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Compare players, 2010-11 season

At a glance

Pekka Rinne Jimmy Howard

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerPekka Rinne: Save %, 0.930, 96th percentilePekka Rinne: Goals against, 2.09 a game, 91st percentilePekka Rinne: Workload, 29.8 shots a game, 76th percentilePekka Rinne: Games, 64 games, 83rd percentilePekka Rinne: Goals saved, +0.34 above expected per 60, 81st percentileJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.908, 31st percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 2.67 a game, 17th percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 29.0 shots a game, 59th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 63 games, 81st percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, -0.24 above expected per 60, 28th 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

Pekka Rinne G, NSH 2010-11 Jimmy Howard G, DET
64 Games played 63
33 Wins 37
22 Losses 17
6 Shutouts 2
1,905 Shots against 1,830
1,771 Saves 1,662
134 Goals against 168
0.930 Save % 0.908
2.12 Goals against average 2.79
Expected goals, while he was in net
155.6 Expected goals against 153.6
+21.6 Goals saved above expected -14.4
+0.34 Saved above expected per 60 -0.24
6.0% Chance per attempt faced 6.1%
Rating, in goals
+37.5 Goals above replacement +1.3
+6.2 Wins above replacement +0.2
Contract
$3.4M Cap hit $717K
$4.9M Worth at the going rate $685K
+$1.5M Value: worth minus cap hit -$31K

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