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Compare players, 2013-14 season

At a glance

Kari Lehtonen Antti Niemi

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerKari Lehtonen: Save %, 0.919, 66th percentileKari Lehtonen: Goals against, 2.35 a game, 52nd percentileKari Lehtonen: Workload, 29.0 shots a game, 72nd percentileKari Lehtonen: Games, 65 games, 98th percentileKari Lehtonen: Goals saved, +0.41 above expected per 60, 94th 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

Kari Lehtonen G, DAL 2013-14 Antti Niemi G, MTL
65 Games played 64
33 Wins 39
20 Losses 17
5 Shutouts 4
1,888 Shots against 1,705
1,735 Saves 1,556
153 Goals against 149
0.919 Save % 0.913
2.41 Goals against average 2.39
Expected goals, while he was in net
178.8 Expected goals against 141.4
+25.8 Goals saved above expected -7.6
+0.41 Saved above expected per 60 -0.12
6.7% Chance per attempt faced 5.8%
Rating, in goals
+44.0 Goals above replacement +6.8
+7.3 Wins above replacement +1.1
Contract
$5.9M Cap hit $3.8M
$9.4M Worth at the going rate $1.9M
+$3.5M 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