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Joel Hofer

St. Louis Blues

Position G

Age 26

Height 6'5"

Weight 193LBS

Shoots L

Birth Place Winnipeg, MB, CAN

Born Jul 29, 2000

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Key Insights

Regular Season 2025-26

He shuts the door completely more often than most goalies

He has 6 shutouts this season.

2nd in the league

Very little gets past him this season

He is stopping .910 of what he faces.

17th in the league

He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on

He takes 0.09 penalty minutes an hour.

854th most penalty minutes an hour

His team wins when he is the one in net

He has 24 wins this season.

19th in the league

He is doing an enormous amount of the work for his team

He has made 1137 saves this season.

19th in the league

Goals against

His goals-against average is 2.61.

27th highest goals-against average

He stays away from the traffic in front of the net

35.5% of what he faces comes from inside 25 feet.

695 of 1,960 attempts, 69th of 74 goaltenders

One shooter has solved him more than any other

The shot that beats him most often is the tip: 7.7% of them go in.

14 goals on 181 of them

He carries one of the heaviest workloads on the team

Hofer has faced 1,960 shot attempts this season.

1,259 on goal, 118 past him, 21st of 74 goaltenders

One team scores on him more than anybody else

Ilya Mikheyev

Ilya Mikheyev has beaten him 3 times, more than any other shooter.

10 attempts, 70.0% stopped

He has one opponent's number and it shows every meeting

Clayton Keller

He has stopped Clayton Keller on all 17 attempts.

the most attempts he has faced from one skater without conceding

One team shuts him down every time he sees them

The Penguins have solved him most often: 5 goals on 33 attempts.

15.2% of their attempts beat him

He saves his best hockey for one particular opponent

He has been at his best against the Hurricanes: 0 goals allowed on 57 attempts.

0.0% of their attempts beat him

He saves more than the shots he faces should allow

Hofer has saved 5.8 goals more than the chances against him say he should have.

118 against on 123.8 expected, 25th of 74 goaltenders

There is one spot shooters keep finding on him

The goals against him average 20.1 feet out, against 34.6 feet for everything he faces.

118 goals allowed, so he is beaten from closer than the average attempt

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

1.5% of the attempts he faces from beyond 40 feet end up in the net.

11 goals on 750 long-range attempts, 19th of 74 goaltenders

He gets to the front of the net and cannot finish there

From inside 25 feet he turns away 87.9% of what reaches him.

84 goals on 695 close attempts, 48th of 74 goaltenders

Teammate Impact

Teammate impact isn't tracked for goalies.

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Player Bio Data

DOB Jul 29, 2000

Birth Place Winnipeg, MB, CAN

Height 6'5"

Weight 193 LBS

Shoots/Catches L

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