Scott Wedgewood Shooting NHL Stats & Career Totals

One shooter has solved him more than any other

The shot that beats him most often is the backhand: 10.4% of them go in.

16 goals on 154 of them

He stays away from the traffic in front of the net

38.6% of what he faces comes from inside 25 feet.

663 of 1,717 attempts, 47th of 74 goaltenders

He carries one of the heaviest workloads on the team

Wedgewood has faced 1,717 shot attempts this season.

1,116 on goal, 98 past him, 27th of 74 goaltenders

He saves more than the shots he faces should allow

Wedgewood has saved 12.8 goals more than the chances against him say he should have.

98 against on 110.8 expected, 11th of 74 goaltenders

There is one spot shooters keep finding on him

The goals against him average 18.5 feet out, against 33.6 feet for everything he faces.

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

He converts close chances at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he turns away 88.4% of what reaches him.

77 goals on 663 close attempts, 39th of 74 goaltenders

His long range shooting is about league average

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

11 goals on 633 long-range attempts, 28th of 74 goaltenders

Goals against

His goals-against average is 2.02.

5th highest goals-against average

Very little gets past him this season

He is stopping .921 of what he faces.

7th in the league

His team wins when he is the one in net

He has 31 wins this season.

7th in the league

He shuts the door completely more often than most goalies

He has 4 shutouts this season.

8th in the league

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

He takes 0.05 penalty minutes an hour.

873rd most penalty minutes an hour

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

He has made 1007 saves this season.

27th in the league

One team scores on him more than anybody else

Dylan Guenther has beaten him 4 times, more than any other shooter.

24 attempts, 83.3% stopped

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

He has stopped Clayton Keller on all 20 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 Wedgewood more than Jason Robertson: 28 attempts and 3 past him.

89.3% stopped

One team shuts him down every time he sees them

The Canadiens have solved him most often: 7 goals on 43 attempts.

16.3% of their attempts beat him

He saves his best hockey for one particular opponent

He has been at his best against the Blackhawks: 0 goals allowed on 36 attempts.

0.0% of their attempts beat him

Shooting

Crunching the Numbers