#NHLTopPlayers: Top Goalies, Nos. 5-1

From Stanley Cup champions to Vezina Trophy winners to all-stars, the NHL has many great goalies. NHL Network producers and analysts chose the top 10 goalies in the League right now, and Nos. 5-1 were revealed Wednesday in the second of an eight-part series featured on "NHL Tonight." Here is the list:

5. Jordan Binnington, St. Louis Blues

Binnington has proved that last season was no fluke. In 2018-19, he was a finalist for the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year (24-5-1, 1.89 goals-against average, .927 save percentage, five shutouts) and won 16 Stanley Cup Playoff games to help the Blues to their first NHL championship. This season, he was third in the NHL with 30 wins (30-13-7) and had a 2.56 GAA, a .912 save percentage and three shutouts in 50 games (all starts). Binnington also was selected to the 2020 NHL All-Star Game and helped the Blues finish with the best record in the Western Conference (42-19-10, .662 points percentage).

"He's been fantastic," NHL Network analyst Mike Rupp said. "When goalies break into the League, some goalies get hot for 20 games and we think they're the next great [goalie], and then the market kind of corrects itself. Not with this guy though. I love the way he's come and attacked this season, that's why the St. Louis Blues are my favorite to win the Stanley Cup again this year."

4. Ben Bishop, Dallas Stars

Bishop, who was the runner-up to Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning for the Vezina Trophy as the best NHL goalie in 2018-19, had another strong season, going 21-16-4 with a 2.50 GAA, a .920 save percentage and two shutouts to help the Stars earn a playoff berth. After he was 1-4-1 with a 2.84 GAA and .889 save percentage in his first six games, Bishop went 11-2-1 with a 1.70 GAA and .947 in his next 16 games. Over the past three seasons, he is tied for second in the NHL with Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask in GAA (2.33), behind Binnington (2.30), and tied for third in save percentage (.923), behind Arizona Coyotes goalies Darcy Kuemper and Antti Raanta (each .924). Bishop was a Vezina finalist three times in six seasons from 2013-19.

"I love his game. He's huge (6-foot-7, 210 pounds), he's athletic, he's competitive, he's down there in Dallas," Rupp said. "They've got a very good structure in front of him, which I think is showing all of his talents. He's a dominant goalie in the League right now."

3. Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets

Hellebuyck went 31-21-5 with a 2.57 GAA, a .922 save percentage and a League-leading six shutouts to help the Jets to a berth in the Stanley Cup Qualifiers, when they will play the Calgary Flames. He was tied for first with Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens among NHL goalies in games (58), faced the most shots (1,796), and made the most saves (1,656). Hellebuyck, who allowed two goals or fewer in 32 games this season, has made the most starts (182) and has the second-most wins (109), behind Vasilevskiy (118), in the past three seasons. He was the runner-up to Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators for the Vezina in 2017-18.

"This is a big, bounce-back year for him because we knew how good he was early on, a few years back," Rupp said. "He was a little bit inconsistent. Well this year, what does he do? This team loses four of their top six defensemen coming into the season, and he is unbelievable. He's been fantastic, puts the Winnipeg Jets into this preliminary round."

2. Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins

Rask went 26-8-6 and led the NHL with a 2.12 GAA, was second in save percentage (.929), behind Stars goalie Anton Khudobin (.930), and was tied for second with Marc-Andre Fleury of the Vegas Golden Knights with five shutouts. He, along with Jaroslav Halak, helped Boston win the William M. Jennings Trophy for allowing the fewest goals in the NHL (167). Rask allowed two or fewer goals in 27 of 41 games and began the season with a 20-game point streak on home ice for the Bruins (14-0-6), who won the Presidents' Trophy with the best record in the NHL (44-14-12, .714). Over the past seven seasons, he is second in wins (225), behind Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby (245), and GAA (2.30), trailing Bishop (2.28), and is tied for third in save percentage (.920) among goalies who played at least 100 games.

"Tuukka Rask has probably been the most consistent guy on this list over the last number of years," Rupp said. "He always seems to be at the top in every statistical category. This guy never gets the full love in Boston. I don't think he will until probably he's the goalie in between the pipes when they win Stanley Cup. But I love him, he's been very consistent in recent years."

1. Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning

After winning the Vezina last season, Vasilevskiy (35-14-3) led the NHL in wins for the third straight season. He had a 2.56 GAA, a .917 save percentage and three shutouts, and allowed two goals or fewer in 27 of 57 games to help the Lightning qualify for the playoffs. He had a 21-game point streak from Dec. 17-Feb. 15 (19-0-2) and helped Tampa Bay win at least 10 straight games twice this season. Vasilevskiy leads the NHL in wins (118) and is tied for first with Fleury in shutouts (17) over the past three seasons, and he is fourth in save percentage (.921) among goalies who played at least 100 games over that span.

"The Tampa Bay Lightning are trying to play better defensive hockey under (coach) Jon Cooper now, but the reality is, [Vasilevskiy] still sees a lot of stuff that he shouldn't see." Rupp said. "He's big (6-3, 216), he's athletic, he's competitive. He's the most dominant goalie in the National Hockey League and has been for a couple of years."