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Patrick Lalime

#40 · Goalie · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jul 7, 1974 in St. Bonaventure, Quebec, CAN · 6'3", 192 lb · Catches left · Drafted 156th overall in 1993 by PIT (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ben Bishop STL · 7 GP, 0.899 Robin Lehner OTT · 8 GP, 0.888 Kevin Poulin NYI · 10 GP, 0.924 Nathan Lawson NYI · 10 GP, 0.893 Ray Emery ANA · 10 GP, 0.926

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601996-97: 39 games3996-971999-00: 38 games3899-002000-01: 60 games6000-012001-02: 61 games6101-022002-03: 67 games6702-032003-04: 57 games5703-042005-06: 31 games3105-062006-07: 12 games1206-072007-08: 32 games3207-082008-09: 24 games2408-092009-10: 16 games1609-102010-11: 7 games710-11

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1996-97 PIT 39 2112203 1166 1065 101 2.95 0.913
1999-00 OTT 38 1914303 834 755 79 2.33 0.905
2000-01 OTT 60 3619507 1640 1499 141 2.35 0.914
2001-02 OTT 61 2724807 1521 1373 148 2.48 0.903
2002-03 OTT 67 3920708 1591 1449 142 2.16 0.911
2003-04 OTT 57 2523705 1334 1207 127 2.29 0.905
2005-06 STL 31 418080 868 765 103 3.64 0.881
2006-07 CHI 12 46011 317 284 33 3.07 0.896
2007-08 CHI 32 1612021 835 749 86 2.82 0.897
2008-09 BUF 24 513030 669 602 67 3.10 0.900
2009-10 BUF 16 48020 432 392 40 2.81 0.907
2010-11 BUF 7 05000 163 145 18 2.96 0.890
12 seasons Career 444 200174321635 11370 10285 1085 2.58 0.905

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2000-01 OTT 4 0400 99 89 10 2.39 0.899
2001-02 OTT 12 7504 332 314 18 1.39 0.946
2002-03 OTT 18 11701 449 415 34 1.82 0.924
2003-04 OTT 7 3400 139 126 13 1.96 0.906
4 seasons Playoffs 41 212005 1019 944 75 1.77 0.926

2010-11 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
7 4 0500 163 145 18 2.96 0.890

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-0.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.3Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

-2.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
15.7Expected goals againstfrom 246 unblocked attempts
18Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.890Save %0.904 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.38 above expected per 60 minutes21st
Shot difficulty 6.4% chance per attempt faced68thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 53 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

051015Allowed 18Expected 15.7

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Jan 21, 2011 vs NYI L 2-5 L 18 16 2 0.889 48:37
Dec 17, 2010 @ FLA L 2-6 16 14 2 0.875 40:00
Nov 20, 2010 vs TBL L 1-2 L 22 20 2 0.909 59:22
Nov 5, 2010 vs MTL L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:03
Nov 3, 2010 vs BOS L 2-5 13 12 1 0.923 39:43
Oct 30, 2010 @ DAL L 0-4 L 41 37 4 0.902 60:00
Oct 16, 2010 @ CHI L 3-4 L 21 17 4 0.810 58:40