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Line 1: {{Short description\|Statistic in hockey, baseball, and lacrosse}} ~~{{Unreferenced\|date=December 2009}}~~ {{for\|the pitching statistic in baseball\|Save percentage (baseball)}} '''Save percentage''' (often known by such symbols as '''SV%''', '''SVS%''', '''SVP''', '''PCT''') is an [[ice hockey]] and [[lacrosse]] [[statistic]] that represents the percentage of [[Shot on goal\|shots on goal]] a [[goaltender]] stops. It is calculated by dividing the number of [[Goal (ice hockey)#Related terms\|save]]s by the total number of shots on goal. '''Save percentage''' (often known by such symbols as '''SV%''', '''SVS%''', '''SVP''', '''PCT''') is a statistic in various [[Goal (sports)\|goal]]-scoring sports that track [[Save (goaltender)\|saves]] as a statistic. In [[ice hockey]] and [[lacrosse]] and [[association football]], it is a [[statistic]] that represents the percentage of [[shot on goal (ice hockey)\|shots on goal]] a [[goaltender]] stops. It is calculated by dividing the number of saves by the total number of shots on goal.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Vollman \|first=Rob \|date=2018 \|chapter=Goaltenders \|title=Stat Shot: A Fan's Guide to Hockey Analytics \|publisher=ECW Press \|location=Toronto \|isbn=978-1-77305-250-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last=Kelley \|first=Jane \|date=2010 \|title=It's a Numbers Game \|publisher=South Pacific Press \|location=Wellington, New Zealand \|isbn=978-1-60457-879-9 \|page=25}}</ref> Although the statistic is called "save ''percentage''", it is given as a decimal (in the same way as an [[on-base percentage]] in [[baseball]]). Thus, ''.933'' means a goaltender saved 93.3 percent of all shots he or she faced. [[National Hockey League]] goaltenders typically have a save percentage above .900, and [[National Lacrosse League]] goaltenders typically have a save percentage above .750. Although the statistic is a percentage, it is often given as a decimal in North America, in the same way as a [[batting average (baseball)\|batting average]] in [[baseball]]. Thus, .933 means a goaltender saved 93.3 percent of all shots they faced. In international ice hockey, such as the IIHF World Championships, a save percentage is expressed as a true percentage, such as 90.5%.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Frederick \|first=Shane \|date=2012 \|title=Hockey: The Math of the Game \|series=Sports Illustrated Kids \|publisher=Capstone Press \|location=North Mankato, Minnesota \|isbn=978-1-4296-7321-1 \|page=27}}</ref> ~~Save percentage applies in an analogous way to [[Goalkeeper (association football)\|goalkeepers]] in [[football (soccer)]].~~ ~~Save percentage applies to baseball [[pitchers]], particularly [[closers]]. This is the quotient of the number of successful saves and the number of save opportunities.~~ ==See also== [[Goals against average]], a statistic that represents the number of goals allowed per game by a goaltender [[goaltender]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Save Percentage}} [[Category:Percentages]] [[Category:Ice hockey statistics]] <!--[[Category:Lacrosse statistics]]--> ~~[[nl:redpercentage]]~~