Goalie Lab · 2024-25

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.

Season2024-25

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

BUF · 54 GP · 3107 min

Environment28Heavy

Saved above expected-17.8-0.34 per 603rd percentile

Save %.886expected .89910th percentile

Danger per 60: 2.75 xGA66th
Shot quality: 6.7% per shot67th
Shot volume: 41.1 per 6056th
High-danger share: 34%79th
Rush and rebounds: 18%66th
Penalty kill load: 21% of xGA57th

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

James Reimer

BUF · 21 GP · 1185 min

Environment10Under siege

Saved above expected+2.3+0.11 per 6059th percentile

Save %.897expected .89336th percentile

Danger per 60: 3.00 xGA92nd
Shot quality: 7.0% per shot90th
Shot volume: 42.8 per 6077th
High-danger share: 34%80th
Rush and rebounds: 17%46th
Penalty kill load: 20% of xGA31st

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

Devon Levi

BUF · 9 GP · 481 min · not enough minutes to rank

Environment—Unranked

Saved above expected-9.1-1.14 per 60

Save %.872expected .907

Danger per 60: 2.98 xGA
Shot quality: 6.8% per shot
Shot volume: 43.7 per 60
High-danger share: 31%
Rush and rebounds: 19%
Penalty kill load: 30% of xGA

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

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Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF

James ReimerBUF

Games5421Minutes31071185Save %.88610th.89736thExpected save %.899.893Saved above expected-17.83rd+2.359thPer 60-0.3418th+0.1169thEnvironment28Heavy10Under siegeDanger per 602.75 xGA66th3.00 xGA92ndShot quality6.7% per shot67th7.0% per shot90thShot volume41.1 per 6056th42.8 per 6077thHigh-danger share34%79th34%80thRush and rebounds18%66th17%46thPenalty kill load21% of xGA57th20% of xGA31st

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