Goalie · #29

Anders Lindback

Nashville Predators

Tampa Bay Lightning

Dallas Stars

Buffalo Sabres

Arizona Coyotes(traded during the season)

Age: 38
Catches: Left
Height: 198 cm
Weight: 98 kg
Born: Gavle, SWE
Draft: 2008, round 7, #207 (NSH)

Career · 2010–11 to 2015–16

Games: 130
Save %: .904
GAA: 2.87
GSAx: −38.7
Wins: 45
HD save %: .711

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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

1922 of 1995 saved

.963

.967

Medium danger

937 of 1103 saved

.850

.872

High danger

217 of 305 saved

.711

.734

Rebound control

+0.53

154 rebounds allowed; 170.2 expected for this shot mix

Goals saved above expected

−38.7

288.3 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. Anders Lindback 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.912
1309 shots · 115 goals · league .923−14.5 goals
Straight on.856
838 shots · 121 goals · league .879−19.3 goals
Blocker side.930
1233 shots · 86 goals · league .927+4.0 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	1,791	170	.905	113.8	−56.2
Slap	662	43	.935	24.5	−18.5
Snap	421	38	.910	31.6	−6.4
Backhand	306	33	.892	24.1	−8.9
Tip-in	150	32	.787	17.3	−14.7
Wrap-around	45	2	.956	1.9	−0.1
Deflected	28	9	.679	3.7	−5.3