Hockey Save Percentage Calculator

Work out hockey save percentage instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Hockey Save Percentage Calculator

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.

Formulas

Save percentage

SV% = (shots faced - goals allowed) / shots faced

Goals against average

GAA = goals allowed / minutes played x 60

Worked example

With the default values below, Hockey Save Percentage Calculator returns Save percentage of 0.9208. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Shots facedminimum 1: 1,200
Goals allowedminimum 0: 95
Minutes playedminimum 1 min: 3,600 min

Results

Save percentage: 0.9208
Saves made: 1,105
Goals against average per 60 minutes: 1.583
Shots faced per 60 minutes: 20.00

Step by step

1Values used
2Save percentage
3Goals against average
4Save percentage= 0.9208
5Saves made= 1,105
6Goals against average per 60 minutes= 1.583
7Shots faced per 60 minutes= 20.00

Assumptions and limits

The result is derived only from the 3 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
Figures are rounded for display to 4 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the Hockey Save Percentage figure worked out?

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.

Why does this matter?

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.

What do I need to enter?

Enter shots faced, goals allowed, minutes played. The defaults shown are a realistic worked example — swap in your own figures to get a result you can use.