2014-15 Top Goaltender Statistics

[Doctor No]

I hate calling these the "top goaltenders", since statistics represent the start of the conversation, not the end of the conversation. With that said, some additional totals from the 2014-15 NHL season:

Top fifteen goaltenders, goals prevented above replacement:

Goaltender | GAR Carey Price |67.0
Cory Schneider |51.5
Braden Holtby |48.6
Devan Dubnyk |48.4
Tuukka Rask |46.2
Steve Mason |41.9
Pekka Rinne |41.7
Corey Crawford |41.0
Semyon Varlamov |39.0
Marc-Andre Fleury |38.0
Roberto Luongo |37.2
Jonathan Quick |34.4
Henrik Lundqvist |30.6
Sergei Bobrovsky |29.9
Andrew Hammond |29.1

Carey Price was far and away the leader in this category. Part of that is because he plays so many games, so his value beyond replacement level is higher. With that said, how about the top fifteen goaltender goals prevented beyond average?

Goaltender | GD Carey Price |37.7
Devan Dubnyk |24.0
Cory Schneider |21.8
Steve Mason |19.6
Andrew Hammond |18.5
Braden Holtby |18.0
Corey Crawford |16.1
Tuukka Rask |16.1
Pekka Rinne |14.6
Semyon Varlamov |12.2
Cameron Talbot |11.8
Roberto Luongo |11.0
Henrik Lundqvist |10.6
Marc-Andre Fleury |10.5
Craig Anderson |9.9

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[Doctor No]

Top fifteen (plus ties) goaltenders, support-neutral wins, 2014-15:

Goaltender | SNW Carey Price |41
Braden Holtby |39
Jonathan Quick |37
Tuukka Rask |37
Cory Schneider |37
Pekka Rinne |35
Marc-Andre Fleury |34
Devan Dubnyk |32
Corey Crawford |32
Roberto Luongo |32
Antti Niemi |30
Semyon Varlamov |30
Jaroslav Halak |29
Ben Bishop |29
Kari Lehtonen |27
Steve Mason |27
Mike Smith |27
Jonathan Bernier |27

 

[Doctor No]

Top fifteen z-scores, NHL goaltenders/teams:

Goaltender | Team | Z-Score Carey Price |Montreal Canadiens|3.0
Devan Dubnyk |Minnesota Wild|2.5
Andrew Hammond |Ottawa Senators|2.5
Steve Mason |Philadelphia Flyers|1.8
Cory Schneider |New Jersey Devils|1.7
Scott Darling |Chicago Blackhawks|1.5
Antti Raanta |Chicago Blackhawks|1.5
Mackenzie Skapski |New York Rangers|1.5
Braden Holtby |Washington Capitals|1.4
Corey Crawford |Chicago Blackhawks|1.4
Calvin Pickard |Colorado Avalanche|1.4
Tuukka Rask |Boston Bruins|1.3
Cameron Talbot |New York Rangers|1.3
Pekka Rinne |Nashville Predators|1.2
Laurent Brossoit |Edmonton Oilers|1.2

These are goaltender/team pairs, so Dubnyk gets a score for his Wild tenure, and a score for his Coyotes tenure.

This is the metric that says "how rare would this goaltender's performance be, if they were actually a league-average goaltender having a lucky season?"

Brossoit makes the list on the strength of a single game, which is a bit odd.

 

[Doctor No]

Top fifteen support-neutral win-loss percentages, 2014-15:

Goaltender | Team | SNW% Andrew Hammond |Ottawa Senators|0.675
Devan Dubnyk |Minnesota Wild|0.642
Carey Price |Montreal Canadiens|0.625
Steve Mason |Philadelphia Flyers|0.583
Cameron Talbot |New York Rangers|0.571
Cory Schneider |New Jersey Devils|0.568
Corey Crawford |Chicago Blackhawks|0.560
Braden Holtby |Washington Capitals|0.554
Craig Anderson |Ottawa Senators|0.554
Tuukka Rask |Boston Bruins|0.549
Pekka Rinne |Nashville Predators|0.549
Henrik Lundqvist |New York Rangers|0.549
Semyon Varlamov |Colorado Avalanche|0.541
Eddie Lack |Vancouver Canucks|0.539
Roberto Luongo |Florida Panthers|0.538

This measures how a goaltender would have done if (1) his opponents faced the same number of shots per game as he did, and (2) his opponents posted a league-average save percentage.

 

[Doctor No]

Full glossary of "the weird stuff" - these stats and more - starts here:
http://hockeygoalies.org/stats/glossary.html#zscore