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Compare players, 2016-17 season

At a glance

Semyon Varlamov Jimmy Howard

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerSemyon Varlamov: Save %, 0.898, 4th percentileSemyon Varlamov: Goals against, 3.17 a game, 1st percentileSemyon Varlamov: Workload, 31.0 shots a game, 84th percentileSemyon Varlamov: Games, 24 games, 9th percentileSemyon Varlamov: Goals saved, -0.65 above expected per 60, 1st percentileJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.927, 95th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 1.88 a game, 95th percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 26.0 shots a game, 16th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 26 games, 13th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, +0.35 above expected per 60, 84th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 55 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

Semyon Varlamov G, NYI 2016-17 Jimmy Howard G, DET
24 Games played 26
6 Wins 10
17 Losses 11
1 Shutouts 1
745 Shots against 675
669 Saves 626
76 Goals against 49
0.898 Save % 0.927
3.38 Goals against average 2.10
Expected goals, while he was in net
61.5 Expected goals against 57.2
-14.5 Goals saved above expected +8.2
-0.65 Saved above expected per 60 +0.35
6.3% Chance per attempt faced 6.0%
Rating, in goals
-8.2 Goals above replacement +14.1
-1.4 Wins above replacement +2.3
Contract
$5.9M Cap hit $5.292M
-$1.2M Worth at the going rate $3.6M
-$7.1M Value: worth minus cap hit -$1.7M

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