The Edmonton Oilers needed a netminder to step up this season, and they got just that with Connor Ingram.

Goaltending has not been an area of strength for the Oilers in about a decade, dating back to Cam Talbot’s terrific 2016-17 season. In 2025-26, the Oilers used four netminders, the most in the Connor McDavid era, and the most since 2014-15, when they used five.

Even then, only four full netminders played a full game, and only two netminders played 15 or more games. This season, the Oilers saw four different netminders play 15 or more games: Stuart Skinner, Calvin Pickard, Tristan Jarry, and Connor Ingram. Skinner and Pickard came into the season as the tandem, but Skinner was traded for Jarry.

Shortly after the trade, Jarry went down with an injury, leading the Oilers to call up Ingram. Since his call-up, Ingram has emerged as the team’s starter, as Jarry has posted an .858 save percentage in his 19 games with the team. That trade has not panned out well for the Oilers, to say the least, but with Ingram, the Oilers have an above-average netminder.

In his 32 games, Ingram finished with an .899 save percentage and 2.60 goals against average. A few years ago, that would’ve been below average, but for the first time since the 1995-96 season, the league average save percentage dipped below .900, with the average being .896. That’s the lowest since 1993-94, which had an .895 save percentage. Ingram’s goals-against average is also above average, as the league average sat at 2.88, but that has fluctuated........

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