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Compare players, 2020-21 season

At a glance

Brian Elliott Mike Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerBrian Elliott: Save %, 0.889, 8th percentileBrian Elliott: Goals against, 2.73 a game, 37th percentileBrian Elliott: Workload, 24.6 shots a game, 6th percentileBrian Elliott: Games, 30 games, 63rd percentileBrian Elliott: Goals saved, -0.51 above expected per 60, 6th percentileMike Smith: Save %, 0.923, 89th percentileMike Smith: Goals against, 2.22 a game, 78th percentileMike Smith: Workload, 28.8 shots a game, 68th percentileMike Smith: Games, 32 games, 66th percentileMike Smith: Goals saved, +0.40 above expected per 60, 83rd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 65 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

Brian Elliott G, TBL 2020-21 Mike Smith G, EDM
30 Games played 32
15 Wins 21
9 Losses 6
2 Shutouts 3
738 Shots against 921
656 Saves 850
82 Goals against 71
0.889 Save % 0.923
3.06 Goals against average 2.31
Expected goals, while he was in net
68.3 Expected goals against 83.2
-13.7 Goals saved above expected +12.2
-0.51 Saved above expected per 60 +0.40
6.8% Chance per attempt faced 6.5%
Rating, in goals
-6.7 Goals above replacement +20.7
-1.1 Wins above replacement +3.4

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