Top One-Game Save Percentages in a Bandits game (2005 to 2023-24)

Seasonal save percentages in lacrosse are much lower than they are in hockey. A good one in a lacrosse season is 75 percent, and a great one is 80 percent.

That leads to the question - what's a great one-game save percentage in the regular season? After watching Matt Vinc stop 93.2 percent of the shots in Jan. 2019, it was easy to wonder how good that was.

The answer: really good. I looked at goalies who played the entire game - in other words, no seven-minute relief relief wonders. Here are the top percentages since 2005 (as far back as gamesheets go) in the regular season, starting with the Bandits. The newest edition to the list came this year in the final game of the season, as Vinc was 42 for 47 to crack the top 10:

Name - Opponent - Date - Saves/Shots - Pct.
Matt Vinc - Rochester - 1/5/19 - 55/59 - .932
Matt Vinc - Philadelphia - 3/12/22 - 50/55 - .909
Anthony Cosmo - Rochester - 2/16/13 - 54/60 - .900
Steve Dietrich - Arizona - 4/7/08 - 43/48 - .896
Ken Montour - Portland - 3/21/09 - 34/38 - .895
Matt Vinc - Las Vegas - 4/20/24 - 42/47 - .894
Ken Montour - Rochester - 1/16/09 - 49/55 - .891
Matt Vinc - San Diego - 3/25/23 - 49/55 - .891
Matt Vinc - New England - 1/27/19 - 39/44 - .886
Daniel Sams - Chicago - 2/24/08 - 60/68 - .882

Now for Bandit opponents:

Name - Team - Date - Saves/Shots - Pct. 
Matt Vinc - Rochester - 4/19/14 - 45/49 - .918
Bob Watson - Toronto - 1/29/11 - 50/55 - .909
Pat O'Toole - Rochester - 1/9/10 - 42/47 - .894
Zach Higgins - Philadelphia 2/15/20 - 44/50 - .880
Nick Rose - Toronto - 3/23/19 - 53/61 - .869
Aaron Bold - Edmonton - 3/21/14 - 33/38 - .868
Steve Fryer - Colorado - 3/3/18 - 45/52 - .865
Pat O'Toole - Rochester - 4/12/08 - 38/44 - .864
Matt Roik - Philadelphia - 4/14/06 - 51/59 - .864
Evan Kirk - New England - 1/2/15 - 50/58 - .862
Bob Watson - Toronto - 3/11/06 - 50/58 - .862
Dallas Eliuk - Philadelphia 2/25/05 - 50/58 - .862

Updated on April 24, 2024