Is Henrik Lundqvist the best shootout goaltender?

[reaper]

What do you say?

7W, 1L. 87.5% SV. Only let in 3 goals in 24 attempts. Without his performance in shootouts Rangers are smoked.

[jexmex]

Here are the career leaders, sorted by Save percentage. Cut off of 17 shootouts, seems to be minimum for steady post-lockout starters, there are only a couple with less that have solid numbers (Theodore, Holmqvist, Denis)

Goalie	Wins	Losses	Save %
Garon, Mathieu	16	4	0.812
Lundqvist, Henrik	25	15	0.778
Thomas, Tim	15	15	0.75
Fleury, Marc-Andre	11	8	0.75
DiPietro, Rick	16	9	0.745
Lehtonen, Kari	17	7	0.732
Luongo, Roberto	16	17	0.725
Brodeur, Martin	27	14	0.716
Turco, Marty	20	10	0.705
Miller, Ryan	19	14	0.704
Legace, Manny	11	9	0.696
Vokoun, Tomas	13	12	0.69
Roloson, Dwayne	9	11	0.675
Giguere, Jean-Sebastien	14	18	0.657
Khabibulin, Nikolai	9	12	0.637
Kolzig, Olaf	7	14	0.632
Hasek, Dominik	6	11	0.614
Auld, Alex	7	12	0.613
Huet, Cristobal	8	10	0.612
Budaj, Peter	9	12	0.563
Kiprusoff, Miikka	7	15	0.559
Backstrom, Niklas	7	11	0.557
Nabokov, Evgeni	10	11	0.551

Complete stats available here if you're interested http://www.nhlshootouts.com/AllTimeGoalieStats.htm

[jexmex]

Also of note is that Lundqvist once had a 25-save streak. nobody is really even close to that. (a couple at 16)

Lundqvist has also faced the most shots in the shootout, so that SV% is pretty impressive. So is Garon's, but does he have the consistency? 10 of his 16 wins came last season.

[Dr Grant]

Yea i think its fair to say he's the best, but its really close between him and Brodeur.

[Fan 4 Life]

Garon for the win this time. Lundqvist is a much much better goalie but when it comes down to shootouts alone Garon is the winner. Getting a win or a lose in a shootout has as much to do with your shooters as it does the goalie, so SV% is the most important stat here. Garons is higher, numbers don't lie.

[bassassin]

Holmqvist was amazing in shootouts, I dont know why but last season I had confidence that if it went to shootout there was a good chance of winning. This season Smith is great in the game, as soon as it hits the shootout he becomes utterly crap.

I wouldnt say he is the best but he was up there in shooutouts.

Lundqvist is probably the best in shootouts.

[clarktard23]

Yep. The Rangers just don't lose when it gets to the shootout. Brodeur's not too shabby either.