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Compare players, 2012-13 season

At a glance

Evgeni Nabokov Jimmy Howard

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerEvgeni Nabokov: Save %, 0.910, 46th percentileEvgeni Nabokov: Goals against, 2.51 a game, 33rd percentileEvgeni Nabokov: Workload, 27.8 shots a game, 63rd percentileEvgeni Nabokov: Games, 41 games, 88th percentileEvgeni Nabokov: Goals saved, +0.15 above expected per 60, 63rd percentileJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.923, 81st percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 2.07 a game, 79th percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 26.9 shots a game, 47th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 42 games, 89th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, +0.25 above expected per 60, 70th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 57 goalies who played at least a quarter as many games as the busiest. The gap between two players on a spoke is the real gap between their numbers. The dashed shape is the typical player. Hover over a dot for the number.

The numbers

Evgeni Nabokov G, TBL 2012-13 Jimmy Howard G, DET
41 Games played 42
23 Wins 21
11 Losses 13
3 Shutouts 5
1,139 Shots against 1,129
1,036 Saves 1,042
103 Goals against 87
0.910 Save % 0.923
2.50 Goals against average 2.13
Expected goals, while he was in net
109.1 Expected goals against 97.4
+6.1 Goals saved above expected +10.4
+0.15 Saved above expected per 60 +0.25
6.7% Chance per attempt faced 6.5%
Rating, in goals
+17.2 Goals above replacement +20.3
+2.9 Wins above replacement +3.4

The better value in each stat is highlighted. Stats where more is not clearly better, such as games played, are not judged. Bars show each value against the larger of the two. What the advanced numbers mean