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Compare players, 2015-16 season

At a glance

Jaroslav Halak Jimmy Howard

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJaroslav Halak: Save %, 0.919, 65th percentileJaroslav Halak: Goals against, 2.22 a game, 68th percentileJaroslav Halak: Workload, 27.3 shots a game, 55th percentileJaroslav Halak: Games, 36 games, 44th percentileJaroslav Halak: Goals saved, +0.25 above expected per 60, 84th percentileJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.906, 18th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 2.49 a game, 32nd percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 26.5 shots a game, 27th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 37 games, 45th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, -0.20 above expected per 60, 18th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 62 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 2015-16 Jimmy Howard G, DET
36 Games played 37
18 Wins 14
13 Losses 14
3 Shutouts 2
984 Shots against 979
904 Saves 887
80 Goals against 92
0.919 Save % 0.906
2.30 Goals against average 2.80
Expected goals, while he was in net
88.7 Expected goals against 85.5
+8.7 Goals saved above expected -6.5
+0.25 Saved above expected per 60 -0.20
6.5% Chance per attempt faced 6.4%
Rating, in goals
+17.7 Goals above replacement +2.2
+3.0 Wins above replacement +0.4
Contract
$4.5M Cap hit $5.292M
$4.8M Worth at the going rate $1.1M
+$305K Value: worth minus cap hit -$4.2M

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