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Compare players, 2012-13 season

At a glance

Evgeni Nabokov Antti Niemi

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 percentileAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.924, 86th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.16 a game, 72nd percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 28.4 shots a game, 75th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 43 games, 93rd percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, +0.28 above expected per 60, 76th 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 Antti Niemi G, MTL
41 Games played 43
23 Wins 24
11 Losses 12
3 Shutouts 4
1,139 Shots against 1,220
1,036 Saves 1,127
103 Goals against 93
0.910 Save % 0.924
2.50 Goals against average 2.16
Expected goals, while he was in net
109.1 Expected goals against 104.9
+6.1 Goals saved above expected +11.9
+0.15 Saved above expected per 60 +0.28
6.7% Chance per attempt faced 6.1%
Rating, in goals
+17.2 Goals above replacement +22.6
+2.9 Wins above replacement +3.8

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