Goalie · #35

Thatcher Demko

Vancouver Canucks

Age: 30
Catches: Left
Height: 193 cm
Weight: 87 kg
Born: San Diego, USA
Draft: 2014, round 2, #36 (VAN)

Career · 2017–18 to 2025–26

Games: 262
Save %: .909
GAA: 2.81
GSAx: +43.4
Wins: 134
HD save %: .770

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

3646 of 3765 saved

.968

.969

Medium danger

2730 of 3097 saved

.881

.867

High danger

762 of 989 saved

.770

.755

Rebound control

+0.43

631 rebounds allowed; 662.0 expected for this shot mix

Goals saved above expected

+43.4

756.4 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. Thatcher Demko 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.914
2962 shots · 256 goals · league .913+2.3 goals
Straight on.887
1981 shots · 224 goals · league .883+8.3 goals
Blocker side.920
2903 shots · 232 goals · league .914+17.4 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	4,412	349	.921	291.1	−57.9
Snap	1,119	141	.874	115.6	−25.4
Slap	997	73	.927	54.1	−18.9
Backhand	591	57	.904	50.9	−6.1
Tip-in	406	49	.879	37.1	−11.9
Deflected	240	40	.833	20.4	−19.6
Wrap-around	54	1	.981	2.7	+1.7
Poke	18	1	.944	1.8	+0.8
Bat	12	1	.917	1.7	+0.7
Between legs	1	0	1.000	0.2	+0.2
Other	1	1	.000	1.0	0.0