Dustin Tokarski#31

Goalie with Buffalo, 2020–21 to 2021–22

No. 31Catches LHeight 6'0"Weight 198 lbsBorn September 16, 1989Hometown Watson, SK, CAN
Recent Form
Last 5
Last 10
SV% per appearance
.762 to 1.000
.887
.896
GSAx per appearance
-3.31 to +2.73
-0.28
-0.14
Quality Start %
0% to 100%
40%
50%

Each line above is that metric's own value across the last 10 appearances, not smoothed, plotted against the season baseline (the goalie's own save rate for SV%, zero for GSAx, the goalie's own quality-start rate for Quality Start %); the thin vertical rule splits off the last 5, which is what that column reports.

Last 10 Appearances
GameSV%SavesxGAGSAxRest
Apr 29 vs CHI.90519 / 212.00.0B2B
Apr 28 at BOS.84427 / 323.8-1.25d
Apr 23 vs NYI.86419 / 221.8-1.26d
Apr 17 at PHI.91432 / 354.4+1.49d
Apr 8 at FLA.90739 / 433.6-0.45d
Apr 3 vs FLA.87535 / 403.8-1.26d
Mar 28 at CHI.76216 / 211.7-3.33d
Mar 25 vs WSH.92537 / 403.7+0.77d
Mar 18 at CGY1.00024 / 242.7+2.712d
Mar 6 vs LAK.96729 / 302.1+1.19d

A quality start allows no more goals than that night's shots faced predicted, a really bad one allows 2 or more goals above that prediction. Relief appearances are listed here but get neither verdict, so they sit outside the Quality Start % above. Descriptive only, small samples swing.

Playoffs

Career With Buffalo

42 games, 2 seasons
12-20
W-L
26th all-time
7
OTL
3.35
GAA
26th all-time
.901
SV%
18th all-time
47.4%
QS%
1
SO
22nd all-time

All-time is the rank among the 63 goalies with a regular-season game for Buffalo since 1970–71. W-L ranks by wins; GAA and SV% count only careers of at least 25 games (34). Ties share a rank.

Season by Season

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These stats don’t share a natural scale, so each line is normalized to its own 0-100% range for shape comparison. Hover a point for its real value.

051020202021SeasonWins
SeasonAgeGPWLOTLGAASV%SOGSAxQS%
2020–21*31132823.54.9040-4.040.0%
2021–223229101253.27.8991-5.350.0%
Total42122073.35.9011

* Shortened season. Weigh its totals against a full 82-game year with that in mind.

Actual vs Expected

One row per season: the gold dot is the expected total, the navy dot is what actually happened.

xGAGoals Against
02551761012020–212020–21: 39.0 xGA2020–21: 43 Goals Against (-4.0 vs expected)43 / 39.02021–222021–22: 85.7 xGA2021–22: 91 Goals Against (-5.3 vs expected)91 / 85.7

GSAx by Situation

Tokarski's shots faced in 2021–22, split by strength state and by shot danger. GSAx is the total expected goals of those shots minus the goals allowed: a positive number means stopping more than an average goalie would on that workload. The smaller number beside it is one standard deviation of that GSAx, given the shots faced in that split treated as independent coin flips at their own odds. A split whose GSAx sits inside its own ± band is not distinguishable from an average goalie on that workload, which is common for the smaller penalty-kill and high-danger samples even across a full season.

SplitShots facedxGAGAGSAx
All118685.791-5.3±8.5
5v599967.771-3.3±7.6
Power play (Buffalo up a skater)292.72+0.7±1.5
Penalty kill (Buffalo down a skater)15815.318-2.7±3.6
High danger25245.845+0.8±6.0
Medium danger33627.530-2.5±5.0
Low danger59812.416-3.6±3.5

Shots faced counts every unblocked attempt the model scores, shots that missed the net included, so it runs higher than saves-plus-goals. High danger is an attempt worth 0.12 xG or more, the same rule every high-danger count on the site uses; medium and low split the rest by expected-goal value. Empty-net and no-coordinate shots count in the totals but sit outside the strength and danger splits, so the rows need not add up exactly.

GSAx Through the Season

-5.3goals saved above expected across 29 appearances in 2021–22, against a random-chance swing of about ±8.5 at this shot volume. Tokarski sits close to break-even against the chances.
through 29 of 29 appearances
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-5.3-0.4+4.6Oct 16Nov 4Nov 12Nov 22Nov 27Feb 10Feb 25Mar 25Apr 8Apr 28vs ARI quality startat NJD quality startat LAK quality startvs EDM quality startat PIT quality startvs CGY really bad startvs CBJ really bad startvs MTL quality startat DET quality startvs SEA really bad startat COL quality startvs CBJ really bad startvs COL quality startvs LAK quality startat CGY quality startvs WSH quality startat CHI really bad startat PHI quality startvs CHI quality startGame dateGSAx, running total

The running season total, ending on the GSAx the splits table below shows for all situations. Ticks under the axis mark quality starts (green) and really bad ones (red).

Save Map

Every unblocked shot Tokarski faced in 2021–22, to scale, all attacking the same net. Dot size is the shot's expected-goal value; goals against are filled red. Narrow it down and the numbers below follow the slice.

xG range
Shots faced
1186
On net
900
Goals
91
Save %
.899
xGA
85.7
GSAx
-5.3
Save, size is xGGoal againstFaded dots missed the net.