Tonight marks Garret Sparks third start for the leafs this season. He’s been very, very bad once, and good enough to offset that first game to land at near league average altogether.
One really interesting thing is that in those two games combined, Sparks has the highest Expected Save Percentage according to Moneypuck.com’s Expected Goals model. Sparks is at 96.26 (the number is so large because this is a save percentage calculated on all unblocked shots, not just shots on goal, so all the numbers are grossed up over what you’re more used to). The next closest is 95.