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Compare players, 2014-15 season

At a glance

Kari Lehtonen Mike Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerKari Lehtonen: Save %, 0.903, 15th percentileKari Lehtonen: Goals against, 2.78 a game, 15th percentileKari Lehtonen: Workload, 28.8 shots a game, 65th percentileKari Lehtonen: Games, 65 games, 89th percentileKari Lehtonen: Goals saved, -0.21 above expected per 60, 20th percentileMike 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 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

Kari Lehtonen G, DAL 2014-15 Mike Smith G, EDM
65 Games played 62
34 Wins 14
17 Losses 42
5 Shutouts 0
1,875 Shots against 1,955
1,694 Saves 1,768
181 Goals against 187
0.903 Save % 0.904
2.94 Goals against average 3.16
Expected goals, while he was in net
168.3 Expected goals against 167.6
-12.7 Goals saved above expected -19.4
-0.21 Saved above expected per 60 -0.33
6.4% Chance per attempt faced 6.2%
Rating, in goals
+4.5 Goals above replacement -2.4
+0.8 Wins above replacement -0.4
Contract
$5.9M Cap hit $5.667M
$1.5M Worth at the going rate $52K
-$4.4M Value: worth minus cap hit -$5.6M

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