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Compare players, 2019-20 season

At a glance

Thomas Greiss Elvis Merzlikins

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerThomas Greiss: Save %, 0.913, 57th percentileThomas Greiss: Goals against, 2.35 a game, 82nd percentileThomas Greiss: Workload, 27.0 shots a game, 10th percentileThomas Greiss: Games, 31 games, 31st percentileThomas Greiss: Goals saved, -0.06 above expected per 60, 39th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Save %, 0.923, 92nd percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals against, 2.22 a game, 92nd percentileElvis Merzlikins: Workload, 28.7 shots a game, 36th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Games, 32 games, 38th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals saved, +0.15 above expected per 60, 68th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 61 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 2019-20 Elvis Merzlikins G, TOR
31 Games played 32
16 Wins 13
9 Losses 9
0 Shutouts 5
838 Shots against 919
765 Saves 848
73 Goals against 71
0.913 Save % 0.923
2.74 Goals against average 2.35
Expected goals, while he was in net
71.4 Expected goals against 75.7
-1.6 Goals saved above expected +4.7
-0.06 Saved above expected per 60 +0.15
6.2% Chance per attempt faced 5.9%
Rating, in goals
+5.7 Goals above replacement +12.4
+1.0 Wins above replacement +2.1
Contract
$3.333M Cap hit $874K
$2.2M Worth at the going rate $3.9M
-$1.2M Value: worth minus cap hit +$3.1M

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