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Compare players, 2011-12 season

At a glance

Michal Neuvirth Brian Elliott

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerMichal Neuvirth: Save %, 0.903, 18th percentileMichal Neuvirth: Goals against, 2.50 a game, 24th percentileMichal Neuvirth: Workload, 25.7 shots a game, 16th percentileMichal Neuvirth: Games, 38 games, 32nd percentileMichal Neuvirth: Goals saved, -0.39 above expected per 60, 6th percentileBrian Elliott: Save %, 0.940, 98th percentileBrian Elliott: Goals against, 1.53 a game, 98th percentileBrian Elliott: Workload, 25.6 shots a game, 12th percentileBrian Elliott: Games, 38 games, 32nd percentileBrian Elliott: Goals saved, +0.60 above expected per 60, 94th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 50 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

Michal Neuvirth G, PHI 2011-12 Brian Elliott G, TBL
38 Games played 38
13 Wins 23
13 Losses 10
3 Shutouts 9
976 Shots against 972
881 Saves 914
95 Goals against 58
0.903 Save % 0.940
2.82 Goals against average 1.56
Expected goals, while he was in net
81.8 Expected goals against 80.3
-13.2 Goals saved above expected +22.3
-0.39 Saved above expected per 60 +0.60
6.0% Chance per attempt faced 5.9%
Rating, in goals
-4.9 Goals above replacement +30.5
-0.8 Wins above replacement +5.1
Contract
$1.15M Cap hit $600K
-$52K Worth at the going rate $4.7M
-$1.2M Value: worth minus cap hit +$4.1M

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