Goalie Lab · 2018-19

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.

Season2018-19

Carter Hutton

BUF · 49 GP · 2840 min
Environment42Average
Saved above expected-2.8-0.06 per 6036th percentile
Save %.909expected .91139th percentile
Danger per 60
2.79 xGA59th
Shot quality
6.5% per shot44th
Shot volume
42.9 per 6061st
High-danger share
37%78th
Rush and rebounds
11%2nd
Penalty kill load
19% of xGA36th

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

Linus Ullmark

BUF · 37 GP · 2102 min
Environment58Average
Saved above expected-12.3-0.35 per 608th percentile
Save %.904expected .91420th percentile
Danger per 60
2.76 xGA54th
Shot quality
6.6% per shot56th
Shot volume
42.0 per 6042nd
High-danger share
36%59th
Rush and rebounds
11%5th
Penalty kill load
15% of xGA7th

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 leakySwampedHuttonUllmark
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Carter HuttonBUF
Linus UllmarkBUF
Games4937Minutes28402102Save %.90939th.90420thExpected save %.911.914Saved above expected-2.836th-12.38thPer 60-0.0637th-0.3514thEnvironment42Average58AverageDanger per 602.79 xGA59th2.76 xGA54thShot quality6.5% per shot44th6.6% per shot56thShot volume42.9 per 6061st42.0 per 6042ndHigh-danger share37%78th36%59thRush and rebounds11%2nd11%5thPenalty kill load19% of xGA36th15% of xGA7th

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