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2024 Goaltending
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Wins
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L
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OTL
Overtime Loss
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GAA
Goals Against Average
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SV%
Saves Percentage
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Regular Season | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2.57 | .909 | 1 |
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Picks up win in relief outing
Vejmelka allowed two goals on 32 shots in relief of Connor Ingram (upper body) in Sunday's 5-4 shootout win over the Capitals.
Ingram was injured in the first period, forcing Vejmelka to play well over half of this contest after the latter was left out to dry in Saturday's 7-3 loss to the Hurricanes. Vejmelka did a decent job under heavy pressure, though he allowed a pair of goals in the third period to let the Capitals force overtime. Vejmelka is 3-2-1 with 16 goals allowed over his last six outings. For the season, he improved to 13-15-4 with a 2.57 GAA and a .909 save percentage over 34 appearances. If Ingram ends up being out for an extended stretch again, Vejmelka would be Utah's unquestioned No. 1 goalie.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Swept away by 'Canes
Vejmelka stopped 31 of 37 shots in Saturday's 7-3 loss to Carolina, with the Hurricanes' sixth goal going into an empty net.
The 28-year-old netminder kept things close at 1-1 in the first period despite being outshot 16-8, but Carolina blew the game open with four goals on 12 shots in the second frame. Vejmelka heads into the break for the 4 Nations Face-Off, having gone 2-4-1 over his last seven starts with a shaky .875 save percentage while working primarily in a timeshare with Connor Ingram.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Guarding cage Saturday
Vejmelka will be between the visiting pipes in Carolina on Saturday, per Belle Fraser of The Salt Lake Tribune.
Vejmelka is sharing the net with Connor Ingram, and it's Vejmelka's turn Saturday. He is 12-14-4 with a 2.46 GAA and a .910 save percentage. The Hurricanes are generating 3.22 goals per game, tied for eighth in the NHL this season.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Records 18 saves in win
Vejmelka stopped 18 of the 20 shots he saw in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime win over the Flyers.
Despite allowing two goals in the game's first 25 minutes, Vejmelka came up big down the stretch while tending a clean third and overtime period. The 28-year-old now has a 12-14-4 record with a .910 save percentage and a 2.46 GAA. Vejmelka continues to alternate starts in the crease with Connor Ingram. Since Ingram's return from injury Jan. 11, each keeper has started six games and tallied two wins. Unless one of the two netminders goes on a winning streak, consider Vejmelka a fringe roster player who should tend the twine roughly two times per week. While Utah's next contest is Thursday at Columbus, Vejmelka is likely to start the second game of the road trip Saturday against Carolina.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Expected starter Tuesday
Vejmelka is slated to start in Tuesday's home contest against the Flyers, Belle Fraser of The Salt Lake Tribune reports.
Vejmelka will make his first start in February on Tuesday -- he posted a 3-4-2 record, .897 save percentage and 2.69 GAA across nine outings in January. The 28-year-old has just one win in his last five starts. The Flyers have been shut out in three consecutive games.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Fades in overtime loss
Vejmelka allowed three goals on 23 shots in Friday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Blue Jackets.
Vejmelka ends January with a 3-4-2 record over nine outings. The 28-year-old couldn't make a 2-0 lead stand, allowing goals to Kirill Marchenko and Kent Johnson in the third period before Zach Werenski completed the Blue Jackets' comeback in overtime. Vejmelka is down to 11-14-4 with a 2.48 GAA and a .911 save percentage through 31 outings. He's been splitting time evenly with Connor Ingram over the last couple of weeks, so don't be surprised if it's Ingram in goal Sunday versus the Blues.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Set to tend twine Friday
Vejmelka will start Friday's home game against the Blue Jackets, Cole Bagley of KSL Sports reports.
Vejmelka has largely struggled over his last four starts, and even though he picked up his first shutout win of the season Jan. 23 against Minnesota, he's gone 1-3-0 with a 3.07 GAA and .885 save percentage over his last four outings. The Blue Jackets rank seventh in the NHL this season with 3.30 goals per game.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Gives up three goals Sunday
Vejmelka stopped 24 of 27 shots in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Senators.
Vejmelka has started in four of Utah's last seven games, but the results haven't been positive. The 28-year-old has dropped three of those contests while allowing three or more goals in each defeat. However, the lone win was a 26-save shutout in a 4-0 win over the Wild on Thursday. Even though Vejmelka has been all over the place of late, he's looked decent in recent weeks. He's made eight appearances in January, going 3-4-1 with a 2.65 GAA and a .900 save percentage.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: In goal Sunday
Vejmelka will get the road start Sunday against the Senators, Belle Fraser of The Salt Lake Tribune reports.
Vejmelka is coming off his first shutout of the season, a 26-save effort against Minnesota on Thursday. Overall, the 28-year-old netminder is 11-13-3 with a .913 save percentage and 2.45 GAA this year.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: First shutout of season
Vejmelka recorded a 26-save shutout in Thursday's 4-0 win over Minnesota.
This was technically Vejmelka's second personal shutout of the season, as the previous one was a 4-0 loss to Ottawa in which he stopped the 14 shots he faced after coming in as relief after Connor Ingram got the hook, thereby negating an actual shutout in the record books. The 28-year-old has gone 3-3-1 with a 2.59 GAA and a .901 save percentage across seven appearances in January.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Starting against Minnesota
Vejmelka will be between the road pipes against the Wild on Thursday, Jessi Pierce of NHL.com reports.
Vejmelka didn't appear in either of Utah's last two games, but he'll return to the crease Thursday and will attempt to turn things around after taking losses in four of his last five outings. Across those five starts, he went 1-3-1 with a 3.02 GAA and .885 save percentage.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Loses to Rangers
Vejmelka allowed four goals on 24 shots in Thursday's 5-3 loss to the Rangers. The fifth goal was an empty-netter.
Vejmelka has lost four of his last five outings, and this was the second game in a row he's given up at least four goals. This is a poor time for his performance to dip, as Connor Ingram could provide a much larger challenge for starts than Jaxson Stauber did over much of the previous two months. Vejmelka is now 10-13-3 with a 2.54 GAA and a .910 save percentage over 28 appearances. Utah's next game is at home versus the Blues on Saturday.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Gets starting nod for Thursday
Vejmelka will be between the pipes at home versus the Rangers on Thursday, Cole Bagley of KSL Sports reports.
Vejmelka will look to bounce back from a difficult performance against Montreal on Tuesday in which he gave up five goals on 26 shots (.808 save percentage). The Rangers have started to find their offensive of late, scoring 3.29 goals per game in January, which is the sixth-best mark in the NHL since the calendar turned to 2025. At this point, Vejmelka is cemented in the No. 1 job in Utah, but Connor Ingram is waiting for his opportunity to stake his claim.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Stumbles against Canadiens
Vejmelka allowed five goals on 26 shots in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Canadiens.
Vejmelka had a rare awful outing in this one, especially considering Utah led 2-1 after the first period. He's had trouble getting positive results lately, going 2-5-1 over his last eight games while allowing 23 goals in that span. For the season, the 28-year-old netminder is 10-12-3 with a 2.48 GAA and a .912 save percentage over 27 contests. Vejmelka is likely to split time with Connor Ingram in some capacity, though it could be close to a 50-50 split if Vejmelka's performance remains shaky.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Named starter for Tuesday's game
Vejmelka will defend the home crease against the Canadiens on Tuesday, Cole Bagley of KSL Sports reports.
Vejmelka has gone 2-4-1 over his last seven starts, but his results haven't been particularly poor, as he's posted a 2.60 GAA and .910 save percentage during that time. The Canadiens have a middling offense, as they're tied for 17th in the league with 2.95 goals per game.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Holds on for win
Vejmelka stopped 18 of 19 shots in Friday's 2-1 win over the Sharks.
The Sharks didn't generate a ton of pressure, but the game was tied 1-1 late into the third period. Barrett Hayton put Utah ahead 2-1 with 1:32 left, but the team still had to kill a penalty to preserve the lead over the final 56 seconds. Vejmelka was a winner for just the second time in his last seven outings, improving to 10-11-3 with a 2.38 GAA and a .916 save percentage over 26 appearances. Connor Ingram is back from an upper-body injury and likely to start Saturday versus the Islanders, but it's unclear how Utah will divide the goaltending duties beyond that contest. Vejmelka played well enough in Ingram's absence to deserve at least a 50-50 split of the starts over the remainder of January.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: First goalie off Friday
Vejmelka was the first goalie to leave the ice Friday, Cole Bagley of KSL Sports reports, indicating he'll tend the twine at home versus San Jose.
Vejmelka has given up three or more goals in four of his last six outings. Unsurprisingly, the netminder is sporting a 1-4-1 record over that stretch. Still, the 28-year-old backstop continues to see the bulk of the workload for Utah -- though Connor Ingram (upper body) is back from his conditioning assignment with AHL Tucson and could challenge Vejmelka for minutes.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Keeps things close in loss
Vejmelka allowed two goals on 31 shots in Wednesday's 4-1 loss to the Panthers. The last two goals were empty-netters.
Vejmelka did a good job of keeping the game close, but Utah's offense didn't make enough of an impact. The 28-year-old netminder has now gone 1-4-1 with 17 goals allowed over his last six contests. He's not playing poorly, but it's another rough patch for an Utah team that has run a bit streaky in 2024-25. He's 9-11-3 with a 2.43 GAA and a .915 save percentage over 25 appearances this season. Utah's next two games come in a home back-to-back as they host the Sharks on Friday and the Islanders on Saturday, both of which represent favorable matchups, as they have offenses in the bottom quarter of the league.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Set to face Florida on Wednesday
Vejmelka will be between the pipes in Wednesday's home matchup against the Panthers, according to Brogan Houston of Deseret News Sports.
Vejmelka is 1-0-1 through two starts in January while stopping a combined 49 of 55 shots in that span (.891 save percentage, 2.95 GAA). Florida ranks ninth in the NHL with 3.24 goals per game this season, but the team is 2-4-0 in its last six games. The 28-year-old Vejmelka has a 1-4-0 record, 3.91 GAA and .904 save percentage across five career games against the Panthers.
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Hockey Club's Karel Vejmelka: Falls in overtime
Vejmelka stopped 26 of 29 shots in Saturday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Stars.
Vejmelka has allowed 15 goals over his last five games, but he's arguably been a little unlucky to go 1-3-1 in that span. While not as sharp as he's been throughout the campaign overall, Vejmelka isn't in a deep slump, either. He's 9-10-3 with a 2.45 GAA and a .914 save percentage through 24 appearances. Connor Ingram (upper body) has been on a conditioning loan with AHL Tucson for nearly a week, so Vejmelka's run as Utah's unquestioned No. 1 may be close to ending. The latter should still see ample playing time in a timeshare once Ingram is activated.
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Player Bio
HT/WT: 6-3, 224 lbs |
Birthplace: Trebic, Czech Republic |
Age: 28 |
Experience: 3 |
Shoots: Right |