Martin Biron

Born Aug 15, 1977 in Lac St. Charles, Quebec, CAN · 6'2", 186 lb · Catches left · Drafted 16th overall in 1995 by BUF (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Chris Mason WPG · 20 GP, 0.898

Tuukka Rask BOS · 23 GP, 0.929

Jason LaBarbera PHX · 19 GP, 0.912

Thomas Greiss SJS · 19 GP, 0.915

Richard Bachman DAL · 18 GP, 0.910

Career

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

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

Season	Team	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
1995-96	BUF	3	0	2	0	0	0	64	54	10	5.05	0.844
1998-99	BUF	6	1	2	1	0	0	120	110	10	2.14	0.917
1999-00	BUF	41	19	18	2	0	5	988	898	90	2.42	0.909
2000-01	BUF	18	7	7	1	0	2	427	388	39	2.55	0.909
2001-02	BUF	72	31	28	10	0	4	1781	1630	151	2.22	0.915
2002-03	BUF	54	17	28	6	0	4	1468	1333	135	2.56	0.908
2003-04	BUF	52	26	18	5	0	2	1442	1317	125	2.52	0.913
2005-06	BUF	35	21	8	0	3	1	980	887	93	2.88	0.905
2006-07	BUF	19	12	4	0	1	0	533	479	54	3.04	0.899
2006-07	PHI	16	6	8	0	2	0	509	462	47	3.01	0.908
2007-08	PHI	62	30	20	0	9	5	1865	1712	153	2.59	0.918
2008-09	PHI	55	29	19	0	5	2	1718	1572	146	2.76	0.915
2009-10	NYI	29	9	14	0	4	1	859	770	89	3.27	0.896
2010-11	NYR	17	8	6	0	0	0	426	393	33	2.13	0.923
2011-12	NYR	21	12	6	0	2	2	519	469	50	2.46	0.904
2012-13	NYR	6	2	2	0	1	0	156	143	13	2.32	0.917
2013-14	NYR	2	0	1	0	0	0	38	29	9	7.65	0.763
16 seasons	Career	508	230	191	25	27	28	13893	12646	1247	2.61	0.910

Playoffs

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

Season	Team	GP	W	L	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
2007-08	PHI	17	9	8	1	540	488	52	2.98	0.904
2008-09	PHI	6	2	4	1	198	182	16	2.56	0.919
2 seasons	Playoffs	23	11	12	2	738	670	68	2.87	0.908

2011-12 season totals

GP	Starts	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
21	20	12	6	2	2	519	469	50	2.46	0.904

2011-12 analytics

Rating

+5.5Goals above replacement35th of 48 goalies

+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six

+0.4Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 48 ranked goalies: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. Goals above average is coloured as it is under Shots faced below, where it is taken per 60 minutes.

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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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

+0.4Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against

50.4Expected goals againstfrom 715 unblocked attempts

50Goals againstwhile he was in net

0.904Save %0.903 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 47 goalies who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. The two goals against tiles are left plain, since they follow how much he played.

Goals saved +0.02 above expected per 60 minutes51st

Shot difficulty 7.0% chance per attempt faced96thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 47 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

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
Apr 5, 2012	@ PIT	L 2-5	L	31	27	4	0.871	58:54
Mar 15, 2012	vs PIT	L 2-5	L	32	27	5	0.844	60:00
Mar 13, 2012	vs CAR	W 4-2	W	29	27	2	0.931	60:00
Mar 8, 2012	@ OTT	L 1-4	L	21	18	3	0.857	58:30
Mar 1, 2012	@ CAR	W 3-2	W	23	21	2	0.913	59:52
Feb 24, 2012	@ NYI	L 3-4 (SO)	OTL	27	24	3	0.889	65:00
Feb 16, 2012	vs CHI	L 2-4	L	22	18	4	0.818	57:40
Feb 9, 2012	vs TBL	W 4-3 (OT)	W	17	14	3	0.824	62:37
Jan 31, 2012	@ NJD	L 3-4 (SO)	OTL	29	26	3	0.897	65:00
Jan 14, 2012	@ TOR	W 3-0	W, SO	20	20	0	1.000	60:00
Jan 5, 2012	vs FLA	W 3-2 (OT)	W	21	19	2	0.905	63:29
Dec 28, 2011	@ WSH	L 1-4	L	23	19	4	0.826	59:55
Dec 22, 2011	vs NYI	W 4-2	W	26	24	2	0.923	59:40
Dec 17, 2011	@ PHX	W 3-2	W	23	21	2	0.913	60:00
Dec 10, 2011	@ BUF	W 4-1	W	33	32	1	0.970	60:00
Dec 1, 2011	@ CAR	W 5-3	W	31	28	3	0.903	59:49
Nov 19, 2011	@ MTL	L 0-4	L	31	27	4	0.871	59:53
Nov 6, 2011	vs WPG	W 3-0	W, SO	23	23	0	1.000	60:00
Oct 31, 2011	vs SJS	W 5-2	W	26	24	2	0.923	60:00
Oct 24, 2011	@ WPG	W 2-1	W	28	27	1	0.964	60:00
Oct 22, 2011	@ EDM	L 0-2		3	3	0	1.000	09:42