Goalie Lab · 2013-14

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.

Season2013-14

Ryan Miller

BUF · 59 GP · 3500 min

Environment50Average

Saved above expected+4.6+0.08 per 6048th percentile

Save %.917expected .91560th percentile

Danger per 60: 2.72 xGA61st
Shot quality: 6.2% per shot27th
Shot volume: 43.5 per 6089th
High-danger share: 33%37th
Rush and rebounds: 10%11th
Penalty kill load: 24% of xGA79th

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

Jhonas Enroth

BUF · 27 GP · 1574 min

Environment39Heavy

Saved above expected+4.1+0.15 per 6045th percentile

Save %.914expected .90945th percentile

Danger per 60: 2.75 xGA65th
Shot quality: 6.5% per shot50th
Shot volume: 42.3 per 6073rd
High-danger share: 36%84th
Rush and rebounds: 10%6th
Penalty kill load: 22% of xGA50th

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

Matt Hackett

BUF · 8 GP · 426 min · not enough minutes to rank

Environment—Unranked

Saved above expected-2.3-0.33 per 60

Save %.906expected .916

Danger per 60: 2.77 xGA
Shot quality: 6.1% per shot
Shot volume: 45.2 per 60
High-danger share: 28%
Rush and rebounds: 11%
Penalty kill load: 32% of xGA

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

Nathan Lieuwen

BUF · 7 GP · 363 min · not enough minutes to rank

Environment—Unranked

Saved above expected+1.3+0.22 per 60

Save %.906expected .899

Danger per 60: 3.19 xGA
Shot quality: 6.9% per shot
Shot volume: 46.4 per 60
High-danger share: 39%
Rush and rebounds: 12%
Penalty kill load: 9% of xGA

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

Connor Knapp

BUF · 2 GP · 77 min · not enough minutes to rank

Environment—Unranked

Saved above expected-0.7-0.53 per 60

Save %.879expected .899

Danger per 60: 2.61 xGA
Shot quality: 6.6% per shot
Shot volume: 39.2 per 60
High-danger share: 36%
Rush and rebounds: 10%
Penalty kill load: 44% of xGA

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

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Games5927Minutes35001574Save %.91760th.91445thExpected save %.915.909Saved above expected+4.648th+4.145thPer 60+0.0840th+0.1552ndEnvironment50Average39HeavyDanger per 602.72 xGA61st2.75 xGA65thShot quality6.2% per shot27th6.5% per shot50thShot volume43.5 per 6089th42.3 per 6073rdHigh-danger share33%37th36%84thRush and rebounds10%11th10%6thPenalty kill load24% of xGA79th22% of xGA50th

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