dominant Brodeur was handling pucks<\/a>.<\/p>\nNo. 31 \u2013 Billy Smith<\/p>\n
Honorable mention: Grant Fuhr, Carey Price, Curtis Joseph, Antti Niemi<\/p>\n
Between 1980 and 1988, the Stanley Cup-winning goalie wore No. 31 for eight of the nine seasons. It was only two goalies, of course. Billy Smith backstopped the Islanders\u2019 early 1980s dynasty, winning four straight Cup championships. That was immediately followed by Grant Fuhr winning four championships in five seasons with the Oilers.<\/p>\n
Smith won the Vezina Trophy in 1982 and 1983. Fuhr won it in 1988, then the Jennings Trophy in 1994. They were two of the best goalies of the highest-scoring era in NHL history. Without context, their career save percentages of .895 and .887 aren\u2019t particularly impressive, but Fuhr and Smith regularly made game-changing saves and propelled their teams to title after title.<\/p>\n
Smith gets the edge over Fuhr here because his individual statistics were better, for longer. Smith\u2019s career 224.9 goals saved above average dwarfs Fuhr\u2019s 2.2, which diminished considerably late in his career.<\/p>\n
No. 32 \u2013 Jonathan Quick<\/p>\n
Honorable mention: Niklas B\u00e4ckstr\u00f6m, Kari Lehtonen, Art\u016brs Irbe<\/p>\n
Quick will turn 40 in January, but he\u2019s still going strong for the Rangers and will be adding to his 404 career NHL wins, which are the most ever for an American-born goalie. The Milford, Conn., native may not have a Vezina to his name, but his trophy case is far from empty.<\/p>\n
Quick was sensational for the Kings in their Stanley Cup wins in 2012 and 2014. He took home the Conn Smythe Trophy for the first one, and added two Jennings trophies later in his tenure in Los Angeles. He\u2019s one of the most aggressive, athletic goalies of the modern generation.<\/p>\n
No. 33 \u2013 Patrick Roy<\/p>\n
Honorable mention: Pete Peeters, Cam Talbot<\/p>\n
No goaltender in history shone quite like Patrick Roy when the stakes were the highest. He burst onto the scene as a rookie in 1985-86, led Montreal to the Cup and won his first of what would be three Conn Smythe trophies (most by any player in NHL history).<\/p>\n
While Hall is largely credited with pioneering the butterfly technique, Roy perfected it and used it to dominate the NHL for 17 seasons. He won two championships with the Canadiens, then won two more with the Avalanche. He finished with three Vezina trophies, five Jennings trophies and had a save percentage above league average in all 17 seasons. He is a legend with as good of a claim as any to be the best of all time.<\/p>\n
No. 34 \u2013 John Vanbiesbrouck<\/p>\n
Honorable mention: Miikka Kiprusoff<\/p>\n
Vanbiesbrouck retired as the winningest American-born goalie in NHL history before Quick and Ryan Miller passed his mark of 374 victories. He was regularly among the league\u2019s best netminders during his 11 years with the Rangers, but his two best seasons came in his stint in Florida. Vanbiesbrouck led the NHL with 55.6 GSAA for the Panthers in 1993-94, then backstopped the squad to a surprise trip to the Cup Final in 1996.<\/p>\n
The only team with No. 34 retired is the Flames, for Kiprusoff, who is one of the most underrated goalies of the early 2000s (yes, not choosing him here is only contributing to that). His two-year stretch from 2003-05 was sensational.<\/p>\n
No. 35 \u2013 Tony Esposito<\/p>\n
Honorable mention: Pekka Rinne, Tom Barrasso, Mike Richter, Andy Moog, Nikolai Khabibulin<\/p>\n
Competition for the best goalie to wear No. 35 was strong. Three organizations \u2014 the Blackhawks, Rangers and Predators \u2014 have retired the number to honor goaltenders. Still, Tony \u201cO\u201d Esposito was still a relatively easy choice at the top.<\/p>\n
Esposito is the NHL\u2019s all-time leader with 454 goals saved above average, and his rookie season in 1969-70 is one of the best campaigns in the history of the position. His 15 shutouts that year were the most since 1929, and that number still hasn\u2019t been surpassed to this day. He went on to win three Vezinas and pushed the boundaries of goalie equipment, with many advances still showing up in modern pads today.<\/p>\n
No. 36 \u2013 John Gibson<\/p>\n
A shockingly low number of goalies have worn No. 36 in the NHL, and the newest goalie for the Red Wings is the best of the group. Gibson has worn the number for all 204 wins in his NHL career. He won the Jennings Trophy with Anaheim in 2015-16, and with his recent trade to Detroit, he\u2019s hoping to see postseason action for the first time since 2018.<\/p>\n
No. 37 \u2013 Connor Hellebuyck<\/p>\n
Honorable mention: Olaf K\u00f6lzig<\/p>\n
Hellebuyck is still in the prime of his career, but he\u2019s already built up an all-time great resume, with three Vezina trophies. This summer, he became only the eighth goalie to win the Hart Trophy, and he\u2019s on pace to finish his career as the greatest American goalie ever.<\/p>\n
Since he became a full-time starter in 2016-17, Hellebuyck has led the NHL with 168.23 goals saved above expected, more than 46 clear of the next-closest goalie. He wears the number in honor of former Atlanta Thrashers forward Dan Snyder, who died in 2003.<\/p>\n
No. 38 \u2013 Cristobal Huet<\/p>\n
Only eight goalies have worn No. 38 in an NHL game, the most accomplished of which was Cristobal Huet. He is the only goalie born in France to play in the NHL, and became the first Frenchman to win the Stanley Cup as a player when he did it with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010.<\/p>\n
No. 39 \u2013 Dominik Ha\u0161ek<\/p>\n
Honorable mention: Nikolai Khabibulin<\/p>\n
One of the greatest to ever play the position, Ha\u0161ek tended the goal like no other, using acrobatics and improvisation to stymie shooters in the most improbable ways.<\/p>\n
Ha\u0161ek is the only goalie to win two Hart trophies. His six Vezina trophies are second all-time behind Plante. He carried the Czech Republic to an Olympic gold medal in 1998 and won two Cup championships with the Red Wings in the twilight of his career.<\/p>\n
There may not be a more appropriate nickname in NHL history than Ha\u0161ek\u2019s \u201cThe Dominator.\u201d His reign of dominance from 1993 to 2001 was one of the best stretches of goaltending ever.<\/p>\n
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Tuuka Rask never won the Stanley Cup but was brilliant in No. 40. (Rich Gagnon \/ Getty Images)No. 40 \u2013 Tuukka Rask<\/p>\n
Honorable mention: Rogie Vachon, Devan Dubnyk, Robin Lehner<\/p>\n
There\u2019s an argument that Vachon is the best to ever wear No. 40, but he only wore the number for one season (1978-79 in Detroit), and it was one of the worst of his career.<\/p>\n
The number 40 is far more synonymous with Bruins great Tuukka Rask, who won the 2014 Vezina Trophy and 2020 Jennings Trophy. His 308 wins are 37th all-time, and his 52 NHL shutouts rank 27th. While Rask never won the Cup, he had brilliant playoff runs in 2013 and 2019.<\/p>\n
No. 41 \u2013 Craig Anderson<\/p>\n
Honorable mention: Mike Smith, Jaroslav Halak<\/p>\n
This was one of the tougher calls in this experiment. While Anderson was never a Vezina finalist (he did finish fourth in the voting twice), he had a long, steady career as a starting netminder. He played for six different teams over his 20 years in the NHL, racking up 319 wins (tied for 33rd all-time) and 43 shutouts.<\/p>\n
No. 42 \u2013 Robert Esche<\/p>\n
Only two goalies have worn No. 42 in NHL history. Josh Tordjman wore it for his only two NHL games for the Coyotes in 2009, and Robert Esche wore the number for his entire eight-year career. Esche won the 2003 Jennings Trophy as a backup to Roman \u010cechm\u00e1nek with the Flyers, and backstopped Philadelphia to the Eastern Conference final as the starter the following season.<\/p>\n
No. 43 \u2013 Martin Biron<\/p>\n
Biron wore No. 43 for 15 seasons in the NHL, totaling more than 500 games played, 230 wins and 28 shutouts during his time with the Sabres, Rangers, Flyers and Islanders.<\/p>\n
No. 44 \u2013 Terry Kleisinger<\/p>\n
Kleisinger is the only goalie to wear No. 44 in the NHL, and it was only for four games for the New York Rangers in 1985. He spent the remainder of his brief professional career in the AHL and IHL.<\/p>\n
No. 45 \u2013 Jonathan Bernier<\/p>\n
There wasn\u2019t a lot of competition for this seldom-worn goalie number. Magnus Hellberg and Michael Hutchinson have both worn it fairly recently in the NHL, but the clear choice here was Bernier. He wore No. 45 for nearly all 404 of his NHL starts, compiling 165 wins with the Kings, Maple Leafs, Red Wings, Ducks, Avalanche and Devils.<\/p>\n
No. 46 \u2013 Pat Jablonski<\/p>\n
A goalie has never started an NHL game wearing No. 46 on his sweater, but three have worn it in relief appearances. The most notable is Jablonski, who played eight seasons in the NHL, mostly with the Blues, Canadiens and Lightning. He wore different numbers throughout his career, but 46 only one time, filling in for Nikolai Khabibulin at the end of a Coyotes game in 1997.<\/p>\n
Mathieu Chouinard wore the number on NHL ice for two whole minutes, for the Los Angeles Kings in 2003-04. Daniel Taylor played a period for the Kings wearing the number in 2007-08.<\/p>\n
No. 47 \u2013 Jean-S\u00e9bastien Gigu\u00e8re<\/p>\n
Honorable mention: James Reimer<\/p>\n
Gigu\u00e8re wore No. 47 for the first three years of his career in Hartford and Calgary before switching to No. 35 when he was traded to Anaheim. He won 262 of his 597 NHL games, and backstopped the Ducks to a Stanley Cup title in 2007.<\/p>\n
Gigu\u00e8re\u2019s most impressive postseason, though, came four years earlier when he led Anaheim to the 2003 Cup Final with one of the most impressive playoff runs ever by a goalie. He posted a .945 save percentage and five shutouts in 21 playoff games that year, allowed only one total goal in the Western Conference final against Minnesota, and was awarded the Conn Smythe despite falling to New Jersey in the final.<\/p>\n
No. 48 \u2013 Logan Thompson<\/p>\n
Of the 128 players to don No. 48 in the NHL, only one is a goalie. Thompson switched from No. 36, which he had worn for the first four years of his career with the Vegas Golden Knights, to No. 48 last season with the Washington Capitals.<\/p>\n
Thompson had a strong 2024-25 season, finishing fourth in voting for the Vezina Trophy. He was a member of the Golden Knights\u2019 2023 Cup-winning team, and is the first goalie to play in the NHL after playing in U Sports (Canadian university hockey) since 1990.<\/p>\n
No. 49 \u2013 Michael Leighton<\/p>\n
Leighton played 110 games in the NHL, mostly wearing No. 49. He spent the majority of his pro career in the AHL, and was elected to the league\u2019s Hall of Fame in 2025. He is the AHL\u2019s all-time leader in games played (507) and shutouts (50), and won the Aldege \u201cBaz\u201d Bastien Memorial Award for the best goalie in the league in 2008. The highlight of Leighton\u2019s NHL career was helping Philadelphia to the 2010 Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n
No. 50 \u2013 Corey Crawford<\/p>\n
Honorable mention: Jordan Binnington<\/p>\n
Crawford wore No. 50 for the entirety of his 13-year career. The Montreal native backstopped Chicago\u2019s Stanley Cup championships in 2013 and 2015, and won the Jennings Trophy in each of those seasons. Crawford won the third-most games in Chicago\u2019s franchise history, trailing only Hall of Famers Esposito and Hall, and his 52 playoff wins are the most by any Blackhawks goalie.<\/p>\n
No. 51 \u2013 Never worn by an NHL goalieNo. 52 \u2013 Pyotr Kochetkov<\/p>\n
In 2021, Kochetkov became only the second goalie to wear No. 52 in NHL history. The 26-year-old has developed into a strong tandem goalie for the Hurricanes over the last three seasons. He was named to the NHL\u2019s all-rookie team in 2024 and finished fourth in voting for the Calder Trophy.<\/p>\n
No. 53 \u2013 Nikolai Khabibulin<\/p>\n
Khabibulin wore No. 35 for the majority of his career, but moonlighted the No. 53 sweater for one season in Chicago because No. 35 is retired in honor of Esposito. \u201cThe Bulin Wall\u201d won the Stanley Cup in 2004 with the Lightning, and fell only one game short of playing 800 NHL games.<\/p>\n
Khabibulin\u2019s 333 wins are tied for the 27th most in NHL history, and are second among Russian-born goalies behind only Nabokov (353).<\/p>\n
No. 54 \u2013 Ben Scrivens<\/p>\n
Scrivens and Hannu Toivonen are the only two goalies to wear No. 54 in NHL history, and both wore it for fewer than 20 games. Scrivens donned the number for his 19 games with the Los Angeles Kings in 2013-14. He played 144 NHL games over his five-year NHL career, with a .906 save percentage.<\/p>\n
No. 55 \u2013 F\u00e9lix Potvin<\/p>\n
As mentioned above, Potvin wore several numbers throughout his career. He wore No. 55 for only his first few games with the Islanders in 1998 after being traded from Toronto, before switching to No. 28.<\/p>\n
No. 56 \u2013 Mike McKenna<\/p>\n
Only two goalies in NHL history have worn No. 56. McKenna wore the number for only a single game, the final NHL game of his career for the Flyers on Jan. 8, 2019.<\/p>\n
McKenna had an excellent career in the minors and bounced around the NHL in a way few goalies ever have. His 35 career games in the NHL were split between seven different teams, and he played for 10 different teams in the AHL.<\/p>\n
No. 57 \u2013 Jordan Sigalet<\/p>\n
The number 57 has been worn by a goalie on NHL ice for a grand total of 43 seconds. In Jan. 2006, Sigalet replaced Bruins starter Andrew Raycroft after he injured his ankle in the final minute of the game. He didn\u2019t face a shot in what was his only NHL appearance.<\/p>\n
Sigalet played three seasons with the AHL\u2019s Providence Bruins, and began coaching after retiring. He served as the Calgary Flames\u2019 goaltending coach from 2014 to 2020, when he was promoted to director of goaltending, a position he still holds.<\/p>\n
No. 58 and No. 59 \u2013 Never worn by an NHL goalieNo. 60 \u2013 Jos\u00e9 Th\u00e9odore<\/p>\n
Th\u00e9odore is one of only five goalies in NHL history to win the Hart Trophy and Vezina Trophy in the same season. He won both awards in 2002 for a sensational season for the Canadiens, with a league-leading .931 save percentage and 45.9 goals saved above average in 67 games.<\/p>\n
Th\u00e9odore played 16 seasons in the NHL. His 286 career wins rank 50th all-time.<\/p>\n
No. 61 and No. 62 \u2013 Never worn by an NHL goalie<\/p>\n
Devin Cooley wore No. 62 for the Buffalo Sabres in the 2023 preseason, but didn\u2019t appear in a regular-season game.<\/p>\n
No. 63 and No. 64 \u2013 Never worn by an NHL goalieNo. 65 \u2013 Michael DiPietro<\/p>\n
In Jan. 2022, DiPietro became the first goalie to wear No. 65 in an NHL game. It was one of only three career appearances for him \u2014 all for the Vancouver Canucks \u2014 and the only game he wore No. 65.<\/p>\n
No. 66 \u2013 Never worn by an NHL goalieNo. 67 \u2013 Tom Askey<\/p>\n
Askey is the only goalie to wear No. 67 in NHL history. He wore it for all seven of his appearances for the Mighty Ducks in 1998. The native of Kenmore, N.Y., played eight seasons in the AHL before ending his pro career in Europe. He represented the United States at the 1997 World Championships and defeated Latvia in his only game.<\/p>\n
No. 68 \u2013 Thomas Hodges<\/p>\n
The only goalie sweater with No. 68 to ever appear in an NHL game didn\u2019t have a nameplate stitched above the number. That\u2019s because Hodges isn\u2019t a professional goalie. The life insurance salesman stepped into action on April 29, 2022, as an emergency backup goalie after both Ducks goalies John Gibson and Anthony Stolarz were injured during the game against the Stars.<\/p>\n
Hodges stopped two of the three shots he faced wearing green Stars-themed pads and a blank No. 68 Ducks jersey.<\/p>\n
No. 69 \u2013 Never worn by an NHL goalieNo. 70 \u2013 Braden Holtby<\/p>\n
Honorable mention: Tim Thomas<\/p>\n
Holtby did a lot of winning over his 12-year NHL career, most of which was spent in Washington. He finished with the second-most wins in Capitals history, and tied for 43rd all-time. He won the Vezina Trophy in 2016 and the Jennings Trophy the following year, but his biggest moment came in 2018. Holtby lunged across his crease in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final to rob Vegas forward Alex Tuch with the paddle of his stick, helping propel Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals to a long-elusive championship.<\/p>\n
No. 71 \u2013 Keith Kinkaid<\/p>\n
Kinkaid became the first and only goalie to wear No. 71 in the NHL when he chose the number for his two seasons with the New York Rangers from 2020 to 2022. He played 169 games over 10 seasons in the NHL, mostly with the New Jersey Devils.<\/p>\n
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Sergei Bobrovsky is having plenty of late-career success in No. 72. (Kim Klement Neitzel \/ Imagn Images)No. 72 \u2013 Sergei Bobrovsky<\/p>\n
Honorable mention: Ron Hextall<\/p>\n
Bobrovsky has sported No. 72 on his sweater for the last 13 seasons after wearing No. 35 for his first two seasons in Philadelphia. He is one of the best goaltenders of his generation, and should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n
With his second straight Stanley Cup championship with Florida this past season, Bobrovsky joined Roy and Brodeur as the only goalies with multiple Cup wins and Vezinas since the award\u2019s criteria changed to a vote in 1980. He\u2019s also only 55 wins away from cracking the top five all-time.<\/p>\n
No. 73 \u2013 Jet Greaves<\/p>\n
Columbus\u2019 young, talented netminder is one of only two goalies to wear No. 73 in the NHL (Kasimir Kaskisuo is the other). Greaves\u2019 career is only beginning, but he has dominated the AHL and played well in his limited NHL opportunities. The quick, undersized goalie could break out in his first full NHL season in 2025-26.<\/p>\n
No. 74 \u2013 Juuse Saros<\/p>\n
Speaking of quick, undersized goalies, Saros is one of the best sub-6-foot goalies in recent history. He had received Vezina votes in four straight seasons prior to last year\u2019s disappointing campaign. Saros hasn\u2019t played behind the most talented teams in Nashville, but his skill is undeniable.<\/p>\n
No. 75 \u2013 Yann Danis<\/p>\n
Only a few goalies have ever worn No. 75, the most accomplished of which was Danis. He wore the number for only six games in his rookie season with the Montreal Canadiens in 2005-06. He went on to play 55 games over six seasons in the NHL.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s worth noting that another Montreal rookie, Jakub Dobes, could be coming for this spot.<\/p>\n
No. 76 \u2013 Never worn by an NHL goalie<\/p>\n
Arturs Silovs wore No. 76 in the preseason and as a backup for Vancouver, but never played a regular-season game wearing it.<\/p>\n
No. 77 and No. 78 \u2013 Never worn by an NHL goalieNo. 79 \u2013 Charlie Lindgren<\/p>\n
Somehow, both members of the Washington Capitals\u2019 current goalie tandem made this list, with Lindgren being one of very few netminders to ever wear No. 79. The Lakeville, Minn., native had a strong collegiate career at St. Cloud State and is entering his 10th season in the NHL. Lindgren\u2019s best season by far came two years ago in Washington, when he led the NHL with six shutouts and finished eighth in voting for the Vezina and 12th for the Hart.<\/p>\n
No. 80 \u2013 Ilya Bryzgalov<\/p>\n
Honorable mention: Kevin Weekes<\/p>\n
Aside from being possibly the best quote in NHL history with his thoughts about the size of the universe, Bryzgalov was an awesome goalie. The Russian played in 465 games over 12 seasons in the NHL, and received votes for the Vezina and Hart trophies in back-to-back seasons for the Coyotes in 2010 and 2011. He is the franchise\u2019s all-time leader with 130 wins.<\/p>\n
No. 81 \u2013 Never worn by an NHL goalieNo. 82 \u2013 Ivan Fedotov<\/p>\n
Fedotov became the first goalie to wear No. 82 in the NHL when he made his debut for the Flyers in 2024. The towering netminder has had a slow start to his NHL career after a disappointing 2024-25 season. At 6-foot-7, he is tied with four others as the tallest goalie to ever play in the NHL.<\/p>\n
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Andrei Vasilevskiy, still just 31, has built a legacy in Tampa Bay. (Nathan Ray Seebeck \/ Imagn Images)No. 88 \u2013 Andrei Vasilevskiy<\/p>\n
The \u201cBig Cat\u201d only just turned 31 but already has a resume that stacks up with the best goalies of this generation. Vasilevskiy won the Vezina in 2019 and has been a finalist for the award five times in the last eight years. He backstopped Tampa Bay to back-to-back Cup championships in 2020 and 2021, and was the Conn Smythe winner in the latter.<\/p>\n
No. 89 \u2013 Never worn by an NHL goalieNo. 90 \u2013 Robin Lehner<\/p>\n
Lehner wore No. 40 for the majority of his career before switching to No. 90 in Vegas. The Swedish goalie had a strong NHL career that was cut short in 2022 due to injuries. In his 12 seasons in the NHL, Lehner racked up 152 regular-season wins and 14 more in the playoffs. He won the Jennings Trophy in 2019 with the New York Islanders and again in 2021 in tandem with Fleury for the Golden Knights.<\/p>\n
Shout out to EBUGs David Ayres and Scott Foster, who both wore No. 90 in their NHL appearances.<\/p>\n
No. 91 \u2013 Never worn by an NHL goalieNo. 92 \u2013 Tom\u00e1\u0161 Vokoun<\/p>\n
Arguably the second-best Czech goalie to ever play (behind only Hasek), Vokoun had an excellent 15-year NHL career. He wore No. 29 for the vast majority of that time, but Fleury already wore that number when Vokoun arrived in Pittsburgh so he flipped the numerals and wore No. 92 in his final season with the Penguins. Vokoun received Vezina votes in four seasons and won 300 NHL games.<\/p>\n
No. 93 \u2013 Daren Puppa<\/p>\n
Puppa wore No. 93 for his final six seasons in Tampa Bay. His 15-year NHL career can be described as many solid-to-mediocre seasons and two exceptional ones. Puppa finished second to Roy for the 1990 Vezina after winning a league-leading 31 games for the Buffalo Sabres. He finished third in Vezina voting six years later for an outstanding 1995-96 campaign in Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n
No. 94 \u2013 Never worn by an NHL goalieNo. 95 \u2013 Olivier Michaud<\/p>\n
The highest number ever worn by a goalie in the NHL was 95, and it only graced the ice for 18 minutes and five seconds under extremely odd circumstances.<\/p>\n
On Oct. 30, 2001, Michaud became the youngest goalie to ever suit up for the Montreal Canadiens. He was an emergency call-up from his junior team (the Shawinigan Cataractes in the QMJHL) to back up third-stringer Mathieu Garon, after Theodore and backup Jeff Hackett were both injured.<\/p>\n
Michaud stopped all 14 shots he faced in what would be his only NHL appearance.<\/p>\n
No. 96 through No. 99 \u2013 Never worn by an NHL goalie<\/p>\n
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