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Compare players, 2010-11 season

At a glance

Roberto Luongo Antti Niemi

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerRoberto Luongo: Save %, 0.928, 93rd percentileRoberto Luongo: Goals against, 2.10 a game, 89th percentileRoberto Luongo: Workload, 29.2 shots a game, 61st percentileRoberto Luongo: Games, 60 games, 76th percentileRoberto Luongo: Goals saved, +0.39 above expected per 60, 85th percentileAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.920, 72nd percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.33 a game, 61st percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 29.0 shots a game, 57th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 60 games, 76th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, +0.06 above expected per 60, 60th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 54 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

Roberto Luongo G, FLA 2010-11 Antti Niemi G, MTL
60 Games played 60
38 Wins 35
15 Losses 18
4 Shutouts 6
1,753 Shots against 1,741
1,627 Saves 1,601
126 Goals against 140
0.928 Save % 0.920
2.11 Goals against average 2.38
Expected goals, while he was in net
149.1 Expected goals against 143.7
+23.1 Goals saved above expected +3.7
+0.39 Saved above expected per 60 +0.06
6.3% Chance per attempt faced 6.0%
Rating, in goals
+38.3 Goals above replacement +18.3
+6.4 Wins above replacement +3.1
Contract
$5.333M Cap hit $2M
$5M Worth at the going rate $2.7M
-$300K Value: worth minus cap hit +$686K

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