Jesper Wallstedt is the best goalkeeper in the NHL right now.
Jesper Wallstedt is the hottest goaltender in the NHL right now. PDO
Best save percentage: Jesper Wallstedt (94.4%).
Best goals scored average: Jesper Wallstedt (1.74).
Most clean sheets: Jesper Wallstedt (4).
The 23-year-old Wallstedt has become by far the hottest goaltender in the NHL in recent weeks. The Swede has already won seven games in a row with Minnesota’s goal. During the last six games, he has saved no less than four clean sheets.
– This is pretty funny, Wallstedt mused on Tuesday night, after he had zeroed in on Edmonton’s superstars.
Minnesota won 1–0, and the sensational keeper was again chosen as the best player of the match. Wallstedt still didn’t want to take credit for the victory. According to the man, Minnesota is currently defending really well and sacrificing.
– I can’t thank my teammates enough. Nothing would be possible without them. I’m just trying to do my job and take a lot of shots, but it wouldn’t be possible without the way we played today and the way we’ve played every game, Wallstedt praised.
He was just chosen as rookie of the month before the Edmonton match.
– This is so much fun. I’ve never played like this before, at least I don’t think so.
Statistics support this assessment. Before the current season, Wallstedt had only five NHL games under his belt with poor statistics.
On the screens of the early season, Wallstedt would even be a clear first choice even for the goal of the Swedish Olympic team. Among others, Wallstedt’s teammate is fighting for the same place Filip Gustavsson.
Even though Wallstedt’s rise to the top of the NHL has been rocket-like, the puck’s potential has been known for a long time. He was booked in 2021 in the first round of the NHL draft. Minnesota called the Swede’s name with the number 20.
Source of quotes: NHL website