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Compare players, 2017-18 season

At a glance

Jimmy Howard John Gibson

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.910, 38th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 2.67 a game, 33rd percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 29.5 shots a game, 52nd percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 60 games, 80th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, -0.03 above expected per 60, 47th percentileJohn Gibson: Save %, 0.926, 85th percentileJohn Gibson: Goals against, 2.32 a game, 72nd percentileJohn Gibson: Workload, 31.2 shots a game, 82nd percentileJohn Gibson: Games, 60 games, 80th percentileJohn Gibson: Goals saved, +0.50 above expected per 60, 88th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 60 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 2017-18 John Gibson G, DET
60 Games played 60
22 Wins 31
27 Losses 18
1 Shutouts 4
1,770 Shots against 1,872
1,610 Saves 1,733
160 Goals against 139
0.910 Save % 0.926
2.85 Goals against average 2.43
Expected goals, while he was in net
158.3 Expected goals against 167.4
-1.7 Goals saved above expected +28.4
-0.03 Saved above expected per 60 +0.50
6.6% Chance per attempt faced 6.3%
Rating, in goals
+14.5 Goals above replacement +45.4
+2.4 Wins above replacement +7.6
Contract
$5.292M Cap hit $2.3M
$3.9M Worth at the going rate $10.9M
-$1.4M Value: worth minus cap hit +$8.6M

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