This one-game scouting report is from a 3-2 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers on March 27th, 2012.
Our 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.
We also track how a goalie controls the puck. We 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.
CAREY PRICE
SHORT HANDED GOALTENDING RATING
Carey Price's improved short-handed save percentage is an important part of the Canadiens improved penalty-kill, as the Habs ended the season with the NHL's second-best PK success-rate. We only have to look two years in the past to see a time when Price's low short-handed save-percentage was a big concern for the organization.
Price produced an excellent short-handed goaltending rating of 2.18. He stopped all 4 shots he faced, for a save percentage of 100% (1.000). He allowed 3 rebounds on those 4 saves, for a no-rebound percentage of 25% (.250). Where Price makes a difference is with his safe-rebound percentage of 67% (.667); only 1 of those 3 rebounds ended up in the slot.
One of Price's 4 short-handed saves were off of scoring chances, giving him a big-save percentage of 25% (.250).
Price was successful with both of his attempted passes while short-handed, but failed with his only attempt to dump the puck out of the defensive-zone.
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O REBOUND %0.250O REBOUND %
SAFE REBOUND %0.667SAFE REBOUND %
BIG SAVE%0.250BIG SAVE%
SAVE %1.000SAVE %
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SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS2SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS1UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
PUCK PLAYS RATIO2.00PUCK PLAYS RATIO
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GOALTENDER RATING2.17GOALTENDER RATING
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OVERALL GOALTENDING RATING
Price produced an impressive overall goaltending rating of 2.10. His rating was the product of his save percentage and safe-rebound control. He stopped 34 of 36 saves for an impressive save percentage of 94% (.944). He allowed 23 rebounds on those 34 saves, for a no-rebound percentage of 32% (.324). Where Price placed these 18 rebounds is particularly impressive, as only 8 of these 23 rebounds ended up in the slot. This gave him an impressive safe-rebound percentage of 65% (.652).
Six of Price's 34 saves came during opposition scoring chances, giving him a big-save percentage of 18% (.175).
As usual Price did a great job helping his defensemen move the puck. He completed 12 of 15 pass-attempts, and was successful with 1 of 2 attempts to dump the puck out of the defensive-zone. Overall, this gives Price a puck-handling ratio of 3.25 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.
Looking at the numbers for the entire 2011-12 season, Price was successful with 613 of 783 defensive-zone pass-attempts, for an incredible team-leading (yes, team-leading!) defensive-zone passing percentage of 78%.
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O REBOUND %0.324O REBOUND %
SAFE REBOUND %0.652SAFE REBOUND %
BIG SAVE%0.176BIG SAVE%
SAVE %0.944SAVE %
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SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS13SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS4UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
PUCK PLAYS RATIO3.25PUCK PLAYS RATIO
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GOALTENDER RATING2.10GOALTENDER RATING
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Keep in mind this is only a one-game scouting report. As such, it is only meant to reflect Price's play during this one-game.
