Al Montoya

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Age 41 · 6′2″ · 200 lb · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Games1918 starts55th in NHL

Record8–6–4

Save %.91236th in NHL

GAA2.6735th in NHL

GSAx+1.2All situations…

Shutouts2T-26th in NHL

Season stopping profile

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How to read these comparisons

Each axis ranks the player against qualified peers. The dashed reference is the percentile of their arithmetic mean, which need not be the 50th percentile. Ties share a midrank.

Goalies need 15 covered appearances, 500 verified five-on-five shots on goal and 90% shot and appearance coverage; high danger also needs 50 high-danger shots, mid and low danger need 100 tier shots, and rebound suppression needs 600 eligible saves across 15 appearances with eligible saves. At least 30 goalies must qualify per axis. Playoff ranks are withheld. A reviewed axis whose own evidence fails is withheld and shown with its reason rather than ranked. These workload rules do not express statistical confidence.

Position uses the NHL listed primary position available now; it does not establish historical position or actual deployment. Broad groups are forwards, defence and goalies. This version uses the current model’s covered games only.

Season vs reference

Reference

All situations

Metric2016–17ReferenceDiff

.912.919−.007

per 60 minutes2.672.18+0.49

per game29.9524.32+5.63

Reference: 2015–16 · 25 games.

Season comparisons

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GSAx: +0.7
Expected goals against: 36.7
Save percentage: .921
GSAx: +1.2

Saves by shot danger · five-on-five · model probability (high ≥ 0.20)

Danger	Shots	Share	Saves	Goals against	Save %	GSAx
High danger	20	4%	18	2	.900	+5.4
Medium danger	107	24%	95	12	.888	+4.4
Low danger	326	72%	304	22	.933	−9.1

Consistency · 18 starts · vs 0 qualified goalies

Quality starts12 of 18 starts at or above the league's .913 (or .885 on 20 shots or fewer)66.7%

Not in the qualified pool

Starts above expected10 starts with positive five-on-five GSAx55.6%

Not in the qualified pool

Really bad starts2 starts under .850, as a share of starts11.1%

Not in the qualified pool

Danger & rebounds · vs 0 qualified goalies

5v5 save %453 five-on-five shots on goal.921

Not in the qualified pool

High-danger save %20 five-on-five shots on goal with model probability ≥ 0.20.900

Not in the qualified pool

High-danger GSAx7.4 expected on 24 attempts, 2 allowed+5.4

Not in the qualified pool

Rebound GSAx43 rebound shots faced, 8 allowed · all situations−2.4

Not in the qualified pool

Freeze rate163 of 519 saves ended in a goalie stoppage · style, not graded31.4%

Context · not ranked

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SituationChancesViewShot type

Goal53Shot on goal520Missed shot201Blocked shot0Larger dot = higher xG

Stopping by zone

Zone	Att	GA	xGA	Goal rate / exp.	Prevented
Outer slot	52	0	3.4	0.0% / 6.6%	+3.4
Left circle	53	0	1.2	0.0% / 2.2%	+1.2
Inner slot	162	22	22.8	13.6% / 14.1%	+0.8
Below goal line	3	0	0.1	0.0% / 2.5%	+0.1
Right circle	36	1	0.9	2.8% / 2.4%	−0.1
High slot	210	22	19.0	10.5% / 9.1%	−3.0
Point	258	8	4.9	3.1% / 1.9%	−3.1
All zones	774	53	52.3	6.8% / 6.8%	−0.7

Sorted by goals prevented (xG against minus goals against). Goal rate is goals per unblocked attempt against the expected rate. Hover a row to light up those attempts on the rink.

Stopping evidence. Allowed a goal on 6.8% of attempts faced against 6.8% expected, tracking the model across 7 zones.

Shot types774 attempts

Type	Share	SV%	Prevented
Wrist	48.7%	.921	+5.1
Slap	18.2%	.958	+0.4
Snap	12.8%	.859	−4.4
Backhand	9.2%	.926	+2.5
Tip-in	7.9%	.789	−3.6
Deflected	2.5%	.800	−0.3
Other	0.8%	—	−0.4

Share is context, not a grade. SV% counts shots on goal only.

High-danger chancesmodel probability ≥ 0.20

Attempts faced4.8% of the selected attempts: 37
Goals allowed: 8
Expected goals against: 11.2
Save rate: 78.4%69.7% expected

Shot contextcontext · not graded

Slot share faced372 of 774 from the inner or high slot: 48.1%
Average distance facedfrom the centre of the net: 34.0 ft
Rebound attempts faced / 6040 this season · all situations: 2.13

Shot locations

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Ice time and shot workload by situation.

Ice-time mix

59:12per game

5v5 Five-on-five48:27
PP Power play4:05
PK Penalty kill4:24
Other2:16

Scope	TOI/GP	SA	GA	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Five-on-five	48:27	453	36	.921	36.7	+0.7
Power play	4:05	9	0	1.000	0.6	+0.6
Penalty kill	4:24	77	12	.844	9.5	−2.5
Other	2:16	30	2	.933	4.3	+2.3
All situations	59:12	569	50	.912	51.2	+1.2

Ice time is per game played; minutes outside the three recorded scopes appear as Other. 19 all-situations games.

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Every appearance · rest counts days off before the game; the playoff field is the standings' top three per division plus two wild cards

Split	GP	W–L–OTL	SA	SV%	5v5 GSAx	Goal support / GP
Venue
Home	5	1–2–2	130	.962	+5.2	1.80
Away	14	7–5–2	439	.897	−4.5	2.71
Rest
1 day of rest	1	0–0–1	38	.921	+1.2	3.00
2+ days of rest	17	7–7–3	500	.908	−1.7	2.35
Opponent
vs Eastern	11	6–3–2	338	.914	+2.9	2.55
vs Western	8	2–4–2	231	.909	−2.2	2.38
vs playoff teams	10	1–6–3	300	.903	−2.6	1.60
vs non-playoff teams	9	7–1–1	269	.922	+3.3	3.44
Recent
Last 10	10	5–3–2	307	.919	+0.8	2.50

By period and score state

Split	SA	GA	SV%	GSAx
Period
1st period	191	16	.916	−0.7
2nd period	182	18	.901	−1.3
3rd period	181	16	.912	+0.8
Overtime	15	0	1.000	+3.0
Score state · his team
Leading	158	14	.911	+1.2
Tied	196	16	.918	+1.5
Trailing	215	20	.907	−0.9

From play-by-play; shootouts excluded. Shots on goal he faced; GSAx is expected goals on attempts faced minus goals.

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	Opponent	Result	Decision		SA	GA	SV	Save %	5v5 xGA	5v5 GSAx	Game
Mar 21	vs DET	OTL 1–2 OT	OTL	64:10	36	2	34	.944	1.64	+1.6	View →
Mar 9	@ CGY	L 0–5	L	59:37	38	5	33	.868	1.99	−3.0	View →
Feb 27	@ NJD	W 4–3 OT	W	62:05	37	3	34	.919	2.18	+0.2	View →
Feb 11	vs STL	L 2–4	L	59:01	21	3	18	.857	1.22	−1.8	View →
Feb 5	vs EDM	OTL 0–1 SO	OTL	65:00	32	0	32	1.000	1.57	+1.6	View →
Jan 20	@ NJD	W 3–1	W	60:00	17	1	16	.941	0.71	−0.3	View →
Jan 11	@ WPG	W 7–4	W	59:40	27	4	23	.852	2.24	−0.8	View →
Jan 4	@ DAL	W 4–3 OT	W	60:19	42	3	39	.929	4.20	+2.2	View →
Dec 29	@ FLA	W 3–2 OT	W	60:39	33	2	31	.939	1.44	+0.4	View →
Dec 23	@ CBJ	L 1–2	L	58:30	24	2	22	.917	1.61	+0.6	View →
10 games	—	5–3–2	5–3–2	60:54 avg	307	25	282	.919	18.8	+0.8	—

Season	GP	GS	W–L–OTL	SA	SV%	GAA	SO	5v5 GSAx/100	5v5 GP
2017–18	13	8	4–3–2	346	.893	3.21	0	+1.04	13
2016–17	19	18	8–6–4	569	.912	2.67	2	+0.16	19
2015–16	25	22	12–7–3	608	.919	2.18	0	+0.35	25

Every metric name opens its definition; the full list lives in Metrics.

Traditional statistics cover all situations. Supporting five-on-five analyses use completed games, raw adjustment and exposure from xG model v4. The two samples can differ.

An em dash means unavailable, not zero. A partial season remains partial. Where a panel reports evidence coverage, its rates use only the covered games. History never substitutes a different model, and a missing appearance interrupts a rolling model window.

Shot maps use the same shot model as Game Center and show which model version scored recent shots beside the rink. Older seasons can use earlier model versions. High danger means a model scoring probability of at least 0.20 on an unblocked attempt; for goalies, medium danger is 0.08 to 0.20 and low is below 0.08.

Special-team buckets include the wider recorded man-advantage and man-down states, read from the player’s own team; for a goalie, penalty kill means facing a power play. Their ranks need 100 recorded minutes and at least 30 qualified peers; below 100 minutes, penalty-kill percentiles are provisional. Playoff values have no ranks or percentiles. Team share is player ice time divided by team ice time in that situation, over the games the player dressed. Zone starts describe faceoff-started five-on-five shifts and exclude on-the-fly starts.

Penalties count events, including one for a double minor; bench and served-by roles are excluded, and victimless infractions have no drawn role. EPV added sums changes in the probability that the possessing team scores next; it is not standings points or an isolated player grade. Rolling windows never cross seasons or season types, and a missed game is not a zero-performance appearance. Career rates use summed counts and exposure, never an average of season rates; a missing contributing season withholds its career metric, and Performance begins in 2023–24.

EPV attribution: -0.00 across 9 attributed games. This is summed change in the probability that the possessing team scores next—not standings points.

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Al Montoya

Season stopping profile

Season vs reference

Season comparisons

Saves by shot danger · five-on-five · model probability (high ≥ 0.20)

Consistency · 18 starts · vs 0 qualified goalies

Danger & rebounds · vs 0 qualified goalies

Stopping by zone

Shot types774 attempts

High-danger chancesmodel probability ≥ 0.20

Shot contextcontext · not graded

Shot locations

Ice-time mix

Penalty kill

Power play

By period and score state

Defense in front

Goal support

Development through the seasons

Season ledger

Ice-time mix

Stopping by zone

Shot types774 attempts

High-danger chancesmodel probability ≥ 0.20

Shot contextcontext · not graded

Penalty kill

Power play

Development through the seasons

Season ledger

Season stopping profile

Season vs reference

Rolling Radar

Rolling Radar

Saves by shot danger · five-on-five · model probability (high ≥ 0.20)

Consistency · 18 starts · vs 0 qualified goalies

Danger & rebounds · vs 0 qualified goalies

By period and score state

Defense in front

Goal support

Al Montoya

Goalie profileStopping, rebounds, style and workload against qualified goaliesCollapse

Season stopping profile

Season vs reference

Season comparisons

StoppingGoals saved against expectation, and where the shots came fromGoals saved against expectation, and where the shots came fromExplore

Saves by shot danger · five-on-five · model probability (high ≥ 0.20)

Consistency · 18 starts · vs 0 qualified goalies

Danger & rebounds · vs 0 qualified goalies

Shots453 five-on-five shots faced (114 high-danger · 109 medium · 230 low)Where shots faced come from and how difficult they wereExplore

Stopping by zone

Shot types774 attempts

High-danger chancesmodel probability ≥ 0.20

Shot contextcontext · not graded

Shot locations

Workload59:12 TOI per game (48:27 at five-on-five · 4:05 PP · 4:24 PK)Ice time and shots faced by game situationExplore

Ice-time mix

Special teamsPP · PK.844 on the penalty kill (77 shots, −2.5 GSAx)Workload and results on the penalty kill and power playExplore

Penalty kill

Power play

FormSteady .919 over the last 10 games vs .912 this season (282 saves on 307 shots)Recent stopping against his own seasonExplore

SplitsSave % .962 at home · .897 awayVenue, rest and opponentExplore

By period and score state

Team in front2.39 expected goals against per 60 at five-on-five in front of him · 2.47 goals of support per 60What reached him, and the goals scored for himExplore

Defense in front

Goal support

Game log19 GP · Last start: L 1–2 vs DET (34 saves on 36 shots)Official totals and five-on-five evidenceExplore

Career3 NHL seasons: 57 games, .911 save percentageEvery season and a recomputed career lineExplore

Development through the seasons

Season ledger

Data notesScopes, missing values and model evidenceExplore

Ice-time mix

Stopping by zone

Shot types774 attempts

High-danger chancesmodel probability ≥ 0.20

Shot contextcontext · not graded

Penalty kill

Power play

Development through the seasons

Season ledger

Season stopping profile

Season vs reference

Rolling Radar

Rolling Radar

Saves by shot danger · five-on-five · model probability (high ≥ 0.20)

Consistency · 18 starts · vs 0 qualified goalies

Danger & rebounds · vs 0 qualified goalies

By period and score state

Defense in front

Goal support