Goal Against (GA)

What counts as a goal against

A goal against is a goal scored by the other team, charged to your goalie. Every opponent goal is a goal against for the goalie who was in the game at the time, whether the goalie was in the crease, out playing a loose ball, or beaten on a shot nobody could have stopped. The stat tracks what the goalie faced, not whether the goalie was at fault.

Goals against and saves are the two outcomes of every shot on goal the other team takes. Added together they are shots on goal faced, and saves divided by that total is save percentage. A goalie with 200 saves and 50 goals against had a very different season from one with 100 saves and 50 goals against.

How SquadProfile records it

When the other team scores, tap your goalie, then tap Goal Against. If you track the opposing team, recording their goal records the goal against for your goalie at the same time, so you record the goal once. Either way the app pairs it with the goalie's saves and keeps save percentage current.

Common mistakes

• Skipping the goal against because the goal was unstoppable. Every opponent goal counts; save percentage is wrong the moment one is missed.
• Charging the goal against to a backup who was on the bench. It goes to the goalie in the game when the ball crossed the line.
• Recording a Goal Against and then also a Save for a shot that went in. A shot on goal ends one way or the other, never both.

Where it shows up

Goals against are the GA column on the Goalies tab of every season leaderboard, next to saves and save percentage, and on each game's public box score. The team's record on its public page comes from game scores, which these goals add up to.

Related stats

• Save: the other outcome of a shot on goal.
• Save percentage: saves divided by saves plus goals against.
• Goal: the same play from the shooter's side.