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Compare players, 2016-17 season

At a glance

Marc-Andre Fleury Antti Niemi

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerMarc-Andre Fleury: Save %, 0.909, 24th percentileMarc-Andre Fleury: Goals against, 2.82 a game, 5th percentileMarc-Andre Fleury: Workload, 31.1 shots a game, 85th percentileMarc-Andre Fleury: Games, 38 games, 36th percentileMarc-Andre Fleury: Goals saved, -0.07 above expected per 60, 38th percentileAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.892, 2nd percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.57 a game, 27th percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 23.8 shots a game, 5th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 37 games, 35th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.42 above expected per 60, 5th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 55 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

Marc-Andre Fleury G, MIN 2016-17 Antti Niemi G, MTL
38 Games played 37
18 Wins 12
10 Losses 12
1 Shutouts 0
1,181 Shots against 880
1,074 Saves 785
107 Goals against 95
0.909 Save % 0.892
3.02 Goals against average 3.30
Expected goals, while he was in net
104.6 Expected goals against 82.8
-2.4 Goals saved above expected -12.2
-0.07 Saved above expected per 60 -0.42
6.8% Chance per attempt faced 6.6%
Rating, in goals
+8.2 Goals above replacement -3.7
+1.4 Wins above replacement -0.6
Contract
$5.75M Cap hit $4.5M
$2.4M Worth at the going rate -$231K
-$3.4M Value: worth minus cap hit -$4.7M

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