News Article: The "Roy" Awards for Goalie Playoff Performance

[Concessionaire]

Stats whiz Nate Silver breaks down goalie playoff performances statistically, and comes up with a list of the best in the "modern era." (This analysis depends on data only available since 1988, so it's limited in scope.) Spoiler Alert: Timmy and Tuukka do pretty well.

FiveThirtyEight - And Now, The Roy Awards For The Best NHL Playoff Goaltending Performances

So the Roy for best goaltending in a single playoff series goes to… Tim Thomas of the Boston Bruins, for his performance in the 2011 Stanley Cup Final against the Vancouver Canucks. The Canucks had been the NHL’s highest-scoring team in the regular season and launched more than 35 shots per game at Thomas. And yet he allowed only eight goals in the seven-game series, including a shutout in the final.

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[Man Rocket]

Interesting read. Timmy #1 and Tuukka #2

 

[Fire Sweeney]

The Carey Price lovers really need to read this

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Interesting read. Timmy #1 and Tuukka #2

Tuukka ia better than Thomas for the best goaltending in a single playoff season.

 

[BMC]

The Carey Price lovers really need to read this

This assumes that Carey Price fans know how to read

 

[Man Rocket]

Tuukka ia better than Thomas for the best goaltending in a single playoff season.

is that your opinion or are u correcting me? because I was talking about the article and it has timmy at #1

 

[Fire Sweeney]

is that your opinion or are u correcting me? because I was talking about the article and it has timmy at #1

That's for a playoff series. Look lower in the page, Rask is #4(2013) and Thomas #5(2011).

Patrick Roy 1993 MTL 21.6 +19.6% +4.2
John Vanbiesbrouck 1996 FLA 22.2 18.3 +4.1
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 2003 MDA 23.5 15.8 +3.7
Tuukka Rask 2013 BOS 24.4 14.8 +3.6
Tim Thomas 2011 BOS 25.7 12.5 +3.2

 

[Man Rocket]

That's for a playoff series. Look lower in the page, Rask is #4(2013) and Thomas #5(2011).

Patrick Roy 1993 MTL 21.6 +19.6% +4.2
John Vanbiesbrouck 1996 FLA 22.2 18.3 +4.1
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 2003 MDA 23.5 15.8 +3.7
Tuukka Rask 2013 BOS 24.4 14.8 +3.6
Tim Thomas 2011 BOS 25.7 12.5 +3.2

ah i see thanks

 

[Dellstrom]

As a goaltender, you won't find many in the entire history of the NHL that could beat Rask vs. Pittsburgh. Statistically Thomas v. Vancouver was better, but Pittsburgh's offense was hyped up as being one of the best in years. 2 goals, sweep. All the games were close, too. Rask was absolutely amazing in that series. Timmy vs Vancouver wasn't bad either.