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Compare players, 2010-11 season

At a glance

Ondrej Pavelec Antti Niemi

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerOndrej Pavelec: Save %, 0.914, 46th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Goals against, 2.53 a game, 35th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Workload, 29.4 shots a game, 65th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Games, 58 games, 74th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Goals saved, +0.11 above expected per 60, 64th percentileAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.920, 72nd percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.33 a game, 61st percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 29.0 shots a game, 57th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 60 games, 76th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, +0.06 above expected per 60, 60th 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

Ondrej Pavelec G, NYR 2010-11 Antti Niemi G, MTL
58 Games played 60
21 Wins 35
23 Losses 18
4 Shutouts 6
1,705 Shots against 1,741
1,558 Saves 1,601
147 Goals against 140
0.914 Save % 0.920
2.73 Goals against average 2.38
Expected goals, while he was in net
153.0 Expected goals against 143.7
+6.0 Goals saved above expected +3.7
+0.11 Saved above expected per 60 +0.06
6.6% Chance per attempt faced 6.0%
Rating, in goals
+21.6 Goals above replacement +18.3
+3.6 Wins above replacement +3.1
Contract
$1.15M Cap hit $2M
$3.1M Worth at the going rate $2.7M
+$1.9M Value: worth minus cap hit +$686K

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