Shots that go through the crease wide of the net, hit the goal post or cross bar don't count as shots or saves. Goals count as shots. Good luck this season. Thank you for your time. I love your new column.
Goalies smack their sticks on the ice for a lot for reasons.
It is done most often to warn your team about someone who is going to get out of the penalty box. When a team is on the power play, they usually have control of the puck in the offensive zone and sometimes they lose track of how much time is left in the penalty. So banging the stick on the ice is a warning to the guys on the power play that the penalty is almost over. But lots of goalies in the league do it.