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Curtis Sanford

#30 · Goalie · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Oct 5, 1979 in Owen Sound, Ontario, CAN · 5'11", 187 lb · Catches left

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

Brian Elliott STL · 38 GP, 0.940 Michal Neuvirth WSH · 38 GP, 0.903 James Reimer TOR · 34 GP, 0.900 Josh Harding MIN · 34 GP, 0.917 Ray Emery CHI · 34 GP, 0.900

Career

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

01020302002-03: 8 games802-032005-06: 34 games3405-062006-07: 31 games3106-072007-08: 16 games1607-082008-09: 19 games1908-092011-12: 36 games3611-12

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2002-03 STL 8 5101 148 135 13 1.96 0.912
2005-06 STL 34 131353 885 804 81 2.66 0.908
2006-07 STL 31 81250 707 628 79 3.18 0.888
2007-08 VAN 16 4310 313 281 32 2.83 0.898
2008-09 VAN 19 7801 448 406 42 2.59 0.906
2011-12 CBJ 36 101841 971 885 86 2.60 0.911
6 seasons Career 144 4755156 3472 3139 333 2.72 0.904

2011-12 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
36 32 101841 971 885 86 2.60 0.911

2011-12 analytics

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacement40th of 48 goalies
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-8.8Goals 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

-8.8Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
77.2Expected goals againstfrom 1,322 unblocked attempts
86Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.911Save %0.920 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 -0.26 above expected per 60 minutes19th
Shot difficulty 5.8% chance per attempt faced17thA 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.

020406080Game 10Game 20Game 30Allowed 86Expected 77.2

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 18, 2012 @ CGY W 2-1 (SO) 2 2 0 1.000 14:30
Mar 14, 2012 @ EDM L 0-3 L 26 24 2 0.923 59:34
Mar 11, 2012 vs STL L 1-2 L 26 24 2 0.923 59:07
Mar 10, 2012 @ STL L 1-4 L 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Mar 8, 2012 vs LAK W 3-1 13 13 0 1.000 28:52
Feb 28, 2012 vs DET L 2-5 L 25 20 5 0.800 60:00
Feb 26, 2012 @ PIT L 2-4 L 40 36 4 0.900 58:27
Feb 9, 2012 vs DAL L 2-4 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:40
Feb 7, 2012 vs MIN W 3-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:51
Feb 3, 2012 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) W 35 33 2 0.943 63:54
Feb 1, 2012 @ LAK L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Jan 24, 2012 @ TBL L 2-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 58:36
Jan 21, 2012 @ DET L 2-3 (SO) OTL 31 29 2 0.935 65:00
Jan 17, 2012 vs EDM W 4-2 W 23 21 2 0.913 60:00
Jan 14, 2012 vs SJS L 1-2 L 33 31 2 0.939 59:33
Jan 13, 2012 vs PHX W 4-3 W 35 32 3 0.914 59:56
Jan 10, 2012 @ CHI L 2-5 L 24 20 4 0.833 59:46
Jan 8, 2012 @ ANA L 4-7 L 10 8 2 0.800 39:36
Jan 7, 2012 @ LAK W 1-0 W, SO 31 31 0 1.000 59:40
Jan 5, 2012 @ SJS L 1-2 L 39 37 2 0.949 58:49
Dec 22, 2011 @ NSH L 5-6 L 38 32 6 0.842 59:51
Dec 15, 2011 vs LAK L 1-2 L 41 39 2 0.951 58:24
Dec 13, 2011 vs VAN W 2-1 (SO) 1 1 0 1.000 03:02
Dec 10, 2011 vs BOS L 3-5 L 29 24 5 0.828 59:49
Dec 8, 2011 vs NSH L 3-4 (OT) OTL 22 18 4 0.818 61:45
Dec 6, 2011 @ MTL W 3-2 (SO) W 20 18 2 0.900 64:42
Dec 2, 2011 @ EDM L 3-6 L 33 28 5 0.848 59:09
Dec 1, 2011 @ CGY W 4-3 (SO) W 35 32 3 0.914 64:32
Nov 29, 2011 @ VAN L 1-4 L 33 30 3 0.909 58:16
Nov 27, 2011 vs STL L 1-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 59:14
Nov 25, 2011 vs BUF W 5-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:56
Nov 23, 2011 @ NJD L 1-2 (SO) OTL 24 23 1 0.958 64:55
Nov 21, 2011 vs CGY W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 59:55
Nov 19, 2011 @ NSH W 4-3 (OT) W 30 27 3 0.900 62:43
Nov 17, 2011 @ BOS L 1-2 (SO) OTL 27 26 1 0.963 64:49
Oct 8, 2011 @ MIN L 2-4 3 3 0 1.000 18:02