Fleury and Vasilevskiy Lead Mid-Season Vezina Race
- Marc-Andre Fleury and Andrei Vasilevskiy have separated themselves from the field in the mid-season Vezina Trophy race according to both traditional and proprietary analytics.
- Clear Sight Analytics shows a much tighter race at the top than other published statistics, which had Tampa Bay leading by a wide margin.
- Fleury's 24-save shutout against San Jose helped him edge ahead of Vasilevskiy in the CSA Goals Saved Above Expected model.
- Chicago Blackhawks rookie Kevin Lankinen dropped from fifth to 14th in CSA rankings following Vasilevskiy's 6-3 win over Chicago on Sunday.
- Goals Saved Above Expected improves on traditional metrics like GAA and save percentage by measuring 34 data points per shot to account for shot quality and scoring-chance context.
As the NHL approaches the mid-way point of this abbreviated season, two goaltenders have separated themselves statistically in the race for the Vezina Trophy.
Marc-Andre Fleury and Andrei Vasilevskiy are the clear leaders, and while other recently published statistics showed the Tampa Bay Lightning out in front by a wide margin, the proprietary numbers from Clear Sight Analytics show a much tighter race at the top.
In fact, Fleury pulled ahead in a tight race with a combination of his 24-save shutout against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday and Vasilevskiy’s 6-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday, which also dropped Chicago rookie Kevin Lankinen from fifth to 14th:
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