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Compare players, 2014-15 season

At a glance

Roberto Luongo Antti Niemi

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerRoberto Luongo: Save %, 0.921, 72nd percentileRoberto Luongo: Goals against, 2.26 a game, 56th percentileRoberto Luongo: Workload, 28.6 shots a game, 54th percentileRoberto Luongo: Games, 61 games, 78th percentileRoberto Luongo: Goals saved, -0.04 above expected per 60, 45th percentileAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.914, 52nd percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.54 a game, 30th percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 29.7 shots a game, 81st percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 61 games, 78th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.02 above expected per 60, 47th 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 2014-15 Antti Niemi G, MTL
61 Games played 61
28 Wins 31
19 Losses 23
2 Shutouts 5
1,743 Shots against 1,811
1,605 Saves 1,656
138 Goals against 155
0.921 Save % 0.914
2.35 Goals against average 2.59
Expected goals, while he was in net
135.8 Expected goals against 153.5
-2.2 Goals saved above expected -1.5
-0.04 Saved above expected per 60 -0.02
5.8% Chance per attempt faced 6.0%
Rating, in goals
+11.7 Goals above replacement +14.2
+1.9 Wins above replacement +2.4
Contract
$5.333M Cap hit $3.8M
$3.1M Worth at the going rate $3.6M
-$2.2M Value: worth minus cap hit -$153K

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