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Compare players, 2014-15 season

At a glance

Mike Smith Pekka Rinne

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerMike Smith: Save %, 0.904, 19th percentileMike Smith: Goals against, 3.02 a game, 1st percentileMike Smith: Workload, 31.5 shots a game, 93rd percentileMike Smith: Games, 62 games, 81st percentileMike Smith: Goals saved, -0.33 above expected per 60, 12th percentilePekka Rinne: Save %, 0.923, 81st percentilePekka Rinne: Goals against, 2.19 a game, 70th percentilePekka Rinne: Workload, 28.2 shots a game, 50th percentilePekka Rinne: Games, 64 games, 85th percentilePekka Rinne: Goals saved, -0.01 above expected per 60, 51st 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 2014-15 Pekka Rinne G, NSH
62 Games played 64
14 Wins 41
42 Losses 17
0 Shutouts 4
1,955 Shots against 1,807
1,768 Saves 1,667
187 Goals against 140
0.904 Save % 0.923
3.16 Goals against average 2.18
Expected goals, while he was in net
167.6 Expected goals against 139.1
-19.4 Goals saved above expected -0.9
-0.33 Saved above expected per 60 -0.01
6.2% Chance per attempt faced 5.6%
Rating, in goals
-2.4 Goals above replacement +13.3
-0.4 Wins above replacement +2.2
Contract
$5.667M Cap hit $7M
$52K Worth at the going rate $3.4M
-$5.6M Value: worth minus cap hit -$3.6M

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