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Compare players, 2015-16 season

At a glance

Jimmy Howard Jaroslav Halak

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.906, 18th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 2.49 a game, 32nd percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 26.5 shots a game, 27th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 37 games, 45th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, -0.20 above expected per 60, 18th percentileJaroslav Halak: Save %, 0.919, 65th percentileJaroslav Halak: Goals against, 2.22 a game, 68th percentileJaroslav Halak: Workload, 27.3 shots a game, 55th percentileJaroslav Halak: Games, 36 games, 44th percentileJaroslav Halak: Goals saved, +0.25 above expected per 60, 84th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 62 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 2015-16 Jaroslav Halak G, NYR
37 Games played 36
14 Wins 18
14 Losses 13
2 Shutouts 3
979 Shots against 984
887 Saves 904
92 Goals against 80
0.906 Save % 0.919
2.80 Goals against average 2.30
Expected goals, while he was in net
85.5 Expected goals against 88.7
-6.5 Goals saved above expected +8.7
-0.20 Saved above expected per 60 +0.25
6.4% Chance per attempt faced 6.5%
Rating, in goals
+2.2 Goals above replacement +17.7
+0.4 Wins above replacement +3.0
Contract
$5.292M Cap hit $4.5M
$1.1M Worth at the going rate $4.8M
-$4.2M Value: worth minus cap hit +$305K

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