Nathan Lawson

#29 · Goalie · Ottawa Senators

Born Sep 29, 1983 in Calgary, Alberta, CAN · 6'2", 198 lb · Catches left

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andrew Hammond OTT · 1 GP, 1.000

Calvin Heeter PHI · 1 GP, 0.868

Cedrick Desjardins TBL · 1 GP, 0.846

Cristopher Nilstorp DAL · 1 GP, 0.824

Jack Campbell DAL · 1 GP, 0.872

Career

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

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

Season	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
2010-11	NYI	10	1	4	2	243	217	26	4.06	0.893
2013-14	OTT	1	0	0	0	10	8	2	10.11	0.800
2 seasons	Career	11	1	4	2	253	225	28	4.24	0.889

2013-14 season totals

GP	Starts	W	L	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
1	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	2	10.11	0.800

2013-14 analytics

Rating

-1.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win

-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six

-1.5Goals 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

-1.5Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against

0.5Expected goals againstfrom 12 unblocked attempts

2Goals againstwhile he was in net

0.800Save %0.954 expected from his shots

Goals saved -7.77 above expected per 60 minutes1st

Shot difficulty 3.9% chance per attempt faced1stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 63 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

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	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save %	TOI
Mar 18, 2014	vs NYR	L 4-8		10	8	2	0.800	11:52