Mike Smith
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||||||
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| Rk | Date | Tm | Opp | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI | ||
| 1 | 2022-02-23 | EDM | @ | TBL | L | L | 4 | 22 | 18 | .818 | 0 | 0 | 58:13 |
| 2 | 2022-02-20 | EDM | MIN | L | L | 4 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 | |
| 3 | 2022-02-17 | EDM | ANA | W | W | 3 | 30 | 27 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | |
| 4 | 2022-02-15 | EDM | @ | LAK | W | W | 2 | 32 | 30 | .938 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 |
| 5 | 2022-02-11 | EDM | NYI | W | W | 1 | 38 | 37 | .974 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | |
| 2021-22: Complete Gamelog | Splits |
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Generated 2/24/2022.
In the last 5 games Mike Smith has averaged a save percentage of 0.812% in his starts. This is unacceptable for a NHL starter. If the Edmonton Oilers are hoping to win games they are not going to win it when your goalie has a save percentage that low.
| Goal | Goal | Goal | Goal | Goal | Goal | Goal | Goal | Goal | Goal | Goal | Goal | Goal | Goal | Goal | Goal | Goal | |||
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| Season | GP | GS | W | L | T/O | GA | SA | SV | SV% | GAA | SO | MIN | QS | QS% | RBS | GA%- | GSAA | adjGAA | GPS |
| 2021-22 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 393 | 350 | .891 | 3.65 | 0 | 706 | 4 | .308 | 3 | 120 | -7.3 | 3.82 | 1.4 |
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Generated 2/24/2022.
As for his whole season it is slightly better than his last 5 games. In his 13 starts, he has only had 4 quality starts. That is less than a 3rd of his starts, this is the worst of the 3 goalies that have started games for the Edmonton Oilers. As for really bad starts he has 3. This means he has had only 1 more good start vs bad starts.
That is a problem, which means when you start a game with Mike Smith, you are almost just as likely for him to have a terrible start as you are for him to have good start. This is alarming for me, because you are supposed to rely on you starting goalie. Having a coin flip chance of him having a bad start is not reliable.
I don’t think that the Edmonton Oilers can go forward with Mike Smith as their number one goalie. Heck I don’t think Smith is even the second most dependable goalie on this roster.