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Compare players, 2016-17 season

At a glance

Jaroslav Halak Anders Nilsson

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJaroslav Halak: Save %, 0.915, 55th percentileJaroslav Halak: Goals against, 2.68 a game, 13th percentileJaroslav Halak: Workload, 31.6 shots a game, 91st percentileJaroslav Halak: Games, 28 games, 20th percentileJaroslav Halak: Goals saved, +0.16 above expected per 60, 69th percentileAnders Nilsson: Save %, 0.923, 76th percentileAnders Nilsson: Goals against, 2.54 a game, 33rd percentileAnders Nilsson: Workload, 33.0 shots a game, 96th percentileAnders Nilsson: Games, 26 games, 13th percentileAnders Nilsson: Goals saved, +0.42 above expected per 60, 91st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 55 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 2016-17 Anders Nilsson G, OTT
28 Games played 26
12 Wins 10
9 Losses 10
2 Shutouts 1
885 Shots against 857
810 Saves 791
75 Goals against 66
0.915 Save % 0.923
2.80 Goals against average 2.67
Expected goals, while he was in net
79.2 Expected goals against 76.5
+4.2 Goals saved above expected +10.5
+0.16 Saved above expected per 60 +0.42
6.5% Chance per attempt faced 6.4%
Rating, in goals
+12.3 Goals above replacement +18.3
+2.0 Wins above replacement +3.0
Contract
$4.5M Cap hit $1M
$3.2M Worth at the going rate $4.5M
-$1.3M Value: worth minus cap hit +$3.5M

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