Table 6.

Goalkeeper Metrics Compared With 1 Year Before Index Year^a

Player Metricsb	Control	Complete ACL Tear	P Value
Games played per season
Index year	−2.09 ± 11.20	−6.43 ± 12.05	<.001
1 y after injury	−3.07 ± 11.25	−7.00 ± 14.35	<.001
2 y after injury	−4.89 ± 11.71	−5.58 ± 15.49	<.001
3 y after injury	−4.79 ± 13.56	1.61 ± 14.16	.692
4 y after injury	−9.81 ± 17.30	−2.07 ± 13.96	<.001
Minutes played per season
Index year	−524.75 ± 379.67	−317.33 ± 1058.38	<.05
1 y after injury	510.00 ± 551.54	−557.00 ± 1222.67	<.05
2 y after injury	105.00 ± 360.62	683.33 ± 1833.01	<.05
3 y after injury	240.00 ± 551.54	1347.00 ± 567.10	.114
4 y after injury	−1123.00 ± 0.00	1508.00 ± 350.72	<.05
Minutes played per game
Index year	3.46 ± 7.99	−0.74 ± 83.24	.976
1 y after injury	7.50 ± 10.61	−22.98 ± 94.36	<.05
2 y after injury	−37.50 ± 53.03	33.56 ± 48.93	<.05
3 y after injury	−37.50 ± 53.03	45.23 ± 59.63	.099
4 y after injury	−7.82 ± 0.00	46.53 ± 61.47	.753
Shutouts per season
Index year	−2.00 ± 2.94	−0.67 ± 4.51	<.001
1 y after injury	2.50 ± 2.12	−2.00 ± 2.65	<.001
2 y after injury	0.50 ± 0.71	2.67 ± 6.81	<.05
3 y after injury	−0.50 ± 0.71	4.50 ± 0.71	<.05
4 y after injury	−4.00 ± 0.00	4.00 ± 1.41	<.05
Conceded goals per season
Index year	−4.00 ± 2.58	−6.33 ± 15.57	<.001
1 y after injury	7.50 ± 7.78	−7.00 ± 24.25	<.001
2 y after injury	0.50 ± 4.95	14.00 ± 42.33	<.001
3 y after injury	4.00 ± 9.90	21.50 ± 17.68	<.05
4 y after injury	−8.00 ± 0.00	25.00 ± 4.24	<.05

^aData are reported as mean ± SD. Bolding indicates statistically significant difference between groups. ACL, anterior cruciate ligament.

^bChange in player performance metric as compared with 1 year before index year (ie, time of injury for players with a complete ACL tear and index year for matched controls).