Jet Greaves

Jet Greaves made his NHL debut on the road at Scotiabank Arena — in front of a crowd he had grown up cheering for. The Cambridge, Ontario native stopped 46 of 49 shots in a 4-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, and that game became the launching pad for what has grown into one of InGoal Magazine's most sustained Pro Reads relationships. InGoal Magazine has covered Jet Greaves in nine Pro Reads and one drill breakdown.

Greaves, who wears No. 73 for the Columbus Blue Jackets and catches left, stands 6'0" and weighs 188 pounds. He was born March 30, 2001. He came into professional hockey undrafted, and by his second year as a pro was facing the team he grew up watching in his first NHL appearance.

The debut itself set a tone. After that game in Toronto, Greaves sat down with InGoal during a CCM-hosted event in Montreal for an extensive video review. Those sessions also put him on the ice with Buffalo Sabres goalie Devon Levi and Levi's personal coach Marco Raimondo Pro Drills with Devon Levi and Marco Raimondo. That Montreal visit produced his first Pro Reads entry Jet Greaves ProRead 1, in which he broke down a 3-on-2 rush from that Leafs game, including a candid self-critique of his lateral mechanics. "That's just so slow. It's so far behind the puck," he said of his push on that sequence.

His record-setting early NHL run continued into the following season. Greaves posted 41 saves in a 5-2 win over the St. Louis Blues for his first NHL victory — the most saves for a first win in Columbus Blue Jackets history — and with 119 saves through three NHL games, he tied for the most in NHL history through a goaltender's first three games in the league Jet Greaves ProRead 2. He carried a .934 save percentage through those three starts before being returned to the American Hockey League. That AHL stint produced its own milestones: he was named to the AHL All-Star Game after going 17-5-1 with a .911 save percentage Jet Greaves ProRead 3, and later in that same AHL season was named Goalie of the Week after winning three games in a 48-hour span, stopping 97 of 103 shots for a .942 save percentage. That weekend also included his 61st win with the Cleveland Monsters, a franchise record, and helped the Monsters win their first division title in franchise history Jet Greaves ProRead 6.

In his Pro Reads work, Greaves has broken down a wide range of in-game scenarios — from rush chances against Auston Matthews and William Nylander Jet Greaves ProRead 6Jet Greaves ProRead 5 to cycle plays featuring John Tavares and Mitch Marner Jet Greaves ProRead 3Jet Greaves ProRead 2, to power play sequences involving Alexander Ovechkin Jet Greaves ProRead 7. Across those sessions he has consistently flagged his own reads and mechanics with candor. On a screened sequence against Nashville, he described his positioning plainly: "I think my read was just not really good on this play" Jet Greaves Pro Reads 8. On a rush against New Jersey, he noted being deeper than he preferred but explained the reasoning: "When the numbers are even, a lot of the players are going to go laterally, so I think being a little shallower and in the crease helps on those plays" Jet Greaves ProRead 8.

A recurring theme across the Pro Reads is Greaves' emphasis on scanning off the puck when no immediate shooting threat exists. Breaking down the Ovechkin power play sequence, he explained: "Just try to understand when there's an immediate shooting threat and when there's not, and I feel like as often as I can, when there's not a threat, it just helps understanding where the players are and it makes the reads simpler and then I can be on my feet more often" Jet Greaves ProRead 7. That preference for being on his feet before committing appears throughout his breakdowns. "The more I can get my feet set, I just feel like the game becomes a little bit simpler," he said in that same session Jet Greaves ProRead 7.

Greaves also spoke openly in one Pro Reads session about his mindset when facing high-profile shooters. Recalling a 4-on-3 rush involving Matthews, he said: "That's what you are out there for, you hope that they get 2-on-1s and breakaways. I think it's the most fun part of the game is making those saves." He noted that Levi had expressed a similar view after his own early experience facing the Rangers: "You want him to make a seam pass because you want to make that save and you want the chance against the best players in the world" Jet Greaves ProRead 6.

Now 25, Greaves enters the 2025-26 season as Columbus's number one. Through 53 games this season he carries a 26-17-9 record, a 2.60 goals-against average, a .908 save percentage, and 2 shutouts over 3,159:04 of ice time. His NHL career totals across 74 games stand at 36 wins, 26 losses, 11 overtime losses, a 2.61 goals-against average, a .914 save percentage, and 4 shutouts.