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Nashville Predators: Too Much of a Good Thing in the Crease?

By Kyle Fleming

Nashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros (74) defends the net against the St. Louis Blues during the second period at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports
Nashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros (74) defends the net against the St. Louis Blues during the second period at Enterprise Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports /
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Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports /

The Juice is Loose

Juuse Saros has been outstanding for the Predators in net, minus his first ten games each season.

Since 2020-2021, Saros is third in the NHL in games played at 140 games, only behind Connor Hellebuyck (150) and Andrei Vasilevskiy (141).

Looking at some of Saros’ stats over that stretch, he is second in shots against and second in saves.

One area that is really impressive about Saros is his expected goals against, he is currently at 386.1 expected goals against however has only allowed 346 goals. This means that he has saved 40.1 more goals than expected of him. He ranks first in the NHL of all goaltenders playing at least 125 games over that time.

Next. Juuse Saros is Nashville's Savior. dark

Then there are high danger chances. Again, Saros ranks first in high danger chances save percentage with an .844. Overall save percentage is more of the same, with a .921 save percentage which puts him in the top position of goaltenders with at least 125 games played.

Saros has been the backbone of this franchise for the past few years since Pekka Rinne went into retirement. His outstanding play has been key to the success of the organization and without him, we all saw what happened last season in the playoffs. The first every playoff sweep suffered in franchise history.

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