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Compare players, 2013-14 season

At a glance

Ben Bishop Antti Niemi

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerBen Bishop: Save %, 0.924, 83rd percentileBen Bishop: Goals against, 2.11 a game, 80th percentileBen Bishop: Workload, 27.9 shots a game, 58th percentileBen Bishop: Games, 63 games, 91st percentileBen Bishop: Goals saved, +0.22 above expected per 60, 76th percentileAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.913, 46th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.33 a game, 58th percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 26.6 shots a game, 35th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 64 games, 95th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.12 above expected per 60, 33rd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 65 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 2013-14 Antti Niemi G, MTL
63 Games played 64
37 Wins 39
14 Losses 17
5 Shutouts 4
1,758 Shots against 1,705
1,625 Saves 1,556
133 Goals against 149
0.924 Save % 0.913
2.23 Goals against average 2.39
Expected goals, while he was in net
146.3 Expected goals against 141.4
+13.3 Goals saved above expected -7.6
+0.22 Saved above expected per 60 -0.12
5.9% Chance per attempt faced 5.8%
Rating, in goals
+28.2 Goals above replacement +6.8
+4.7 Wins above replacement +1.1
Contract
$2.3M Cap hit $3.8M
$6.2M Worth at the going rate $1.9M
+$3.9M Value: worth minus cap hit -$1.9M

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