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2025 Goaltending
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| Regular Season | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | .913 | 0 |
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Mammoth's Vitek Vanecek: Wins in Winnipeg
Vanecek allowed two goals on 30 shots in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Jets.
Vanecek is making the most of his opportunities, picking up his second straight win. His early-season success could earn him more trust from head coach Andre Tourigny, but as long as Karel Vejmelka maintains a firm grip on the starting job, Vanecek's fantasy value will remain limited.
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Mammoth's Vitek Vanecek: Drawing start against Winnipeg
Vanecek will start Sunday's road game against Winnipeg, Ken Wiebe of The Winnipeg Free Press reports.
Vanecek will draw his third start of the season Sunday as the Mammoth play the second half of a back-to-back set. Over his previous two starts, he's gone 1-1-0 with a 2.00 GAA and .897 save percentage.
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Mammoth's Vitek Vanecek: Earns first win of season
Vanecek stopped 24 of 26 shots in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Bruins.
Vanacek didn't have his best stuff in his first outing of the season, when he stopped 11 of 13 shots against the Blackhawks in a 3-1 loss on Oct. 13, but he bounced back admirably here. As good as he looked in this outing, his fantasy upside shouldn't be very high as long as he remains firmly entrenched in a backup role behind Karel Vejmelka.
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Mammoth's Vitek Vanecek: Drawing start Sunday
Vanecek will start at home against the Bruins on Sunday, Cole Bagley of KSL Sports reports.
Vanecek will make his second start of the season and will face a Boston team that has lost three consecutive matchups after beginning the year on a three-game winning streak. Vanecek's season debut came in Chicago on Oct. 13, and he allowed two goals on 13 shots (.846 save percentage) in a 3-1 loss.
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Mammoth's Vitek Vanecek: Allows two goals Monday
Vanecek stopped 11 of 13 shots in Monday's 3-1 loss to the Blackhawks. The third goal was an empty-netter with six seconds left in the game.
Vanecek made his first start of the season Monday, but his performance was far from encouraging. Even though he didn't have a lot of work, the 29-year-old netminder still allowed two goals and was tagged with the loss as a result in what was another low-scoring contest. Vanecek should return to his regular backup role when the Mammoth take on the Flames on Wednesday.
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Mammoth's Vitek Vanecek: Leaves ice first
Vanecek was the first goalie off the ice Monday, Cole Bagley of KSL Sports reports, indicating he'll get the road start against Chicago.
Vanecek will make his season debut after watching Karel Vejmelka play in the first two games of the year. In 25 regular-season games played between the Sharks and Panthers last year, the 29-year-old Vanecek went 5-14-4 with an .884 save percentage and 3.62 GAA. Now with Utah, Vancek should see a similar workload this year as the No. 2 option behind Vejmelka.
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Mammoth's Vitek Vanecek: In goal versus Kings
Vanecek will protect the home goal versus the Kings in Thursday's preseason game, Brogan Houston of Deseret News Sports reports.
Vanecek will likely be getting his final look in the preseason. The 29-year-old is set to fill the backup role for 2025-26 behind Karel Vejmelka. Vanecek has allowed five goals on 35 shots in his first two preseason contests.
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Mammoth's Vitek Vanecek: Starting in Vegas
Vanecek will guard the road goal in Vegas on Thursday, Brogan Houston of Deseret News Sports reports.
Vanecek is slated to play the entire game. The 29-year-old netminder is playing for his fifth NHL team in the last five years as he has tended net for Washington, New Jersey, San Jose and Florida prior to the start of the 2025-26 campaign. Vanecek was 5-14-4 with a 3.62 GAA and an .884 save percentage across 25 regular-season appearances for the Sharks and Panthers in 2024-25. He currently has the inside track to backup Karel Vejmelka in the Utah crease this season.
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Mammoth's Vitek Vanecek: Locks in with Utah
Vanecek signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the Mammoth on Tuesday, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.
Vanecek spent parts of last season with both the Sharks and the Panthers, playing 25 regular-season games in the NHL between the two, but he didn't have a save percentage above .900 for either team. The 29-year-old joins an already established goaltending duo in Karel Vejmelka and Connor Ingram to compete for playing time with, so don't be surprised if he begins this coming season in the minor leagues.
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Panthers' Vitek Vanecek: Loses last game of season
Vitacek made 26 saves in a 5-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Tuesday.
Tampa Bay secured the No. 2 seed in the Atlantic Division and home-ice advantage with the win. This was Florida's last game of the season, and it will be Vanecek's last action of this year unless he's forced into relief. It's Sergei Bobrovsky all the way from this point forward. Vanecek's results in Florida (2-4-1; 3.00 GAA and .890 save percentage) were no better than what he showed in San Jose (3-10-3; 3.88 GAA and .882 save percentage). He becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer; he will get a contract as a backup netminder from some team. Nothing more.
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Panthers' Vitek Vanecek: Tending twine Tuesday
Vanecek will guard the road goal against Tampa Bay on Tuesday, Doug Plagens of the Panthers Radio Network reports.
Vanecek will get the second half of Florida's back-to-back after Sergei Bobrovsky played in Monday's 5-3 loss to the Rangers. The 29-year-old Vanecek is coming off a 26-save performance in Saturday's 3-2 shootout win over Buffalo. Tampa Bay sits first in the league with 3.59 goals per game in 2024-25.
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Panthers' Vitek Vanecek: Nabs first win in April
Vanecek turned aside 26 shots in regulation and overtime and all three shootout attempts he faced in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Sabres.
It was the first win for the 29-year-old netminder in over a month and just his second since being acquired by the Panthers to back up Sergei Bobrovsky. Vanecek has gone 2-3-1 with a 2.66 GAA and .900 save percentage in six outings for his new squad, and he'll likely make one more regular-season appearance with Florida facing a back-to-back to wrap up its schedule, Monday versus the Rangers and Tuesday against the Lightning in a game that could have playoff seeding implications.
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Panthers' Vitek Vanecek: Slated to start Saturday
Vanecek is expected to be between the home pipes versus Buffalo on Saturday, according to Colby Guy of The Palm Beach Post.
Vanecek shut out the Sabres on March 8, the last time the two teams met, turning aside 21 shots. The win has been the only one for Vanecek in a Florida uniform, as he is 1-3-1 since being acquired from San Jose. The Sabres rank seventh in the league with 3.26 goals per contest in 2024-25.
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Panthers' Vitek Vanecek: Extends losing streak
Vanecek stopped 22 of 24 shots in Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Red Wings.
Vanecek returned to the Panthers' crease after not playing in the team's previous two games, but he was tagged with yet another loss -- he's now dropped each of his last four starts while allowing at least three goals in three of those contests. Over that four-game stretch, the 29-year-old has gone 0-3-1 with a 3.56 GAA and an .874 save percentage, so he's far from being a reliable fantasy option in most formats.
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Panthers' Vitek Vanecek: Starting in Detroit
Vanecek will guard the road goal versus the Red Wings on Sunday, according to Doug Plagens of the Panthers Radio Network.
Vanecek will get the second half of Florida's back-to-back after Sergei Bobrovsky played in Saturday's 3-0 loss to Ottawa. The 29-year-old Vanecek has allowed 12 goals on 87 shots during his three-game losing skid (0-2-1). He has gone 4-12-4 with one shutout, a 3.72 GAA and an .883 save percentage across 22 appearances between Florida and San Jose this season. Detroit is tied for 21st in the league with 2.84 goals per game in 2024-25.
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Panthers' Vitek Vanecek: Falls to Habs
Vanecek made 18 saves in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Canadiens.
The Panthers held a 2-1 lead heading into the third period, but Vanecek couldn't make it stick as Nick Suzuki scored two goals 38 seconds apart -- the first with nine seconds left in regulation, and then the winner 29 seconds into OT. After winning his first start for Florida, Vanecek has dropped his last three decisions, going 0-2-1 with a 4.04 GAA and .862 save percentage. The Panthers are all but locked into a playoff spot but are fighting for first place in the Atlantic Division with the Maple Leafs and Lightning, so how much they prioritize that seeding could determine how often Vanecek gets used to spell Sergei Bobrovsky down the stretch.
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Panthers' Vitek Vanecek: Starting in Montreal
Vanecek will defend the road net against Montreal on Tuesday, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports.
Vanecek has lost his last two outings, surrendering nine goals on 66 shots. Since being acquired from San Jose on March 5, the 29-year-old netminder has a 1-2-0 record with one shutout, a 3.04 GAA and an .897 save percentage with Florida. Montreal ranks 15th in the league with 2.99 goals per game in 2024-25.
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Player Bio
| HT/WT: 6-2, 184 lbs |
| Birthplace: Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic |
| Age: 29 |
| Experience: 5 |
| Shoots: Left |