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Compare players, 2010-11 season

At a glance

Jimmy Howard Antti Niemi

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.908, 31st percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 2.67 a game, 17th percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 29.0 shots a game, 59th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 63 games, 81st percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, -0.24 above expected per 60, 28th percentileAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.920, 72nd percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.33 a game, 61st percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 29.0 shots a game, 57th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 60 games, 76th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, +0.06 above expected per 60, 60th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 54 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 2010-11 Antti Niemi G, MTL
63 Games played 60
37 Wins 35
17 Losses 18
2 Shutouts 6
1,830 Shots against 1,741
1,662 Saves 1,601
168 Goals against 140
0.908 Save % 0.920
2.79 Goals against average 2.38
Expected goals, while he was in net
153.6 Expected goals against 143.7
-14.4 Goals saved above expected +3.7
-0.24 Saved above expected per 60 +0.06
6.1% Chance per attempt faced 6.0%
Rating, in goals
+1.3 Goals above replacement +18.3
+0.2 Wins above replacement +3.1
Contract
$717K Cap hit $2M
$685K Worth at the going rate $2.7M
-$31K Value: worth minus cap hit +$686K

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