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Compare players, 2013-14 season

At a glance

Mike Smith Antti Niemi

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerMike Smith: Save %, 0.915, 54th percentileMike Smith: Goals against, 2.56 a game, 31st percentileMike Smith: Workload, 30.2 shots a game, 86th percentileMike Smith: Games, 62 games, 89th percentileMike Smith: Goals saved, +0.13 above expected per 60, 63rd percentileAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.913, 46th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.33 a game, 58th percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 26.6 shots a game, 35th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 64 games, 95th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.12 above expected per 60, 33rd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 65 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 2013-14 Antti Niemi G, MTL
62 Games played 64
27 Wins 39
21 Losses 17
3 Shutouts 4
1,871 Shots against 1,705
1,712 Saves 1,556
159 Goals against 149
0.915 Save % 0.913
2.64 Goals against average 2.39
Expected goals, while he was in net
167.0 Expected goals against 141.4
+8.0 Goals saved above expected -7.6
+0.13 Saved above expected per 60 -0.12
6.5% Chance per attempt faced 5.8%
Rating, in goals
+25.0 Goals above replacement +6.8
+4.2 Wins above replacement +1.1
Contract
$5.667M Cap hit $3.8M
$5.6M Worth at the going rate $1.9M
-$97K Value: worth minus cap hit -$1.9M

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