It also says that's he bucking some (previously) disturbing trends. Let's check it out
I was taking a look at some of Luongo's stats from his years as a Canuck, mainly because of a link Sean posted to some split stats of his. I casually mentioned "Hey, Lu plays pretty shitty on Tuesdays" to which Sean prompted (and continually prods like a sadistic kid prodding a poor puppy) me to put it in a fanpost. So here, now you can leave me alone!
The day data wasn't really as interesting as I hoped. Yeah, this year Lu's worst day is Tuesday, but it's changed pretty much every year, so nothing really to see. I found more interesting numbers in some of the other stats. Now, this has to be taken with somewhat of a grain of salt, because the team strength could also be a factor as well.
First up: I like this trend.
| Year | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 |
| GAA In Loss | 3.36 | 3.23 | 3.37 | 3.84 | 2.92 |
| SV% In Loss | 0.884 | 0.891 | 0.885 | 0.867 | 0.903 |
Almost a full goal per game less in losses? Yeah, I'll take that. In case you are wondering, his SV% for wins has been a rock solid 0.94 or higher in every season he's been in Vancouver. So it's the losses that have been bad (especially last year)
The second works better in graph form: Lu's SV% per month for every year in Vancouver
We see here some disturbing trends in previous years: A noticeable drop off in SV% without fail in April, and also in March for every year except 08-09.
It's bloody amazing how consistently mediocre Luongo's October is. He only had a decent October once (his first year here), and every year it's been almost exactly the same - just slightly above .900. And again last year was painful - he peaks in December (talk about premature!) and declines the entire rest of the way.
So far, this year looks to be bucking the free falling SV% at the end of the season trend, which I personally feel will continue through in April. I attribute this to the two things everyone else is attributing Lu's improved performance to: Rollie and Cory.
Keep proving your critics wrong Roberto.




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