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Originally Posted by Bingo
GSAA certainly doesn't go any deeper than shot quantity, but a team's xGA certainly does.
So by parsing two stats together you may arrive at an answer.
Dallas and Boston don't give up much, so the fact that their goaltenders do better than a quantitative average makes sense.
The Coyotes have an xGA in this time period that is 12th worst in the league, but their goaltenders are 1 and 2 in GSAA.
That's starting to suggest they are simply great goaltenders, or at least hinting that way in a deeper sense than just shot quantity.
Facing the 7th worst high danger chances/60 says more shots in the home plate area coming off of passes, shot deflections and rebounds which can't be good for a goalie's save percentage.
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But they are being compared to other home plate chances (i.e. passes, shot deflections and rebounds). It is entirely possible (and almost certainly the case for some teams) that their home plate chances are not as dangerous, aggregately, as other teams' home plate chances (whether it is because those shots are often rushed, or whatever)