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Compare players, 2013-14 season

At a glance

Henrik Lundqvist Antti Niemi

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerHenrik Lundqvist: Save %, 0.920, 71st percentileHenrik Lundqvist: Goals against, 2.29 a game, 65th percentileHenrik Lundqvist: Workload, 28.7 shots a game, 66th percentileHenrik Lundqvist: Games, 63 games, 91st percentileHenrik Lundqvist: Goals saved, +0.41 above expected per 60, 92nd percentileAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.913, 46th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.33 a game, 58th percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 26.6 shots a game, 35th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 64 games, 95th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.12 above expected per 60, 33rd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 65 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 2013-14 Antti Niemi G, MTL
63 Games played 64
33 Wins 39
24 Losses 17
5 Shutouts 4
1,810 Shots against 1,705
1,666 Saves 1,556
144 Goals against 149
0.920 Save % 0.913
2.36 Goals against average 2.39
Expected goals, while he was in net
168.7 Expected goals against 141.4
+24.7 Goals saved above expected -7.6
+0.41 Saved above expected per 60 -0.12
6.8% Chance per attempt faced 5.8%
Rating, in goals
+42.0 Goals above replacement +6.8
+7.0 Wins above replacement +1.1
Contract
$6.875M Cap hit $3.8M
$9M Worth at the going rate $1.9M
+$2.1M Value: worth minus cap hit -$1.9M

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