Over the course of the season, one of the most hotly debated topics has been the performance of the Carolina Hurricanes’ goalie tandem of Cam Ward and Scott Darling. A brief trip to the stats page of NHL.com will tell you that both goalies are currently posting a Save Percentage below the league average of .913.
But does that really tell the whole story?
The problem with a statistic like SV% is that it essentially assumes that every goalie in the NHL is handling the same shot quality night in and night out.