<p>The <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/new-jersey-devils/line-combinations">New Jersey Devils</a> have agreed to terms on a two-year, $6 million AAV contract extension with veteran goaltender Jacob Markstrom, the club announced Friday evening.</p>



<p>Markstrom, 35, has a 2-2-0 record and an .830 save percentage through four games with the Devils to start the 2025-26 season. The Gavle, Sweden product is one of the NHL’s tallest goaltenders, standing in at 6’6″ and 207 pounds.</p>



<p>The Devils acquired Markstrom from the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/calgary-flames/line-combinations">Calgary Flames</a> during the 2024 off-season. Markstrom is currently in the final season of the six-year contract he signed with the Flames as a free agent in 2020; his current deal also carries a $6 million cap hit, with the Flames retaining $1.875 million this year and last.</p>



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<p>Markstrom has missed part of the 2025-26 season thus far while sidelined with injury, allowing Jake Allen to take the reins more often than not. Allen, a fellow 35-year-old who is signed through 2030, has gone 5-1-0 with a .906 save percentage through seven appearances this season.</p>



<p>A second-round pick (No. 31 overall) of the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/florida-panthers/line-combinations">Florida Panthers</a> in the 2008 NHL Draft, Markstrom made sporadic appearances with the Cats before being included in a blockbuster trade with the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vancouver-canucks/line-combinations">Vancouver Canucks</a> in 2014 that saw Roberto Luongo head back to Florida.</p>



<p>Markstrom firmly established himself as an NHL starting goaltender over parts of seven seasons with the Canucks, making 60 appearances in both the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons and helping the team reach the playoffs in 2020.</p>



<p>After signing with the Flames prior to the 2020-21 season, Markstrom remained one of the league’s most trusted workhorses and recorded career highs with 63 games played, 37 wins, and nine shutouts during Calgary’s Pacific Division-winning 2021-22 campaign, after which he was named a Vezina Trophy finalist.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="173"></div>



<p>The Flames traded Markstrom to the Devils in 2024 in exchange for defenseman Kevin Bahl and a 2025 first-round pick, used to select Cole Reschny. Markstrom went 26-16-6 with four shutouts and a .900 save percentage with New Jersey in 2024-25, helping them reach the playoffs as the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference.</p>



<p>Through 538 career games over parts of 16 NHL seasons with the Panthers, Canucks, Flames, and Devils, Markstrom has put together a 243-214-63 record with 24 shutouts and a .908 save percentage. He’s gone 14-17 with a .911 save percentage in 31 playoff contests with Vancouver, Calgary, and New Jersey.</p>
