Goaltender Support

Justin Maffei | National Hockey League

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A goaltender is a very important part of giving the team an opportunity to win. However, if the goalie does not get any offensive support from his team, then it does not matter how well he plays. Therefore, we are going to look at the goalies with the best +/- from last season. The +/- consists of the “goals for while that goaltender is on the ice” – “goals against while that goaltender is on the ice”. Unsurprisingly, the top ten is made up of 9 goalies who played on playoff teams. Stanley Cup winners, the Detroit Red Wings, had two goalies in the top ten. Atlanta had the bottom two goalies.

The Penguins goalies, Fleury, Conklin, and Sabourin came in 7th, 16th, and 59th respectively. Fleury came in with a +18, Conklin with a +9, and Sabourin with a -3.

Here is the full chart:


Rank Name Team # GP GFON GAON +/-
1 DOMINIK HASEK DET 39 41 76 42 34
2 RYAN MILLER BUF 30 76 150 125 25
3 HENRIK LUNDQVIST NYR 30 72 118 98 20
4 JEAN-SEBASTIEN GIGUERE ANA 35 58 86 66 20
5 CHRIS OSGOOD DET 30 43 77 57 20
6 CRISTOBAL HUET WSH 38 52 96 77 19
7 MARC-ANDRE FLEURY PIT 29 35 59 41 18
8 EVGENI NABOKOV S.J. 20 77 126 109 17
9 MARTY TURCO DAL 35 62 107 91 16
10 PETER BUDAJ COL 31 35 68 52 16
11 MANNY LEGACE STL 34 66 105 90 15
12 MIIKKA KIPRUSOFF CGY 34 76 133 119 14
13 CAM WARD CAR 30 69 127 113 14
14 MARTIN GERBER OTT 29 57 109 95 14
15 NIKOLAI KHABIBULIN CHI 39 50 92 79 13
16 TY CONKLIN PIT 35 33 56 47 9
17 VESA TOSKALA TOR 35 66 119 111 8
18 DAN ELLIS NSH 39 44 70 62 8
19 MARTIN BRODEUR N.J. 30 77 117 110 7
20 JOSE THEODORE COL 60 53 93 86 7
21 CRAIG ANDERSON FLA 31 17 25 18 7
22 ROBERTO LUONGO VAN 1 73 109 103 6
23 TIMOTHY THOMAS, JR. BOS 30 57 89 83 6
24 TUUKKA RASK BOS 40 4 10 4 6
25 CAREY PRICE MTL 31 41 69 64 5
26 ERIK ERSBERG L.A. 31 14 22 17 5
27 RAY EMERY OTT 1 31 57 53 4
28 PASCAL LECLAIRE CBJ 31 54 69 66 3
29 MIKAEL TELLQVIST PHX 32 22 36 33 3
30 CURTIS JOSEPH CGY 31 9 14 11 3
31 ONDREJ PAVELEC ATL 33 7 12 10 2
32 JAROSLAV HALAK MTL 41 6 10 8 2
33 KEVIN WEEKES N.J. 1 9 11 10 1
34 BRIAN BOUCHER S.J. 33 5 4 3 1
35 DREW MACINTYRE VAN 31 2 3 2 1
36 BRIAN ELLIOTT OTT 30 1 2 1 1
37 MARTIN BIRON PHI 43 62 96 96 0
38 PATRICK LALIME CHI 40 32 54 54 0
39 JONATHAN QUICK L.A. 32 3 6 6 0
40 COREY CRAWFORD CHI 50 5 4 4 0
41 JOEY MACDONALD NYI 35 2 1 1 0
42 TYLER WEIMAN COL 35 1 0 0 0
43 TOBIAS STEPHAN DAL 31 1 0 0 0
44 PEKKA RINNE NSH 35 1 0 0 0
45 MATT KEETLEY CGY 36 1 0 0 0
46 DANIEL LACOSTA CBJ 34 1 0 0 0
47 OLAF KOLZIG WSH 37 54 97 98 -1
48 MICHAEL LEIGHTON CAR 49 3 3 4 -1
49 MAREK SCHWARZ STL 40 2 3 4 -1
50 DANIEL TAYLOR L.A 46 1 1 2 -1
51 CHRIS BECKFORD-TSEU STL 45 1 0 1 -1
52 NIKLAS BACKSTROM MIN 32 58 87 89 -2
53 JOHN GRAHAME CAR 47 17 26 28 -2
54 JONAS HILLER ANA 1 23 25 27 -2
55 STEPHEN VALIQUETTE NYR 40 13 15 17 -2
56 CURTIS MCELHINNEY CGY 31 5 2 4 -2
57 CHRIS MASON NSH 30 51 85 88 -3
58 KARRI RAMO T.B. 31 22 42 45 -3
59 DANY SABOURIN PIT 30 24 35 38 -3
60 SCOTT CLEMMENSEN TOR 30 3 5 8 -3
61 JONATHAN BERNIER L.A. 45 4 5 8 -3
62 DIMITRI PATZOLD S.J. 30 3 0 3 -3
63 DAVID AEBISCHER PHX 1 1 0 3 -3
64 JOSH HARDING MIN 29 29 50 54 -4
65 THOMAS GREISS S.J. 1 3 2 6 -4
66 JOHAN HOLMQVIST DAL 40 47 86 91 -5
67 BRENT JOHNSON WSH 1 19 27 32 -5
68 WADE DUBIELEWICZ NYI 34 20 26 31 -5
69 JAMES HOWARD DET 35 4 0 5 -5
70 DWAYNE ROLOSON EDM 35 43 74 80 -6
71 JOCELYN THIBAULT BUF 35 12 16 22 -6
72 DAN CLOUTIER L.A. 39 9 15 21 -6
73 EMMANUEL FERNANDEZ BOS 35 4 4 10 -6
74 ALEX AULD BOS 29 32 36 43 -7
75 TOMAS VOKOUN FLA 29 69 114 122 -8
76 ILJA BRYZGALOV PHX 30 64 83 91 -8
77 ANTERO NITTYMAKI PHI 30 28 36 45 -9
78 JEAN-SEBASTIEN AUBIN L.A. 37 19 24 33 -9
79 CURTIS SANFORD VAN 41 16 14 23 -9
80 RICK DIPIETRO NYI 39 63 97 107 -10
81 FREDRIK NORRENA CBJ 30 37 47 58 -11
82 ANDREW RAYCROFT TOR 1 19 27 38 -11
83 MARC DENIS T.B. 30 10 10 21 -11
84 MATHIEU GARON EDM 32 47 74 87 -13
85 JASON LABARBERA L.A. 35 45 70 86 -16
86 MIKE SMITH T.B. 41 34 48 64 -16
87 HANNU TOIVONEN STL 35 23 34 50 -16
88 KARI LEHTONEN ATL 32 48 71 91 -20
89 JOHAN HEDBERG ATL 1 36 48 73 -25

Adapted from http://www.behindthenet.ca/2007/5_on_5_goalies.php

Comments

  1. Dabich

    Aug 13, 10:29 PM

    Good stuff, Jsutin, keep it coming!

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