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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
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.
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Data will never paint the whole picture. Last night Jones made one of the best saves of the season, but couldn't save the third attempt. So the unbelievable save he made carried the same weight as any run of the mill stop. Similar, when Mason gave up the weakest goal in history, that goal against didn't carry anymore weight that a beauty play in which Mason had no chance on.