The visiting Winnipeg Jets achieved a rare feat on Thursday night at American Airlines Center, chasing Dallas Stars netminder Jake Oettinger after surrendering six goals. The seven-year NHL veteran and Olympic gold medalist rarely gives up six goals in NHL action, with his current season GAA at 2.33 and his career GAA sitting at 2.51. Moreover, the 27-year-old has surrendered six goals in at least one game in several recent seasons, and has yet to surrender seven in a game, something several Hall of Famers have done.
Today, we are going to take a quick trip down memory lane and revisit the few games Oettinger has given up six goals and how few and far between they really are.
Oettinger has surrendered six goals in seven regular-season games
At the beginning of November, Oettinger surrendered five goals to the Washington Capitals in a 6-5 victory, which had been his season high for goals against until Thursday night. In the Stars’ 8-3 loss, the Lakeville, Minnesota, native gave up six, getting the hook early in the third period. Strangely, it has been almost an entire year since the last time he gave up six in a regular-season game, which occurred on Nov. 6, 2025, in a 7-5 loss to the Anaheim Ducks at home.
Oettinger’s strange November trend extends further back to Nov. 1, 2024, when he gave up six in a 6-4 loss to the Florida Panthers, once again at American Airlines Center. So far, as we work our way backward, he’s surrendered six goals at least once a season over the past few years, all in November.
Oettinger surrendered six goals three times in 2023-24
During the 2023-24 season, Oettinger produced a career-worst 2.72 GAA; he gave up six goals in three contests and at least five in a total of seven outings. His first bad game occurred, of course, on Nov. 24, 2023, a 7-4 loss to the Calgary Flames at home. Just weeks later, he gave up another six to the Vegas Golden Knights on Dec. 9, 2023, in a 6-1 defeat. Before the end of the season, on Mar. 5, 2024, Oettinger gave up six goals in a 7-6 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on the road.
Those three six-goal outings in 2023-24 contrasted with the previous season, since the most he gave up that season was five goals, which he did eight times. Finally, Oettinger’s first-ever six-goal game came on Mar. 12, 2022 against the New York Rangers, which resulted in a 7-4 loss. At the time, he was just 24 years old and playing in his 59th game.
Oettinger has two six-goal outings in the Stanley Cup playoffs
Although Oettinger rarely gives up six goals in a regular-season game, he has done it twice in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Unfortunately, the last occurrence took place in the 2025 Western Conference Final, where the Edmonton Oilers took a 2-1 series lead with a 6-1 win in Game 3 at Rogers Place. The Oilers would go on to win the next two to advance back to the Final. Prior to that, the Golden Knights defeated the Stars in Game 6 of the 2023 Western Conference Final, securing the Clarence Campbell Bowl with a 6-0 win at American Airlines Center.
Thursday night marked Oettinger’s 319th NHL regular-season game, and for someone who's produced a 193-81-34 record, it is impressive to know that he has surrendered six goals in just seven games, nine total, including the postseason. For comparison's sake, Hall of Famer Martin Brodeur had 15 six-goal games, including two in the playoffs, while Marc-Andre Fleury had 31 such games, including six in the postseason. Although both goalies played a lot more games than Oettinger has, it goes without saying that even the great ones have bad outings.
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