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Joey MacDonald

#39 · Goalie · Montréal Canadiens

Born Feb 7, 1980 in Pictou, Nova Scotia, CAN · 6'0", 197 lb · Catches left

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.

Alex Auld MTL · 16 GP, 0.914 Braden Holtby WSH · 14 GP, 0.934 Jhonas Enroth BUF · 14 GP, 0.907 Pascal Leclaire OTT · 14 GP, 0.908 Henrik Karlsson CGY · 17 GP, 0.908

Career

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

0102030402006-07: 15 games1506-072007-08: 2 games207-082008-09: 49 games4908-092009-10: 6 games609-102010-11: 15 games1510-112011-12: 14 games1411-122012-13: 21 games2112-132013-14: 11 games1113-14

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2006-07 DET 8 1510 211 184 27 3.46 0.872
2006-07 BOS 7 2210 195 179 16 2.68 0.918
2007-08 NYI 2 0110 73 67 6 2.99 0.918
2008-09 NYI 49 142661 1584 1427 157 3.37 0.901
2009-10 TOR 6 1400 157 140 17 3.20 0.892
2010-11 DET 15 5531 372 341 31 2.58 0.917
2011-12 DET 14 8510 330 301 29 2.16 0.912
2012-13 CGY 21 8910 562 507 55 2.87 0.902
2013-14 CGY 11 5410 264 235 29 2.91 0.890
8 seasons Career 133 4461152 3748 3381 367 3.00 0.902

2010-11 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
15 9 5531 372 341 31 2.58 0.917

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+2.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.7Goals 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.

-4-202462010-112011-122012-132013-14Goals 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

-0.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
30.3Expected goals againstfrom 510 unblocked attempts
31Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.917Save %0.919 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.06 above expected per 60 minutes49th
Shot difficulty 5.9% 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 53 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0102030Game 10Allowed 31Expected 30.3

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
Mar 30, 2011 vs STL L 3-10 L 39 32 7 0.821 45:23
Mar 28, 2011 vs CHI L 2-3 (OT) OTL 41 38 3 0.927 60:36
Mar 26, 2011 vs TOR W 4-2 W 7 7 0 1.000 13:49
Mar 21, 2011 vs PIT L 4-5 (SO) OTL 10 10 0 1.000 31:44
Mar 17, 2011 @ CBJ W 2-0 W, SO 37 37 0 1.000 60:00
Mar 3, 2011 @ SJS L 1-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 58:08
Feb 26, 2011 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) W 32 30 2 0.938 64:54
Feb 18, 2011 @ FLA W 4-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Feb 9, 2011 vs NSH L 1-4 14 14 0 1.000 29:17
Feb 5, 2011 @ NSH L 0-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 59:57
Jan 18, 2011 @ PIT L 1-4 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:30
Jan 15, 2011 vs CBJ W 6-5 (OT) W 30 25 5 0.833 60:45
Jan 14, 2011 @ CBJ L 2-3 (SO) OTL 21 21 0 1.000 52:17
Jan 10, 2011 @ COL L 4-5 L 16 15 1 0.938 44:31
Nov 24, 2010 @ ATL L 1-5 8 7 1 0.875 20:00