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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I don’t think so. Usually ~90% of goals are prevented. It happens far more frequently and far more easily than scoring does.
If scoring goals and preventing goals were equally difficult then you’d expect it to be closer to 50/50.
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90% of shots, sure. There is more to goal prevention than saving shots. Suppression of shot volume and minimization of shot quality are very important to goal prevention.
One team can only create a goal if the other fails to suppress it.