10th Annual Goalie Day: Annunen Stops All Four in His First Shootout, Jarry Gets Back-to-Back Shutouts
Plus: Jack Spicer's 42 saves beat No. 15 Cornell in his first NCAA start, Kaitlyn Langille stops all 46 in a U SPORTS shootout win, the goalies named for the Women's Worlds, and to close, why Nov. 1 is Goalie Day: Jacques Plante put on his mask 67 years ago
In this edition 11 stories
NHL
International
Birthdays
New on InGoal
Goalies in this edition 34 goalies
Every goalie named in this edition, from the NHL to junior and college.
NHL: Justus Annunen (Nashville Predators), Clay Stevenson (Winnipeg Jets), Michael DiPietro (Boston Bruins), Tristan Jarry (Edmonton Oilers), Matt Tomkins (Edmonton Oilers), Jacob Fowler (Montreal Canadiens), Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (Buffalo Sabres), Samuel Ersson (Ottawa Senators), Jake Oettinger (Dallas Stars)
College: Jack Spicer (Sacred Heart), JJ Cataldo (Army), Yael Fatiev (Utica), Lexington Secreto (Mercyhurst)
U SPORTS: Kaitlyn Langille (Carleton), Lyla McKinnon (Toronto), Sophie Helfenstein (Guelph), Zach Zahara (Mount Royal), Laurence Boivin (Bishop's)
International: Sanni Ahola (Finland), Emma-Sofie Nordström (Denmark), Sandra Abstreiter (Germany), Simon Hrubec (ZSC Lions), Rasmus Korhonen (KalPa)
Junior: Grayson Malinoski (Seattle Thunderbirds)
+10 more, including Mackenzie Blackwood and Kalyssa Bayne
NHLAnnunen waited 82 games for a shootout, then nobody beat him
For 82 NHL games, Justus Annunen never had to face a shootout. His first came on Saturday, and Tampa Bay went 0-for-4 against him. The Predators goalie turned away Pontus Holmberg, Brayden Point, Jake Guentzel, and Gage Goncalves, and Steven Stamkos scored the only goal of the four rounds to beat his old team 5-4. Annunen had 22 saves before the shootout (NHL.com). “It just took what, [Annunen] 83 starts to get into a shootout?” Stamkos joked. By the NHL’s stats it was 83 games and 70 starts. It was also Nashville’s first win past regulation in six tries this season (Predators).
Max Herz flagged the streak a week ago in a post built on figures from NHL Stats: since the shootout arrived in 2005, nobody had played more games without taking part in one. It wasn’t close. By InGoal’s count from the NHL’s stats, the most games by any goalie since 2005-06 with no shootout are now 35, shared by Mike McKenna and Jon Gillies. Among the 72 goalies who have played in the NHL this season, Clay Stevenson now has the longest wait at nine games, one ahead of Michael DiPietro. At the other end, Henrik Lundqvist played the most shootouts, 111.
On InGoal: Episode 2 with Mike McKenna.
NHLJarry blanks the Islanders for his second straight shutout
Two starts, two 4-0 wins. Tristan Jarry stopped all 18 Islanders shots on Saturday, three days after his 24-save shutout of Calgary, which was in our Oct. 29 edition. He is the fourth Oilers goalie in 20 years to do it back to back, and the first since Mike Smith in 2021-22. Coach Mike Babcock pointed to Jarry’s off-season: “He got to work all summer and he’s done a good job with (goaltending coach) Pete (Aubry),” he said. “That’s real good for the Oilers, but it’s real good for him and his family, so I’m happy for him” (NHL.com). The shutout was the 25th of his career, level with Grant Fuhr and Mike Liut (The Hockey News, via Yahoo Sports).
By InGoal’s count from the NHL’s game data, it was only the second time an Edmonton goalie has shut out the Islanders on the road, playoffs included. The first was Fuhr’s 34-save, 1-0 win in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on May 10, 1984.
Matt Tomkins, who hasn’t played an NHL game this season, is expected to start Sunday against the Rangers at Madison Square Garden, The Hockey News reports.
On InGoal: InGoal Radio Episode 337 with Matt Tomkins and Connor Ungar.
NHLAround the league
- Jacob Fowler has won seven straight after a 25-save night in Montreal’s 5-4 win over Pittsburgh on Saturday, and in the past 40 years only Carey Price (2007-08) and Jakub Dobes (2025-26) have done that as Canadiens rookies. “They had their pushes and he came up with some big saves,” Chris Kreider said (NHL.com). Heading into the game, NHL EDGE had him first in the league at stopping mid-range shots (.982) and second in overall save percentage at .942 (NHL.com).
- Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen played his 200th NHL game on Saturday and won it, stopping 27 of 29 shots in Buffalo’s 3-2 win in Los Angeles (NHL.com).
- Samuel Ersson has his first win as a Senator, with 22 saves in a 5-1 victory in San Jose on Saturday (NHL.com).
- Jake Oettinger made 24 saves as Dallas beat Columbus 3-1 on Saturday. “The difference in the game was (Oettinger),” coach Glen Gulutzan said (NHL.com).
- Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 25 shots in Colorado’s 5-2 win over Calgary on Saturday. “He was awesome and made some huge saves for us,” coach Jared Bednar said (NHL.com).
- Michael DiPietro made 37 saves as Boston came back to beat Chicago 5-4 in overtime on Saturday, the Bruins’ fifth straight home win (NHL.com).
On InGoal: Episode 339 with Jacob Fowler and InGoal Radio Episode 205 with Arturs Silovs and Samuel Ersson.
CollegeJack Spicer's 42 saves beat No. 15 Cornell in his first NCAA start, Cataldo gives Army back-to-back shutouts
In two-plus seasons at Sacred Heart, Jack Spicer had two relief appearances to his name. The junior from Rockville, Maryland, finally got a start on Saturday, at Lynah Rink against a ranked team, and he stopped 42 of 44 shots in a 3-2 win (Atlantic Hockey America). It was his first college win. Cornell didn’t score on any of its last 20 shots, and 13 of his 16 second-period saves came with the Big Red on the power play (Cornell).
At Tate Rink, junior JJ Cataldo stopped all 27 RIT shots in a 3-0 win, a night after a 23-save shutout of the same team. Army hadn’t posted shutouts in consecutive games since October 2016, and at 4-0-0 in the league it has never started conference play so well. Cataldo’s eighth career shutout is the most by any active NCAA goalie (Atlantic Hockey America).
Around the NCAA
- Kalyssa Bayne, whose 76-save night was in our Oct. 18 edition, stopped 51 of 54 in Saint Anselm’s 7-3 women’s win at Stonehill on Saturday (College Hockey News box score).
- Division III: Utica’s Yael Fatiev stopped all 40 William Smith shots in a 2-0 women’s win on Saturday (FingerLakes1.com).
- Lexington Secreto made 25 saves in Mercyhurst’s 3-0 women’s win over Assumption on Saturday (College Hockey News box score).
U SPORTSLangille stops all 46 as Carleton beats Toronto in a 0-0 shootout
Toronto outshot Carleton 46-18 on Saturday through regulation and overtime, and Kaitlyn Langille stopped every one for the Ravens. Lyla McKinnon answered with 18 saves for the Varsity Blues, so it took a shootout to settle it, and Carleton won that 2-1 (U SPORTS box score).
Around U SPORTS
- Western’s Liam Sztuska, whose 36-save shutout was in our Oct. 30 edition, stopped 36 of 39 in a 4-3 win at Waterloo on Saturday (U SPORTS box score).
- Guelph’s Sophie Helfenstein blanked Brock twice in two days: 19 saves in a 2-0 women’s win on Friday and 21 in a 4-0 win on Saturday (U SPORTS box score).
- Zach Zahara made 25 saves in Mount Royal’s 2-0 win at Alberta on Saturday (U SPORTS box score).
- Bishop’s Laurence Boivin, the first star, stopped 35 of 37 in a 3-2 women’s win over Montreal on Friday and is 4-0-0 (U SPORTS box score).
InternationalFrankel, Desbiens, and Ahola head the goalies named for the Women's Worlds
The Women’s World Championship starts Nov. 6 in Herning and Esbjerg, Denmark, and runs to Nov. 16. USA Hockey named its team on Saturday, and these are the goalies we could confirm so far.
- United States: Aerin Frankel (Boston Fleet), Gwyneth Philips (Ottawa Charge), and Callie Shanahan (New York Sirens). Frankel and Philips backstopped the Americans to gold at the 2025 Worlds and the 2026 Olympics (Daily Faceoff).
- Canada: Ann-Renée Desbiens (Montréal Victoire), Ève Gascon (Minnesota Duluth), and Kayle Osborne (PWHL Hamilton), as in our Oct. 20 edition (TSN).
- Finland: Sanni Ahola (Ottawa Charge), Emilia Kyrkkö (St. Cloud State), and Kerttu Kuja-Halkola (HIFK), who is new to the team. Anni Keisala retired after last season (The Hockey News, via Yahoo Sports).
- Denmark: Aya Juhl Petersen, Caroline Bjergstad, and Emma-Sofie Nordström, the first Dane taken in the PWHL Draft, who goes to PWHL Hamilton’s camp after the tournament (The Hockey News).
- Sweden: Ebba Svensson Träff (Linköping HC), Emma Söderberg (SDE HF), and Ida Boman (Färjestad BK) (Hur Bra).
- Germany: Sandra Abstreiter (PWHL), Lisa Hemmerle (ERC Ingolstadt), and Chiara Schultes (ECDC Memmingen) (Frauen-Eishockey).
- Austria: Anja Adamitsch (KSV Highlanders), Magdalena Luggin (Mercyhurst), and Selma Luggin (Sabres St. Pölten) (Hockey-News.info).
We couldn’t find final lists for Switzerland or Czechia. For last week’s Euro Hockey Tour tune-up in Södertälje, Switzerland had Andrea Brändli (PWHL Detroit), Saskia Maurer (SC Bern and PWHL Las Vegas), and Chiara Pfosi (EV Zug), while Czechia had Daniela Nováková (St. Thomas), Klára Peslarová (Brynäs), and Aneta Šenková (Clarkson) (The Hockey News).
On InGoal: Smile Between Whistles: the Mental Reset that Fuels Desbiens, Careers per 60′ with Gwyneth Philips, InGoal Radio Episode 332 with Kayle Osborne, and InGoal Radio Episode 327 with Sandra Abstreiter.
InternationalHrubec, Charlin, and Armalis in Switzerland and Finland
Around Europe
- Simon Hrubec stopped all 28 shots in the ZSC Lions’ 4-0 win at EHC Kloten on Saturday in Switzerland’s National League (National League).
- Stéphane Charlin followed Friday’s derby shutout, in our Oct. 31 edition, with 35 saves on 37 shots in Genève-Servette HC’s 3-2 win over EHC Biel-Bienne on Saturday (National League).
- Mantas Armalis and Rasmus Korhonen gave up one goal between them as Ilves beat KalPa 1-0 on Saturday in Finland’s Liiga. Armalis made 22 saves, and Korhonen, with 21 on 22 shots in the loss, was the game’s first star (Liiga).
JuniorLouis-Antoine Denault, 20, stops all 36 for Newfoundland, Malinoski makes 44 in Seattle's overtime win
Charlottetown put at least 11 shots on Louis-Antoine Denault in every period on Saturday, and the 20-year-old stopped them all, 36 in total, for the first star in the Newfoundland Regiment’s 3-0 home win (QMJHL game report).
Notable performances in the CHL
- WHL: Seattle’s Grayson Malinoski, 19, made 44 saves, three of them in overtime, as Saskatoon outshot the Thunderbirds 48-28 in a 5-4 Seattle win on Saturday (WHL game report).
- OHL: Windsor’s Michael Newlove, 19, stopped all 24 Owen Sound shots in an 8-0 road win on Saturday, his second straight shutout. The first was in our Oct. 30 edition (OHL game report).
HistoryJacques Plante puts on his mask, 67 years ago today
On this day in 1959, an Andy Bathgate backhand opened up Jacques Plante‘s nose at Madison Square Garden. He needed seven stitches, and while he was being treated he told Montreal coach Toe Blake that he wouldn’t go back out without his mask. Blake’s only other option was the Rangers’ house goalie, Arnee Nocks. “OK. Do it,” he said. The Canadiens won 3-1, and Plante stayed in the mask for an 11-game unbeaten run (NHL.com).
Clint Benedict had tried one in 1930, but Plante was the first NHL goalie to wear one regularly (The Canadian Encyclopedia). He took it off once more, under pressure from Blake, for a 3-0 loss in Toronto on March 8, 1960, and never played without it again (CBS Sports).
That night is why Nov. 1 is the International Day of the Goaltender, or Goalie Day as we call it. This is the 10th annual. Our Goalie Day feature: John Snesar, still in goal at 93.
Also on Nov. 1
- 1952: Jacques Plante played his first NHL game and won it, for Montreal against the Rangers.
- 1967: Hall of Famer Glenn Hall won his first game for St. Louis, stopping 30 of 31 Boston shots.
- 1969: Jacques Plante earned his 70th regular-season shutout, 23 saves for St. Louis against Philadelphia.
- 2016: Henrik Lundqvist earned his 60th regular-season shutout, 35 saves for the Rangers against St. Louis.
The NHL game details in this list come from the NHL’s game records at NHL Records.
On InGoal: InGoal Radio Episode 161 with Henrik Lundqvist.
BirthdaysMinard and Skinner
Happy birthday to former Edmonton Oilers goalie Mike Minard (50) and Winnipeg Jets goalie Stuart Skinner (28).
New on InGoalHalloween, horror, and the goalie mask
Kevin Woodley’s 2020 feature is back for Halloween. It looks at what painted masks and horror films share, with Saw producer and former Lightning co-owner Oren Koules on the mask as an alter ego, the Saw-themed masks Lightning goalies wore for charity, and painters DaveArt and Greg Harrison on the famous Halloween mask. Read: Halloween, horror and the goalie mask.
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