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How to track your hockey goalie’s stats

Record the play first, add detail when you can, and use several games before drawing a conclusion.

Track the next play first

Use Save, Goal, or Empty Net as the quick action. Add shot origin, period and situation when the game gives you a second.

The core stat

What save percentage can—and cannot—tell you

The formula is simple. The fair interpretation needs shots, context and more than one game.

The formula

Save percentage is saves divided by shots against. It is useful when you read it beside shot volume, game context and a run of games.

The outcome stat

What is a useful GAA conversation?

Goals-against average is goals allowed per full game, not a complete grade for a goalie.

The formula

GAA is goals allowed divided by minutes played, multiplied by the length of a full game. Team defence, level and playing time all matter.

Keep it fair

Empty-net and shootout goals: what should count?

Keep events outside normal goalie shots separate so the record explains what actually happened.

Why separate them?

An empty-net goal is a game result, but it is not a normal shot faced by the goalie. Keeping it separate protects the meaning of shots, saves, save percentage and regulation GAA.

What about shootout attempts?

Keep shootout attempts and results in the game record, but outside normal shots, saves, save percentage and regulation GAA. That way the report shows the result without treating a shootout attempt like a regulation shot.