Korpisalo Drops His Stick to Rob Parekh, Leaky Roof Halts Genoni’s 1,000th

AHLNHL.com picks five rookie goalies to watch, and Kähkönen blanks Syracuse

In his AHL notebook for NHL.com, Patrick Williams looks at the first-year goalies who could follow Jacob Fowler and Devon Levi into the NHL. Henderson’s Cameron Whitehead (Vegas, 128th overall in 2022) leads all AHL rookie goalies with a 1.60 goals-against average and a .948 save percentage. Tucson’s Michael Hrabal (Utah, 38th in 2023) is 5-1-1 at 1.87 and .925. Grand Rapids’ Trey Augustine (Detroit, 41st in 2023), San Diego’s Damian Clara (Anaheim, 60th in 2023) and Hartford’s Callum Tung, undrafted and signed by the Rangers in April 2025, make up the five (NHL.com).

In Syracuse on Wednesday, Laval’s Kaapo Kähkönen, 30, stopped all 31 shots and was the first star of a 5-0 Rocket win (AHL game report).

On InGoal: Augustine on InGoal Radio Episode 241, and Callum Tung: From Undrafted to the New York Rangers (Ep. 361).

NHLDevin Cooley’s postgame interviews earn him a feature, and a fellow goalie’s thanks

Calgary’s Devin Cooley has become one of the NHL’s most talked-about interviews, with answers that have touched on his conscious and unconscious mind, reading with his pet rabbit and where he fits in the universe. The 29-year-old says the reaction surprised him less than the notes he gets from strangers: “we have such a unique opportunity as athletes,” he said, and “you can make a positive impact.” Pittsburgh’s Sergei Murashov, who sent him a message through the media last week, explained why it lands with goalies: “I think most of the goalies are going through something that he’s talking about, but none actually speaks it aloud.” David Carle, his coach at Denver, remembered a goalie who “wanted to get his mind and his eyes right” before every game. Cooley is 5-3-0 with a .914 save percentage this season (Derek Van Diest, NHL.com).

The mindset behind those answers is something we looked at in April, when his “nothing matters” line went viral: Why Devin Cooley’s Viral “Nothing Matters” Mindset Actually Works for Goalies.

On InGoal: Devin Cooley’s Pro Reads, and Devin Cooley Gets it Right (Parents, Ep. 346).

NHLMurashov stops all three Sharks shooters in Pittsburgh’s win

Sergei Murashov was the first star in San Jose on Wednesday with 34 saves, then turned away all three Sharks in the shootout. Ben Kindel scored the only shootout goal, on Yaroslav Askarov, for a 3-2 Penguins win after San Jose had come back from two down in the third. Murashov’s biggest stop came on a second-period penalty kill, when he denied Macklin Celebrini from in close and a video review confirmed the puck stayed out; he added a kick save on a Sharks power play in overtime. “I thought he was outstanding,” coach Dan Muse said, and Kindel called him “great from start to finish.” Murashov passed the credit to the shot-blockers in front of him: “Truly grateful for the efforts from the guys” (Michelle Crechiolo, Pittsburgh Penguins). Askarov made 33 saves for San Jose (NHL.com).

NHLJarry’s 30 saves keep the Oilers in it against Philadelphia

Edmonton beat the Flyers 3-2 on Evan Bouchard’s goal 47 seconds into overtime on Wednesday, and Tristan Jarry was the reason there was an overtime. He made 30 saves, and the Edmonton Journal’s Robert Tychkowski wrote that without his stops the Oilers could have been trailing 5-1 after two periods (Edmonton Journal via Yahoo).

Jarry came into the night with a .923 save percentage, a 2.10 goals-against average and two shutouts in seven starts, and since Oct. 3 the Oilers’ goalies have the NHL’s best save percentage, .918. “The goalies are doing their jobs. They’ve both been playing really well,” Zach Hyman said (Shane Jones, The Canadian Press via Global News). The Oilers’ post from the night is below.

On InGoal: Jarry’s back-to-back shutouts, from our Nov. 1 edition, and InGoal Radio Episode 19.

NHLAround the league: Hofer’s third period, Annunen makes it six straight, Kuemper’s November mask

• Joel Hofer faced little in the first 40 minutes against Detroit on Tuesday, then made 19 of his 30 saves in the third to hold on to St. Louis’s 3-2 win. “It was a huge win for us,” he said (NHL.com).
• A night after Juuse Saros blanked the Kings, Justus Annunen made 27 saves in Nashville’s 4-2 win in Anaheim on Wednesday, the Predators’ sixth win in a row, a run they last managed in March 2024 (Dan Arritt, NHL.com).
• Darcy Kuemper is wearing a Hockey Fights Cancer mask for the rest of the Kings’ November games: black, white and silver, with purple ribbons, “No one fights alone.” on the left side and doves he called “a sign of hope.” Dave Fried painted it, and the Kings Care Foundation is auctioning it until Nov. 30 for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. “We all have loved ones that have fought battles,” Kuemper said (Zach Dooley, LAKings.com).

On InGoal: Joel Hofer’s Pro Reads, and Kuemper on InGoal Radio Episode 287.

InternationalLeonardo Genoni is honoured for 1,000 games in Switzerland, then a leaking roof stops play

EV Zug marked Leonardo Genoni’s 1,000th game in Switzerland’s National League before Wednesday’s home game against Ambrì-Piotta. His wife, Anina, had designed him a mask showing his championship teams in Zug, Bern and Davos, and she and their three children met him on the ice before the opening faceoff. Ambrì’s captain brought a bottle of wine with Genoni’s picture on the label. “It’s a very emotional gift from my wife, and I take a lot of joy in it,” Genoni said of the mask (Nicole Vandenbrouck and Petar Djordjevic, Blick, our translation).

Then the rain came through the arena roof and opened holes in the ice, and the referees called the game off for good after 8:16 of the first period, by which time Genoni had made one save. Whether it counts is now up to the league’s single judge: a forfeit would put it in the books as his 1,000th, while a replay would leave him at 999, the league’s scheduling chief, Willi Vögtlin, explained. Genoni took it in stride: “If I’m honest, I’m glad the whole thing is over” (Keystone-SDA via watson).

Either way, the 39-year-old is the first goalie to get there. The National League counts only the games a goalie actually plays, not the nights he backs up, and by that count Reto Pavoni has 907 and Tobias Stephan 905. Genoni, a seven-time Swiss champion and four-time World Championship silver medallist, doesn’t expect company: “Probably no goalie will ever reach 1,000 games again.” Markus Peter, his goalie coach in the ZSC Lions’ youth program, put his game this way: “When something difficult looks as easy as it does with Leo, it gives me a wow effect” (Nicole Vandenbrouck, Blick, our translation).

InternationalDesbiens blanks Finland as the Women’s Worlds reach the quarterfinals

Ann-Renée Desbiens made 25 saves for a 2-0 Canadian win over Finland in Herning on Wednesday, in only her second start of the tournament: Canada used all three of its goalies in its first three games. Finland had its best looks in the first period and on a second-period power play, and she turned them all away (Risto Pakarinen, IIHF).

Sweden’s Ebba Svensson Traff also finished the group stage with a shutout, 5-0 against Japan (IIHF). In Esbjerg, Germany’s Sandra Abstreiter made some early stops, with help from the post on an Alina Müller shot, in a 3-1 win over Switzerland (IIHF). The quarterfinals are Friday: Canada–Czechia, Germany–Finland, USA–Denmark and Sweden–Switzerland (IIHF).

On InGoal: Smile Between Whistles: the Mental Reset that Fuels Desbiens, and Pro Tips with Sandra Abstreiter.

InternationalThe Kraken’s Finnish goalies, at home for the Global Series

Seattle plays Carolina twice at Helsinki’s Veikkaus Arena this week, on Thursday and Saturday, and the trip is a homecoming for the Kraken’s Finnish goalies. Nikke Kokko, 22, from Oulu, was called up from Coachella Valley, where he had been the No. 1, to travel as Seattle’s third goalie. He isn’t on the game roster and won’t dress unless Joey Daccord or Philipp Grubauer is hurt, but the trip is a chance to see family and friends. “I right away texted my parents and they booked the hotels and flights,” he said. A second-round pick in 2022 (58th overall), he has four NHL appearances over the past two seasons. Coach Lane Lambert said the Finns on the team “are extremely proud to be here” (Tom Gulitti, NHL.com).

Two more Kraken goalie prospects are playing in Finland. Kim Saarinen, a 2024 third-round pick with HPK, made 40 saves on Nov. 7 as Finland beat Czechia 2-1 in a shootout at the NOCCO Hockey Games, part of the Euro Hockey Tour. Visa Vedenpää, a 2023 sixth-round pick, is in his second Liiga season. Watching them is Sasu Hovi, a retired Finnish goalie who has scouted the country for Seattle since 2020 (Geoff Baker, NHL.com/Kraken).

New on InGoalDylan Garand’s Pro Read on ‘top rectangle’ depth

In his latest Pro Read, the Rangers’ Dylan Garand walks through two Tampa Bay plays: a rush with Brandon Hagel cutting to the middle while Nikita Kucherov waits for a one-timer, and a Kucherov play from below the goal line. He explains the depth he plays on the rush and why he stays on his edges instead of dropping into a reverse-VH. Read: ‘Top Rectangle’ Depth and Low-High Edges with Dylan Garand.

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