Anderson's save-percentage the story of the game.
The 6'3", 209 lbs Carey Price finished the regular season with a 21-13-4 record, a 2.59 goals against average, and a .905 save percentage. He has a career save percentage of .915 during the regular season, and .906 during the playoffs.
The 6'2", 180 lbs. Craig Anderson finished the regular season with a 12-9-2 record, a 1.69 goals against average, and a .941 save percentage. He has a career save percentage of .915 during the regular season, and .936 during the playoffs.
My scouting reports for goalies focus on their ability to make saves, make big saves, and control rebounds. 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
Price's lack of work short-handed actually hurt his rating, while Anderson struggled keeping the short-handed rebounds he produced out of the slot. Price produced a well below-average SH rating. He stopped both shots he faced, but produced a dangerous rebound from 1 of those 2 saves. Anderson's short-handed rating of 1.93 was helped by his save percentage, but hurt by his inability to keep the rebounds he allowed out of the slot. He stopped 11 of the 12 shots he faced short-handed, and produced rebounds from 7 of his 11 saves. Five of the rebounds he allowed landed in the slot, and 4 of his saves were made on Montreal scoring chances.
PRICE3141ANDERSON
O REBOUND %0.5000.364O REBOUND %
SAFE REBOUND %0.0000.286SAFE REBOUND %
BIG SAVE%0.0000.364BIG SAVE%
SAVE %1.0000.917SAVE %
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SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS00SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS00UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
PUCK PLAYS RATION/AN/APUCK PLAYS RATIO
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GOALTENDER RATING1.501.93GOALTENDER RATING
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OVERALL GOALTENDING RATINGPrice's even-strength rating of 1.92 helped push his overall rating to 1.89; still below average. His rating was saved by an ability to limit the number of rebounds he did allow. Overall, he stopped 27 of 31 shots, and produced rebounds on 15 of those 27 saves. Eight of those 15 rebounds landed in the slot, and he made 3 saves on Ottawa scoring chances. Anderson 's even-strength rating of 2.03 pushed his overall rating to 2.01. Anderson's "no rebound" percentage was actually below average, while his "safe rebound" percentage, combined with his impressive save percentage saved his grade. Overall, he stopped 48 of 50 shots, and allowed rebounds from 32 of those 48 saves. He allowed 17 of those 32 rebounds to land in the slot, and made 12 saves on Montreal scoring chances. In terms of puck-handling, Price produced a puck-handling ratio of 5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play, as he completed all 5 of his pass-attempts, while failing with his only attempt to dump the puck out of the defensive-zone. Anderson produced a puck-handling ratio of 2.5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He was successful with 4 of 6 pass-attempts, and he completed his only attempt to dump the puck out of the defensive-zone.
PRICE3141ANDERSON
NO REBOUND %0.4440.333NO REBOUND %
SAFE REBOUND %0.4670.469SAFE REBOUND %
BIG SAVE%0.1110.250BIG SAVE%
SAVE %0.8710.960SAVE %
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SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS55SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS12UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
PUCK PLAYS RATIO5.002.50PUCK PLAYS RATIO
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GOALTENDER RATING1.892.01GOALTENDER RATING
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Please keep in mind, these are simply one-game scouting reports. As such, they are only meant to reflect each goalie's play during this one game.
