Goalies with the most upset series wins

[pnep]

Goalies, Most Times Upsetted in PO Series (Seasons: 1917-2024; Played min. 25% Team Games per Series)

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Goalies, Most Times Upsetted in PO Series (Seasons: 1917-2024; Played min. 25% Team Games per Series; min. 10% Team PTS DIF)

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Skaters, Most Times Upsetted in PO Series (Seasons: 1917-2024; Played min. 25% Team Games per Series)

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Skaters, Most Times Upsetted in PO Series (Seasons: 1917-2024; Played min. 25% Team Games per Series; min. 10% Team PTS DIF)

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[Michael Farkas]

I gotta say, any stat where Carey Price is the best and Chris Osgood/Andy Moog are the worst...that might be the best stat of all time haha

 

[JackSlater]

Goalies, Most Times Upsetted in PO Series (Seasons: 1917-2024; Played min. 25% Team Games per Series)

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Goalies, Most Times Upsetted in PO Series (Seasons: 1917-2024; Played min. 25% Team Games per Series; min. 10% Team PTS DIF)

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Skaters, Most Times Upsetted in PO Series (Seasons: 1917-2024; Played min. 25% Team Games per Series)

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Skaters, Most Times Upsetted in PO Series (Seasons: 1917-2024; Played min. 25% Team Games per Series; min. 10% Team PTS DIF)

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Seeing Osgood there did not surprise me but did make me sad.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

pnep, thanks (as always) for sharing the data so readily. No surprises in seeing Vernon, Fleury and Osgood near the top of the first table (most times upset in the playoffs).

If I can make one more request - are you able to show these tables (underdog wins and/or upset losses) as a percentage of the qualifying series (ie underdog wins, divided by the number of series where they were the underdog)? Some of the names near the top are surprising (ie Lidstrom with the most upset losses ever - that might be literally true, but it's also a reflection of him playing so many series on strong teams over the course of his career).

One of the other big suprises - Brodeur has far more appearances than I expected on both lists (underdog wins and upset losses). He has a reputation of being such a steady, reliable goalie. I would have thought he'd have far fewer appearances on either list.

 

[MadLuke]

One of the other big suprises - Brodeur has far more appearances than I expected on both lists (underdog wins and upset losses). He has a reputation of being such a steady, reliable goalie. I would have thought he'd have far fewer appearances on either list.

if every series had an underdog, the combined list total become almost how many time you won or lost a series, player like Lidstrom-Brodeur just got involved in a giant amount of them

 

[JianYang]

OP is using the term upset very liberally.

Just looking at that lundqvist list, how would the wins against montreal be considered upsets? They were toss ups, and in the case of 2014 and losing price in game 1, the Rangers were favourites.

Speaking of price, I would put him at 4 upsets

2014: Boston
2020: Pittsburgh
2021: Toronto, Vegas

But it would be a larger list if I used it as liberally as the OP.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

if every series had an underdog, the combined list total become almost how many time you won or lost a series, player like Lidstrom-Brodeur just got involved in a giant amount of them

That's true. But if we make the two refinements I've been talking about (ie looking at it on a percentage basis, and adding a minimum threshold of 5-10% difference in win percentage), Lidstrom and Brodeur probably drop off the list. That would distinguish "true" underdogs (ie Curtis Joseph?) from players who just played in a lot of series.

 

[The Panther]

Mike Vernon is such a weird goalie in terms of career achievements vs. major disappointments.

For the Good:
-- Conn Smythe trophy
-- #1 goalie for two Cup winners on TWO different teams (extremely rare), and four times in Cup Finals
-- Goalie for the NHL's 1st overall (RS) club four times for two different teams (extremely rare)
-- 1st-team All Star once, Vezina finishes of 2, 4, ,4
-- Out-dueled prime Patrick Roy in the playoffs twice

For the Bad:
-- #1 goalie for biggest playoff choke team c.1987 to 1994
-- Career GSAA of -34.5
-- Ditched by Calgary in favor of Trevor Kidd (himself one of the biggest busts of all-time)
-- Never selected for Team Canada in a best-on-best

 

[carjackmalone]

Steve penny had two or three

 

[The Panther]

Steve penny had two or three

...before the penny dropped.

 

[quietbruinfan]

Cujo was the first name that came to my mind as well. Smith is surprising and I know you used point differential as a filter, but Boston in 80 was definitely not an upset. isles were beginning their dynasty and Boston was very old by that time. 82 is debatable as well as the isles were in the middle of their dynasty and deeper than Boston. Yes Boston had a great regular season, but they are generally overachievers in the regular season.

I am not sure the Buffalo series are upsets because again the Isles were quite a strong team. 76 maybe but not 82 for sure. That said, Smith definitely elevated his game in the playoffs. In fact I have always thought Arbour should have played Smith over Resch-particularly in 78-79 versus the Leafs......(Smith did not like practice and that made it tricky for Arbour to use him though.)

One name I do not see here is Osgood. But I suppose the Wings were so strong they rarely had the chance for an upset. Osgood like Smith definitely got better in the playoffs.