2025-26 Vezina Trophy Tracker: Two Goalies On Course for Photo Finish Harrison Smajovits | April 2, 2026 We’re entering the final stretch of the 2025-26 NHL season, which means the Vezina Trophy race has been narrowed down to two choices: Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy or…
Analyzing Darcy Kuemper’s 2025-26 Season With the Los Angeles Kings Sharlette Shahbazyan | April 2, 2026 Darcy Kuemper’s 2025-26 season with the Los Angeles Kings has been a narrative of high-stakes pressure, fluctuation, and the heavy workload of being the veteran anchor for a team with…
Top 3 All-Time Sabres Goalies THW Archives | April 1, 2026 Throughout the history of the Buffalo Sabres, the organization has been fortunate with the goaltending position. They’ve had some of the biggest names that have played the position don the blue…
5 Rookie Goalies Who Came Out of Nowhere to Win Stanley Cup Ryan Szporer | April 1, 2026 Going back to Canadiens-great Ken Dryden, five other goalies up to now have notably followed in his skates to win the Stanley Cup as rookies.
Best NHL Goalies of the 1990s Greg Boysen | March 30, 2026 The 1990s was an amazing decade of growth and excitement for the National Hockey League. With the European influence on the game leading to a faster, more wide-open style of…
Hockey’s Scariest Goalie Mask and the Man Behind It Nathaniel Oliver | March 27, 2026 There have been many memorable goalie masks to draw attention in the NHL. Some of them were far more iconic than the netminders who donned them, while others were an…
The Rise & Fall of Andrew Raycroft Tony Wolak | March 18, 2026 Twenty-two years ago, Boston Bruins goaltender Andrew Raycroft took the National Hockey League by storm. Boston’s fifth-round pick in 1998 had spent the previous three seasons bouncing back and forth on…
Top 10 Weirdest Goalies in NHL History THW Archives | March 12, 2026 It’s a commonly-held belief in NHL circles, and hockey in general, that goalies tend to be a bit weird. It’s more strange to find a goalie that isn’t weird than…
NHL Goalies with the Most Saves in a Game Ryan Gagne | March 10, 2026 According to NHL.com and HockeyReference, the league did not officially keep track of shots on goal until the 1959-60 season. Interestingly, the six teams averaged 31.6 shots a game during…
Best NHL Goalies of the 1980s THW Archives | March 8, 2026 The 1980s was the golden era of the National Hockey League (or so I’m told). It was a time of dynastic teams, high-scoring games and some of the best international…
The Top 10 NHL Goalie Prospects Jordan Orth | March 5, 2026 *This archive was originally written by Matthew Zator Drafting and developing a franchise goaltender is tough. It is made so difficult because there is a set learning curve at the…
2025-26 Vezina Trophy Tracker: New Goalie Enters Conversation Harrison Smajovits | March 1, 2026 A month full of Olympic action in February almost made us forget there was NHL action to be played. Each team only played a handful of games, but it’s been…