Best Goals Against Average in One Season by Active NHL Goalies

Rk	Age		Name	Season	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	SO	TIME	G	A	P	PIM
1	26		Brian Elliott	2011‑12	38	1.56	0.940	23	10	9	2 235	0	0	0	0
2	27		Miikka Kiprusoff	2003‑04	38	1.69	0.933	24	10	4	2 301	0	1	1	15
3	24		Martin Brodeur	1996‑97	67	1.88	0.927	37	14	10	3 838	0	4	4	8
4	25		Martin Brodeur	1997‑98	70	1.89	0.917	43	17	10	4 128	0	3	3	10
5	22		Brian Boucher	1999‑00	35	1.91	0.918	20	10	4	2 038	0	1	1	4
6	28		Corey Crawford	2012‑13	30	1.94	0.926	19	5	3	1 761	0	0	0	4
7	25		Jonathan Quick	2011‑12	69	1.95	0.929	35	21	10	4 099	0	2	2	6
8	25		Cory Schneider	2011‑12	33	1.96	0.937	20	8	3	1 833	0	2	2	0
9	26		Jaroslav Halak	2011‑12	46	1.97	0.926	26	12	6	2 747	0	0	0	0
10	29		Henrik Lundqvist	2011‑12	62	1.97	0.930	39	18	8	3 754	0	2	2	4
11	28		Niklas Bäckström	2006‑07	41	1.97	0.929	23	8	5	2 227	0	1	1	2
12	22		Tuukka Rask	2009‑10	45	1.97	0.931	22	12	5	2 562	0	3	3	2
13	25		Tuukka Rask	2012‑13	36	2.00	0.929	19	10	5	2 104	0	1	1	0
14	24		Sergei Bobrovsky	2012‑13	38	2.00	0.932	21	11	4	2 219	0	0	0	0
15	30		Martin Brodeur	2002‑03	73	2.02	0.914	41	23	9	4 374	0	0	0	10
16	31		Martin Brodeur	2003‑04	75	2.03	0.917	38	26	11	4 555	0	0	0	4
17	30		Henrik Lundqvist	2012‑13	43	2.05	0.926	24	16	2	2 575	0	1	1	0
18	29		Miikka Kiprusoff	2005‑06	74	2.07	0.923	42	20	10	4 380	0	2	2	10
19	23		José Théodore	1999‑00	30	2.10	0.919	12	13	5	1 655	0	0	0	0
20	31		Roberto Luongo	2010‑11	60	2.11	0.928	38	15	4	3 589	0	3	3	2
21	25		José Théodore	2001‑02	67	2.11	0.931	30	24	7	3 864	0	2	2	2
22	26		Cory Schneider	2012‑13	30	2.11	0.927	17	9	5	1 733	0	1	1	0
23	30		Jean-Sebastien Giguere	2007‑08	58	2.12	0.922	35	17	4	3 310	0	0	0	4
24	28		Pekka Rinne	2010‑11	64	2.12	0.930	33	22	6	3 789	0	0	0	12
25	27		Jim Howard	2011‑12	57	2.13	0.921	35	17	6	3 360	0	1	1	6
26	24		Jean-Sebastien Giguere	2001‑02	53	2.13	0.920	20	25	4	3 127	0	0	0	28
27	25		Nikolai Khabibulin	1998‑99	63	2.13	0.923	32	23	8	3 657	0	0	0	8
28	28		Jim Howard	2012‑13	42	2.13	0.923	21	13	5	2 446	0	1	1	0
29	32		Evgeni Nabokov	2007‑08	77	2.14	0.910	46	21	6	4 561	0	2	2	12
30	29		Martin Brodeur	2001‑02	73	2.15	0.906	38	26	4	4 347	0	4	4	8
31	29		Antti Niemi	2012‑13	43	2.16	0.924	24	12	4	2 581	0	1	1	2
32	35		Martin Brodeur	2007‑08	77	2.17	0.920	44	27	4	4 635	0	4	4	6
33	34		Martin Brodeur	2006‑07	78	2.18	0.922	48	23	12	4 697	0	1	1	12
34	30		Viktor Fasth	2012‑13	25	2.18	0.921	15	6	4	1 428	0	0	0	0
35	25		Evgeni Nabokov	2000‑01	66	2.19	0.915	32	21	6	3 700	0	2	2	8
36	26		Tomáš Vokoun	2002‑03	69	2.20	0.918	25	31	3	3 974	0	1	1	28
37	28		Evgeni Nabokov	2003‑04	59	2.20	0.921	31	19	9	3 456	0	0	0	14
38	29		Mike Smith	2011‑12	67	2.21	0.930	38	18	8	3 903	0	2	2	16
39	24		Martin Biron	2001‑02	72	2.22	0.915	31	28	4	4 085	0	1	1	8
40	40		Martin Brodeur	2012‑13	29	2.22	0.901	13	9	2	1 757	1	2	3	0
41	29		Ryan Miller	2009‑10	69	2.22	0.929	41	18	5	4 047	0	0	0	4
42	38		Johan Hedberg	2011‑12	27	2.23	0.918	17	7	4	1 591	0	0	0	2
43	25		Henrik Lundqvist	2007‑08	72	2.23	0.912	37	24	10	4 305	0	0	0	2
44	22		Simeon Varlamov	2010‑11	27	2.23	0.924	11	9	2	1 560	0	0	0	2
45	24		Cory Schneider	2010‑11	25	2.23	0.929	16	4	1	1 371	0	3	3	0
46	23		Henrik Lundqvist	2005‑06	53	2.24	0.922	30	12	2	3 112	0	2	2	0
47	24		Jonathan Quick	2010‑11	61	2.24	0.918	35	22	6	3 590	0	2	2	0
48	27		Martin Brodeur	1999‑00	72	2.24	0.910	43	20	6	4 312	1	4	5	16
49	37		Martin Brodeur	2009‑10	77	2.24	0.916	45	25	9	4 499	0	3	3	6
50	26		Antti Niemi	2009‑10	39	2.25	0.912	26	7	7	2 190	0	1	1	0

Qualifying criterion: At least 25 games played

Current season NHL stats last updated: May 18, 2013