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Sebastien Caron

#35 · Goalie · Tampa Bay Lightning

Born Jun 25, 1980 in Amqui, Quebec, CAN · 6'1", 170 lb · Catches left · Drafted 86th overall in 1999 by PIT (round 3)

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 Nilsson NYI · 4 GP, 0.911 Jeff Deslauriers ANA · 4 GP, 0.903 Curtis McElhinney PHX · 2 GP, 0.944 Drew MacIntyre BUF · 2 GP, 0.944 Jussi Rynnas TOR · 2 GP, 0.825

Career

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

0102030402002-03: 24 games2402-032003-04: 40 games4003-042005-06: 26 games2605-062006-07: 2 games206-072011-12: 3 games311-12

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

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
2002-03 PIT 24 741 679 62 0.916
2003-04 PIT 40 1179 1041 138 0.883
2005-06 PIT 26 733 646 87 0.881
2006-07 CHI 1 25 24 1 0.960
2006-07 ANA 1 6 5 1 0.833
2011-12 TBL 3 57 50 7 0.877
5 seasons Career 95 2741 2445 296 0.892

2011-12 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
3 57 50 7 0.877 2.33

2011-12 analytics

Rating

-1.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.0Goals 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

-2.0Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
5.0Expected goals againstfrom 79 unblocked attempts
7Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.877Save %0.912 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.89 above expected per 60 minutes2nd
Shot difficulty 6.3% chance per attempt faced64thA 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.

0246Allowed 7Expected 5.0

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. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 4, 2012 @ MTL L 2-5 25 20 5 0.800 60:00
Mar 31, 2012 vs WPG W 3-2 (OT) 28 26 2 0.929 60:45
Mar 29, 2012 @ NJD L 4-6 4 4 0 1.000 13:55