Save percentage

{{Short description|Statistic in hockey, baseball, and lacrosse}} {{for|the pitching statistic in baseball|Save percentage (baseball)}} '''Save percentage''' (often known by such symbols as '''SV%''', '''SVS%''', '''SVP''', '''PCT''') is a statistic in various goal-scoring sports that track saves as a statistic.

In ice hockey and lacrosse and association football, it is a statistic that represents the percentage of 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 a percentage, it is often given as a decimal in North America, in the same way as a 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>

==See also== *Goals against average, a statistic that represents the number of goals allowed per game by a goaltender

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Save Percentage}} Category:Percentages Category:Ice hockey statistics