Goalie · #32

Mathieu Garon

Columbus Blue Jackets

Tampa Bay Lightning(traded during the season)

Age: 48
Catches: Right
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 90 kg
Born: Chandler, CAN
Draft: 1996, round 2, #44 (MTL)

Career · 2009–10 to 2012–13

Games: 137
Save %: .901
GAA: 2.81
GSAx: −44.1
Wins: 50
HD save %: .715

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Saves by danger

Model-based

Average goalies stop nearly every low-danger shot; the great ones separate themselves on the hard chances.

Save percentage by danger tier

Bars start at .600 so the differences show.

Low danger

1855 of 1931 saved

.961

.966

Medium danger

952 of 1123 saved

.848

.873

High danger

216 of 302 saved

.715

.731

Rebound control

+0.53

151 rebounds allowed; 167.2 expected for this shot mix

Goals saved above expected

−44.1

288.9 xG faced

Where the goals went in

Model-based

Each red dot is a goal allowed. The shading shows where this goalie faced more (red) or fewer (blue) shots than an average goalie per 60 minutes.

Goal Saved MissedBigger marks were better chances (higher xG).

Fewer than league averageMore than league average(red is bad: more shots against)

Glove side, blocker side

Model-based

Where the shots on goal came from, relative to the goalie’s glove hand, and how the saves compare with the league.

Save percentage by angle and distance

From the shooter’s view, with the net at the top. Mathieu Garon catches with the right hand, so the glove is on the left here. Blue zones beat the league save percentage for the same zone; red fall short. Grey: fewer than 10 shots.

Glove sideBlocker side

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By side

Goals saved (+) or allowed (−) compared with a league-average save rate on the same shots.

Glove side.911
1229 shots · 109 goals · league .924−15.1 goals
Straight on.868
847 shots · 112 goals · league .875−6.1 goals
Blocker side.914
1276 shots · 110 goals · league .925−14.9 goals

The NHL’s public data records where a shot was taken, not where it crossed the goal line, so a true glove-high, blocker-low map isn’t possible. The side the shot came from is the closest honest stand-in: a wide shot from the glove side mostly tests the glove.

By shot type

Model-based

Which shots beat this goalie, against what the shot quality predicted.


Wrist	1,678	148	.912	112.2	−35.8
Slap	771	51	.934	28.9	−22.1
Snap	380	49	.871	25.9	−23.1
Backhand	299	44	.853	26.6	−17.4
Tip-in	136	28	.794	16.0	−12.0
Deflected	56	11	.804	6.0	−5.0
Wrap-around	36	2	.944	1.6	−0.4