Goalie · #30

Cayden Primeau

Montréal Canadiens

Toronto Maple Leafs(traded during the season)

Age: 27
Catches: Left
Height: 191 cm
Weight: 93 kg
Born: Farmington Hills, USA
Draft: 2017, round 7, #199 (MTL)

Career · 2019–20 to 2025–26

Games: 58
Save %: .882
GAA: 3.73
GSAx: −26.6
Wins: 15
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

734 of 773 saved

.950

.969

Medium danger

509 of 606 saved

.840

.867

High danger

152 of 203 saved

.749

.755

Rebound control

+0.25

141 rebounds allowed; 144.4 expected for this shot mix

Goals saved above expected

−26.6

160.4 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. Cayden Primeau 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.899
592 shots · 60 goals · league .910−7.0 goals
Straight on.845
401 shots · 62 goals · league .882−14.7 goals
Blocker side.890
589 shots · 65 goals · league .912−13.2 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	940	101	.893	59.5	−41.5
Snap	229	33	.856	24.1	−8.9
Slap	152	14	.908	7.3	−6.7
Backhand	128	18	.859	10.4	−7.6
Tip-in	90	14	.844	8.7	−5.3
Deflected	24	4	.833	2.6	−1.4
Wrap-around	13	2	.846	0.9	−1.1
Poke	4	1	.750	0.7	−0.3
Between legs	1	0	1.000	0.1	+0.1
Bat	1	0	1.000	0.0	0.0