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Compare players, 2018-19 season

At a glance

Pekka Rinne Jimmy Howard

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerPekka Rinne: Save %, 0.918, 80th percentilePekka Rinne: Goals against, 2.32 a game, 86th percentilePekka Rinne: Workload, 28.2 shots a game, 33rd percentilePekka Rinne: Games, 56 games, 83rd percentilePekka Rinne: Goals saved, +0.20 above expected per 60, 72nd percentileJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.909, 47th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 2.84 a game, 23rd percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 31.1 shots a game, 78th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 55 games, 78th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, +0.18 above expected per 60, 67th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 64 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 2018-19 Jimmy Howard G, DET
56 Games played 55
30 Wins 23
19 Losses 22
4 Shutouts 0
1,581 Shots against 1,709
1,451 Saves 1,553
130 Goals against 156
0.918 Save % 0.909
2.42 Goals against average 3.07
Expected goals, while he was in net
140.5 Expected goals against 165.3
+10.5 Goals saved above expected +9.3
+0.20 Saved above expected per 60 +0.18
6.5% Chance per attempt faced 7.0%
Rating, in goals
+24.8 Goals above replacement +26.2
+4.1 Wins above replacement +4.4
Contract
$7M Cap hit $5.292M
$5.8M Worth at the going rate $6M
-$1.2M Value: worth minus cap hit +$758K

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