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Toronto Maple Leafs: Statistics Give Reason for Goalie Optimism

The Toronto Maple Leafs are currently 3rd in the NHL standings.

Though they are ranked 3rd overall, the Toronto Maple Leafs are near the very bottom of the NHL in 5v5 save percentage, ranking 29th overall.

Now, without any other information, this would still be a good thing for the Leafs:

Given that they can be the 3rd best team with the 4th worst goaltending, we can assume that any time they get even league-average goaltending or better, they’ll be the best team.

We know that goaltending is pretty close to random, and independent from team defense.