Derick*
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It's not about good or bad times to make a save. it's about when it is critical that the save is made. Leading 5-1 and giving up a "bad" goal is very different than trailing 1-0 after 1 shot.
Okay, so it's in blowouts. Studies have been done. Looking only at close games, the same goalies have a higher save percentage as do overall. This idea that "team" goalies only have a lower save percentage because theyre lazy during blowouts but care in close games, and "martyr" goalies are inflating their save percentage during blowouts or something is a myth. Whenever someone says a goalie made key saves or saves at the right time or something, they're basing that entirely on the fact that they know the goalie had team success.