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Compare players, 2017-18 season

At a glance

Mike Smith Tuukka Rask

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerMike Smith: Save %, 0.916, 63rd percentileMike Smith: Goals against, 2.56 a game, 48th percentileMike Smith: Workload, 30.7 shots a game, 73rd percentileMike Smith: Games, 55 games, 73rd percentileMike Smith: Goals saved, +0.25 above expected per 60, 76th percentileTuukka Rask: Save %, 0.917, 67th percentileTuukka Rask: Goals against, 2.31 a game, 73rd percentileTuukka Rask: Workload, 28.0 shots a game, 28th percentileTuukka Rask: Games, 54 games, 68th percentileTuukka Rask: Goals saved, +0.03 above expected per 60, 55th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 60 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 2017-18 Tuukka Rask G, BOS
55 Games played 54
25 Wins 34
22 Losses 14
3 Shutouts 3
1,686 Shots against 1,513
1,545 Saves 1,388
141 Goals against 125
0.916 Save % 0.917
2.65 Goals against average 2.36
Expected goals, while he was in net
154.5 Expected goals against 126.5
+13.5 Goals saved above expected +1.5
+0.25 Saved above expected per 60 +0.03
6.5% Chance per attempt faced 6.0%
Rating, in goals
+29.3 Goals above replacement +14.4
+4.9 Wins above replacement +2.4
Contract
$5.667M Cap hit $7M
$7.3M Worth at the going rate $3.9M
+$1.6M Value: worth minus cap hit -$3.1M

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