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Compare players, 2015-16 season

At a glance

Mike Smith Ondrej Pavelec

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerMike Smith: Save %, 0.916, 50th percentileMike Smith: Goals against, 2.41 a game, 48th percentileMike Smith: Workload, 28.8 shots a game, 73rd percentileMike Smith: Games, 32 games, 35th percentileMike Smith: Goals saved, 0.00 above expected per 60, 47th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Save %, 0.904, 15th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Goals against, 2.67 a game, 10th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Workload, 27.8 shots a game, 60th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Games, 33 games, 40th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Goals saved, -0.03 above expected per 60, 44th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 62 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 2015-16 Ondrej Pavelec G, NYR
32 Games played 33
15 Wins 13
13 Losses 13
3 Shutouts 1
921 Shots against 918
844 Saves 830
77 Goals against 88
0.916 Save % 0.904
2.63 Goals against average 2.78
Expected goals, while he was in net
77.0 Expected goals against 87.1
0.0 Goals saved above expected -0.9
0.00 Saved above expected per 60 -0.03
5.8% Chance per attempt faced 6.8%
Rating, in goals
+7.8 Goals above replacement +8.0
+1.3 Wins above replacement +1.3
Contract
$5.667M Cap hit $3.9M
$2.4M Worth at the going rate $2.5M
-$3.2M Value: worth minus cap hit -$1.4M

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