How do you weigh and compare the best goalies over the past 10 years? No one goalie scores perfect in all of these areas, but these five stood out the most for recognition. (by RoryBoylen)
No one goalie dominated the end of season awards for a prolonged time, the decade leader in wins never won the Vezina, and the best playoff performer of the 2010s wasn’t as glowing in the regular season. There were nearly 10 goalies worthy of consideration for a top five spot, with little space between most of them.goalies over a 10-year period, we feel some level of consistency must be rewarded.
Lundqvist’s 254 wins rank second-most in the decade, his 39 shutouts are second-most and his high danger save percentage is fifth. Lundqvist also has three of the top 11 playoff performances by save percentage among goalies who played at least 15 games, and led the Rangers to three conference finals in four years, including a Stanley Cup Final. But perhaps most impressive is Lundqvist’s 154.55 goals saved above average , per Corsicahockey.
His underlying numbers stand the test of time, too. Bobrovsky finished the decade with the second-best high danger save percentage and third-ranked GSAA . The main knock against Bobrovsky has been his post-season play, where he was mostly awful until last spring. But in his final post-season of the decade, Bobrovsky earned his and Columbus’ first series win, sweeping the heavily favoured Lightning while posting a .932 save percentage.
Only one other goalie faced more shots than Price in the 2010s, and he ranked fourth in wins , save percentage and shutouts . Although the Canadiens have moved beyond the first round of the playoffs just twice — reaching the conference final once — in the past 10 years, Price has posted an impressive .922 post-season save percentage.
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