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Compare players, 2010-11 season

At a glance

Mike Smith Antero Niittymaki

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerMike Smith: Save %, 0.899, 20th percentileMike Smith: Goals against, 2.64 a game, 26th percentileMike Smith: Workload, 26.2 shots a game, 19th percentileMike Smith: Games, 22 games, 4th percentileMike Smith: Goals saved, -0.63 above expected per 60, 4th percentileAntero Niittymaki: Save %, 0.896, 13th percentileAntero Niittymaki: Goals against, 2.67 a game, 17th percentileAntero Niittymaki: Workload, 25.6 shots a game, 13th percentileAntero Niittymaki: Games, 24 games, 11th percentileAntero Niittymaki: Goals saved, -0.23 above expected per 60, 30th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 54 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

Mike Smith G, EDM 2010-11 Antero Niittymaki G, SJS
22 Games played 24
13 Wins 12
6 Losses 7
1 Shutouts 0
576 Shots against 615
518 Saves 551
58 Goals against 64
0.899 Save % 0.896
2.89 Goals against average 2.71
Expected goals, while he was in net
45.4 Expected goals against 58.7
-12.6 Goals saved above expected -5.3
-0.63 Saved above expected per 60 -0.23
5.7% Chance per attempt faced 6.7%
Rating, in goals
-7.9 Goals above replacement +0.6
-1.3 Wins above replacement +0.1

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