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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 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kevin Poulin NYI · 10 GP, 0.924 Ray Emery ANA · 10 GP, 0.926 Chris Osgood DET · 11 GP, 0.903 Justin Peters CAR · 12 GP, 0.875 Robin Lehner OTT · 8 GP, 0.888

Career

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

02468102010-11: 10 games1010-112013-14: 1 games113-14

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2010-11 NYI 10 1420 243 217 26 4.06 0.893
2013-14 OTT 1 0000 10 8 2 10.11 0.800
2 seasons Career 11 1420 253 225 28 4.24 0.889

2010-11 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
10 7 1420 243 217 26 4.06 0.893

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+2.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.3Goals 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.

-2-101232010-112013-14Goals 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

-0.3Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
25.7Expected goals againstfrom 324 unblocked attempts
26Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.893Save %0.894 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.05 above expected per 60 minutes49th
Shot difficulty 7.9% chance per attempt faced99thA 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.

01020Game 10Allowed 26Expected 25.7

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 15, 2011 @ NYR L 3-6 11 10 1 0.909 20:00
Mar 1, 2011 @ WSH L 1-2 (OT) OTL 42 40 2 0.952 61:52
Feb 17, 2011 vs BOS L 3-6 L 18 13 5 0.722 22:48
Feb 15, 2011 @ OTT W 4-3 (SO) W 31 28 3 0.903 64:56
Jan 21, 2011 @ BUF W 5-2 10 10 0 1.000 20:00
Jan 13, 2011 vs OTT L 4-6 L 19 15 4 0.789 30:10
Jan 9, 2011 @ CHI L 0-5 L 45 40 5 0.889 60:00
Jan 6, 2011 @ EDM L 1-2 L 3 1 2 0.333 05:17
Jan 3, 2011 @ CGY W 5-2 29 28 1 0.966 34:20
Dec 18, 2010 vs PHX L 3-4 (SO) OTL 35 32 3 0.914 64:56