Goalie Lab · 2022-23

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.

Season2022-23

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

BUF · 33 GP · 1910 min

Environment12Under siege

Saved above expected-7.7-0.24 per 6017th percentile

Save %.891expected .89820th percentile

Danger per 60: 3.28 xGA89th
Shot quality: 7.6% per shot97th
Shot volume: 43.3 per 6070th
High-danger share: 41%95th
Rush and rebounds: 15%15th
Penalty kill load: 21% of xGA47th

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

Craig Anderson

BUF · 26 GP · 1490 min

Environment27Heavy

Saved above expected+3.4+0.14 per 6061st percentile

Save %.909expected .90564th percentile

Danger per 60: 3.08 xGA70th
Shot quality: 7.1% per shot64th
Shot volume: 43.1 per 6067th
High-danger share: 40%83rd
Rush and rebounds: 14%12th
Penalty kill load: 24% of xGA80th

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

Eric Comrie

BUF · 19 GP · 1112 min

Environment17Under siege

Saved above expected-5.2-0.28 per 6029th percentile

Save %.886expected .89511th percentile

Danger per 60: 3.23 xGA80th
Shot quality: 7.8% per shot100th
Shot volume: 41.4 per 6041st
High-danger share: 42%98th
Rush and rebounds: 16%64th
Penalty kill load: 18% of xGA3rd

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

Devon Levi

BUF · 7 GP · 429 min · not enough minutes to rank

Environment—Unranked

Saved above expected+3.2+0.44 per 60

Save %.910expected .895

Danger per 60: 3.24 xGA
Shot quality: 7.5% per shot
Shot volume: 43.1 per 60
High-danger share: 41%
Rush and rebounds: 18%
Penalty kill load: 13% of xGA

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

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Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF

Craig AndersonBUF

Games3326Minutes19101490Save %.89120th.90964thExpected save %.898.905Saved above expected-7.717th+3.461stPer 60-0.2423rd+0.1465thEnvironment12Under siege27HeavyDanger per 603.28 xGA89th3.08 xGA70thShot quality7.6% per shot97th7.1% per shot64thShot volume43.3 per 6070th43.1 per 6067thHigh-danger share41%95th40%83rdRush and rebounds15%15th14%12thPenalty kill load21% of xGA47th24% of xGA80th

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