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Jack LaFontaine

#80 · Goalie · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Jan 6, 1998 in Mississauga, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 204 lb · Catches left · Drafted 75th overall in 2016 by CAR (round 3)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Lyon CAR · 2 GP, 0.908 Garret Sparks LAK · 2 GP, 0.936 Joel Hofer STL · 2 GP, 0.880 Josef Korenar ARI · 2 GP, 0.914 Justus Annunen COL · 2 GP, 0.863

Career

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

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
2021-22 CAR 2 41 32 9 0.780
1 season Career 2 41 32 9 0.780

2021-22 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
2 41 32 9 0.780 4.50

2021-22 analytics

Rating

-4.7Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.8Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-5.1Goals 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

-5.1Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
3.9Expected goals againstfrom 52 unblocked attempts
9Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.780Save %0.905 expected from his shots
Goals saved -4.07 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 7.5% chance per attempt faced97thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 65 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

02468Allowed 9Expected 3.9

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. 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 Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Jan 22, 2022 @ NJD L 4-7 38 31 7 0.816 60:00
Jan 13, 2022 vs CBJ L 0-6 3 1 2 0.333 14:57