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Compare players, 2011-12 season

At a glance

Curtis Sanford Brian Elliott

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerCurtis Sanford: Save %, 0.911, 34th percentileCurtis Sanford: Goals against, 2.39 a game, 44th percentileCurtis Sanford: Workload, 27.0 shots a game, 38th percentileCurtis Sanford: Games, 36 games, 30th percentileCurtis Sanford: Goals saved, -0.26 above expected per 60, 19th percentileBrian Elliott: Save %, 0.940, 98th percentileBrian Elliott: Goals against, 1.53 a game, 98th percentileBrian Elliott: Workload, 25.6 shots a game, 12th percentileBrian Elliott: Games, 38 games, 32nd percentileBrian Elliott: Goals saved, +0.60 above expected per 60, 94th 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

Curtis Sanford G, CBJ 2011-12 Brian Elliott G, TBL
36 Games played 38
10 Wins 23
18 Losses 10
1 Shutouts 9
971 Shots against 972
885 Saves 914
86 Goals against 58
0.911 Save % 0.940
2.60 Goals against average 1.56
Expected goals, while he was in net
77.2 Expected goals against 80.3
-8.8 Goals saved above expected +22.3
-0.26 Saved above expected per 60 +0.60
5.8% Chance per attempt faced 5.9%
Rating, in goals
-0.9 Goals above replacement +30.5
-0.1 Wins above replacement +5.1

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