Frederik Andersen

One of the most efficient goaltenders of his generation, now thirty-six, coming off the worst save percentage of his career.

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV%
2025-26	35	16	14	5	107	3.05	0	849	.874
Career	552	324	149	58	1380	2.59	28	15856	.913

Last Season

Thirty-five games, a .874 save percentage and a 3.05 goals-against average, with no shutouts. Against a career .913 across 552 games, that is not a slump — that is a number that demands an explanation, and the two available ones are age and health.

The Physical Game

Six-four and heavy, and his whole method is to let the size do the work. He plays a calm, upright, deeply positional game: he is square to the puck early, he does not over-commit, and he takes away the top of the net simply by standing in the right place. At his best he makes hard shots look routine and routine shots look boring.

He is not an athletic scrambler and never has been. When the play breaks down and he has to make a second and third save on the same shift, he is beatable — the push across is average and always was.

Rebound control has historically been good and was not last season, which is often the first thing to go when a goaltender is either hurt or a half-step late.

The Mental Game

Unflappable, to the point that it reads as indifference. Bad goals do not visibly affect him and neither do good runs. Over a long career that temperament has been worth as much as the technique.

The Intangibles

Availability is the entire question. He has been genuinely excellent when he plays and he has repeatedly not played — long absences have shaped the back half of his career, and no team has been able to plan a season around him for some time.

Edmonton has spent years trying to solve its goaltending and has arrived at a room with three goalies and no certainty. He is the most accomplished of them by a distance, and the least predictable to count on.

Vitals

Position: Goaltender
Height: 6-4
Weight: 229 lbs
Catches: Left
Born: Herning, Denmark; October 2, 1989
NHL service: 13 yrs
Drafted: 2012 round 3, #87 overall (ANA)

Grades

positioning: 88
glove: 80
rebounds: 74
puck Handling: 62
compete: 82

Ordinary depth, and he does not need more than that. Looking down at the crease, net at the top — he sets up about average.

The size does the work a more aggressive position would do for someone else. He is square and still, and the top of the net simply is not there.

A big goaltender who erases the first shot and struggles with the third. Higher number, more dangerous. Seen from the shooter’s side, so the glove is on the right.

high middle — Size alone takes this away. Almost nothing goes over him from a clean look.

low glove — Down early and heavy; low shots through a screen are where last season went wrong.

low blocker — The push across is average and always was. Second and third saves on the same shift are the weakness.

Updated September 2, 2026.