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Compare players, 2016-17 season

At a glance

Jimmy Howard Jacob Markstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.927, 95th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 1.88 a game, 95th percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 26.0 shots a game, 16th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 26 games, 13th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, +0.35 above expected per 60, 84th percentileJacob Markstrom: Save %, 0.910, 33rd percentileJacob Markstrom: Goals against, 2.38 a game, 55th percentileJacob Markstrom: Workload, 26.6 shots a game, 25th percentileJacob Markstrom: Games, 26 games, 13th percentileJacob Markstrom: Goals saved, +0.06 above expected per 60, 56th 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

Jimmy Howard G, DET 2016-17 Jacob Markstrom G, FLA
26 Games played 26
10 Wins 10
11 Losses 11
1 Shutouts 0
675 Shots against 692
626 Saves 630
49 Goals against 62
0.927 Save % 0.910
2.10 Goals against average 2.63
Expected goals, while he was in net
57.2 Expected goals against 63.4
+8.2 Goals saved above expected +1.4
+0.35 Saved above expected per 60 +0.06
6.0% Chance per attempt faced 6.7%
Rating, in goals
+14.1 Goals above replacement +7.8
+2.3 Wins above replacement +1.3
Contract
$5.292M Cap hit $1.55M
$3.6M Worth at the going rate $2.3M
-$1.7M Value: worth minus cap hit +$726K

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