When it comes to the crease, no one has dominated it more this season than Igor Shesterkin.The Rangers goaltender completed his third season in the NHL and second as New York's Lars Eller Jersey starter. He has been the backbone of a team that enjoyed unexpected succe s this season; the Rangers finished second in the Metropolitan Division and made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals.The Ru sian goalie made headlines early in the playoffs, making 79 saves in the Rangers' 4-3 triple-overtime lo s to the Penguins. It is the by a goaltender in a game in NHL history.On Tuesday, Shesterkin locked up the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender in 2022.The 26-year-old has had such a strong season that he should be in serious consideration for the Hart Trophy, given to the player deemed most valuable to his team. It would be Matt Niskanen Jersey just the ninth time a goaltender has won the award, which has been around since 1924.Just how good has Shesterkin been? The Sporting News lists five statistics that give insight into his phenomenal season.MORE:Five stats that showcase Igor Shesterkin's incredible seasonGoals-against averageOne of the two simplest stats when it comes to goaltending, no one in the league finished with a better GAA than Shesterkin. His 2.07 was the best in the NHL.In the seven months of the 2021-22 NHL season, Shesterkin's highest GAA in a month has been 2.68 (March). Four times, his GAA has been lower than 2.00.Save percentageShstserkins also ended the regular season first in SV% with an impre sive .935%.Outside of March's .916, Shesterkin did not finish any month with a save percentage below .920. Only five qualifying goalies in the league own a .920 save percentage or better for the season and no one besides Shesterkin was over .930. Not too shabby.Win percentageWhen looking at how often a goaltender wins games, it's easy to look at total wins and compare throughout the league. Shesterkin had 36 wins, sixth-most in the league.However, Shesterkin has started Andre Burakovsky Jersey fewer games than every goaltender above him in the win column, so a fairer way to look at this is win percentage. This calculates how often the team wins with the goalie in net.Shesterkin owns a .679 win percentage, second-best in the league behind the Panthers' Sergei Bobrovsky. Those two, along with Andersen, are the only goaltenders this season to have won more than 65 percent of the games they've started.Goals saved above expectedNow let's get into some advanced analytics. First is goals saved above expected, which is le s complicated than it sounds. This statistic determines how many goals a goalie saved above what he was expected to allow given the shot quality. The way to determine this is to take a goalie's expected goals against and subtract the actual goals against.Shesterkin had most goals saved above expected with 34.1, per . His expected goals against is 140.1; subtract his total goals allowed (106) from that and it comes out to roughly 34.1.Wins above replacementFinally, the last stat is wins above replacement. WAR in hockey is similar to WAR Jaromir Jagr Jersey in baseball, where it's most commonly known. It is a way to give a value to the number of wins attributed to a player if that player were to be substituted with a replacement-level player.In layman's terms, it's how many more wins Shesterkin has provided the Rangers as opposed to what the most average NHL goalie would give them.Turns out, it's a good number for a goaltender. Shesterkin owned a 5.68, according to . He was one of the only two goalies with a WAR above 5.00 and one of only three goalies with a WAR above 4.00. Five wins is crucial, especially in net, where goalies don't play every game. Related Articles Norris Trophy 2022: Making the case for Cale Makar, Roman Josi, Victor Hedman to win NHL's best defenseman NHL Rookie Ladder: Moritz Seider in front of the Calder Trophy race for Rookie of the Year Rod Langway Jersey What is expected goal differential? The advanced stat sweeping through the hockey world