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Compare players, 2017-18 season

At a glance

Ben Bishop Mike Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerBen Bishop: Save %, 0.916, 65th percentileBen Bishop: Goals against, 2.26 a game, 83rd percentileBen Bishop: Workload, 27.1 shots a game, 17th percentileBen Bishop: Games, 53 games, 65th percentileBen Bishop: Goals saved, +0.09 above expected per 60, 66th percentileMike Smith: Save %, 0.916, 63rd percentileMike Smith: Goals against, 2.56 a game, 48th percentileMike Smith: Workload, 30.7 shots a game, 73rd percentileMike Smith: Games, 55 games, 73rd percentileMike Smith: Goals saved, +0.25 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 60 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

Ben Bishop G, DAL 2017-18 Mike Smith G, EDM
53 Games played 55
26 Wins 25
17 Losses 22
5 Shutouts 3
1,437 Shots against 1,686
1,317 Saves 1,545
120 Goals against 141
0.916 Save % 0.916
2.49 Goals against average 2.65
Expected goals, while he was in net
124.1 Expected goals against 154.5
+4.1 Goals saved above expected +13.5
+0.09 Saved above expected per 60 +0.25
6.3% Chance per attempt faced 6.5%
Rating, in goals
+16.8 Goals above replacement +29.3
+2.8 Wins above replacement +4.9
Contract
$4.917M Cap hit $5.667M
$4.4M Worth at the going rate $7.3M
-$494K Value: worth minus cap hit +$1.6M

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