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Compare players, 2017-18 season

At a glance

Semyon Varlamov Braden Holtby

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerSemyon Varlamov: Save %, 0.920, 75th percentileSemyon Varlamov: Goals against, 2.51 a game, 52nd percentileSemyon Varlamov: Workload, 31.3 shots a game, 85th percentileSemyon Varlamov: Games, 51 games, 63rd percentileSemyon Varlamov: Goals saved, +0.19 above expected per 60, 69th percentileBraden Holtby: Save %, 0.907, 25th percentileBraden Holtby: Goals against, 2.83 a game, 20th percentileBraden Holtby: Workload, 30.5 shots a game, 70th percentileBraden Holtby: Games, 54 games, 68th percentileBraden Holtby: Goals saved, +0.02 above expected per 60, 53rd 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

Semyon Varlamov G, NYI 2017-18 Braden Holtby G, DAL
51 Games played 54
24 Wins 34
16 Losses 16
2 Shutouts 0
1,595 Shots against 1,648
1,467 Saves 1,495
128 Goals against 153
0.920 Save % 0.907
2.68 Goals against average 2.99
Expected goals, while he was in net
136.9 Expected goals against 153.9
+8.9 Goals saved above expected +0.9
+0.19 Saved above expected per 60 +0.02
6.2% Chance per attempt faced 6.6%
Rating, in goals
+22.9 Goals above replacement +16.6
+3.8 Wins above replacement +2.8
Contract
$5.9M Cap hit $6.1M
$5.8M Worth at the going rate $4.4M
-$90K 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