Goalie · #70

Karel Vejmelka

Arizona Coyotes

Utah Mammoth(traded during the season)

Age: 30
Catches: Right
Height: 193 cm
Weight: 100 kg
Born: Trebic, CZE
Draft: 2015, round 5, #145 (NSH)

Career · 2021–22 to 2026–27

Games: 125
Save %: .900
GAA: 2.65
GSAx: +20.6
Wins: 66
HD save %: .749

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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

1403 of 1446 saved

.970

.969

Medium danger

1172 of 1345 saved

.871

.864

High danger

310 of 414 saved

.749

.755

Rebound control

+1.27

304 rebounds allowed; 340.5 expected for this shot mix

Goals saved above expected

+20.6

340.6 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. Karel Vejmelka 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.902
1157 shots · 113 goals · league .909−7.8 goals
Straight on.892
812 shots · 88 goals · league .880+9.2 goals
Blocker side.904
1234 shots · 118 goals · league .910−6.8 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.


Snap	1,308	124	.905	102.3	−21.7
Wrist	934	91	.903	66.5	−24.5
Slap	389	24	.938	19.7	−4.3
Tip-in	259	27	.896	18.0	−9.0
Backhand	227	39	.828	18.2	−20.8
Deflected	48	9	.813	5.9	−3.1
Wrap-around	20	3	.850	0.9	−2.1
Poke	9	1	.889	1.2	+0.2
Bat	9	1	.889	0.9	−0.1
Between legs	1	0	1.000	0.0	0.0
Other	1	1	.000	1.0	0.0