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Mathieu Garon

#32 · Goalie · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Jan 9, 1978 in Chandler, Quebec, CAN · 6'1", 198 lb · Catches right · Drafted 44th overall in 1996 by MTL (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2008-09

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.

James Reimer TOR · 37 GP, 0.921 Devan Dubnyk EDM · 35 GP, 0.916 Brian Boucher PHI · 34 GP, 0.916 Johan Hedberg NJD · 34 GP, 0.912 Chris Mason ATL · 33 GP, 0.892

Career

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

02040602000-01: 11 games1100-012001-02: 5 games501-022002-03: 8 games802-032003-04: 19 games1903-042005-06: 63 games6305-062006-07: 32 games3206-072007-08: 47 games4707-082008-09: 19 games1908-092009-10: 35 games3509-102010-11: 36 games3610-112011-12: 48 games4811-122012-13: 18 games1812-13

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

Season Team GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2000-01 MTL 11 45102 233 209 24 2.44 0.897
2001-02 MTL 5 14000 147 128 19 4.37 0.871
2002-03 MTL 8 35002 267 251 16 1.99 0.940
2003-04 MTL 19 86200 480 442 38 2.27 0.921
2005-06 LAK 63 3126034 1738 1553 185 3.22 0.894
2006-07 LAK 32 1310062 849 770 79 2.66 0.907
2007-08 EDM 47 2618014 1359 1241 118 2.66 0.913
2008-09 EDM 15 68000 408 365 43 3.17 0.895
2008-09 PIT 4 21000 94 84 10 2.91 0.894
2009-10 CBJ 35 129062 858 775 83 2.81 0.903
2010-11 CBJ 36 1014063 887 799 88 2.72 0.901
2011-12 TBL 48 2316041 1191 1073 118 2.85 0.901
2012-13 TBL 18 59020 427 383 44 2.90 0.897
12 seasons Career 341 14413132820 8938 8073 865 2.83 0.903

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2003-04 MTL 1 0000 6 6 0 0.00 1.000
2008-09 PIT 1 0000 8 8 0 0.00 1.000
2 seasons Playoffs 2 0000 14 14 0 0.00 1.000

2010-11 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
36 29 101463 887 799 88 2.72 0.901

2010-11 analytics

Rating

-2.5Goals above replacement40th of 53 goalies
-0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-10.4Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 53 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.

-6-4-202010-112011-122012-13Goals 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

-10.4Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
77.6Expected goals againstfrom 1,228 unblocked attempts
88Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.901Save %0.913 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 53 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 -0.32 above expected per 60 minutes25th
Shot difficulty 6.3% chance per attempt faced58thA 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.

020406080Game 10Game 20Game 30Allowed 88Expected 77.6

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, 2011 @ DAL L 0-3 L 28 27 1 0.964 59:40
Apr 3, 2011 vs STL L 1-6 L 21 17 4 0.810 40:00
Apr 1, 2011 vs CHI L 3-4 (SO) OTL 29 26 3 0.897 65:00
Mar 27, 2011 vs VAN L 1-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 60:00
Mar 24, 2011 @ PHX L 0-3 L 23 20 3 0.870 59:58
Mar 19, 2011 @ MIN W 5-4 (OT) W 36 32 4 0.889 64:26
Mar 9, 2011 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) OTL 26 22 4 0.846 60:09
Mar 3, 2011 @ EDM L 2-4 23 23 0 1.000 38:57
Feb 27, 2011 @ NSH L 2-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:53
Feb 16, 2011 vs LAK L 3-4 (SO) OTL 29 26 3 0.897 64:51
Feb 11, 2011 vs COL W 3-1 W 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Feb 1, 2011 vs CHI L 4-7 4 3 1 0.750 18:58
Jan 18, 2011 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) OTL 22 20 2 0.909 64:59
Jan 11, 2011 vs PHX L 3-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 58:21
Jan 8, 2011 @ LAK L 4-6 L 35 30 5 0.857 59:25
Jan 7, 2011 @ ANA L 0-6 5 3 2 0.600 13:00
Jan 4, 2011 @ PHX L 2-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 58:30
Dec 26, 2010 @ CHI L 1-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 59:57
Dec 23, 2010 vs VAN L 3-7 L 22 16 6 0.727 32:44
Dec 21, 2010 vs CGY W 3-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Dec 18, 2010 vs DAL L 1-2 L 23 21 2 0.913 59:22
Dec 16, 2010 @ EDM L 3-6 9 9 0 1.000 20:00
Dec 15, 2010 @ VAN L 2-3 (OT) OTL 30 27 3 0.900 63:30
Dec 13, 2010 @ CGY L 2-3 (OT) OTL 21 20 1 0.952 59:24
Dec 9, 2010 @ STL L 1-4 L 23 20 3 0.870 59:13
Dec 6, 2010 vs DAL W 3-2 (SO) W 18 16 2 0.889 64:30
Dec 4, 2010 vs PIT L 2-7 22 19 3 0.864 44:11
Dec 3, 2010 @ BUF L 0-5 L 37 32 5 0.865 60:00
Nov 24, 2010 @ NYI W 4-3 (OT) W 24 21 3 0.875 62:23
Nov 20, 2010 @ SJS W 3-0 W, SO 35 35 0 1.000 59:57
Nov 6, 2010 vs MIN L 2-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 58:26
Nov 4, 2010 @ ATL W 3-0 W, SO 25 25 0 1.000 60:00
Nov 2, 2010 vs MTL W 3-0 W, SO 29 29 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 30, 2010 @ COL L 1-5 12 11 1 0.917 29:16
Oct 25, 2010 vs PHI W 2-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Oct 16, 2010 @ MIN W 3-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00