Despite the loss, Scott Clemmensen did an excellent job controlling both the amount of rebounds he allowed, as well as their eventual destination. Brodeur's rating was hurt by a low save-percentage and the high percentage of rebounds he allowed.
The 6'2", 214 lbs Martin Brodeur finished the regular season with a 31-21-4 record, a 2.41 goals against average, and a .908 save percentage. He has a career save percentage of .913 during the regular season, and .919 during the playoffs.
Scott Clemmensen is a 6'2", 201 lbs left-handed shooting goalie. The 34-year-old posted a 14-6-6 record, with a goals against average of 2.57, and a save percentage of .913. He has a career save percentage of .910, and GAA of 2.64. Clemmensen made $1,200,00 this season, and is a potential UFA on July 1st.
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
New Jersey didn't allow any shots while short-handed. Therefore, Brodeur has no short-handed goaltending rating. He did however, completed his only pass-attempt.
Clemmensen had an impressive short-handed goaltending rating of 2.33. He allowed 5 goals on 6 shot for a low save-percentage, but made up for it with some big saves. He allowed 3 rebounds on those 5 saves, but only 1 of those rebounds landed in the slot. Two of his 5 saves were made on New Jersey scoring chances.
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O REBOUND %N/A0.400O REBOUND %
SAFE REBOUND %N/A0.667SAFE REBOUND %
BIG SAVE%N/A0.400BIG SAVE%
SAVE %N/A0.833SAVE %
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SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS10SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS00UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
PUCK PLAYS RATION/A#DIV/0!PUCK PLAYS RATIO
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GOALTENDER RATING0.002.30GOALTENDER RATING
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OVERALL GOALTENDING RATING
Brodeur produced a low overall goaltending rating of 1.77. He allowed too many rebounds, and had too low a save-percentage. He stopped stopped 14 of 16 shots, and produced 13 rebounds from those 14 saves. Thankfully, only 6 of those 13 rebounds landed in the slot. He also made 4 of his 13 saves on Florida scoring chances.
Brodeur was successful with 12 of his 15 pass-attempts; giving him a puck-handling ratio of 4 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.
Clemmensen's save-percentage and rebound control carried his overall rating to an above-average 2.20. He stopped 39 of 42 shots, and produced 23 rebounds from those 39 saves. Only 8 of those rebounds landed in the slot, while 8 of his saves were made on New Jersey scoring chances.
Clemmensen was successful with 5 of his 6 pass-attempts; giving him a puck-handling ratio of 5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.
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O REBOUND %0.0710.410O REBOUND %
SAFE REBOUND %0.5380.652SAFE REBOUND %
BIG SAVE%0.2860.205BIG SAVE%
SAVE %0.8750.929SAVE %
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SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS125SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS31UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
PUCK PLAYS RATIO4.005.00PUCK PLAYS RATIO
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GOALTENDER RATING1.772.20GOALTENDER RATING
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