Lightning’s Vasilevskiy becomes second NHL goalie to register nine straight 30-win seasons
Andrei Vasilevskiy continues to cement himself as one of the best goaltenders of this era, if not of all time.
The Tampa Bay Lightning netminder secured his 30th win of the 2025-26 season with a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday, giving him a 30+ win season for nine consecutive seasons, the second goaltender in NHL history to do so.
#GoBolts G Andrei Vasilevskiy became the second goaltender in NHL history to record nine consecutive 30-win seasons, following Martin Brodeur (12 from 1995-96 – 2007-08)
It was a somewhat fitting win for Vasilevskiy to achieve the feat, outside of a shutout. The game was close for the first two periods, as there were no goals in the first, and Jake Guentzel’s goal 49 seconds into the middle frame was the only offense through two. The game then broke open in the third period, as Gage Goncalves gave the Lightning a 2-0 lead, J.T. Compher responded several minutes later for Detroit, and then Goncalves and Guentzel both scored their second goals of the game in the final five minutes to secure the 4-1.
With the win, Vasilevskiy’s record improves to 30-11-3 in 44 games, along with a .914 save percentage and two shutouts, a performance which will likely have him in the Vezina Trophy conversation. It’s his ninth-consecutive 30-win season, which trails back to the 2017-18 season, his first as the full-time starter for the Lightning.
Vasilevskiy joins New Jersey Devils legend Martin Brodeur as the only goaltenders to win 30 games in a season in nine-consecutive seasons. However, Vasilevskiy will still need a few more seasons to tie Brodeur’s streak of 12 seasons. He achieved the feat from 1995-96 to 2007-08, and probably could have added one more season to that streak if not for the 1994-95 lockout shortening the season to 48 games. His streak ended in 2008-09 due to a torn distal biceps tendon, which made him miss 16 weeks of the season.
To no one’s surprise, since the start of his nine-season streak, Vasilevskiy leads the league in wins with 320, 21 more than the next closest player in Connor Hellebuyck. Vasilevskiy also has a .917 SV% in that span, which ties Hellebuyck for the best mark in the league.