Fantasy hockey top 25 goalie rankings

NHL.com ranks the top 25 fantasy hockey goalies in standard leagues for the rest of the 2025-26 season. For more coverage, visit NHL.com/Fantasy.

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Standard goalie categories include wins, goals-against average, save percentage and shutouts. Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, team goalie situations, anticipated start volume, projected goal support (or lack thereof), injury history or concern, sleeper, bounce-back or breakout potential, anticipated regression, age, contract status and overall upside for the 2025-26 season.

1. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TBL
2. Connor Hellebuyck, G, WPG
3. Ilya Sorokin, G, NYI
4. Jake Oettinger, G, DAL
5. Logan Thompson, G, WSH
6. Scott Wedgewood, G, COL
7. Mackenzie Blackwood, G, COL
8. Filip Gustavsson, G, MIN
9. Karel Vejmelka, G, UTA
10. Jeremy Swayman, G, BOS
11. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, G, BUF
12. Jakub Dobes, G, MTL (rookie)
13. John Gibson, G, DET
14. Igor Shesterkin, G, NYR 
15. Darcy Kuemper, G, LAK 
16. Jet Greaves, G, CBJ
17. Linus Ullmark, G, OTT
18. Joel Hofer, G, STL
19. Dan Vladar, G, PHI
20. Brandon Bussi, G, CAR
21. Juuse Saros, G, NSH
22. Carter Hart, G, VGK
23. Connor Ingram, G, EDM
24. Sergei Bobrovsky, G, FLA
25. Lukas Dostal, G, ANA

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Key injuries:

Pyotr Kochetkov, G, CAR (likely out for season)

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Just missed:

Jesper Wallstedt, G, MIN (rookie)
Spencer Knight, G, CHI
Jacob Fowler, G, MTL (rookie)
Elvis Merzlikins, G, CBJ
Anton Forsberg, G, LAK

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Strong handcuffs:

David Rittich, G, NYI
Casey DeSmith, G, DAL