Jonathan Quick

Born in Milford, Connecticut on January 21, 1986, Jonathan Quick was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the third round, 72nd overall, at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. What followed was one of the longest and most decorated careers in the history of American-born goaltending.

Quick's early seasons in Los Angeles established him as the Kings' starter, and by 2010-11 he had appeared in 61 games, going 35-22 with a 2.24 goals-against average and six shutouts. The 2011-12 season proved to be a defining one: Quick appeared in 69 games, posting a 1.95 GAA, a .929 save percentage, and 10 shutouts — and then carried that form directly into the Stanley Cup Playoffs, where he won the Conn Smythe Trophy as Los Angeles claimed the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship. That playoff run has been described as the best statistical playoff run by a goaltender in NHL history.

The Kings repeated as champions in 2014, with Quick again at the center of it. In between and around those Cup wins, he sustained his workload across multiple long seasons: 72 games in 2014-15 (a 2.24 GAA, .918 save percentage, six shutouts), 68 games in 2015-16 (40 wins, a 2.22 GAA, .918 save percentage, five shutouts), and 64 games in 2017-18 (33 wins, a 2.40 GAA, .921 save percentage, five shutouts). His 2013-14 campaign produced a career-low regular-season GAA of 2.07 across 49 appearances, with six shutouts.

Beyond individual seasons, Quick was also part of the United States national program, earning a silver medal with the American squad at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He is a two-time Vezina Trophy nominee and a William M. Jennings Trophy winner.

After spending the bulk of his career in Los Angeles — logging 829 career regular-season games and appearing in just 17 in 2016-17 due to injury — Quick remained a King through the 2021-22 season, going 23-13 with a 2.59 GAA and .910 save percentage in 46 appearances that year. In the summer of 2022, he was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights, where he appeared in 10 games during the 2022-23 season and added a third Stanley Cup championship ring when Vegas captured the title that spring.

Quick then signed with the New York Rangers, where he has served as a veteran backup behind Igor Shesterkin. In March 2024, while appearing in 27 games (18 wins, 2.62 GAA, .911 save percentage), he passed Ryan Miller to become the winningest American-born goaltender in NHL history. In February 2025, he became the first American-born goaltender to reach 400 career wins. Through the 2024-25 season, he had accumulated 410 career wins, a career GAA of 2.51, a career save percentage of .910, and 65 shutouts across 829 regular-season games. He is in his second season with New York in 2025-26, having appeared in 25 games.