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Brent Johnson

#1 · Goalie · Pittsburgh Penguins

Born Mar 12, 1977 in Farmington, Michigan, USA · 6'3", 199 lb · Catches left · Drafted 129th overall in 1995 by COL (round 5)

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.

Anders Lindback NSH · 16 GP, 0.912 Jonathan Bernier LAK · 16 GP, 0.909 Peter Budaj MTL · 17 GP, 0.913 Ty Conklin DET · 15 GP, 0.884 Richard Bachman DAL · 18 GP, 0.910

Career

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

020401998-99: 6 games698-992000-01: 31 games3100-012001-02: 58 games5801-022002-03: 38 games3802-032003-04: 18 games1803-042005-06: 26 games2605-062006-07: 30 games3006-072007-08: 19 games1907-082008-09: 21 games2108-092009-10: 23 games2309-102010-11: 23 games2310-112011-12: 16 games1611-12

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1998-99 STL 6 32000 127 117 10 2.10 0.921
2000-01 STL 31 199204 676 613 63 2.17 0.907
2001-02 STL 58 3420405 1293 1166 127 2.18 0.902
2002-03 STL 38 1613502 844 760 84 2.47 0.900
2003-04 STL 10 43101 203 183 20 2.43 0.901
2003-04 PHX 8 16100 243 222 21 2.59 0.914
2005-06 WSH 26 912011 854 773 81 3.44 0.905
2006-07 WSH 30 615070 894 795 99 3.61 0.889
2007-08 WSH 19 78020 500 454 46 2.67 0.908
2008-09 WSH 21 126020 579 526 53 2.81 0.908
2009-10 PIT 23 106010 541 490 51 2.76 0.906
2010-11 PIT 23 135031 604 557 47 2.17 0.922
2011-12 PIT 16 67020 359 317 42 3.11 0.883
12 seasons Career 309 140112131814 7717 6973 744 2.63 0.904

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 STL 2 0100 36 34 2 1.94 0.944
2001-02 STL 10 5503 252 234 18 1.83 0.929
2009-10 PIT 1 0000 7 6 1 1.91 0.857
2010-11 PIT 1 0000 11 7 4 6.96 0.636
2011-12 PIT 1 0000 6 4 2 6.00 0.667
5 seasons Playoffs 15 5603 312 285 27 2.20 0.913

2011-12 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
16 14 6720 359 317 42 3.11 0.883

2011-12 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-6.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-1.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-9.7Goals 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.

-10-50510152010-112011-12Goals 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

-9.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
32.3Expected goals againstfrom 497 unblocked attempts
42Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.883Save %0.910 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.72 above expected per 60 minutes2nd
Shot difficulty 6.5% chance per attempt faced74thA 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.

010203040Game 10Allowed 42Expected 32.3

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 7, 2012 vs PHI W 4-2 W 6 5 1 0.833 28:00
Apr 3, 2012 @ BOS W 5-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Mar 30, 2012 @ BUF W 5-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 59:57
Feb 19, 2012 @ BUF L 2-6 L 12 9 3 0.750 22:52
Feb 12, 2012 vs TBL W 4-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Feb 5, 2012 @ NJD L 2-5 12 11 1 0.917 36:31
Feb 1, 2012 @ TOR L 0-1 L 24 23 1 0.958 58:59
Jan 10, 2012 vs OTT L 1-5 L 8 5 3 0.625 21:15
Dec 16, 2011 @ OTT L 4-6 L 19 14 5 0.737 39:55
Dec 3, 2011 @ CAR W 3-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Nov 19, 2011 @ FLA L 2-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 58:54
Nov 12, 2011 @ CAR L 3-5 L 26 21 5 0.808 58:31
Oct 29, 2011 @ TOR L 3-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 58:39
Oct 18, 2011 @ MIN W 4-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 59:58
Oct 13, 2011 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) OTL 19 16 3 0.842 62:38
Oct 9, 2011 @ EDM L 1-2 (SO) OTL 35 34 1 0.971 64:56