The epitome of the journeyman puckstopper, Louis Domingue’s motto could be have goal stick, will travel. Considering that he’s played for 15 different teams during his pro career, Domingue would be the ideal guy to do promotional spots for U-Haul and Samsonite. He’s certainly well-traveled.

What has kept Domingue employed as a pro netminder is that often when he’s called upon in a pinch, he has proven capable of delivering the goods. During the 2023-24 NHL season, he would make a solitary appearance for the New York Rangers while Igor Shesterkin was out with a lower-body injury. Domingue turned aside 25 shots and beat the Minnesota Wild 4-1.

He was an impressive 21-5-0 serving as backup to Andrei Vasilivevskiy with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2018-19. Domingue posted a franchise-record 11-game winning streak for the Lightning. 

His 26 games that season were the third-most Domingue has played during an NHL season. He saw duty in a team-leading 39 games for the Arizona Coyotes in 2015-16 and was in net for 31 Arizona games the following season.

That 2015-16 campaign was Domingue’s rookie NHL season. He’d post two shutouts that season, joining Robert Esche as the only Coyotes rookie goalies to put up multiple zeroes. Domingue also set a franchise rookie mark with 15 wins. He was named NHL Rookie of the Month in January of 2016. Domingue went 6-3-2 with a 2.20 GAA and .925 save percentage during the month.

Despite rarely being better than number two or number three on a team’s goalie depth chart, Domingue has managed to play more than 100 NHL games.

During the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, Domingue was to be the No. 3 goalie for the Pittsburgh Penguins. But with Tristan Jarry out with a broken foot, backup Casey DeSmith suffered a lower-body injury in the midst of the second overtime period during Game 1 of their opening-round series against the Rangers. Coming off the bench, Domingue made 17 saves, backstopping the Penguins to a triple-OT victory.

He became a bit of a cult hero when during his post-game interview session, Domingue revealed he’d downed a meal of spicy pork and broccoli during the intermission to keep his strength up. 

In an AHL game on April 12, 2024, Domingue scored a goal for the Hartford Wolf Pack against the Springfield Thunderbirds. The tally sealed a 5-3 victory for Hartford, securing the Wolf Pack a place in the Calder Cup playoffs.