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Compare players, 2017-18 season

At a glance

Jaroslav Halak Mike Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJaroslav Halak: Save %, 0.908, 30th percentileJaroslav Halak: Goals against, 2.98 a game, 13th percentileJaroslav Halak: Workload, 32.3 shots a game, 92nd percentileJaroslav Halak: Games, 54 games, 68th percentileJaroslav Halak: Goals saved, -0.14 above expected per 60, 36th percentileMike Smith: Save %, 0.916, 63rd percentileMike Smith: Goals against, 2.56 a game, 48th percentileMike Smith: Workload, 30.7 shots a game, 73rd percentileMike Smith: Games, 55 games, 73rd percentileMike Smith: Goals saved, +0.25 above expected per 60, 76th 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

Jaroslav Halak G, NYR 2017-18 Mike Smith G, EDM
54 Games played 55
20 Wins 25
26 Losses 22
1 Shutouts 3
1,744 Shots against 1,686
1,583 Saves 1,545
161 Goals against 141
0.908 Save % 0.916
3.19 Goals against average 2.65
Expected goals, while he was in net
154.1 Expected goals against 154.5
-6.9 Goals saved above expected +13.5
-0.14 Saved above expected per 60 +0.25
6.6% Chance per attempt faced 6.5%
Rating, in goals
+8.8 Goals above replacement +29.3
+1.5 Wins above replacement +4.9
Contract
$4.5M Cap hit $5.667M
$2.6M Worth at the going rate $7.3M
-$1.9M Value: worth minus cap hit +$1.6M

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