Corey Crawford saw fewer shots than Mike Smith, but did a better job controlling his rebounds. The result was a 2-1 overtime win and a higher overall goaltending rating for Chicago's Crawford.
The 6'4", 218 lbs Smith finished the regular season with a 38-18-10 record, a 2.21 goals against average, and a .933 save percentage. He has a career save percentage of .914 during the regular season, and .943 during the playoffs.
The 6'2", 208 lbs. Corey Crawford finished the regular season with a 30-17-7 record, a 2.72 goals against average, and a .903 save percentage. He has a career save percentage of .910 during the regular season, and .916 during the playoffs.
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
Both goalies produced above-average short-handed goaltending ratings.
Smith earned a short-handed rating of 2.00. He stopped all 10 short-handed shots he faced. He allowed only 3 rebounds from those 10 saves. However, all 3 rebounds landed in the slot. Three of his 10 saves were made on Chicago scoring chances. Smith was successful with his only attempt to dump the puck out of the defensive-zone while short-handed.
Crawford earned a short-handed rating of 2.20. He stopped all 5 short-handed shots he faced. He produced only 1 rebound from those 5 saves, and that one rebound landed in the slot. Two of his 5 short-handed saves were made on Phoenix scoring chances.
SMITH4150CRAWFORD
O REBOUND %0.7000.800O REBOUND %
SAFE REBOUND %0.0000.000SAFE REBOUND %
BIG SAVE%0.3000.400BIG SAVE%
SAVE %1.0001.000SAVE %
4150
SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS10SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS00UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
PUCK PLAYS RATION/AN/APUCK PLAYS RATIO
4150
GOALTENDER RATING2.002.20GOALTENDER RATING
4150
OVEALL GOALTENDING RATING
Both goalies' even-strength ratings were good enough to improve their overall rating. Also, both goalies above-average ratings were helped by impressive save-percentages combined with excellent rebound control.
Smith earned an overall goaltending rating of 2.14. Overall, he stopped 36 of 38 shots. He allowed rebounds on 19 of his 36 saves, and 10 of those 19 rebounds landed in the slot. Nine of his 36 saves were made on shots that are considered traditional scoring chances.
Smith was successful with 14 of his 16 pass-attempts, as well as 1 of his 2 attempts to dump the puck out of the defensive-zone; giving him a puck-handling ratio of 5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.
Crawford earned an impressive, and above-average goaltending rating of 2.34. Overall, he stopped 18 of 19 shots. He allowed rebounds on only 8 of of his 18 saves, and only 4 of those 8 rebounds landed in the slot. Six of his 18 saves were made on Phoenix scoring chances.
Crawford was successful with 2 of his 3 pass-attempts, as well as his only attempt to dump the puck out of the defensive-zone; giving him a puck-handling ratio of 3 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.
SMITH4150CRAWFORD
O REBOUND %0.4720.556O REBOUND %
SAFE REBOUND %0.4740.500SAFE REBOUND %
BIG SAVE%0.2500.333BIG SAVE%
SAVE %0.9470.947SAVE %
4150
SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS153SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS31UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
PUCK PLAYS RATIO5.003.00PUCK PLAYS RATIO
4150
GOALTENDER RATING2.142.34GOALTENDER RATING
4150
Please keep in mind, these are only 1-game scouting reports. As such, they are only meant as a reflection of their play during this one game.