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Compare players, 2011-12 season

At a glance

Pekka Rinne Antti Niemi

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerPekka Rinne: Save %, 0.923, 84th percentilePekka Rinne: Goals against, 2.27 a game, 66th percentilePekka Rinne: Workload, 29.5 shots a game, 88th percentilePekka Rinne: Games, 73 games, 96th percentilePekka Rinne: Goals saved, +0.01 above expected per 60, 47th percentileAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.915, 50th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.34 a game, 52nd percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 27.4 shots a game, 48th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 68 games, 86th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.05 above expected per 60, 32nd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 50 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 2011-12 Antti Niemi G, MTL
73 Games played 68
43 Wins 34
18 Losses 22
5 Shutouts 6
2,153 Shots against 1,865
1,987 Saves 1,706
166 Goals against 159
0.923 Save % 0.915
2.39 Goals against average 2.42
Expected goals, while he was in net
166.4 Expected goals against 155.9
+0.4 Goals saved above expected -3.1
+0.01 Saved above expected per 60 -0.05
5.6% Chance per attempt faced 5.9%
Rating, in goals
+17.4 Goals above replacement +12.8
+2.9 Wins above replacement +2.1
Contract
$3.4M Cap hit $3.8M
$2.9M Worth at the going rate $2.3M
-$480K Value: worth minus cap hit -$1.5M

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