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Compare players, 2017-18 season

At a glance

Ryan Miller Anders Nilsson

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerRyan Miller: Save %, 0.928, 90th percentileRyan Miller: Goals against, 1.89 a game, 97th percentileRyan Miller: Workload, 26.4 shots a game, 8th percentileRyan Miller: Games, 28 games, 22nd percentileRyan Miller: Goals saved, +0.75 above expected per 60, 98th percentileAnders Nilsson: Save %, 0.901, 13th percentileAnders Nilsson: Goals against, 3.11 a game, 7th percentileAnders Nilsson: Workload, 31.5 shots a game, 88th percentileAnders Nilsson: Games, 27 games, 18th percentileAnders Nilsson: Goals saved, -0.41 above expected per 60, 14th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 60 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

Ryan Miller G, ANA 2017-18 Anders Nilsson G, OTT
28 Games played 27
12 Wins 7
6 Losses 14
4 Shutouts 2
739 Shots against 850
686 Saves 766
53 Goals against 84
0.928 Save % 0.901
2.35 Goals against average 3.44
Expected goals, while he was in net
70.0 Expected goals against 74.1
+17.0 Goals saved above expected -9.9
+0.75 Saved above expected per 60 -0.41
6.8% Chance per attempt faced 6.4%
Rating, in goals
+24.1 Goals above replacement -2.3
+4.0 Wins above replacement -0.4
Contract
$2M Cap hit $2.5M
$6.1M Worth at the going rate $96K
+$4.1M Value: worth minus cap hit -$2.4M

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