It’s clear to anyone watching the Red Wings this year that Jimmy Howard’s performance is a large part of what the team is outperforming expectations.
Howard’s 5 v 5 save percentage of 93.54% so far this season has him 6th in the league for goalies playing more than 400 minutes.
The question I want to look at today is: How much of that is due to Howard and how much (if any) of it is a result of how the team is playing in front of him?
Goalies are notoriously hard to evaluate, but we have some tools at our disposal that can help us take a closer look at a goalie’s performance.