Goalie · #35

Pekka Rinne

Nashville Predators

Age: 43
Catches: Left
Height: 196 cm
Weight: 98 kg
Born: Kempele, FIN
Draft: 2004, round 8, #258 (NSH)

Career · 2009–10 to 2020–21

Games: 628
Save %: .917
GAA: 2.44
GSAx: −34.5
Wins: 339
HD save %: .706

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

10356 of 10654 saved

.972

.967

Medium danger

4739 of 5428 saved

.873

.872

High danger

1174 of 1662 saved

.706

.742

Rebound control

+1.06

765 rebounds allowed; 937.2 expected for this shot mix

Goals saved above expected

−34.5

1440.5 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. Pekka Rinne 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.931
6813 shots · 467 goals · league .921+68.4 goals
Straight on.878
4311 shots · 528 goals · league .881−13.0 goals
Blocker side.928
6608 shots · 476 goals · league .925+22.8 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	9,717	758	.922	588.8	−169.2
Slap	3,439	188	.945	130.3	−57.7
Snap	1,843	171	.907	127.4	−43.6
Backhand	1,495	165	.890	129.5	−35.5
Tip-in	783	144	.816	95.2	−48.8
Deflected	241	37	.846	22.6	−14.4
Wrap-around	224	12	.946	10.8	−1.2
Other	2	0	1.000	0.0	0.0