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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
Does anyone do this? I mean people say a goalie sucks after a given game, but I don't think a single game save percentage has much to do with it. |
People do it all the time. A goalie gets hung out to dry but all you hear/read is "HE LET IN THREE GOALS ON ELEVEN SHOTS" even though those shots might be backdoor 5-on-3 taps that also deflected off a skate during a rush.
In general, we have enough analytic data available these days (rush attempts, high/medium/low danger chances, being able to separate 5-on-5 from other forms of play, rebounds allowed, missed shots directed toward the net) that raw save percentage is pretty lazy. That's not limited to single game save percentage, it extends to bigger samples. Goaltending does not exist in a vacuum. Not saying I'm above using SV%, just saying it's lazy.