Three Russians in NHL's Top 5 Goaltenders
Three Russians have entered the ranking of the best NHL goalkeepers.
Consensus
- Three Russian goaltenders entered the top five of the NHL's ranking of best goaltenders.
- Andrei Vasilevsky, playing for Tampa Bay Lightning, is ranked first in the NHL's best goaltenders list.
- Igor Shesterkin, playing for New York Rangers, is ranked third.
- Ilya Sorokin, playing for New York Islanders, is ranked fourth.
- Andrei Vasilevsky won the Vezina Trophy for the best goaltender in the regular season for the 2025/26 season.
- Vasilevsky won the Vezina Trophy previously in 2019.
- The ranking was announced by the NHL's press service on August 17.
- The list includes ten goaltenders in total.
Points of divergence
- Andrei Vasilevsky is 32 years old. — vm
- Connor Hellebuyck from Winnipeg is ranked above Vasilevsky, having overtaken him. — vesti
- The Athletic listed five Russian players as candidates for the Hockey Hall of Fame after their careers. — vm
- Kirill Kaprizov, a forward for Minnesota Wild, said he often misses his home country and that his family visits him during breaks. — vm
- Nikita Kucherov, playing for Tampa Bay Lightning, ranked first in the NHL's list of top right wingers. — vesti
Coverage (3 sources)
- Three Russians entered the NHL best goalies ranking — Вечерняя Москва
- Three Russians entered top-5 of NHL best goalkeepers, tournament press service reported. — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Three Russians entered the top 5 of the best NHL goalkeepers — Вести
Key entities
- NHL
- Andrey Vasilyevsky
- Ilya Sorokin
- New York Islanders
- Igor Shchastnykin
- New York Rangers
- Tampa Bay Lightning
- Moscow
- TASS
- X
- Tammy