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Brad Thiessen

#35 · Goalie · Calgary Flames

Born Mar 19, 1986 in Aldergrove, British Columbia, CAN · 6'0", 180 lb · Catches left

Compare with a similar player

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

Dustin Tokarski TBL · 5 GP, 0.879 Marty Turco BOS · 5 GP, 0.855 Robin Lehner OTT · 5 GP, 0.935 Kevin Poulin NYI · 6 GP, 0.907 Anders Nilsson NYI · 4 GP, 0.911

Career

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2011-12 PIT 5 3100 113 97 16 3.72 0.858
1 season Career 5 3100 113 97 16 3.72 0.858

2011-12 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
5 4 3100 113 97 16 3.72 0.858

2011-12 analytics

Rating

-6.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-1.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-7.0Goals 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

-7.0Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
9.0Expected goals againstfrom 165 unblocked attempts
16Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.858Save %0.921 expected from his shots
Goals saved -1.64 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 5.4% 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 47 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

051015Allowed 16Expected 9.0

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
Mar 27, 2012 vs NYI L 3-5 7 7 0 1.000 18:28
Mar 24, 2012 @ OTT L 4-8 L 28 20 8 0.714 60:00
Mar 20, 2012 vs WPG W 8-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 59:35
Mar 7, 2012 vs TOR W 3-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Feb 26, 2012 vs CBJ W 4-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 59:41