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Compare players, 2011-12 season

At a glance

Mike Smith Cam Ward

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerMike Smith: Save %, 0.930, 94th percentileMike Smith: Goals against, 2.15 a game, 82nd percentileMike Smith: Workload, 30.8 shots a game, 96th percentileMike Smith: Games, 67 games, 82nd percentileMike Smith: Goals saved, +0.59 above expected per 60, 91st percentileCam Ward: Save %, 0.915, 52nd percentileCam Ward: Goals against, 2.68 a game, 12th percentileCam Ward: Workload, 31.5 shots a game, 98th percentileCam Ward: Games, 68 games, 86th percentileCam Ward: Goals saved, +0.26 above expected per 60, 83rd 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

Mike Smith G, EDM 2011-12 Cam Ward G, CHI
67 Games played 68
38 Wins 30
18 Losses 23
8 Shutouts 5
2,066 Shots against 2,143
1,922 Saves 1,961
144 Goals against 182
0.930 Save % 0.915
2.21 Goals against average 2.74
Expected goals, while he was in net
182.3 Expected goals against 199.3
+38.3 Goals saved above expected +17.3
+0.59 Saved above expected per 60 +0.26
6.3% Chance per attempt faced 6.6%
Rating, in goals
+56.8 Goals above replacement +37.6
+9.5 Wins above replacement +6.3
Contract
$2M Cap hit $6.3M
$8.2M Worth at the going rate $5.6M
+$6.2M Value: worth minus cap hit -$677K

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