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Jesper Wallstedt

#30 · Goalie · Minnesota Wild

Born Nov 14, 2002 in Vasteras, SWE (age 23) · 6'3", 214 lb · Catches left · Drafted 20th overall in 2021 by MIN (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Igor Shesterkin NYR · 4 GP, 0.926 Jeremy Swayman BOS · 4 GP, 0.932 Juuse Saros NSH · 4 GP, 0.916 Karel Vejmelka UTA · 4 GP, 0.892 Kevin Lankinen VAN · 4 GP, 0.796

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

01020302023-24: 3 games323-242024-25: 2 games224-252025-26: 35 games3525-262026-27: 4 games426-27

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2023-24 MIN 3 2101 87 78 9 3.01 0.897 $925K
2024-25 MIN 2 0200 51 43 8 4.09 0.843 $925K
2025-26 MIN 35 18964 1020 934 87 2.61 0.916 $2.2M
2026-27 MIN 4 2110 110 102 8 1.98 0.927 $2.2M
4 seasons Career 44 221375 1268 1157 112 2.65 0.912

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2025-26 MIN 10 5500 329 299 30 2.77 0.909
1 season Playoffs 10 5500 329 299 30 2.77 0.909

2026-27 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
4 4 2110 110 102 8 1.98 0.927

Contract

$2.2MCap hitends in 2027, then RFA
$166KCap dollars per goal above replacement13.2 goals above replacement, projected
$4.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.4MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 63 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Minnesota Wild on Oct 7, 2024, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $4.4M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2026-27, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2025-26 $2.2M $2.4M $0 $2.4M
2026-27 $2.2M $2M $0 $2M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Oct 7, 2024 Minnesota Wild Extension 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $4.4M $2.2M
May 16, 2022 Minnesota Wild Entry-level 2022-23 to 2024-25 3 $4.05M $925K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2026-27 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 4 games (+5.4 goals above replacement), plus the 24 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+13.2Goals above replacement25th of 63 goalies
+2.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+8.0Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 63 ranked goalies: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. Goals above average is coloured as it is under Shots faced below, where it is taken per 60 minutes.

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly.

-505101520252023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. What these numbers mean

+4.2Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
12.2Expected goals againstfrom 170 unblocked attempts
8Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.927Save %0.889 expected from his shots
Goals saved +1.03 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 7.2% chance per attempt faced1stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 0 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0510Expected 12.2Allowed 8

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Oct 8, 2026 @ TBL L 2-3 L 35 32 3 0.914 59:03
Oct 6, 2026 @ BUF L 2-3 (OT) OTL 28 25 3 0.893 64:22
Oct 3, 2026 vs BOS W 4-1 W 27 26 1 0.963 60:00
Oct 1, 2026 @ NSH W 3-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 59:14