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Compare players, 2014-15 season

At a glance

Mike Smith Antti Niemi

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 percentileAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.914, 52nd percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.54 a game, 30th percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 29.7 shots a game, 81st percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 61 games, 78th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.02 above expected per 60, 47th 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 Antti Niemi G, MTL
62 Games played 61
14 Wins 31
42 Losses 23
0 Shutouts 5
1,955 Shots against 1,811
1,768 Saves 1,656
187 Goals against 155
0.904 Save % 0.914
3.16 Goals against average 2.59
Expected goals, while he was in net
167.6 Expected goals against 153.5
-19.4 Goals saved above expected -1.5
-0.33 Saved above expected per 60 -0.02
6.2% Chance per attempt faced 6.0%
Rating, in goals
-2.4 Goals above replacement +14.2
-0.4 Wins above replacement +2.4
Contract
$5.667M Cap hit $3.8M
$52K Worth at the going rate $3.6M
-$5.6M Value: worth minus cap hit -$153K

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