The share of shots on goal a goaltender stops. It is written as a three-digit decimal (.915) and is less dependent on team defence than goals-against average, because it divides by the shots actually faced.
Save Percentage (SV%)
Also written: SV%, Sv%
Standard statistic · NHL
Formula
SV% = Saves ÷ Shots against = (Shots against − Goals against) ÷ Shots against
On StatVault
Shown as the SV% column on NHL goaltender profiles and ranked on the career save-percentage board on the NHL leaders page, with the games-played qualifier stated on the page.
Shown on: NHL goaltender profiles — column SV%