Jet Greaves

On April 4, 2023, Jet Greaves stepped onto the ice at Scotiabank Arena for his NHL debut — against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the team he grew up cheering for in Cambridge, Ontario. He stopped 46 of 49 shots that night, setting the record for most saves by a Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender in a debut appearance. It was the kind of beginning that demanded attention, and InGoal Magazine was already paying it.

Greaves, who wears No. 73 for Columbus and catches left, was born March 30, 2001. He entered professional hockey as an undrafted goaltender, making his way through the American Hockey League with the Cleveland Monsters before earning NHL time with the Blue Jackets. His path to the NHL without a draft selection is part of what makes his career record worth tracing closely.

His first NHL season, 2022-23, consisted of one game — that debut loss in Toronto — with a .939 save percentage and a 3.05 GAA. The following summer, InGoal's Kevin Woodley connected with Greaves at a CCM event in Montreal, where Greaves also skated in private sessions with Buffalo Sabres goaltender Devon Levi and Levi's personal coach Marco Raimondo. That time together produced InGoal's first Pro Read with Greaves, in which he broke down that Toronto debut in detail ^[1], and a drill breakdown featuring the work Greaves and Levi did with Raimondo ^[2].

By the 2023-24 season, Greaves had accumulated 119 saves across his first three NHL starts — a figure that tied for the most in NHL history through three career games. He posted a .934 save percentage across those three appearances before being returned to the AHL, where he was named to the AHL All-Star Game following a record-setting stretch with the Monsters. His first NHL win came with 41 saves in a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues — the most saves for a first win in Columbus Blue Jackets history. In the AHL, he recorded his 61st win with the Monsters, another franchise record, and was named AHL Goalie of the Week after winning three games in a 48-hour span while stopping 97 of 103 shots (.942 save percentage) to help Cleveland win its first division title in franchise history. His full 2023-24 NHL line across nine games was a 3-6 record, a 3.49 GAA, and a .908 save percentage.

The 2024-25 season marked a decisive shift. Greaves appeared in 11 games for Columbus, going 7-2 with a 1.91 GAA, a .938 save percentage, and two shutouts — the best single-season statistical line of his NHL career to that point. That finish, as InGoal noted when previewing subsequent coverage, earned him his place as a full-time NHLer heading into the following year ^[3].

In 2025-26, Greaves took on the role of Columbus's primary starter, appearing in 55 games with a 26-19-9 record, a 2.60 GAA, a .908 save percentage, and two shutouts. His career totals through that season stand at 76 games played, 36 wins, 28 losses, 11 overtime losses, a 2.61 GAA, a .913 save percentage, and four shutouts across 4,511:01 minutes of NHL ice time. He was also named to represent Canada at the World Championships in Switzerland following the 2025-26 season ^[4].

InGoal Magazine has covered Jet Greaves in ten Pro Reads and one drill breakdown. His willingness to critique his own play — frame by frame, movement by movement — has made him a recurring presence in the Pro Reads format. In Pro Read 1, he broke down his NHL debut against Toronto, including his thoughts on lateral shuffles and how he uses the post to create forward momentum on broken plays ^[1]. Pro Read 2 featured a cycle chance involving John Tavares and Auston Matthews from that same debut game, with Greaves explaining how he reads Tavares's hands to anticipate a pass and how he adjusts his weight on the post to generate a push ^[5]. In Pro Read 3, he broke down another net-play sequence against the Maple Leafs, focusing on the value of looking off the puck when opposing players have their backs turned ^[6].

Pro Read 4 returned to a behind-the-net sequence against Toronto, where Greaves explained how the handedness of an oncoming receiver shapes his decision about when to stay on his feet ^[7]. Pro Read 5 moved to a rush chance featuring a moving screen, and Greaves was candid about a wide stance that slowed his lateral movement, while also walking through how he manages sightlines against a player cutting across the crease ^[8]. Pro Read 6 went back to a four-on-three rush with William Nylander and Auston Matthews, and included Greaves's thoughts on facing the league's best shooters — "That's what the game is all about, these challenges, that's the most fun part of the game" ^[9].

Pro Reads 7 through 10, produced during the 2025-26 season, covered a range of situations: a power play sequence against Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals ^[10], an even-man rush involving the New Jersey Devils ^[11], a full in-zone sequence against the Nashville Predators ^[3], and a corner-to-high sequence against the Buffalo Sabres that Greaves used to discuss managing screens, early positioning, and rebound control ^[4]. Across all of them, Greaves has returned consistently to the same themes: scanning off the puck when there is no immediate shooting threat, getting his feet set early, and staying on his feet to preserve his edges. "It's such a small detail, but I think this is so important, just taking looks off as much as you can," he said in Pro Read 10. "When the puck is in those soft areas, there's no shooting threat there from those spots, just getting a good picture of what's going on, on the ice, I think is really important." ^[4]

All ten Pro Reads, along with the drill breakdown, are available to InGoal subscribers.