Just because a goalie played well and had saves above expected, doesn't mean you can simply subtract that from the score and get a different result. Games flow BASED on the score. Hell, refs REF based on the score.
You can't simply say he saved 11 points in the standings. It just doesn't work that way.
Not to mention, these stats are FAR from infallible. Shot metrics in hockey do not consider time and space, so two (statistically) identical shots from the exact same place on the ice, are not identical because one shooter may have had more time than the other. Applying these stats with the assumption that they are perfectly accurate, is folly. Drawing the conclusions that you are trying to draw from them, is beyond folly. It is flat out garbage, as far as statistics go.
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