111 L · 38 OT · 274 GP
0.900 SV% · 3.22 GAA · 12 SO
Columbus Blue Jackets#90Active
Elvis Merzlikins
G · 6′3″ / 190 lb · Catches L · Riga, LVA · Age 32 · 2014 #76 by CBJ
108Career wins
0.900Career SV%
3.22Career GAA
12Shutouts
7 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2614wins
The latest read.
14 wins in 30 appearances in 2025-26. Career: 108 wins and 12 shutouts.
30GP
14wins
0.883SV%
3.40GAA
1SO
11losses
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
1 L · 0 OT · 2 GP
0.946 SV% · 1.96 GAA · 0 SO
0.923 → 0.883SV% by season · 7 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2019-20
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2021-22 peak: 59 GP / 27 W / 0.907 SV% / 3.22 GAA · 56:16 TOI
Honours.
Trophies won and near missesofficial NHL landing
Calder Memorial Trophy5th · 2020Vezina Trophy5th · 2020All-Star Team9th · 2020
What this draft slot returns.
Base rate for the exact pick, a history, never a forecastdraft-position study · 2026-07-14-prospect-translation-v2.32
2014 draft#76round 3 · CBJ
Rates: insufficient sample (n=10 of 32): no NHLer/impact/star/stayer rate shown for this cohort.
Sample: 10 players taken #76, drawn only from classes old enough to judge, on the Schuckers-style pick curve published on Draft Value. A base rate describes a slot, not a person: it cannot predict this career and is not used to grade it.
Floor rule: rates below a minimum sample are suppressed, not shown thin. Exact slot needs 12+ players, the pooled pick-curve band needs 32+, matching this site's builders to the nhl-draft-intel engine's own bucket-calibration floors (12 / 18 / 32).
The arc.
Wins and save percentage by seasonNHL season log · 7 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 · 2 playoff GP / 1 W
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-04-02@ CAR59:53 TOIL21 SA · 5 GA · 0.762
2026-03-28vs SJS59:10 TOIL36 SA · 3 GA · 0.917
2026-03-21vs SEA60:00 TOIW17 SA · 2 GA · 0.882
2026-03-12@ FLA62:20 TOIO21 SA · 2 GA · 0.905
2026-03-10@ TBL59:29 TOIW18 SA · 2 GA · 0.889
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 apart7 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OT | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 30 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0.883 | 3.40 | 1 |
| 2024-25 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 53 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 0.892 | 3.18 | 1 |
| 2023-24 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 41 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 0.897 | 3.45 | 1 |
| 2022-23 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 30 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0.876 | 4.23 | 0 |
| 2021-22Peak | Columbus Blue Jackets | 59 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 0.907 | 3.22 | 2 |
| 2020-21 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 28 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0.916 | 2.77 | 2 |
| 2019-20 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 33 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0.923 | 2.35 | 5 |
| Season | Team | GP | W | L | OT | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.946 | 1.96 | 0 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2019-20 is the best season either way: 2.35 raw, 2.33 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw GAA | League GF/gm | Adj. GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 30 | 3.40 | 3.13 | 3.26 |
| 2024-25 | 53 | 3.18 | 3.04 | 3.14 |
| 2023-24 | 41 | 3.45 | 3.11 | 3.33 |
| 2022-23 | 30 | 4.23 | 3.18 | 3.99 |
| 2021-22 | 59 | 3.22 | 3.14 | 3.07 |
| 2020-21 | 28 | 2.77 | 2.94 | 2.83 |
| 2019-20Best adjusted | 33 | 2.35 | 3.02 | 2.33 |
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 | OG | Latvia | 2 | 0 | 0.850 | 5.40 |
| 2023-24 | WC | Latvia | 4 | 2 | 0.826 | 4.80 |
| 2021-22 | WC | Latvia | 5 | 2 | 0.862 | 4.26 |
| 2019-20 | AHL | Cleveland Monsters | 2 | 1 | 0.949 | 1.52 |
| 2018-19 | NL | HC Lugano | 43 | 22 | 0.921 | 2.44 |
| 2018-19 | WC | Latvia | 5 | 1 | 0.914 | 2.78 |
| 2018-19 | NL | HC Lugano | 4 | 0 | 0.872 | 3.95 |
| 2017-18 | NL | Lugano | 42 | 0 | 0.921 | 2.72 |
| 2017-18 | WC | Latvia | 6 | 4 | 0.940 | 1.50 |
| 2017-18 | NL | Lugano | 18 | 0 | 0.935 | 2.17 |
| 2016-17 | NL | Lugano | 41 | 21 | 0.916 | 2.89 |
| 2016-17 | OGQ | Latvia | 2 | 1 | 0.931 | 1.32 |
| 2016-17 | WC | Latvia | 6 | 3 | 0.937 | 1.98 |
| 2016-17 | NL | Lugano | 11 | 5 | 0.933 | 2.29 |
| 2015-16 | NL | Lugano | 46 | 27 | 0.922 | 2.76 |
| 2015-16 | Swiss | Lugano | 44 | 23 | — | 2.76 |
| 2015-16 | WC | Latvia | 5 | 1 | 0.912 | 2.91 |
| 2015-16 | WC-A | Latvia | 6 | 1 | — | 2.91 |
| 2015-16 | NL | Lugano | 15 | 9 | 0.937 | 2.32 |
| 2015-16 | Swiss | Lugano | 15 | 8 | — | 2.32 |
| 2014-15 | NL | Lugano | 22 | 13 | 0.913 | 2.61 |
| 2014-15 | Swiss | Lugano | 22 | 14 | — | 2.61 |
| 2014-15 | NL | Lugano | 1 | 0 | 0.857 | 3.09 |
| 2014-15 | Swiss | Lugano | 1 | 0 | — | 3.33 |
Showing the 24 most recent pre-NHL rows of 37.
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 274 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 219 to 329); 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: 17 of them cleared the band.
Karel VejmelkaG · 2015 #145 · active262 GP · 108 W · 0.899 SV% · 3.10 GAA0.899 SV% · −0.000Alex NedeljkovicG · 2014 #37 · active219 GP · 92 W · 0.902 SV% · 2.97 GAA0.902 SV% · +0.002Stuart SkinnerG · 2017 #78 · active224 GP · 121 W · 0.902 SV% · 2.77 GAA0.902 SV% · +0.002David RittichG · Undrafted · active260 GP · 122 W · 0.903 SV% · 2.79 GAA0.903 SV% · +0.003Samuel MontembeaultG · 2015 #77 · active231 GP · 90 W · 0.896 SV% · 3.23 GAA0.896 SV% · −0.003
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 tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Goals against average3.4GAA8.5
league average 3.0
Share of games above .9000.4share27.1
league average 0.5
Goal differential per 600per 6047.5
league average 0.1
Goal support average3.4goals83.0
league average 3.0
Point percentage0.5share44.1
league average 0.5
Save percentage by shot location
All shots.883sv%17.0
league average .896 sv%
high danger.831sv%74.6
league average .811 sv%
long danger.943sv%5.1
league average .968 sv%
mid danger.858sv%15.2
league average .884 sv%
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
Awards voting.
0 trophy wins · 0 top-three finishes · 3 ballot appearances · 0 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
3,667 shots on goal faced from 732 different shooters, 401 of them scored: 10.9% against, on a league baseline of 10.2%. 249 of those shooters have scored at least once.
Hunters: 3 or more goals on him
| Shooter | SOG | G | SH% | Top shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock BoeserVAN | 23 | 7 | 30.4% | wrist |
| Travis KonecnyPHI | 11 | 6 | 54.5% | wrist |
| Sidney CrosbyPIT | 22 | 6 | 27.3% | wrist |
| Rickard RakellPIT | 21 | 5 | 23.8% | wrist |
| Auston MatthewsTOR | 26 | 5 | 19.2% | wrist |
| Nikolaj EhlersCAR | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | wrist |
| Alex DeBrincatDET | 11 | 4 | 36.4% | wrist |
| Tim StützleOTT | 12 | 4 | 33.3% | wrist |
Cold shooters: 10+ shots at 15% or worse
| Shooter | SOG | G | SH% | Top shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack HughesNJD | 29 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Vincent TrocheckNYR | 17 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Martin NecasCOL | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Quinn HughesMIN | 14 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Vladimir TarasenkoMIN | 13 | 0 | 0.0% | wrist |
| Artturi LehkonenCOL | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | tip-in |
| Jake SandersonOTT | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | slap |
| Reilly SmithVGK | 12 | 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.
Fantasy Desk.
2026-27 rankings on a three-season blend, most recent season weighted heaviestHockey Insights fantasy pool · 2026-09-29
0.69blended ESPN pts/gm
ESPN#56Yahoo#48Fantrax#49Roto#56
25-2630 GP29 GS14 W1 SO3.40 GAA.883 SV%
RoleTandem
This desk has Elvis Merzlikins No. 56 among goaltenders on the ESPN points board, off a 0.69 blended per-game figure across the seasons he has played.
The room.
Every current Columbus Blue Jackets teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory