Taking a Closer Look at Jimmy Howard

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. For today, I will be looking at three statistics. To eliminate outliers, such as backup goalies who have high stats in…