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Compare players, 2012-13 season

At a glance

Ondrej Pavelec Antti Niemi

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerOndrej Pavelec: Save %, 0.905, 32nd percentileOndrej Pavelec: Goals against, 2.70 a game, 12th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Workload, 28.4 shots a game, 77th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Games, 44 games, 98th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Goals saved, -0.11 above expected per 60, 41st percentileAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.924, 86th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.16 a game, 72nd percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 28.4 shots a game, 75th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 43 games, 93rd percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, +0.28 above expected per 60, 76th 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

Ondrej Pavelec G, NYR 2012-13 Antti Niemi G, MTL
44 Games played 43
21 Wins 24
20 Losses 12
0 Shutouts 4
1,251 Shots against 1,220
1,132 Saves 1,127
119 Goals against 93
0.905 Save % 0.924
2.80 Goals against average 2.16
Expected goals, while he was in net
114.5 Expected goals against 104.9
-4.5 Goals saved above expected +11.9
-0.11 Saved above expected per 60 +0.28
6.5% Chance per attempt faced 6.1%
Rating, in goals
+7.2 Goals above replacement +22.6
+1.2 Wins above replacement +3.8
Contract
$3.9M Cap hit $3.8M
$2.5M Worth at the going rate $6.5M
-$1.4M Value: worth minus cap hit +$2.7M

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