One-game Scouting Report for Senators' Goalie Craig Anderson

Craig Anderson became a member of the Ottawa Senators during a trade on February 18th, 2011. The Senators sent goalie Brian Elliott to the Colorado Avalanche in return. Anderson is a 6'2", 183 lbs left-handed shooting goalie. He ended the 2011-12 season with a 33-22-6 record, to go along with a 2.84 goals against average, and a .914 save percentage. Over the span of his career, Anderson has produced a .913 save percentage. The 30-year old is a big goalie who plays his best when he remains square; allowing the puck to hit him.
This one-game scouting report is from a 3-2 win shoot-out win over the Montreal Canadiens on January 14th, 2012.
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.
CRAIG ANDERSON
SHORT HANDED GOALTENDER RATING
Short-handed ratings track only those events that occur while a goalie's team is short-handed. Anderson had a short-handed goaltending rating of 1.83. He stopped all 6 shots he faced for a save percentage of 100% (1.000). He allowed 4 rebounds from those 6 saves, for a no-rebound percentage of 33% (.333). Two of those 4 rebounds landed in the slot, for a safe-rebound percentage of 50% (.500).
None of Anderson's 6 saves were the result of shots that could be considered scoring chances; giving him a big save percentage of 0%.
Anderson was successful with his only attempted dump-out while short-handed. It was his only puck-handling event, therefore his puck-handling cannot be presented as a ratio.

O REBOUND %0.333O REBOUND %

SAFE REBOUND %0.500SAFE REBOUND %

BIG SAVE%0.000BIG SAVE%

SAVE %1.000SAVE %

SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS1SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS

UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS0UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS

PUCK PLAYS RATION/APUCK PLAYS RATIO

GOALTENDER RATING1.83GOALTENDER RATING

OVERALL GOALTENDING RATING
Anderson's play at even-strength was impressive, raising his overall goaltending rating to a solid 2.00. He stopped 33 of 35 shots for a save-percentage of .943. He allowed 23 rebounds from those 33 saves, for a low no-rebound percentage of 30% (.303). Twelve of those 23 rebounds landed in the slot, for a solid safe-rebound percentage of 48% (.478). Nine of his 33 saves were produced during Montreal scoring-chances. Giving him an impressive big save percentage of 27% (0273).
Anderson was not overly-active handling the puck. That said, he did maintain his perfect puck-handling during even-strength play. He was successful with all 3 of his attempted passes, along with one other attempt to dump the puck out of the defensive-zone.

O REBOUND %0.303O REBOUND %

SAFE REBOUND %0.478SAFE REBOUND %

BIG SAVE%0.273BIG SAVE%

SAVE %0.943SAVE %

SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS5SUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS

UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS0UNSUCCESSFUL PUCK PLAYS

PUCK PLAYS RATION/APUCK PLAYS RATIO

GOALTENDER RATING2.00GOALTENDER RATING

Keep in mind, this is only a one-game scouting report. As such, it is only meant as a reflection of Anderson's play during this one game.