This scouting report is from a 4-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on April 6th, 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.
BEN SCRIVENS
SHORT-HANDED GOALTENDING RATING
Scrivens produced a short-handed rating of 1.75. He stopped all 8 shots he faced short-handed, for an impressive short-handed save percentage of 100% (1.000). He allowed rebounds on 6 of those 8 saves for a no-rebound percentage of 25% (.250), while 3 of those 6 rebounds ended up in the slot; for a save-rebound percentage of 50% (.500).
None of Scrivens short-handed saves were considered scoring chances, so his big-save percentage was 0% (0.00). One or two big saves would have pushed his rating much higher.
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O REBOUND %0.250O REBOUND %
SAFE REBOUND %0.500SAFE REBOUND %
BIG SAVE%0.000BIG 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 RATING1.75GOALTENDER RATING
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OVERALL GOALTENDING RATING
Despite a low save-percentage of .885, Scrivens' ability to control the placement of his rebounds helped raise his overall goaltending rating to 1.89. He stopped 23 of 26 shots, and allowed 17 rebounds, for a no rebound percentage of 26% (.261). His best work was done controlling the placement of his rebounds, as only 5 of those 17 rebounds landed in the slot; giving him an impressive safe-rebound percentage of 71% (.706). Just 1 of those 23 saves came during Montreal scoring chances, producing a big-save percentage of 4% (.043).
Scrivens was not active playing the puck. He completed 4 of 6 pass-attempts, for a puck-handling ratio of 2.0 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.
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NO REBOUND %0.261NO REBOUND %
SAFE REBOUND %0.706SAFE REBOUND %
BIG SAVE%0.043BIG SAVE%
SAVE %0.885SAVE %
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SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS4SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS2UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS
PUCK PLAYS RATIO2.00PUCK PLAYS RATIO
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GOALTENDER RATING1.89GOALTENDER RATING
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Please keep in mind, this is only a one-game scouting report. As such, it is only meant to represent Scrivens' play during this one game, and is not a statement on his long-term development. Many more scouting reports are necessary before trends, strengths, and weaknesses present themselves.
