No position is more volatile in hockey than goaltending. That said, it's important to not get caught up in a hot or cold stretch of play, especially this early in the season.
Here's our first in-season crack at ranking of the top goalies in fantasy hockey.
Our fantasy hockey goalie rankings are for the next 2 to 3 years. Factors include track record, upside, age, team and injury history. Categories considered are Wins, Save percentage, Goals against average, Saves and Shutouts.
| RANK | PLAYER | NOTES | PVS. | CHG. | AGE |
| TIER 1 | | | | | |
| 1 | Connor Hellebuyck, WPG | | 1 | 0 | 25.4 |
| 2 | Andrei Vasilevskiy, TB | | 2 | 0 | 24.2 |
| 3 | Frederik Andersen, TOR | Toronto's blueline doesn't offer much help. | 3 | 0 | 29.0 |
| 4 | Braden Holtby, WAS | | 5 | 1 | 29.0 |
| 5 | Sergei Bobrovsky, CBJ | Future in Columbus is unclear as rumours swirl. | 4 | -1 | 30.0 |
| TIER 2 | | | | | |
| 6 | Tuukka Rask, BOS | Halak already cutting into his starts. | 6 | 0 | 31.6 |
| 7 | John Gibson, ANH | Ducks injuries piling up, but he keeps them in games. | 9 | 2 | 25.2 |
| 8 | Devan Dubnyk, MIN | | 10 | 2 | 32.4 |
| 9 | Jonathan Quick, LA | | 7 | -2 | 32.7 |
| 10 | Martin Jones, SJ | In position to succeed, but needs to be better. | 8 | -2 | 28.7 |
| 11 | Pekka Rinne, NAS | | 11 | 0 | 35.9 |
| 12 | Ben Bishop, DAL | | 13 | 1 | 31.9 |
| 13 | Matt Murray, PIT | Injuries and inconsistency a recurring theme. | 12 | -1 | 24.3 |
| 14 | Marc-Andre Fleury, VGK | | 14 | 0 | 33.8 |
| TIER 3 | | | | | |
| 15 | Carey Price, MTL | Does his part, but he needs more help. | 16 | 1 | 31.1 |
| 16 | Cam Talbot, EDM | | 15 | -1 | 31.2 |
| 17 | Antti Raanta, AZ | | 17 | 0 | 29.4 |
| 18 | Jake Allen, STL | | 19 | 1 | 28.1 |
| 19 | Mike Smith, CGY | Off to a bit of an uneven start. | 18 | -1 | 36.5 |
| 20 | Corey Crawford, CHI | Ready to return this week. | 22 | 2 | 33.7 |
| 21 | Henrik Lundqvist, NYR | | 21 | 0 | 36.6 |
| 22 | Cory Schneider, NJ | Returning soon, but Kinkaid has been stellar. | 20 | -2 | 32.5 |
| TIER 4 | | | | | |
| 23 | Carter Hutton, BUF | | 23 | 0 | 32.8 |
| 24 | Semyon Varlamov, COL | Seems to be holding off Grubauer so far. | 26 | 2 | 30.4 |
| 25 | Brian Elliott, PHI | | 27 | 2 | 33.5 |
| 26 | Roberto Luongo, FLA | Out again with a knee injury. | 25 | -1 | 39.5 |
| 27 | Craig Anderson, OTT | | 28 | 1 | 37.4 |
| 28 | Jimmy Howard, DET | | 29 | 1 | 34.5 |
| 29 | Jacob Markstrom, VAN | Slow start. Nilsson, Demko loom large. | 24 | -5 | 28.7 |
| TIER 5 | | | | | |
| 30 | Robin Lehner, NYI | The Isles crease is up for grabs. | 30 | 0 | 27.2 |
| 31 | James Reimer, FLA | Luongo hurt again. Reimer must step up. | - | - | 30.5 |
| 32 | Petr Mrazek, CAR | Struggling to hold off waiver pickup McElhinney. | 32 | 0 | 26.6 |
| 33 | Philipp Grubauer, COL | | 31 | -2 | 26.8 |
| 34 | Keith Kinkaid, NJ | | - | - | 30.3 |
| 35 | Thomas Greiss, NYI | | - | - | 32.7 |
On the bubble (no particular order):
| Juuse Saros, NAS |
| Scott Darling, CAR |
| Anders Nilsson, VAN |
| Jaroslav Halak, BOS |
| Aaron Dell, SJ |
| Cam Ward, CHI |
| Jonathan Bernier, DET |
| Linus Ullmark, BUF |
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