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Compare players, 2016-17 season

At a glance

Thomas Greiss Brian Elliott

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerThomas Greiss: Save %, 0.913, 40th percentileThomas Greiss: Goals against, 2.47 a game, 38th percentileThomas Greiss: Workload, 28.5 shots a game, 51st percentileThomas Greiss: Games, 51 games, 58th percentileThomas Greiss: Goals saved, +0.15 above expected per 60, 65th percentileBrian Elliott: Save %, 0.910, 25th percentileBrian Elliott: Goals against, 2.47 a game, 40th percentileBrian Elliott: Workload, 27.3 shots a game, 36th percentileBrian Elliott: Games, 49 games, 49th percentileBrian Elliott: Goals saved, -0.13 above expected per 60, 22nd 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

Thomas Greiss G, STL 2016-17 Brian Elliott G, TBL
51 Games played 49
26 Wins 26
18 Losses 18
3 Shutouts 2
1,453 Shots against 1,338
1,327 Saves 1,217
126 Goals against 121
0.913 Save % 0.910
2.69 Goals against average 2.55
Expected goals, while he was in net
132.8 Expected goals against 114.7
+6.8 Goals saved above expected -6.3
+0.15 Saved above expected per 60 -0.13
6.4% Chance per attempt faced 6.2%
Rating, in goals
+20.4 Goals above replacement +5.4
+3.4 Wins above replacement +0.9
Contract
$1.5M Cap hit $2.5M
$5M Worth at the going rate $1.8M
+$3.5M Value: worth minus cap hit -$747K

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