Goalie Lab · 2012-13

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.

Season2012-13

Ryan Miller

BUF · 40 GP · 2302 min
Environment13Under siege
Saved above expected+9.1+0.24 per 6074th percentile
Save %.915expected .90858th percentile
Danger per 60
3.00 xGA89th
Shot quality
6.7% per shot75th
Shot volume
44.6 per 6087th
High-danger share
36%77th
Rush and rebounds
12%36th
Penalty kill load
24% of xGA83rd

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

Jhonas Enroth

BUF · 12 GP · 623 min · not enough minutes to rank
Environment—Unranked
Saved above expected-0.2-0.02 per 60
Save %.920expected .920
Danger per 60
2.48 xGA
Shot quality
5.7% per shot
Shot volume
43.6 per 60
High-danger share
29%
Rush and rebounds
11%
Penalty kill load
20% of xGA

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

The whole league

Every qualified NHL goalie: how clean his job was, across (100 the easiest), and how well he did it, up. Bigger dots played more.

-0.75-0.5-0.250+0.25+0.5+0.750255075100Cleaner job →↑ Saved more than expectedSheltered and sharpBusy and brilliantSheltered and leakySwampedMiller
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Ryan MillerBUF
Jhonas EnrothBUF
Games4012Minutes2302623Save %.91558th.920Expected save %.908.920Saved above expected+9.174th-0.2Per 60+0.2458th-0.02Environment13Under siege—UnrankedDanger per 603.00 xGA89th2.48 xGAShot quality6.7% per shot75th5.7% per shotShot volume44.6 per 6087th43.6 per 60High-danger share36%77th29%Rush and rebounds12%36th11%Penalty kill load24% of xGA83rd20% of xGA

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