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Compare players, 2011-12 season

At a glance

Jimmy Howard Tim Thomas

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.920, 78th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 2.09 a game, 86th percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 26.2 shots a game, 20th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 57 games, 62nd percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, +0.15 above expected per 60, 70th percentileTim Thomas: Save %, 0.920, 76th percentileTim Thomas: Goals against, 2.24 a game, 72nd percentileTim Thomas: Workload, 28.1 shots a game, 56th percentileTim Thomas: Games, 59 games, 66th percentileTim Thomas: Goals saved, -0.13 above expected per 60, 26th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 50 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

Jimmy Howard G, DET 2011-12 Tim Thomas G, DAL
57 Games played 59
35 Wins 35
17 Losses 19
6 Shutouts 5
1,496 Shots against 1,659
1,377 Saves 1,527
119 Goals against 132
0.920 Save % 0.920
2.12 Goals against average 2.36
Expected goals, while he was in net
127.3 Expected goals against 124.9
+8.3 Goals saved above expected -7.1
+0.15 Saved above expected per 60 -0.13
6.3% Chance per attempt faced 5.7%
Rating, in goals
+21.3 Goals above replacement +5.6
+3.6 Wins above replacement +0.9

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