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Compare players, 2019-20 season

At a glance

Jimmy Howard Ilya Samsonov

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.882, 2nd percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 3.56 a game, 1st percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 30.3 shots a game, 69th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 27 games, 21st percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, -1.01 above expected per 60, 1st percentileIlya Samsonov: Save %, 0.913, 59th percentileIlya Samsonov: Goals against, 2.31 a game, 87th percentileIlya Samsonov: Workload, 26.5 shots a game, 7th percentileIlya Samsonov: Games, 26 games, 16th percentileIlya Samsonov: Goals saved, +0.08 above expected per 60, 53rd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 61 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 2019-20 Ilya Samsonov G, SJS
27 Games played 26
2 Wins 16
23 Losses 6
0 Shutouts 1
817 Shots against 689
721 Saves 629
96 Goals against 60
0.882 Save % 0.913
4.20 Goals against average 2.55
Expected goals, while he was in net
72.8 Expected goals against 61.8
-23.2 Goals saved above expected +1.8
-1.01 Saved above expected per 60 +0.08
6.8% Chance per attempt faced 6.6%
Rating, in goals
-15.8 Goals above replacement +8.1
-2.6 Wins above replacement +1.4
Contract
$4M Cap hit $925K
-$3.5M Worth at the going rate $2.8M
-$7.5M Value: worth minus cap hit +$1.9M

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