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J-F Berube

#30 · Goalie · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Jul 13, 1991 in Repentigny, Quebec, CAN · 6'1", 177 lb · Catches left · Drafted 95th overall in 2009 by LAK (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Al Montoya EDM · 13 GP, 0.893 Steve Mason WPG · 13 GP, 0.906 Casey DeSmith PIT · 14 GP, 0.921 Charlie Lindgren MTL · 14 GP, 0.908 Laurent Brossoit EDM · 14 GP, 0.883

Career

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

05102015-16: 7 games715-162016-17: 14 games1416-172017-18: 13 games1317-182021-22: 6 games621-22

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2015-16 NYI 7 3210 210 192 18 2.71 0.914
2016-17 NYI 14 3220 271 241 30 3.42 0.889
2017-18 CHI 13 3610 398 356 42 3.78 0.894
2021-22 CBJ 6 3200 209 188 21 4.12 0.900
4 seasons Career 40 121240 1088 977 111 3.51 0.898

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2015-16 NYI 1 0000 2 2 0 0.00 1.000
1 season Playoffs 1 0000 2 2 0 0.00 1.000

2017-18 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
13 10 3610 398 356 42 3.78 0.894

2017-18 analytics

Rating

-1.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-5.5Goals 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.

-10-5052015-162016-172017-182021-22Goals 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

-5.5Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
36.5Expected goals againstfrom 539 unblocked attempts
42Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.894Save %0.908 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.50 above expected per 60 minutes9th
Shot difficulty 6.8% chance per attempt faced93rdA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 58 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

010203040Game 10Allowed 42Expected 36.5

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 6, 2018 vs STL L 1-4 L 34 31 3 0.912 58:16
Apr 4, 2018 @ STL W 4-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Mar 22, 2018 vs VAN L 2-5 L 18 14 4 0.778 29:38
Mar 18, 2018 vs STL L 4-5 (OT) OTL 41 36 5 0.878 63:31
Mar 17, 2018 @ BUF L 3-5 L 31 27 4 0.871 58:33
Mar 15, 2018 @ WPG L 2-6 32 30 2 0.938 49:20
Mar 10, 2018 @ BOS L 4-7 L 39 33 6 0.846 58:55
Mar 8, 2018 vs CAR L 2-3 L 40 37 3 0.925 57:27
Mar 6, 2018 vs COL W 2-1 (OT) W 34 33 1 0.971 60:09
Mar 4, 2018 @ ANA L 3-6 10 8 2 0.800 27:20
Mar 1, 2018 @ SJS L 2-7 L 28 22 6 0.786 40:00
Feb 23, 2018 vs SJS W 3-1 W 43 42 1 0.977 60:00
Dec 6, 2017 @ WSH L 2-6 14 12 2 0.857 44:14