Nashville Predators#74Goalie Catches left
Age 31 · 5′11″ · 180 lb · Forssa, FIN
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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.
Explore the full methodology →EPV attribution: 0.03 across 10 attributed games. This is summed change in the probability that the possessing team scores next—not standings points.
Official playoff totals · no peer ranks, since playoff samples are too small for a fair comparison
Official totals; expected-goal columns are five-on-five.
All covered playoff runs (2015–16 onward). Traditional totals are all situations; analytical columns use matching five-on-five coverage.
Ice time and shot workload by situation.
| Scope | TOI/GP | SA | GA | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five-on-five | 44:50 | 617 | 42 | .932 | 55.7 | +13.7 |
| Power play | 4:43 | 9 | 1 | .889 | 0.5 | −0.5 |
| Penalty kill | 5:37 | 144 | 14 | .903 | 16.5 | +2.5 |
| Other | 2:24 | 40 | 4 | .900 | 5.7 | +1.7 |
| All situations | 57:34 | 810 | 61 | .925 | 78.4 | +17.4 |
Ice time is per game played; minutes outside the three recorded scopes appear as Other. 26 all-situations games.
| Zone | Att | GA | xGA | Save rate | Exp. | Goals vs expected | Prevented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High slot | 326 | 12 | 30.7 | 96.3% | 90.6% | +18.7 | |
| Inner slot | 236 | 29 | 31.4 | 87.7% | 86.7% | +2.4 | |
| Outer slot | 77 | 4 | 5.5 | 94.8% | 92.8% | +1.5 | |
| Left circle | 50 | 1 | 1.4 | 98.0% | 97.2% | +0.4 | |
| Below goal line | 2 | 0 | 0.1 | 100.0% | 94.2% | +0.1 | |
| Right circle | 60 | 2 | 1.5 | 96.7% | 97.4% | −0.5 | |
| Point | 357 | 13 | 7.7 | 96.4% | 97.8% | −5.3 | |
| All zones | 1,108 | 61 | 78.4 | 94.5% | 92.9% | +17.4 |
Stopping evidence. Allowed a goal on 5.5% of attempts faced vs 7.1% expected (1.6 points fewer), saving the most against expectation from the high slot.
Sorted by goals prevented (xG against minus goals against). Save rate is saves per unblocked attempt against the expected rate.
| Type | Share | SV% | Prevented |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrist | 50.4% | .933 | +14.4 |
| Slap | 19.2% | .928 | −2.4 |
| Snap | 11.6% | .917 | +1.9 |
| Backhand | 9.2% | .906 | +0.7 |
| Tip-in | 7.5% | .872 | +1.9 |
| Deflected | 1.4% | .875 | +0.4 |
| Other | 0.7% | — | +0.5 |
Share is context, not a grade. SV% counts shots on goal only.
facing a power play · ranked against every goalie with 100+ minutes in the situation
his team on the power play · ranked against every goalie with 100+ minutes in the situation
Observed history, with model gaps kept visible. Select a metric to follow its progression.
26 recorded games · 26 compatible five-on-five games · NSH
Traditional statistics use all situations. Analytical values require the same model and five-on-five scope; missing history is not estimated from older caches.
All covered seasons (2015–16 onward). Traditional totals are all situations; analytical columns use matching five-on-five coverage.
| Season | GP | GS | W–L–OTL | SA | SV% | GAA | SO | 5v5 GSAx/100 | 5v5 GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | 7 | 7 | 3–2–2 | 213 | .906 | 2.82 | 0 | −0.10 | 7 |
| 2025–26 | 59 | 59 | 28–22–8 | 1,700 | .894 | 3.16 | 0 | −0.83 | 59 |
| 2024–25 | 58 | 58 | 20–31–6 | 1,592 | .896 | 2.98 | 4 | — | 56 |
| 2023–24 | 64 | 64 | 35–24–5 | 1,845 | .906 | 2.86 | 3 | +0.23 | 64 |
| 2022–23 | 64 | 63 | 33–23–7 | 2,099 | .919 | 2.69 | 2 | — | 64 |
| 2021–22 | 67 | 67 | 38–25–3 | 2,107 | .918 | 2.64 | 4 | — | 67 |
| 2020–21 | 36 | 35 | 21–11–1 | 1,073 | .927 | 2.28 | 3 | +2.73 | 36 |
| 2019–20 | 40 | 34 | 17–12–4 | 1,142 | .914 | 2.70 | 4 | — | 40 |
| 2018–19 | 31 | 27 | 17–10–2 | 870 | .915 | 2.62 | 3 | +0.80 | 31 |
| 2017–18 | 26 | 23 | 11–5–7 | 810 | .925 | 2.45 | 3 | +2.23 | 26 |
| 2016–17 | 21 | 19 | 10–8–3 | 614 | .923 | 2.35 | 1 | — | 21 |
| 2015–16 | 1 | 1 | 0–1–0 | 23 | .870 | 3.10 | 0 | −0.15 | 1 |
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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.
All situations
Reference: 2016–17 · 21 games.
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| Danger | Shots | Share | Saves | Goals against | Save % | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High danger | 28 | 5% | 19 | 9 | .679 | +1.0 |
| Medium danger | 162 | 26% | 147 | 15 | .907 | +11.8 |
| Low danger | 427 | 69% | 409 | 18 | .958 | +1.0 |
Each start against his own season
Tiles cover the last 10 games.
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 | 11 | 4–5–2 | 300 | .930 | +5.1 | 2.45 |
| Away | 15 | 8–2–5 | 510 | .922 | +8.7 | 3.27 |
| Rest | ||||||
| Back-to-back | 1 | 1–0–0 | 30 | .967 | +0.9 | 4.00 |
| 1 day of rest | 3 | 1–1–1 | 43 | .884 | −0.2 | 3.67 |
| 2+ days of rest | 21 | 10–5–6 | 703 | .927 | +14.6 | 2.90 |
| Opponent | ||||||
| vs Eastern | 14 | 4–6–4 | 373 | .903 | 0.0 | 2.57 |
| vs Western | 12 | 8–1–3 | 437 | .943 | +13.7 | 3.33 |
| vs playoff teams | 12 | 8–1–3 | 397 | .932 | +7.3 | 3.17 |
| vs non-playoff teams | 14 | 4–6–4 | 413 | .918 | +6.4 | 2.71 |
| Recent | ||||||
| Last 10 | 10 | 7–1–2 | 291 | .924 | +4.7 | 3.80 |
| Split | SA | GA | SV% | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | ||||
| 1st period | 243 | 19 | .922 | +1.6 |
| 2nd period | 291 | 21 | .928 | +7.4 |
| 3rd period | 261 | 21 | .920 | +5.7 |
| Overtime | 15 | 0 | 1.000 | +2.6 |
| Score state · his team | ||||
| Leading | 313 | 27 | .914 | +3.0 |
| Tied | 291 | 19 | .935 | +9.2 |
| Trailing | 206 | 15 | .927 | +5.1 |
From play-by-play; shootouts excluded. Shots on goal he faced; GSAx is expected goals on attempts faced minus goals.
Five-on-five, per 60 of his ice time · context, not a grade of the goalie
His 23 starts · team goals while the game was his
Official totals; expected-goal columns are five-on-five.
| Opponent | Result | Decision | SA | GA | SV | Save % | 5v5 xGA | 5v5 GSAx | Game | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7 | vs CBJ | W 4–2 | — | 20:00 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0.77 | +0.8 | View → | |
| Apr 5 | @ WSH | W 4–3 | W | 60:00 | 32 | 3 | 29 | 0.97 | 0.0 | View → | |
| Apr 1 | @ TBL | W 4–1 | W | 60:00 | 30 | 1 | 29 | 1.89 | +0.9 | View → | |
| Mar 31 | vs BUF | L 4–7 | — | 17:04 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0.32 | −0.7 | View → | |
| Mar 29 | vs SJS | W 5–3 | W | 59:55 | 42 | 3 | 39 | 2.58 | −0.4 | View → | |
| Mar 25 | @ WPG | OTL 4–5 SO | OTL | 64:48 | 47 | 4 | 43 | 3.14 | +2.1 | View → | |
| Mar 16 | @ COL | W 4–2 | W | 60:00 | 35 | 2 | 33 | 2.39 | +0.4 | View → | |
| Mar 10 | vs NJD | OTL 2–3 SO | OTL | 63:57 | 27 | 2 | 25 | 1.67 | −0.3 | View → | |
| Mar 2 | @ VAN | W 4–3 OT | W | 60:42 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 1.68 | +0.7 | View → | |
| Feb 20 | @ DET | W 3–2 | W | 59:50 | 36 | 2 | 34 | 3.25 | +1.2 | View → | |
| 10 games | — | 7–1–2 | 6–0–2 | 52:38 avg | 291 | 22 | 269 | 18.7 | +4.7 | — |
