NHL starting goalies for Monday, October 19: the eight goalies ESPN listed as probable starters for the four games, as its scoreboard showed them at 2:32 a.m. Eastern on Monday, October 19.
ESPN marks each listing with a status, and every one at this read said “Expected”. That is a projection, not a team announcement: teams often name their starter after the morning skate, and a late scratch can still change it. The page is rebuilt during the day, and the time at the top is the time of the read.
Expected starters
Save percentage is the share of shots on goal the goalie stopped. This season is 2026-27, from ESPN’s statistics; the record is wins, losses and overtime losses, and the last column is his 2025-26 regular season, whichever team he played for.
| Game | Team | Goalie | ESPN status | Games | Record | Save % | Shutouts | Last season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ducks at Rangers, Mon 7:00 p.m. | Ducks | Lukas Dostal | Expected | 6 | 3-3-0 | .882 | 0 | .888 in 56 games |
| Ducks at Rangers, Mon 7:00 p.m. | Rangers | Dylan Garand | Expected | 6 | 3-2-1 | .927 | 1 | .948 in 3 games |
| Avalanche at Flyers, Mon 7:00 p.m. | Avalanche | Mackenzie Blackwood | Expected | 6 | 4-2-0 | .890 | 0 | .904 in 39 games |
| Avalanche at Flyers, Mon 7:00 p.m. | Flyers | Dan Vladar | Expected | 5 | 1-3-1 | .889 | 0 | .906 in 52 games |
| Sharks at Maple Leafs, Mon 7:30 p.m. | Sharks | Yaroslav Askarov | Expected | 5 | 2-3-0 | .848 | 0 | .884 in 47 games |
| Sharks at Maple Leafs, Mon 7:30 p.m. | Maple Leafs | Sergei Bobrovsky | Expected | 6 | 1-3-2 | .890 | 0 | .877 in 52 games |
| Penguins at Mammoth, Mon 9:00 p.m. | Penguins | Arturs Silovs | Expected | 5 | 3-2-0 | .875 | 1 | .888 in 39 games |
| Penguins at Mammoth, Mon 9:00 p.m. | Mammoth | Karel Vejmelka | Expected | 8 | 5-2-0 | .879 | 1 | .897 in 64 games |
What the numbers say
Of the expected starters, Dylan Garand of the Rangers has the best save percentage so far, .927 on 123 shots in 6 games, and Yaroslav Askarov of the Sharks the lowest, .848 on 132 shots in 5. Askarov (.848 now, .884 over 47 games last season) is running at least 20 points of save percentage away from last season, a gap a few weeks of shots can open and close.
A change in goal can move the moneyline and the total, so a bet placed before the starter is named carries that risk; the lines below were read at the same time as the goalies.
The games and their lines
DraftKings’ moneylines and totals from ESPN’s odds feed, read with the goalies; our prediction for each game is linked.
| Puck drop | Game | Moneyline | Total | Our prediction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 7:00 p.m. | Ducks at Rangers, Madison Square Garden | Ducks +120, Rangers -142 | 6.5 | Ducks +120 |
| Mon 7:00 p.m. | Avalanche at Flyers, Xfinity Mobile Arena | Avalanche -225, Flyers +185 | 6.5 | No bet |
| Mon 7:30 p.m. | Sharks at Maple Leafs, Scotiabank Arena | Sharks +120, Maple Leafs -142 | 6.5 | Sharks +120 |
| Mon 9:00 p.m. | Penguins at Mammoth, Delta Center | Penguins +154, Mammoth -185 | 6.5 | Penguins +154 |
Where these numbers come from
The probable starters and their status are ESPN’s scoreboard listing, read at 2:32 a.m. Eastern on Monday, October 19. Games, records, save percentages, shots and shutouts are ESPN’s regular-season statistics; the lines are DraftKings’ from ESPN’s odds feed at the same read. Goalie saves props are explained in our goalie props guide, and the day’s goalscorer prices are on the NHL player props page. Every game on the schedule is on the NHL predictions hub.