-against average, on 335 shots faced. No shutouts.
A poor number across a small sample, arriving in relief on a club fighting for a playoff place. He was the third option and he was asked to play more than a third option should be.
The Physical Game
6-5 and 232 pounds, and he takes away the top of the net simply by standing in it. The size is the attribute and everything else is built to preserve it — he stays deep, he does not overcommit, and he lets the puck come to him.
The lateral quickness is the limitation and it is the reason a career has not materialised. A puck moved across the slot finds him late, and the recovery to the second save is slow. The rebounds come off him a long way.
The Mental Game
Three NHL seasons split across five years, with two long spells in Sweden in between, and no run of games anywhere long enough to judge him from.
He does not appear rattled and there is not enough evidence to say more. Fifteen appearances in a season is a goaltender being used, not evaluated.
The Intangibles
A third-round pick in 2013 who went home to Sweden at 26, won a league title there, and came back at 29.
He is 30 and he is depth. On a club whose starter faced 1,695 shots, the third goaltender is not a hypothetical position — it was needed for fifteen games last season and the number it returned was .8776.