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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 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ray Emery CHI · 21 GP, 0.922 Ben Bishop TBL · 22 GP, 0.920 Ben Scrivens TOR · 20 GP, 0.915 Roberto Luongo VAN · 20 GP, 0.907 Steve Mason PHI · 20 GP, 0.916

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

2012-13 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
21 17 8910 562 507 55 2.87 0.902

2012-13 analytics

Rating

+2.3Goals above replacement25th of 37 goalies
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.0Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 37 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.

-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

-3.0Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
52.0Expected goals againstfrom 784 unblocked attempts
55Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.902Save %0.908 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 54 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 -0.16 above expected per 60 minutes35th
Shot difficulty 6.6% 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 54 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

02040Game 10Game 20Allowed 55Expected 52.0

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. 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 26, 2013 @ CHI L 1-3 L 38 35 3 0.921 59:17
Apr 25, 2013 @ STL L 1-4 L 20 16 4 0.800 60:00
Apr 21, 2013 @ MIN W 4-1 W 35 34 1 0.971 60:00
Apr 15, 2013 vs MIN L 3-4 L 27 23 4 0.852 58:44
Apr 13, 2013 @ EDM W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:49
Apr 12, 2013 vs PHX W 3-2 (OT) W 31 29 2 0.935 64:36
Apr 8, 2013 @ COL W 3-1 W 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Apr 3, 2013 vs EDM L 2-8 L 39 31 8 0.795 60:00
Apr 1, 2013 @ EDM L 1-4 14 13 1 0.929 43:32
Mar 29, 2013 vs CBJ L 4-6 4 4 0 1.000 19:27
Mar 27, 2013 vs COL W 4-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Mar 18, 2013 @ DAL L 3-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 58:35
Mar 11, 2013 @ LAK L 1-3 L 21 19 2 0.905 59:20
Mar 9, 2013 @ LAK L 2-6 2 2 0 1.000 11:38
Feb 28, 2013 @ COL L 4-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 58:31
Feb 26, 2013 @ MIN L 1-2 (OT) OTL 30 28 2 0.933 60:27
Feb 24, 2013 vs PHX W 5-4 W 27 23 4 0.852 59:56
Feb 23, 2013 vs MIN W 3-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 59:58
Feb 20, 2013 vs LAK L 1-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 58:49
Feb 17, 2013 @ DAL W 4-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 59:56
Feb 15, 2013 vs STL L 2-5 L 21 18 3 0.857 55:53