The question of which goaltender is No. 1 across the league could be an argument-starter for the entire regular season given the way things are going.
Tuukka Rask gets the top honors out of the gate given the way he’s played this season, and the chances of him sustaining it over the course of a full regular season given his situation in Boston. His .928 save percentage is tied for fifth in the NHL and the 2.18 goals-against average is top-5 as well, and that’s despite a slump at the start of November.
Other goaltenders like Darcy Kuemper and Robin Lehner have better netminders at this exact point in time and are included in the top-10 as well, and could jump significantly up the list if it looks this way again come December. But let’s give these other goalies some time to prove they can sustain it with the Coyotes and Blackhawks respectively and then we’ll see how the list stacks up with a few months gone in the season.
The numbers do prove one thing: There are a lot of quality goaltenders in the NHL right now and many of them aren’t the same old household goaltender names that you're used to.
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