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What is a good save percentage for a goalie?

In the NHL, a good save percentage sits around .910 and an excellent one above .920. In youth and junior hockey, benchmarks are lower and more variable: between .850 and .900 is generally solid, because defenses are less structured and quality chances more frequent.

The real benchmark is never an absolute number, it is the comparison at equal level: same league, same age group, similar shot volume. An .880 behind a team allowing 35 shots a game is often worth more than a .900 behind a fortress.

Two complementary reads help: high-danger save percentage (HDSV%), which isolates tough chances from the slot, and the 5-to-10-game trend, more telling than any single game. RinkLog computes both and compares your goalie to goalies of the same age and level through percentile benchmarks.

RinkLog measures and computes this statistic automatically during your hockey, ball hockey and ringette games.

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