Mackenzie Blackwood
Colorado Avalanche · Goalie
Profile
- Position
- Goalie
- Number
- #39
- Born
- December 9, 1996 · Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
- Age
- 29 years old
- Height
- 6′4″ (193 cm)
- Weight
- 225 lb (102 kg)
- Catches
- left
- Draft
2015, NJD, round 2, pick 12 (42nd overall)- Nationality
- Canada
Season stats
- GPGames playedOfficial regular season games he played.
- 9
- WWinsGames won with him as the goalie credited with the decision.
- 6
- LLossesLosses in regulation.
- 3
- OTLOvertime lossesLosses in overtime or a shootout.
- 0
- SOShutoutsWins without allowing a goal.
- 0
- SV%Save percentageSaves divided by shots faced.
- .894
- GAGoals againstGoals scored against him.
- 25
Projected full season
- Pool pts Pool points we project for the full season, already scored and to come, points format: 1 pt per goal and per assist, goalies 2 pts per win, 1 pt per overtime loss and 2 pts per shutout.
- 66.8 51 games, 30.5 wins, 2 shutouts
- Rest of season
- 54.8 42 games left, 1.31 pool pts per game from now on
Our model’s projection, checked on the whole 2025-2026 season: production per game and expected games from his team’s schedule. Our method
📈 Our read on his season
- Projected pool points
- 66.8 12 so far · 54.8 to come
- Worst and best case
- 27 to 106 Worst case 27 · best case 106Confidence high. His gap between worst and best case is in the narrowest third of players at his position.
- Current pace
- 68 1 above the projection
Current pace carries his production per game over the games we expect him to play. The projection blends this season with the previous ones. 8 seasons out of 10 end between the worst and the best case, given how much his games vary, his health and his role. Confidence compares that gap with players at his position.
* This season: our projection, the vertical line going from the worst to the best case.
Compared with his last seasons
| SeasonThe season, from fall to spring. | Games playedOfficial regular season games he played. | WinsGames won with him as the goalie credited with the decision. | ShutoutsWins without allowing a goal. | Pool pointsPool points for the season under the default scoring. For this season, our projection. | Pool points per gamePool points divided by games played. For this season, over the projected full season (points already scored plus those to come). The rate from now on is under “Rest of season”. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 (projected full season) | 51 | 30.5 | 2.0 | 66.8 | 1.31 |
| 2025-26 | 39 | 23 | 3 | 54 | 1.38 |
2024-25   | 56 | 28 | 4 | 71 | 1.27 |
| 2023-24 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 0.64 |
Pool points under the default scoring: 1 point per goal and per assist, 2 per win and per shutout, 1 per overtime loss.
Last 10 games
| DateThe day of the game. | OpponentThe opposing team. "at" marks a road game. | DecisionThe goalie’s decision: W for a win, L for a loss, OTL for an overtime or shootout loss. Empty when he did not get the decision. | SavesShots stopped. | Goals againstGoals scored against him. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28 | NJD | W | 20 | 2 |
| Oct 23 | TBL | W | 31 | 3 |
| Oct 19 | at PHI | L | 21 | 3 |
| Oct 16 | PIT | W | 30 | 2 |
| Oct 13 | at DAL | W | 24 | 2 |
| Oct 10 | TOR | L | 17 | 5 |
| Oct 7 | at WPG | L | 16 | 3 |
| Oct 3 | STL | W | 25 | 1 |
| Sep 30 | LAK | W | 27 | 4 |
Regular season career
| SeasonThe season, from fall to spring. | Games playedGames played in that league that season. | WinsGames won with him as the goalie credited with the decision. | LossesLosses in regulation. | Overtime lossesLosses in overtime or a shootout. | Goals against averageGoals allowed per 60 minutes of play. | Save percentageSaves divided by shots faced. | ShutoutsWins without allowing a goal. | TeamThe team he played for that season, with a link to its page when it is in the NHL. | LeagueThe league of that season: NHL, minor league, junior, college or international tournament. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 | 38 | 15 | 13 | – | 3.08 | – | 1 | Thunder Bay | Minor-ON |
| 2012-13 | 24 | 10 | 8 | – | 3.39 | – | 0 | Elmira | ON-Jr.B |
| 2013-14 | 45 | 23 | 15 | – | 2.98 | .902 | 1 | Barrie | OHL |
| 2014-15 | 51 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 3.09 | .906 | 2 | Barrie Colts | OHL |
| 2015-16 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 3.95 | – | 0 | Canada | WJC-A |
| 2015-16 | 43 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 2.72 | .921 | 3 | Barrie Colts | OHL |
| 2015-16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.95 | .859 | 0 | Canada U20 | WJC-20 |
| 2016-17 | 36 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2.55 | .907 | 3 | Albany Devils | AHL |
| 2017-18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.48 | .920 | 0 | Adirondack Thunder | ECHL |
| 2017-18 | 32 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 3.41 | .882 | 2 | Binghamton Devils | AHL |
| 2018-19 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2.61 | .918 | 2 | New Jersey Devils | NHL |
| 2018-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | Canada | WC |
| 2018-19 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2.95 | .902 | 1 | Binghamton Devils | AHL |
| 2019-20 | 47 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 2.77 | .915 | 3 | New Jersey Devils | NHL |
| 2020-21 | 35 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 3.04 | .902 | 1 | New Jersey Devils | NHL |
| 2021-22 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3.39 | .892 | 2 | New Jersey Devils | NHL |
| 2022-23 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3.20 | .893 | 0 | New Jersey Devils | NHL |
| 2022-23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.03 | .891 | 0 | Utica Comets | AHL |
| 2023-24 | 44 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 3.45 | .899 | 2 | San Jose Sharks | NHL |
| 2024-25 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3.00 | .911 | 1 | San Jose Sharks | NHL |
| 2024-25 | 37 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2.33 | .913 | 3 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL |
| 2025-26 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2.51 | .904 | 3 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL |
| 2026-27 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2.81 | .894 | 0 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL |
| NHL totals | 300 | 132 | 116 | 30 | 2.89 | .905 | 17 | NHL |
Playoff career
| SeasonThe season, from fall to spring. | Games playedGames played in that league that season. | WinsGames won with him as the goalie credited with the decision. | LossesLosses in regulation. | Overtime lossesLosses in overtime or a shootout. | Goals against averageGoals allowed per 60 minutes of play. | Save percentageSaves divided by shots faced. | ShutoutsWins without allowing a goal. | TeamThe team he played for that season, with a link to its page when it is in the NHL. | LeagueThe league of that season: NHL, minor league, junior, college or international tournament. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | – | 2.61 | .904 | 1 | Barrie | OHL |
| 2014-15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | – | 2.88 | .922 | 0 | Barrie Colts | OHL |
| 2015-16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | – | 2.71 | .915 | 1 | Barrie Colts | OHL |
| 2016-17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | 2.13 | .928 | 1 | Albany Devils | AHL |
| 2017-18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | 1.00 | .964 | 1 | Adirondack Thunder | ECHL |
| 2024-25 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2.71 | .892 | 1 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL |
| 2025-26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.82 | .890 | 0 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL |
| NHL totals | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2.74 | .892 | 1 | NHL |
🏆 NHL awards and honours
- William M. Jennings Trophy2025-26
Every league he played in, from the NHL’s public feed, read again each day by our server. A dash marks a stat the league does not publish.
Career transactions
Trades, contracts, waivers and releases, newest first.
| Transaction dateThe day the club announced it. | Transaction typeTrade, signed contract, waivers (placed or claimed) or release. When the club announces several moves together, each player gets his own: injured reserve, activated, recall or assignment. | From which club to which clubThe club he leaves and the one he joins, when the transaction names them. | DescriptionThe text of the transaction as ESPN published it, in English. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract | Colorado AvalancheAvalanche | Signed G Mackenzie Blackwood to a five-year contract extension through the 2029-30 season. Activated D Josh Manson from injured reserve. Called up LW Jere Innala. | |
| Trade | San Jose SharksSharks to Colorado AvalancheAvalanche | Acquired G Alexandar Georgiev, RW Nikolai Kovalenko, a 2026 second-round pick and a 2025 fifth-round pick from Colorado Avalanche for G Mackenzie Blackwood, RW Givani Smith and a 2027 fifth-round draft pick. | |
| Contract | San Jose SharksSharks | Signed D Kyle Burroughs to a three-year contract and G MacKenzie Blackwood to a two-year contract. | |
| Trade | New Jersey DevilsDevils to San Jose SharksSharks | Traded sixth-round 2023 draft pick to New Jersey Devils for G Mackenzie Blackwood. | |
| Contract | New Jersey DevilsDevils | Re-signed G MacKenzie Blackwood to a three-year contract. | |
| Recall | New Jersey DevilsDevils | Traded G Keith Kincaid to Columbus for a 2022 fifth-round draft pick. Traded F Marcus Johansson to Boston for a 2019 second-round draft pick and a 2020 fourth-round pick. Recalled G Mackenzie Blackwood and D Egor Yakovlev from Binghamton (AHL) and G Evan Cormier from Adirondack (ECHL) to Binghamton. | |
| Assignment | New Jersey DevilsDevils | Terminated the conditioning loan of G Cory Schneider to Binghamton (AHL). Assigned G Mackenzie Blackwood to Binghamton. | |
| Assignment | New Jersey DevilsDevils | Assigned D Yaroslav Dyblenko, Josh Jacobs, Michael Kapla, Colton White and Jacob MacDonald; Fs Brandon Baddock, Nathan Bastian, Brandon Gignac, Ryan Kujawinski, Blake Pietila, Kevin Rooney, Blake Speers, Austin Cangelosi and Jan Mandat; and G Mackenzie Blackwood to Binghamton (AHL). Waived Fs Bracken Kearns and Ben Thomson and G Scott Wedgewood. Released D Tim Erixon from a professional tryout. | |
| Contract | New Jersey DevilsDevils | Placed F Jacob Josefson on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 26. Recalled F Mike Sislo from Albany (AHL). Signed G Mackenzie Blackwood to a three-year entry-level contract. | |
| Assignment | New Jersey DevilsDevils | Assigned G Mackenzie Blackwood to Barrie, OHL; D Josh Jacobs to Sarnia, OHL, D Ryan Rehill to Kamloops, WHL, D Colton White and F Blake Speers to Sault Ste. Marie, OHL, F Brandon Baddock to Edmonton, WHL and F Connor Chatham to Flint, OHL. Released F Alexandre Goulet. |
Transactions source: ESPN.
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