Work out hockey save percentage instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.
Save percentage is saves over shots faced, and goals against average scales goals allowed to a full sixty minute game. The two measures can disagree: a goaltender behind a leaky defence can post a strong save percentage and a poor goals against average simply from shot volume.
Save percentage
SV% = (shots faced - goals allowed) / shots faced
Goals against average
GAA = goals allowed / minutes played x 60
SV% = (shots faced - goals allowed) / shots faced. Save percentage is saves over shots faced, and goals against average scales goals allowed to a full sixty minute game.
The two measures can disagree: a goaltender behind a leaky defence can post a strong save percentage and a poor goals against average simply from shot volume.
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