This is the 2024-25 edition — an archived read. Read the 2026-27 report →
Scott Wedgewood
Nashville Predators Goaltender
One hundred and thirty career games in six seasons, a career .9059, and a backup's job.
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | NJD | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1.25 | 1 | 116 | .957 |
| 2017-18 | ARI | 20 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 63 | 3.45 | 1 | 587 | .893 |
| 2020-21 | NJD | 16 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 3.11 | 2 | 458 | .900 |
| 2021-22 | NJD/ARI/DAL | 37 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 110 | 3.14 | 1 | 1218 | .910 |
| 2022-23 | DAL | 21 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 2.72 | 1 | 603 | .915 |
| 2023-24 | DAL | 32 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 85 | 2.85 | 0 | 844 | .899 |
| 2024-25 so far | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 130 | 48 | 48 | 22 | 360 | 2.98 | 6 | 3826 | .906 |
This Season So Far
The 2024-25 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 games in Dallas, 16-7-5, an .8993 save percentage and a 2.85 goals-against average on 844 shots faced, with no shutouts.
A 16-7-5 record on an .8993 is a club record rather than a goaltender’s — Dallas finished second in the league. Against a career .9059 across 130 games it is a slightly below-average season in a slightly below-average career.
The Physical Game
He is 6-2 and 201 and plays a square, positional game without much movement in it.
Six career shutouts in 130 games. He is not quick across the crease and the second shot is where the goals come from. The puck-handling is adequate and he keeps it simple.
The Mental Game
He tracks through traffic reasonably and does not chase the play.
Six seasons and 130 games is thirty starts a year, which is exactly what a backup is. He has never held a starting job and there is no indication he wants one.
The Intangibles
A third-round pick in 2010 by New Jersey, out of Brampton, six seasons across three organisations, and 48 wins in 130 games at a career .9059.
He is 32 and is here to play twenty games behind Juuse Saros. On a club that has just sold its goaltending prospect, the backup matters more than it usually would.