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Originally Posted by GioforPM
The numbers show nothing about the save difficulty. How many 3 on 1s and breakaways? How many freak bounces to wide open guys at the side of the net?
Markstrom didn’t win the series or steal a game. But IMO he was still better than Mike Smith, who just wasn’t worked side to side at all.
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They literally try to quantify all of that in determining high danger, medium danger and low danger scoring chances. They apply the same expected save results and compare against the actual outcome.
If you look at goalies who've played 8 games or more Markstrom had the lowest save percentage in both low and high danger scoring chances compared to expected. Over 5 games Markstrom was objectively worse than Mike Smith unless you are of the opinion that those models are completely made up.
Markstrom had an .852 save percentage for God's sake. He was downright terrible. Not saying other people weren't terrible too, but that doesn't mean Markstrom wasn't putrid.
The goalie apologizing in Calgary is next level. I guess that's what happens when you haven't had a good goalie in like 15 years.