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Philipp Grubauer

Photo by Jenn G from Seattle, WA, CC BY-SA 2.0

Philipp Grubauer

Seattle Kraken Goaltender #31

402 games, and a .9088 nobody expected.

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAGAASOSASV%
2012-13WSH201053.57059.915
2013-14WSH17655352.380469.925
2014-15WSH110021.85025.920
2015-16WSH22891432.320523.918
2016-17WSH241362432.043585.926
2017-18WSH3515103732.353953.923
2018-19COL371895892.6431071.917
2019-20COL3618124902.6321067.916
2020-21COL403091771.957993.922
2021-22SEA55183151643.1621479.889
2022-23SEA3917144982.850930.895
2023-24SEA3614162952.852941.899
2024-25SEA268171853.490681.875
2025-26SEA3213124792.650866.909
2026-27 so far——————————
Career—402179151379782.652210642.908

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

32 appearances, 13-12-4, a 2.65 goals-against average and a .9088 save percentage. His career figure across 402 games is .9081.

Over his last 10 appearances, .885 on 270 shots.

The Physical Game

6-1, 188, and small by modern standards, which is why the game has always been positional for him. He plays deep, reads the release, and relies on being in the right place rather than on getting there quickly.

At 34 the reactions have gone a little and the positioning has not.

The Mental Game

This is the interesting part. He signed a long contract as Seattle’s first franchise goaltender, played badly enough for long enough that the city gave up on him entirely, and was in the minors 2 seasons ago.

He came back and posted the best save percentage of any Seattle goaltender last season.

The Intangibles

A .9088 against Daccord’s .8959, and a 2.65 goals-against average against a 3.03, behind the same defence. That is a substantial gap and it ran the whole season, not a hot fortnight.

Seattle’s goaltending finished 16 and a half goals better than the chances it faced, fifth-best in the league, and the better half of it came from the man who was supposed to be finished.

He is 34, a fourth-round pick, and 179 career wins. Whatever the depth chart says in October, the numbers from last season do not support it.

The numbers underneath

Recent form

Last 20 appearances, 2025-26, oldest first

.887

save percentage over his last 8, on 212 shots · .901 across these 20

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