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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
It’s funny. Many games, I have pointed out the egregious and costly breakdowns.
As for sv%, that’s nothing another 10 shots from the outside can’t fix
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Every team has those breakdowns though. I don't think the Flames have egregious breakdowns more than any other team. They probably do give up less total chances which does drive the save percentage down a bit, but an .888 is still abysmal.
Even last night:
The Whitecloud goal against, the Marchessault goal against, and the Eichel goal against...no chance any of those are harder chances to save than the quality of chances the Flames generated. The goalies are just positioned poor and giving up too much of the net to shoot at. And not that all three are "Soft" but ideally your goalie doesn't allow all 3.
The Flames do give up an abnormally low amount of low danger shots against - the second lowest low danger shot total against in the league (Carolina is 1st).
But it actually doesn't mean they give up an abnormal % of high danger chances:
Low Danger:
Shots For: 830 (2nd)
Shots Against: 538 (2nd)
Save Percentage: .955 (23rd)
Ratio to Total Shots Against: 34% (32nd - lowest % of LD shots to total shots)
Medium Danger:
Shots For: 598 (1st)
Shots Against: 508 (19th)
Save Percentage: .854 (31st)
Ratio to Total Shots: 31.7% (1st - Highest % of MD shots to total shots)
High Danger:
Shots For: 520 (18th)
Shots Against: 457 (3rd)
Save Percentage: .827 (14th)
Ratio to Total Shots: 28.5% (16th)
High Danger shots actually aren't the issue, we give up the 3rd fewest shots against, the save percentage at 14th isn't great but better than the rest, and ratio to total shots is middle of the pack.
Medium Danger is where our goalies don't make a save, and we give up relatively higher volume. If anything we give up an abnormal ratio of Medium Danger shots - but in terms of pure volume it's still in the bottom half of the league.
And to your point of shot location...it's almost impossible to tell in real time where exactly the puck hits on a goalie. And you see the goals against with multiple replays so it's easy to say "Look the Flames allow more shots are are labeled for corners" but that's just confirmation bias. Because if the puck hits the goalie then it's not going to be seen as a labeled shot. IMO our goalies play too deep in their net, and don't get square to the shooter, so it leaves more open space.