Karel Vejmelka Lineups NHL Stats & Career Totals

His team wins when he is the one in net

He has 38 wins this season.

2nd in the league

He is doing an enormous amount of the work for his team

He has made 1458 saves this season.

2nd in the league

He stays out of the box, which his coach can rely on

He takes 0.03 penalty minutes an hour.

877th most penalty minutes an hour

He shuts the door completely more often than most goalies

He has 2 shutouts this season.

27th in the league

Goals against

His goals-against average is 2.75.

40th highest goals-against average

He stops about what the average goalie stops

He is stopping .897 of what he faces.

43rd in the league

He carries one of the heaviest workloads on the team

Vejmelka has faced 2,495 shot attempts this season.

1,613 on goal, 169 past him, 2nd of 74 goaltenders

One shooter has solved him more than any other

The shot that beats him most often is the backhand: 11.9% of them go in.

21 goals on 176 of them

He stays away from the traffic in front of the net

38.5% of what he faces comes from inside 25 feet.

960 of 2,495 attempts, 49th of 74 goaltenders

One team scores on him more than anybody else

Nick Suzuki has beaten him 3 times, more than any other shooter.

8 attempts, 62.5% stopped

He has one opponent's number and it shows every meeting

He has stopped Jimmy Snuggerud on all 16 attempts.

the most attempts he has faced from one skater without conceding

One team shoots at him more than anybody else

No skater has tested Vejmelka more than Matt Boldy: 18 attempts and 2 past him.

88.9% stopped

One team shuts him down every time he sees them

The Canadiens have solved him most often: 10 goals on 60 attempts.

16.7% of their attempts beat him

He saves his best hockey for one particular opponent

He has been at his best against the Senators: 1 goal allowed on 49 attempts.

2.0% of their attempts beat him

He stops about what the shots he faces are worth

Vejmelka has conceded 1.6 goals more than the chances against him say he should have.

169 against on 167.4 expected, 40th of 74 goaltenders

There is one spot shooters keep finding on him

The goals against him average 19.5 feet out, against 34.0 feet for everything he faces.

169 goals allowed, so he is beaten from closer than the average attempt

His long range shooting is about league average

1.7% of the attempts he faces from beyond 40 feet end up in the net.

16 goals on 927 long-range attempts, 28th of 74 goaltenders

He converts close chances at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he turns away 88.6% of what reaches him.

109 goals on 960 close attempts, 32nd of 74 goaltenders

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