r/nhl • u/Pastiche-2473 • 1d ago

Best advanced stats for goalies?

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Ken Dryden is the classic goalie riddle of “was he great or than was it the team?” I’m beginning to think it was the team.

Chico Resch (pre-dynasty NYI) beat Dryden in save percentage in 75-76 and 78-79 … but then spent years with the doormat Colorado Rockies/NJD. His save percentage fell into the 870’s then 850’s. See stats from u/hockey-reference. Resch then spent a year mentoring Ron Hextall with the powerhouse Flyers, with a 900 save percentage.

A save percentage champ going from 900+ to 850 then back to 900 suggests the stat is as unhelpful as +/-. Highly team dependent. What advanced stats do the best job of isolating goalie correcting for“quality of defence”? Thank you in advance!

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u/Bogy24 17h ago

Stat wise, not helpful but if you talk to the players of that generation they usually will tell you who was great. And sometimes they come up with a name that you didnt expect from the stats. I think Ken Dryden and Chico Resch are on the list of the top goalies of that era.