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Compare players, 2014-15 season

At a glance

Jaroslav Halak Antti Niemi

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJaroslav Halak: Save %, 0.914, 46th percentileJaroslav Halak: Goals against, 2.44 a game, 43rd percentileJaroslav Halak: Workload, 28.4 shots a game, 52nd percentileJaroslav Halak: Games, 59 games, 76th percentileJaroslav Halak: Goals saved, +0.32 above expected per 60, 86th percentileAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.914, 52nd percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.54 a game, 30th percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 29.7 shots a game, 81st percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 61 games, 78th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.02 above expected per 60, 47th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 54 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 2014-15 Antti Niemi G, MTL
59 Games played 61
38 Wins 31
17 Losses 23
6 Shutouts 5
1,673 Shots against 1,811
1,529 Saves 1,656
144 Goals against 155
0.914 Save % 0.914
2.43 Goals against average 2.59
Expected goals, while he was in net
163.1 Expected goals against 153.5
+19.1 Goals saved above expected -1.5
+0.32 Saved above expected per 60 -0.02
7.0% Chance per attempt faced 6.0%
Rating, in goals
+35.8 Goals above replacement +14.2
+6.0 Wins above replacement +2.4
Contract
$4.5M Cap hit $3.8M
$8.3M Worth at the going rate $3.6M
+$3.8M Value: worth minus cap hit -$153K

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