Goalie · #41

Mike Smith

Tampa Bay Lightning

Phoenix Coyotes

Arizona Coyotes

Calgary Flames

Edmonton Oilers(traded during the season)

Age: 44
Catches: Left
Height: 196 cm
Weight: 100 kg
Born: Kingston, CAN
Draft: 2001, round 5, #161 (DAL)

Career · 2009–10 to 2021–22

Games: 149
Save %: .911
GAA: 2.96
GSAx: −8.9
Wins: 48
HD save %: .714

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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

2647 of 2737 saved

.967

Medium danger

1291 of 1486 saved

.869

.873

High danger

337 of 472 saved

.714

.744

Rebound control

−0.52

267 rebounds allowed; 244.6 expected for this shot mix

Goals saved above expected

−8.9

411.1 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. Mike Smith catches with the left hand, so the glove is on the right here. Blue zones beat the league save percentage for the same zone; red fall short. Grey: fewer than 10 shots.

Blocker sideGlove side

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By side

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

Glove side.918
1755 shots · 144 goals · league .921−4.7 goals
Straight on.856
1096 shots · 158 goals · league .881−27.6 goals
Blocker side.936
1842 shots · 117 goals · league .924+23.1 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	2,727	236	.913	178.4	−57.6
Slap	849	47	.945	32.8	−14.2
Backhand	408	55	.865	33.2	−21.8
Snap	396	40	.899	27.2	−12.8
Tip-in	213	32	.850	24.7	−7.3
Deflected	58	9	.845	6.3	−2.7
Wrap-around	44	1	.977	3.1	+2.1