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Martin Biron

#43 · Goalie · New York Rangers

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)

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The goalies closest to him in games played in 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Darcy Kuemper MIN · 6 GP, 0.916 Leland Irving CGY · 6 GP, 0.883 Thomas Greiss SJS · 6 GP, 0.915 Al Montoya WPG · 7 GP, 0.899 Jonas Gustavsson DET · 7 GP, 0.879

Career

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

02040601995-96: 3 games395-961998-99: 6 games61999-00: 41 games4199-002000-01: 18 games182001-02: 72 games7201-022002-03: 54 games542003-04: 52 games5203-042005-06: 35 games352006-07: 35 games3506-072007-08: 62 games622008-09: 55 games5508-092009-10: 29 games292010-11: 17 games1710-112011-12: 21 games212012-13: 6 games612-132013-14: 2 games2

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1995-96 BUF 3 02000 64 54 10 5.05 0.844
1998-99 BUF 6 12100 120 110 10 2.14 0.917
1999-00 BUF 41 1918205 988 898 90 2.42 0.909
2000-01 BUF 18 77102 427 388 39 2.55 0.909
2001-02 BUF 72 31281004 1781 1630 151 2.22 0.915
2002-03 BUF 54 1728604 1468 1333 135 2.56 0.908
2003-04 BUF 52 2618502 1442 1317 125 2.52 0.913
2005-06 BUF 35 218031 980 887 93 2.88 0.905
2006-07 BUF 19 124010 533 479 54 3.04 0.899
2006-07 PHI 16 68020 509 462 47 3.01 0.908
2007-08 PHI 62 3020095 1865 1712 153 2.59 0.918
2008-09 PHI 55 2919052 1718 1572 146 2.76 0.915
2009-10 NYI 29 914041 859 770 89 3.27 0.896
2010-11 NYR 17 86000 426 393 33 2.13 0.923
2011-12 NYR 21 126022 519 469 50 2.46 0.904
2012-13 NYR 6 22010 156 143 13 2.32 0.917
2013-14 NYR 2 01000 38 29 9 7.65 0.763
16 seasons Career 508 230191252728 13893 12646 1247 2.61 0.910

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2007-08 PHI 17 9801 540 488 52 2.98 0.904
2008-09 PHI 6 2401 198 182 16 2.56 0.919
2 seasons Playoffs 23 111202 738 670 68 2.87 0.908

2012-13 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
6 5 2210 156 143 13 2.32 0.917

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+5.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.7Goals 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.

-50510152010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

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

+3.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
16.7Expected goals againstfrom 232 unblocked attempts
13Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.917Save %0.893 expected from his shots
Goals saved +0.65 above expected per 60 minutes98th
Shot difficulty 7.2% chance per attempt faced99thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 54 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

051015Expected 16.7Allowed 13

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
Mar 30, 2013 @ MTL L 0-3 L 26 23 3 0.885 60:00
Mar 10, 2013 @ WSH W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Feb 23, 2013 @ MTL L 0-3 L 18 15 3 0.833 60:00
Feb 14, 2013 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) OTL 31 28 3 0.903 65:00
Feb 2, 2013 @ TBL W 3-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Jan 20, 2013 vs PIT L 3-6 20 19 1 0.950 30:42