Total score: 36
“There’s no doubt that Georgiev is an absolute workhorse. He started 62 of the Avalanche’s 82 games last season, two fewer than Saros did for the Predators. Since becoming the Avalanche’s No. 1 goalie in 2022-23, he’s started 124 games, tied with Hellebuyck for second in the NHL and three behind Saros. He had 40 wins in 2022-23, which was good enough to tie with Ullmark and then the Bruins, and last season he led the NHL with 38 wins. Now, a lot of that has to do with the team playing in front of him, of course. But even so, he’s there night after night. His save percentage has dropped from .919 two seasons ago to .897 last season, which is a little concerning. But even so, he’s a top-10 goalie in the NHL, which is why I’m putting him at No. 9.” set.” — Price
Total score: 31
“The Sabres have a No. 1 goalie in Luukkonen, meaning they now have a chance to end a playoff drought that lasted 13 seasons, in 2023-24. Luukkonen, who was No. 11 in my Super 16, established himself as Buffalo’s No. 1 last season when he was 27-22-4 with a 2.57 goals-against average, .910 save percentage and five shutouts in 54 games. The Sabres lacked possession and offense, leaving them vulnerable defensively, but Luukkonen stepped up. On July 24, he signed a five-year, $23.75 million contract ($4.75 million average annual value). He’ll have to build on last season for him and Buffalo to be taken seriously, but he’s set the bar higher than any Sabres goalie since Ryan Miller. He’s 25 and 1.95 meters tall. He is entering his prime. It is his time.” — Roses
Total score: 20
“Lindgren was No. 10 on my list after replacing Darcy Kuemper as the Capitals’ No. 1 goalie and being a major reason they qualified for the playoffs last season as the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. Lindgren’s rise led to Kuemper being traded to the Los Angeles Kings in the offseason for center Pierre-Luc Dubois. The 30-year-old posted NHL career highs in games played (50), wins (25-16-7) and shutouts (tied for the league lead with six games), with a 2.67 goals-against average and .911 save percentage. With Washington having little margin for error to make the playoffs, Lindgren started 19 of the final 22 regular-season games and was 12-6-2 with a 2.39 goals-against average, .919 save percentage and three shutouts.” — Gulitti
Others who receive points: Joey Daccord, Seattle Kraken, 12; Connor Ingram, Utah Hockey Club, 9; Logan Thompson, Washington Capitals, 9; Adin Hill, Vegas Golden Knights, 6; Pyotr Kochetkov, Carolina Hurricanes, 5; Cam Talbot, Detroit Red Wings, 5; Frederik Andersen, Carolina Hurricanes, 4; Petr Mrazek, Chicago Blackhawks, 4; Joseph Woll, Toronto Maple Leafs, 2; Filip Gustavsson, Minnesota Wild, 2; Semyon Varlamov, New York Islanders, 2; Marc-Andre Fleury, Minnesota Wild, 1; John Gibson, Anaheim Ducks, 1
This is how we classified them
AMALIE BENJAMIN
1. Igor Shesterkin; 2. Connor Hellebuyck; 3. Juuse Saros; 4. Jeremy Swayman; 5. Jake Oettinger; 6. Ilya Sorokin; 7. Andrei Vasilievsky; 8. Thatcher Demko; 9. Jacob Markstrom; 10. Sergei Bobrovsky; 11. Linus Ullmark; 12. Alexander Georgiev; 13. Stuart Skinner; 14. Joey Daccord; 15. Filip Gustavsson; 16. Jordan Binnington
JEAN-FRANCOIS CHAUMONT
1. Igor Shesterkin; 2. Connor Hellebuyck; 3. Andrei Vasilyevsky; 4. Jeremy Swayman; 5. Juuse Saros; 6. Thatcher Demko; 7. Jake Oettinger; 8. Sergei Bobrovsky; 9. Ilya Sorokin; 10. Stuart Skinner; 11. Linus Ullmark; 12. Jacob Markstrom; 13. Jordan Binnington; 14. Connor Ingram; 15. Charlie Lindgren; 16. Alexander Georgiev
NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA
1. Sergei Bobrovsky; 2. Connor Hellebuyck; 3. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 4. Thatcher Demko; 5. Jeremy Swayman; 6. Jordan Binnington; 7. Igor Shesterkin; 8. Linus Ullmark; 9. Juuse Saros; 10. Jake Oettinger; 11. Stuart Skinner; 12. Ilya Sorokin; 13. Alexander Georgiev; 14. Jacob Markstrom; 15. Joey Daccord; 16. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
TOM GULITTI
1. Connor Hellebuyck; 2. Igor Shesterkin; 3. Thatcher Demko; 4. Sergei Bobrovsky; 5. Jeremy Swayman; 6. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 7. Juuse Saros; 8. Linus Ullmark; 9. Jake Oettinger; 10. Charlie Lindgren; 11. Ilya Sorokin; 12. Connor Ingram; 13. Jordan Binnington; 14. Jacob Markstrom; 15. Adin Hill; 16. Joey Daccord
ADAM KIMELMAN
1. Connor Hellebuyck; 2. Igor Shesterkin; 3. Jeremy Swayman; 4. Jake Oettinger; 5. Juuse Saros; 6. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 7. Sergei Bobrovsky; 8. Ilya Sorokin; 9. Thatcher Demko; 10. Linus Ullmark; 11. Jacob Markstrom; 12. Jordan Binnington; 13. Logan Thompson; 14. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen; 15. Pyotr Kochetkov; 16. Joey Daccord
MARKUS MYERS
1. Sergei Bobrovsky; 2. Thatcher Demko; 3. Connor Hellebuyck; 4. Igor Shesterkin; 5. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 6. Jeremy Swayman; 7. Linus Ullmark; 8. Ilya Sorokin; 9. Stuart Skinner; 10. Jake Oettinger; 11. Charlie Lindgren; 12. Juuse Saros; 13. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen; 14. Pyotr Kochetkov; 15. Jacob Markstrom; 16. Cam Talbot
INVOICE PRICE
1. Igor Shesterkin; 2. Connor Hellebuyck; 3. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 4. Jeremy Swayman; 5. Ilya Sorokin; 6. Juuse Saros; 7. Sergei Bobrovsky; 8. Thatcher Demko; 9. Alexander Georgiev; 10. Jake Oettinger; 11. Stuart Skinner; 12. Jacob Markstrom; 13. Jordan Binnington; 14. Joey Daccord; 15. Linus Ullmark; 16. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
SHAWN P. ROARKE
1. Connor Hellebuyck; 2. Sergei Bobrovsky; 3. Jake Oettinger; 4. Thatcher Demko; 5. Jeremy Swayman; 6. Igor Shesterkin; 7. Jusse Saros; 8. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 9. Jordan Binnington; 10. Alexander Georgiev; 11. Ilya Sorokin; 12. Charlie Lindgren; 13. Linus Ullmark; 14. Jacob Markstrom; 15. Joey Daccord; 16. Connor Ingram
DAN ROSEN
1. Igor Shesterkin; 2. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 3. Jeremy Swayman; 4. Connor Hellebuyck; 5. Juuse Saros; 6. Sergei Bobrovsky; 7. Jake Oettinger; 8. Thatcher Demko; 9. Linus Ullmark; 10. Ilya Sorokin; 11. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen; 12. Jordan Binnington; 13. Stuart Skinner; 14. Jacob Markstrom; 15. Adin Hill; 16. John Gibson
DAVID SATRIANO
1. Igor Shesterkin; 2. Connor Hellebuyck; 3. Jeremy Swayman; 4. Juuse Saros; 5. Thatcher Demko; 6. Sergei Bobrovsky; 7. Jake Oettinger; 8. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 9. Ilya Sorokin; 10. Alexander Georgiev; 11. Jacob Markstrom; 12. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen; 13. Stuart Skinner; 14. Frederik Andersen; 15. Joseph Woll; 16. Linus Ullmark
PAUL STRIZHEVSKY
1. Igor Shesterkin; 2. Connor Hellebuyck; 3. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 4. Sergei Bobrovsky; 5. Thatcher Demko; 6. Jeremy Swayman; 7. Juuse Saros; 8. Jake Oettinger; 9. Linus Ullmark; 10. Ilya Sorokin; 11. Jordan Binnington; 12. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen; 13. Petr Mrazek; 14. Cam Talbot; 15. Semyon Varlamov; 16. Marc-André Fleury
DEREK VAN DIEST
1. Connor Hellebuyck; 2. Sergei Bobrovsky; 3. Jake Oettinger; 4. Igor Shesterkin; 5. Thatcher Demko; 6. Juuse Saros; 7. Andrei Vasilevskiy; 8. Jeremy Swayman; 9. Stuart Skinner; 10. Jordan Binnington; 11. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen; 12. Logan Thompson; 13. Ilya Sorokin; 14. Jacob Markstrom; 15. Linus Ullmark; 16. Cam Talbot
MIKE ZEISBERGER
1. Igor Shesterkin; 2. Andrei Vasilievsky; 3. Sergei Bobrovsky; 4. Jeremy Swayman; 5. Connor Hellebuyck; 6. Thatcher Demko; 7. Jake Oettinger; 8. Linus Ullmark; 9. Juuse Saros; 10. Stuart Skinner; 11. Ilya Sorokin; 12. Jacob Markstrom; 13. Alexander Georgiev; 14. Jordan Binnington; 15. Adin Hill; 16. Frederik Andersen
