Welcome to Giants in the Crease. Here we focus on providing fans with a look at not only the current NHL draft eligible goalies, but goalies all across the world. We not only provide traditional scouting reports but have started to dive into analytics as well. We're always looking to give goalies a bigger spotlight whether they're current or have retired.
Stats Glossary
GP, MIN, W, L, OTL:
These are the simple stats that you'll see on any website containing statistics. These are games played, minutes played, wins, losses, and overtime loses.
PT%:
This is points percentage. It's the calculation of points gained over points available.
GA and GAA:
Two more statistics that are used nearly everywhere. It's Goals Against and Goals Against Average. Goal against is the amount of goals a goalie lets in whereas as goals against average is how many goals does a goalie let during a game.
SA, SVS, SV%:
Shots against, saves, and save percentage.
S/60:
Shots against per 60. It's the shots a goalie is expected to face per game. Not usually seen on standard league websites.
SO:
Shutouts.
QS and QS%:
Quality Starts and Quality Starts Percentage. A quality start is awarded when a goalie has a start that is above the league SV% or when they allow 2 or less goals and record a SV% above replacement level. Quality Start Percentage is quality starts earned over all starts. Quality starts was created by Rob Vollman.
GSAA:
Considered to be a more accurate statistic than save percentage. It takes the league SV% and apply it to the number of shots a goalie has faced. This will tell you how many goals a goalies stops above average. This stat is not my creation.
GSAA/30:
It takes the GSAA of a goalie multiplies it by 30 (which is the usually the average amount of shots a goalie will see in a game) then divides that numbers by the total amount of shots a goalie has faced. This helps to cut down on the inflation and deflation of the per 60 minutes GSAA.
BBGA, BBSA, BBSvs, BBS%:
The 'BB' stands for Bounce Back. All goalies are going to have bad games. What this statistic does is look at how goalies bounce back from a bad game. A goalies strongest asset is their mental game and being able to adjust or forget a bad game is important. A bounce back game takes place after a statistical bad game which is considered to be below replacement level. This is a stat that I have created.