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Goalie Lab · 2015-16

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.

Season2015-16

Chad Johnson

BUF · 45 GP · 2597 min
Environment64Light
Saved above expected+12.1+0.28 per 6070th percentile
Save %.920expected .91062nd percentile
Danger per 60
2.59 xGA45th
Shot quality
6.3% per shot38th
Shot volume
40.8 per 6064th
High-danger share
33%34th
Rush and rebounds
10%4th
Penalty kill load
22% of xGA66th

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

Robin Lehner

BUF · 21 GP · 1144 min
Environment82Sheltered
Saved above expected+2.4+0.12 per 6032nd percentile
Save %.925expected .92195th percentile
Danger per 60
2.54 xGA36th
Shot quality
5.8% per shot0th
Shot volume
43.8 per 6091st
High-danger share
28%0th
Rush and rebounds
11%11th
Penalty kill load
22% of xGA71st

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

Linus Ullmark

BUF · 20 GP · 1131 min
Environment95Sheltered
Saved above expected-3.5-0.18 per 6016th percentile
Save %.913expected .91936th percentile
Danger per 60
2.36 xGA7th
Shot quality
5.8% per shot2nd
Shot volume
40.6 per 6062nd
High-danger share
33%36th
Rush and rebounds
10%2nd
Penalty kill load
12% of xGA0th

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

Jason Kasdorf

BUF · 1 GP · 60 min · not enough minutes to rank
Environment—Unranked
Saved above expected-2.3-2.31 per 60
Save %.862expected .942
Danger per 60
1.69 xGA
Shot quality
4.4% per shot
Shot volume
38.0 per 60
High-danger share
21%
Rush and rebounds
8%
Penalty kill load
5% 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 leakySwampedJohnsonLehnerUllmark
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Chad JohnsonBUF
Robin LehnerBUF
Games4521Minutes25971144Save %.92062nd.92595thExpected save %.910.921Saved above expected+12.170th+2.432ndPer 60+0.2862nd+0.1243rdEnvironment64Light82ShelteredDanger per 602.59 xGA45th2.54 xGA36thShot quality6.3% per shot38th5.8% per shot0thShot volume40.8 per 6064th43.8 per 6091stHigh-danger share33%34th28%0thRush and rebounds10%4th11%11thPenalty kill load22% of xGA66th22% of xGA71st

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