Goalies: Adjusted Playoff Save Percentage (1984-2022)

Leafmealone11

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Definitely a good question. When I calculate the league average for each year's playoffs, all goalies are included. In terms of what I present, I usually filter the data, but every shot is included in figuring out the average each year.

Ah thats the one thing about these types of stats that irks me for some reason, guys that don't play enough don't count but the average is created with these guys being included. My brain no likey and I have no idea why it bothers me so much.
 

Doctor No

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Ah thats the one thing about these types of stats that irks me for some reason, guys that don't play enough don't count but the average is created with these guys being included. My brain no likey and I have no idea why it bothers me so much.

This is merely a display issue - just to avoid showing goaltenders who weren't material and to keep the tables from being 80 pages long.

All of the goaltenders' data are in there, and the numbers that *are* shown won't change one iota if less-playing goaltenders' data are also shown.
 
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Henkka

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Detroit won three Stanley Cups in six years with only above-average goaltending. Vernon, Osgood and Hasek played well enough not to cost the powerhouse Red Wings any series, but rarely stole any games. I was critical of Osgood in a previous post but, to his credit, he played very well in 2008.

How was Osgood at 2009 & 1996.
 

Hockey Outsider

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Would you have yearly average SV% for each year? How the things have developed in 26 years.

Sure thing:

YearSv%
198489.7%
198588.2%
198689.5%
198789.9%
198886.9%
198989.3%
199089.0%
199189.6%
199289.6%
199389.6%
199490.8%
199589.3%
199690.7%
199791.9%
199891.5%
199991.5%
200091.8%
200191.2%
200291.8%
200391.9%
200492.2%
200690.6%
200791.9%
200891.4%
200991.5%
201090.8%
201191.6%
201292.1%
201392.3%
201491.2%
201592.1%
201691.7%
201792.0%
201891.2%
201991.6%
202091.7%
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Hockey Outsider

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Updated for 2021. Vasilevsky's Smythe win is, by historical standards, well above average for a Cup winner. He's a bit below average when compared to other Smythe-winning goalies (I would have given the award to Kucherov), but certainly not a bad selection.
 

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Updated for 2022. Kuemper was arguably the worst Stanley Cup winning goalie in nearly 40 years (but see my comments in post #4 for additional context). Shesterkin had an excellent debut, and Vasilevskiy continues to build a strong playoff resume. Oettinger was incredible in a tough seven-game first-round loss.

I'm not going to publish the full table, but in terms of Goals Saved Above Average (which balances performance and workload), Roy is easily first "all-time" (going back to 1984), while Belfour and Hasek round out the top three. Brodeur ranks fifth. Surprisingly, Rask is in fourth place.
 
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The Panther

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What's the deal with Ken Wregget being so high on these lists? I know he appeared in only 56 playoff games (in a seventeen year career!), so the small sample size skews everything, but still... He comes off really well, here.

He had that great mini-run with the hapless Maple Leafs in 1987, and somehow posted a .921 (the Leafs were .877 that regular season!). In his cup of coffee with Philly, he suddenly came in for game 7 against Mario and the Pens, posted a .975 and won, and then got three games (two very good) against Montreal. He was basically the top guy on the '95 Pens, and did reasonably well, and then was the back-up to Barrasso in '96 but somehow (injury?) got in 9 playoff games and posted a .930.

I mean, it's all too small a sample to make any judgement and maybe he just got lucky being in the right circumstance at the right time, but Wregget does seem to have really made the most of the few opportunities he got to shine in the playoffs.
 

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