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Goalie · #35

Thatcher Demko

Age
30
Catches
Left
Height
193 cm
Weight
87 kg
Born
San Diego, USA
Draft
2014, round 2, #36 (VAN)

Career · 2017–18 to 2025–26

Games
262
Save %
.909
GAA
2.81
GSAx
+43.4
Wins
134
HD save %
.770

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded goalies.

2017–18VAN11100.8673.910−1.4
2018–19VAN98431.9132.810+0.4
2019–20VAN272513102.9053.060+1.2
2020–21VAN353516181.9152.851+17.3
2021–22VAN646133227.9152.721+12.1
2022–23VAN323214144.9013.161−6.8
2023–24VAN515135142.9182.455+12.9
2024–25VAN23231083.8892.901+1.5
2025–26VAN20208101.8972.901+6.4
Total1 team2622561349921.9092.8110+43.4

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Save percentage, ten-game rolling

Thatcher Demko's save percentage over the previous ten appearances. The dashed line is .900.

.860.880.900.920.940.96050100150200250Appearance.900

Player card

How 2017–18 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Starter

91st percentile among qualified goalies, blending goaltending 75%, usage 25%.

  1. Starter
  2. Backup
  3. Third string / AHL

Goaltending

Starter
  • Save %.90974th pct
  • GSAx+43.490th pct
  • GSAx /600.1785th pct
  • High-danger SV%.77075th pct
  • Medium-danger SV%.88192nd pct
  • Low-danger SV%.96852nd pct
  • Rebound control+0.4369th pct
  • GAA (lower is better)2.8164th pct

Usage

Starter
  • Games started25680th pct
  • Shots faced /6030.9469th pct
  • xG faced /602.9874th pct

Percentiles among goalies with 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Saves against expectation

Goals allowed against the expected goals of the shots faced.

Thatcher Demko +43.4 GSAx

020040060080050100150200250Appearance

GSAx, every goalie with 10+ games

−500+50+100+150

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Goals-against average2.9044th pct
  • Share of games above .90045.0%36th pct
  • Goal differential per 60-0.0542nd pct
  • Goal support per game2.8542nd pct
  • Team points % in starts42.5%10th pct