Goalie Lab · 2016-17

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.

Season2016-17

Robin Lehner

BUF · 59 GP · 3405 min

Environment70Light

Saved above expected-2.7-0.05 per 6013th percentile

Save %.919expected .92169th percentile

Danger per 60: 2.61 xGA43rd
Shot quality: 5.9% per shot2nd
Shot volume: 44.2 per 6089th
High-danger share: 30%4th
Rush and rebounds: 11%9th
Penalty kill load: 23% of xGA81st

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

Anders Nilsson

BUF · 26 GP · 1484 min

Environment11Under siege

Saved above expected+14.3+0.58 per 6081st percentile

Save %.926expected .90991st percentile

Danger per 60: 3.13 xGA98th
Shot quality: 6.6% per shot48th
Shot volume: 47.7 per 6098th
High-danger share: 36%69th
Rush and rebounds: 12%19th
Penalty kill load: 24% of xGA91st

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

Linus Ullmark

BUF · 1 GP · 59 min · not enough minutes to rank

Environment—Unranked

Saved above expected+0.4+0.37 per 60

Save %.917expected .907

Danger per 60: 3.44 xGA
Shot quality: 7.8% per shot
Shot volume: 43.9 per 60
High-danger share: 37%
Rush and rebounds: 16%
Penalty kill load: 20% of xGA

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

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Robin LehnerBUF

Anders NilssonBUF

Games5926Minutes34051484Save %.91969th.92691stExpected save %.921.909Saved above expected-2.713th+14.381stPer 60-0.0515th+0.5898thEnvironment70Light11Under siegeDanger per 602.61 xGA43rd3.13 xGA98thShot quality5.9% per shot2nd6.6% per shot48thShot volume44.2 per 6089th47.7 per 6098thHigh-danger share30%4th36%69thRush and rebounds11%9th12%19thPenalty kill load23% of xGA81st24% of xGA91st

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