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Compare players, 2026-27 season

At a glance

Semyon Varlamov Cam Talbot

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerSemyon Varlamov: Save %, 0.864, 25th percentileSemyon Varlamov: Goals against, 3.00 a game, 29th percentileSemyon Varlamov: Workload, 22.0 shots a game, 31st percentileSemyon Varlamov: Games, 1 games, 1st percentileSemyon Varlamov: Goals saved, +0.56 above expected per 60, 1st percentileCam Talbot: Save %, 0.909, 59th percentileCam Talbot: Goals against, 2.00 a game, 67th percentileCam Talbot: Workload, 22.0 shots a game, 31st percentileCam Talbot: Games, 1 games, 1st percentileCam Talbot: Goals saved, +0.61 above expected per 60, 1st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 51 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 2026-27 Cam Talbot G, CBJ
1 Games played 1
0 Wins 1
1 Losses 0
0 Shutouts 0
22 Shots against 22
19 Saves 20
3 Goals against 2
0.864 Save % 0.909
3.03 Goals against average 1.85
Expected goals, while he was in net
3.6 Expected goals against 2.7
+0.6 Goals saved above expected +0.7
+0.56 Saved above expected per 60 +0.61
9.4% Chance per attempt faced 7.8%
Rating, in goals
+3.9 Goals above replacement +8.1
+0.7 Wins above replacement +1.4
Contract
$2.75M Cap hit $950K
$2M Worth at the going rate $3.2M
-$776K Value: worth minus cap hit +$2.3M

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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. What the advanced numbers mean