232 L · 71 OT · 621 GP
0.916 SV% · 2.65 GAA · 41 SO
New York Islanders#40Active
Semyon Varlamov
G · 6′2″ / 201 lb · Catches L · Samara, RUS · Age 38 · 2006 #23 by WSH
289Career wins
0.916Career SV%
2.65Career GAA
41Shutouts
17 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2024-253wins
The last read.
3 wins in 10 appearances in 2024-25, his most recent NHL season. Career: 289 wins and 41 shutouts.
10GP
3wins
0.889SV%
2.89GAA
0SO
4losses
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
30 L · 0 OT · 65 GP
0.918 SV% · 2.44 GAA · 4 SO
0.909 → 0.889SV% by season · 16 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2020-21
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2013-14 peak: 63 GP / 41 W / 0.927 SV% / 2.41 GAA · 57:46 TOI
Honours.
Trophies won and near missesofficial NHL landing
All-Star Team2nd · 2014Vezina Trophy2nd · 2014Hart Memorial Trophy4th · 2014Vezina Trophy5th · 2021
What this draft slot returns.
Observed careers at the same pick, across all positionsdraft history · 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC
2006 draft#23round 1 · WSH
26Players in sample
96.2%Reached the NHL
Most games in this sample: Todd Bertuzzi (1993, NYI), 1,159 NHL games.
Sample: 26 players taken #23, across all positions, from draft classes through 2018 on file. Historical totals reflect the 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC snapshot; Semyon Varlamov's games use this page's NHL career record. Active careers can still grow.
These are observed outcomes, not a forecast for Semyon Varlamov. Exact-slot rates require at least 12 players. Draft Value methodology.
The arc.
Wins and save percentage by seasonNHL season log · 17 seasons
When it mattered.
Postseason against the field. A smaller, self-selected population, so it is marked on the scale rather than filled161 all-time peers
Playoff career · 65 playoff GP / 32 W
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2024-11-29@ WSH61:20 TOIO26 SA · 5 GA · 0.808
2024-11-25vs DET57:14 TOIL20 SA · 3 GA · 0.850
2024-11-19@ CGY64:47 TOIO31 SA · 1 GA · 0.968
2024-11-14@ VAN59:49 TOIW26 SA · 2 GA · 0.923
2024-11-07@ OTT60:00 TOIW30 SA · 2 GA · 0.933
Career
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart17 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OT | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | New York Islanders | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.889 | 2.89 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | New York Islanders | 28 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0.918 | 2.60 | 3 |
| 2022-23 | New York Islanders | 23 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0.913 | 2.70 | 2 |
| 2021-22 | New York Islanders | 31 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0.911 | 2.91 | 2 |
| 2020-21 | New York Islanders | 36 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 0.929 | 2.04 | 7 |
| 2019-20 | New York Islanders | 45 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 0.914 | 2.62 | 2 |
| 2018-19 | Colorado Avalanche | 49 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 0.909 | 2.87 | 2 |
| 2017-18 | Colorado Avalanche | 51 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 0.920 | 2.68 | 2 |
| 2016-17 | Colorado Avalanche | 24 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0.898 | 3.38 | 1 |
| 2015-16 | Colorado Avalanche | 57 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 0.914 | 2.81 | 2 |
| 2014-15 | Colorado Avalanche | 57 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0.921 | 2.56 | 5 |
| 2013-14Peak | Colorado Avalanche | 63 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 0.927 | 2.41 | 2 |
| 2012-13 | Colorado Avalanche | 35 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 0.903 | 3.02 | 3 |
| 2011-12 | Colorado Avalanche | 53 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 0.913 | 2.59 | 4 |
| 2010-11 | Washington Capitals | 27 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0.924 | 2.23 | 2 |
| 2009-10 | Washington Capitals | 26 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0.909 | 2.55 | 2 |
| 2008-09 | Washington Capitals | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.918 | 2.37 | 0 |
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OT | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | New York Islanders | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.914 | 2.70 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | New York Islanders | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.922 | 2.56 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | New York Islanders | 20 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0.921 | 2.14 | 2 |
| 2013-14 | Colorado Avalanche | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.913 | 2.77 | 0 |
| 2009-10 | Washington Capitals | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.908 | 2.41 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | Washington Capitals | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0.918 | 2.53 | 2 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2020-21 is the best season either way: 2.04 raw, 2.09 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw GAA | League GF/gm | Adj. GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 28 | 2.60 | 3.11 | 2.50 |
| 2022-23 | 23 | 2.70 | 3.18 | 2.54 |
| 2021-22 | 31 | 2.91 | 3.14 | 2.78 |
| 2020-21Best adjusted | 36 | 2.04 | 2.94 | 2.09 |
| 2019-20 | 45 | 2.62 | 3.02 | 2.60 |
| 2018-19 | 49 | 2.87 | 3.01 | 2.86 |
| 2017-18 | 51 | 2.68 | 2.97 | 2.71 |
| 2016-17 | 24 | 3.38 | 2.77 | 3.67 |
| 2015-16 | 57 | 2.81 | 2.71 | 3.11 |
| 2014-15 | 57 | 2.56 | 2.73 | 2.81 |
| 2013-14 | 63 | 2.41 | 2.74 | 2.63 |
| 2012-13 | 35 | 3.02 | 2.72 | 3.32 |
| 2011-12 | 53 | 2.59 | 2.73 | 2.84 |
| 2010-11 | 27 | 2.23 | 2.79 | 2.40 |
| 2009-10 | 26 | 2.55 | 2.84 | 2.70 |
Method: each season's raw goals-against average is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | W | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | AHL | Bridgeport Islanders | 2 | 2 | 0.939 | 1.50 |
| 2013-14 | Olympics | Russia | 3 | 0 | — | 1.99 |
| 2012-13 | KHL | Yaroslavl | 16 | 8 | — | 1.74 |
| 2012-13 | WC-A | Russia | 4 | 2 | 0.878 | 3.59 |
| 2011-12 | WC-A | Russia | 8 | 8 | 0.939 | 1.77 |
| 2010-11 | AHL | Hershey | 3 | 2 | 0.855 | 3.36 |
| 2009-10 | AHL | Hershey | 3 | 3 | 0.933 | 1.95 |
| 2009-10 | WC-A | Russia | 5 | 4 | 0.951 | 1.41 |
| 2008-09 | AHL | Hershey | 27 | 19 | 0.920 | 2.40 |
| 2007-08 | Russia | Yaroslavl | 44 | 0 | — | 2.45 |
| 2007-08 | Russia | Yaroslavl | 16 | 0 | — | 1.62 |
| 2006-07 | Russia | Yaroslavl | 33 | 0 | — | 2.17 |
| 2006-07 | Russia-3 | Yaroslavl 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 1.50 |
| 2006-07 | WJC-A | Russia | 6 | 5 | 0.934 | 1.51 |
| 2006-07 | Russia | Yaroslavl | 6 | 0 | — | 2.94 |
| 2005-06 | Russia-3 | Yaroslavl 2 | 33 | 0 | — | 2.02 |
| 2004-05 | Russia-3 | Yaroslavl 2 | 8 | 0 | — | 2.43 |
| 2004-05 | WJ18-A | Russia | 4 | 0 | — | — |
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Goaltenders only; career games played within ±20% of 621 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 497 to 745); then the five nearest by career SV%, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 8 of them cleared the band.
Connor HellebuyckG · 2012 #130 · active625 GP · 345 W · 0.916 SV% · 2.58 GAA0.916 SV% · +0.000Andrei VasilevskiyG · 2012 #19 · active598 GP · 370 W · 0.917 SV% · 2.50 GAA0.917 SV% · +0.001Frederik AndersenG · 2012 #87 · active552 GP · 324 W · 0.913 SV% · 2.59 GAA0.913 SV% · −0.003Cam TalbotG · Undrafted · retired567 GP · 278 W · 0.911 SV% · 2.69 GAA0.911 SV% · −0.005John GibsonG · 2011 #39 · active563 GP · 233 W · 0.909 SV% · 2.87 GAA0.909 SV% · −0.006
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Official game ledger
Every 2025-26 appearance.
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Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player trackingNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
No Edge tracking on file for Semyon Varlamov. The league publishes Edge for goaltenders from 2021-22 onward, and only for players it tracked in the covered season. Nothing is drawn here as a zero, because the absence is a coverage fact rather than a measurement.
Awards voting.
0 trophy wins · 2 top-three finishes · 5 ballot appearances · 72 first-place votesNHL award ballot history
Who solves him.
Every shooter on record against him · 3 seasonsNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
1,267 shots on goal faced from 426 different shooters, 118 of them scored: 9.3% against, on a league baseline of 10.2%. 90 of those shooters have scored at least once.
Hunters: 3 or more goals on him
| Shooter | SOG | G | SH% | Top shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole CaufieldMTL | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | wrist |
| Stefan NoesenNJD | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | wrist |
| Drake BathersonOTT | 11 | 3 | 27.3% | wrist |
| Matthew TkachukFLA | 13 | 3 | 23.1% | wrist |
| Brady TkachukOTT | 15 | 3 | 20.0% | wrist |
Cold shooters: 10+ shots at 15% or worse
| Shooter | SOG | G | SH% | Top shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady SkjeiNSH | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Dmitry OrlovSJS | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Carter VerhaegheFLA | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Jesperi KotkaniemiCAR | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| John CarlsonANA | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | slap |
| Martin NecasCOL | 11 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Brent BurnsCOL | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Connor McMichaelWSH | 10 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
Method: goals, shots on goal and missed shots are attributed to the goaltender the feed says was in the net (details.goalieInNetId). Blocked shots are excluded, the puck never reached a goaltender, and empty-net events are excluded, because there was no goaltender to charge. Shooting percentage is goals divided by shots on goal, the league definition, in which shots on goal already include goals. The two board thresholds (3+ goals; 10+ shots at 15% or worse) are ported from the source project and printed here rather than left implicit. This is a count of what happened, not a rating of the goaltender.
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.
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