Andrei Vasilevski is a 6'3", 204 lbs left-handed shooting goalie. He is the number 1 ranked European goalie. He has great size, solid posture and impressive balance. That said, he has work to do on his footwork, as he tends to exit his butterfly using the wrong foot.
My scouting reports for goalies focus on their ability to make saves, make big saves, control rebounds, and maintain good balance. The results of these attributes are added together to produce the goaltender's rating. The highest possible rating is 4.00, while the lowest possible rating is 0.00. The higher the value the better a goalie has played.
The first number involved in the calculation is the percentage of saves a goalie makes without giving up a rebound. For example, if a goalie makes 10 saves and gives up only 1 rebound his "no rebound percentage" is .900. Again, the higher the number, the better a goalie performs.
The next number in the calculation is the percentage of safe rebounds a goalie gives up for each rebound allowed. Rebounds deflected outside of the main slot are considered safe. As such, a safe rebound is defined as a rebound outside of an imaginary line drawn from each goalpost to the corresponding board-side hash mark. As an example of this calculation, if a goalie gives up 10 rebounds and deflects 9 of those pucks outside the slot, his "safe rebound percentage" is .900. Again, the higher the number, the better a goalie performs.
The next number is the percentage of saves that would be considered "big saves". A big save is defined as any save made on a play that would be considered a traditional scoring chance. As an example of this calculation, if a goalie makes 5 big saves on 20 shots his "big save percentage" would be .250. Once again, the higher the number, the better a goalie performs.
I also track how a goalie controls the puck. I do this by tracking his successful or unsuccessful pass-attempts, as well as his successful or unsuccessful attempts to dump the puck out of his zone. The resulting numbers are used to produce a ratio of successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.
SHORT-HANDED GOALTENDING RATING
Vasilevski earned a phenomenal short-handed goaltending rating of 2.09. Incredibly, he stopped all 24 shots he faced short-handed. He allowed rebounds on 19 of those 24 shots, but only 7 of those 19 rebounds landed in the slot. Seven of his 24 saves came as the result of scoring chances.
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O REBOUND %0.208O REBOUND %
SAFE REBOUND %0.632SAFE REBOUND %
BIG SAVE%0.250BIG SAVE%
SAVE %1.000SAVE %
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SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS0SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS0UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
PUCK PLAYS RATION/APUCK PLAYS RATIO
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GOALTENDER RATING2.09GOALTENDER RATING
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OVERALL GOALTENDING RATING
Vasilevski's even-strength play actually lowered his overall goaltending rating to 1.87. Overall, he stopped 51 of 55 shots. He produced rebounds from 39 of those 51 saves; nineteen of which landed in the slot. He made 10 saves on shots that are considered scoring chances.
Vasilevski was successful with his only attempted pass during the game.
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O REBOUND %0.235O REBOUND %
SAFE REBOUND %0.513SAFE REBOUND %
BIG SAVE%0.196BIG SAVE%
SAVE %0.927SAVE %
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SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS1SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS0UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
PUCK PLAYS RATIOn/aPUCK PLAYS RATIO
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GOALTENDER RATING1.87GOALTENDER RATING
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