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Compare players, 2011-12 season

At a glance

Jimmy Howard Kari Lehtonen

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 percentileKari Lehtonen: Save %, 0.922, 82nd percentileKari Lehtonen: Goals against, 2.31 a game, 58th percentileKari Lehtonen: Workload, 29.5 shots a game, 86th percentileKari Lehtonen: Games, 59 games, 66th percentileKari Lehtonen: Goals saved, +0.20 above expected per 60, 77th 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 Kari Lehtonen G, DAL
57 Games played 59
35 Wins 32
17 Losses 22
6 Shutouts 4
1,496 Shots against 1,739
1,377 Saves 1,603
119 Goals against 136
0.920 Save % 0.922
2.12 Goals against average 2.33
Expected goals, while he was in net
127.3 Expected goals against 147.9
+8.3 Goals saved above expected +11.9
+0.15 Saved above expected per 60 +0.20
6.3% Chance per attempt faced 6.0%
Rating, in goals
+21.3 Goals above replacement +27.0
+3.6 Wins above replacement +4.5
Contract
$2.25M Cap hit $3.55M
$3.4M Worth at the going rate $4.2M
+$1.2M Value: worth minus cap hit +$659K

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