How important is backup goaltending in the NHL? Which teams should be concerned about their backup goaltending situation? These questions (and many more) will be answered on this episode of Ice Analytics. I will be joined by Tom Franklin from the Bluenotes Podcast & KMOX Radio, and Brendan Farrell from the Grit/60 Podcast to get their thoughts on the goaltending situation in St. Louis and Winnipeg.
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Goaltender SV% is a large determinant of team success, explaining 28% of the variation in point totals.
Several teams in 2018-2019 had a significant SV% and GSAA disparity between their starting and backup goaltenders (ANA, ARI, CAR, MTL, TBL, PHI & TOR). dSV% and dGSAA is the difference in SV% and GSAA between starting and backup goaltender on their respective team.
Player
GP
TOI
SV%
dSV%
dFSv%
GSAA
dGSAA
GSAx
Chad Johnson
9
319.7
88.01
-3.71
-1.98
-4.82
-18.33
-4.67
Ryan Miller
20
1108.8
91.17
-0.55
0.3
1.07
-12.44
2.44
John Gibson
58
3233.03
91.72
1.03
13.51
26.9
Adin Hill
13
696.35
90.03
-2.41
-0.2
-3.07
-27.23
-0.95
Antti Raanta
12
687.1
90.4
-2.04
-0.14
-2.1
-26.26
-0.7
Darcy Kuemper
55
3251.25
92.44
0.36
24.16
8.3
Scott Darling
8
485.57
88.54
-2.79
-1.1
-5.86
-9.6
-3.79
Curtis McElhinney
33
1977.52
91.08
-0.25
0.57
0.89
-2.85
7.68
Petr Mrazek
40
2386.78
91.33
0.28
3.74
4.29
Antti Niemi
17
968.8
88.81
-2.9
-2.48
-11.65
-25.79
-17.65
Carey Price
66
3880.25
91.71
0.17
14.14
4.46
Louis Domingue
26
1560.62
90.69
-1.72
-0.77
-2.32
-26.38
-8.12
Andrei Vasilevskiy
53
3203.75
92.41
0.31
24.06
7.02
Calvin Pickard
11
464.17
86.05
-5.62
-3.42
-10.89
-17.68
-10.69
Anthony Stolarz
12
629.73
90.45
-1.22
-1.18
-1.93
-8.72
-5.44
Brian Elliott
26
1396.72
90.76
-0.91
-0.17
-1.67
-8.46
-1.7
Carter Hart
31
1716.92
91.67
-0.21
6.79
-2.7
Garret Sparks
20
1104.7
90.42
-1.22
-1.09
-3.41
-16
-9.19
Frederik Andersen
60
3510.25
91.64
0.31
12.59
8.42
So far in the 2019-20 season the teams with the most disparity between starting and backup goaltenders are as follows:
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