Goalie Lab · 2011-12

How hard is his job, and how well does he do it?

Save percentage blames the goalie for everything in front of him. The environment score measures the job instead, from how much danger came at him and how hard the shots were. Goals saved above expected measures what he did with it.

Season2011-12

Ryan Miller

BUF · 61 GP · 3536 min

Environment50Average

Saved above expected+10.3+0.17 per 6059th percentile

Save %.919expected .91365th percentile

Danger per 60: 2.60 xGA54th
Shot quality: 6.4% per shot37th
Shot volume: 40.9 per 6059th
High-danger share: 34%52nd
Rush and rebounds: 12%46th
Penalty kill load: 18% of xGA7th

Small numbers: league percentile among qualified goalies (higher = more of it, a harder job).

Jhonas Enroth

BUF · 26 GP · 1399 min

Environment39Heavy

Saved above expected+0.6+0.03 per 6030th percentile

Save %.913expected .91341st percentile

Danger per 60: 2.81 xGA76th
Shot quality: 6.2% per shot22nd
Shot volume: 45.5 per 60100th
High-danger share: 32%24th
Rush and rebounds: 10%9th
Penalty kill load: 21% of xGA52nd

Small numbers: league percentile among qualified goalies (higher = more of it, a harder job).

Drew MacIntyre

BUF · 2 GP · 43 min · not enough minutes to rank

Environment—Unranked

Saved above expected+0.4+0.50 per 60

Save %.944expected .924

Danger per 60: 1.88 xGA
Shot quality: 7.6% per shot
Shot volume: 24.8 per 60
High-danger share: 39%
Rush and rebounds: 6%
Penalty kill load: 49% of xGA

Small numbers: league percentile among qualified goalies (higher = more of it, a harder job).

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Games6126Minutes35361399Save %.91965th.91341stExpected save %.913.913Saved above expected+10.359th+0.630thPer 60+0.1754th+0.0330thEnvironment50Average39HeavyDanger per 602.60 xGA54th2.81 xGA76thShot quality6.4% per shot37th6.2% per shot22ndShot volume40.9 per 6059th45.5 per 60100thHigh-danger share34%52nd32%24thRush and rebounds12%46th10%9thPenalty kill load18% of xGA7th21% of xGA52nd

Small numbers are league percentiles among qualified goalies. Save percentage and saved above expected: higher is better. The environment's ingredients: higher means more of it, a harder job.

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The environment score measures how clean a goalie's job was: 100 is the easiest in the league, 0 the hardest. It ranks six things against every NHL goalie with at least a quarter of the league leader's minutes: expected goals against per 60 (35%), expected goals per shot (25%), shots per 60 (15%), the share of shots from high danger (10%), the share off the rush or a rebound (10%) and the share of danger faced on the penalty kill (5%). 80 and up is sheltered, under 20 is under siege. Areas of the ice follow NHL Edge's danger bands. How expected goals work