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Compare players, 2012-13 season

At a glance

Henrik Lundqvist Jimmy Howard

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerHenrik Lundqvist: Save %, 0.926, 89th percentileHenrik Lundqvist: Goals against, 2.05 a game, 81st percentileHenrik Lundqvist: Workload, 27.7 shots a game, 60th percentileHenrik Lundqvist: Games, 43 games, 93rd percentileHenrik Lundqvist: Goals saved, +0.60 above expected per 60, 94th percentileJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.923, 81st percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 2.07 a game, 79th percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 26.9 shots a game, 47th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 42 games, 89th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, +0.25 above expected per 60, 70th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 57 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

Henrik Lundqvist G, NYR 2012-13 Jimmy Howard G, DET
43 Games played 42
24 Wins 21
16 Losses 13
2 Shutouts 5
1,190 Shots against 1,129
1,102 Saves 1,042
88 Goals against 87
0.926 Save % 0.923
2.05 Goals against average 2.13
Expected goals, while he was in net
113.7 Expected goals against 97.4
+25.7 Goals saved above expected +10.4
+0.60 Saved above expected per 60 +0.25
6.8% Chance per attempt faced 6.5%
Rating, in goals
+37.3 Goals above replacement +20.3
+6.2 Wins above replacement +3.4
Contract
$6.875M Cap hit $2.25M
$10.3M Worth at the going rate $5.9M
+$3.5M Value: worth minus cap hit +$3.7M

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