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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Save% can certainly be misleading based on the defense in front of the goaltender. But when you look at the more indepth numbers such as the save% from the slot or from high danger scoring areas, then the numbers can reveal a lot. I believe the team has a goaltending issue right now because of the statistics and the eye test. Too many low percentage shots that are finding a way into the net, way too often and it's deflating the confidence of the team.
Just look at Chad Johnson's .940 save% by mid December to the .878 that he's been sporting since. It's the same defense and the same system and yet there's a drastically different result. The team didn't alter its strategies. It's just Johnson not performing as well. He and Elliott need to be way better and the defense can be better as well.
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Shot location is inadequate as a proxy for shot danger.
Cross crease tap in can be the same location as a rebound stuffed in to a goalie's pad.
Flames give their opponents turnovers, time and space, lanes to make lovely cross slot passes, and pay for it. The execution is not there.
Add the couple of softies, but that's been a problem more so the past few games.
Johnson even says as much last week. The team in front has a lot to do with a goalie's stats. And he said that before this recent extra crappy stretch.