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Compare players, 2011-12 season

At a glance

Craig Anderson Mike Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerCraig Anderson: Save %, 0.914, 46th percentileCraig Anderson: Goals against, 2.62 a game, 16th percentileCraig Anderson: Workload, 30.4 shots a game, 94th percentileCraig Anderson: Games, 63 games, 78th percentileCraig Anderson: Goals saved, +0.02 above expected per 60, 53rd percentileMike Smith: Save %, 0.930, 94th percentileMike Smith: Goals against, 2.15 a game, 82nd percentileMike Smith: Workload, 30.8 shots a game, 96th percentileMike Smith: Games, 67 games, 82nd percentileMike Smith: Goals saved, +0.59 above expected per 60, 91st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 50 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

Craig Anderson G, BUF 2011-12 Mike Smith G, EDM
63 Games played 67
33 Wins 38
22 Losses 18
3 Shutouts 8
1,917 Shots against 2,066
1,752 Saves 1,922
165 Goals against 144
0.914 Save % 0.930
2.83 Goals against average 2.21
Expected goals, while he was in net
166.1 Expected goals against 182.3
+1.1 Goals saved above expected +38.3
+0.02 Saved above expected per 60 +0.59
6.4% Chance per attempt faced 6.3%
Rating, in goals
+18.0 Goals above replacement +56.8
+3.0 Wins above replacement +9.5
Contract
$3.188M Cap hit $2M
$3M Worth at the going rate $8.2M
-$181K Value: worth minus cap hit +$6.2M

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