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Compare players, 2012-13 season

At a glance

Pekka Rinne Jimmy Howard

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerPekka Rinne: Save %, 0.910, 47th percentilePekka Rinne: Goals against, 2.30 a game, 56th percentilePekka Rinne: Workload, 25.6 shots a game, 25th percentilePekka Rinne: Games, 43 games, 93rd percentilePekka Rinne: Goals saved, -0.30 above expected per 60, 17th percentileJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.923, 81st percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 2.07 a game, 79th percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 26.9 shots a game, 47th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 42 games, 89th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, +0.25 above expected per 60, 70th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 57 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 2012-13 Jimmy Howard G, DET
43 Games played 42
15 Wins 21
16 Losses 13
5 Shutouts 5
1,101 Shots against 1,129
1,002 Saves 1,042
99 Goals against 87
0.910 Save % 0.923
2.43 Goals against average 2.13
Expected goals, while he was in net
86.8 Expected goals against 97.4
-12.2 Goals saved above expected +10.4
-0.30 Saved above expected per 60 +0.25
5.6% Chance per attempt faced 6.5%
Rating, in goals
-3.3 Goals above replacement +20.3
-0.5 Wins above replacement +3.4
Contract
$7M Cap hit $2.25M
-$247K Worth at the going rate $5.9M
-$7.2M Value: worth minus cap hit +$3.7M

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