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Compare players, 2011-12 season

At a glance

Jonas Hiller Antti Niemi

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJonas Hiller: Save %, 0.910, 30th percentileJonas Hiller: Goals against, 2.49 a game, 28th percentileJonas Hiller: Workload, 27.7 shots a game, 50th percentileJonas Hiller: Games, 73 games, 96th percentileJonas Hiller: Goals saved, 0.00 above expected per 60, 43rd percentileAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.915, 50th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.34 a game, 52nd percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 27.4 shots a game, 48th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 68 games, 86th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.05 above expected per 60, 32nd 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

Jonas Hiller G, CGY 2011-12 Antti Niemi G, MTL
73 Games played 68
29 Wins 34
30 Losses 22
4 Shutouts 6
2,021 Shots against 1,865
1,839 Saves 1,706
182 Goals against 159
0.910 Save % 0.915
2.57 Goals against average 2.42
Expected goals, while he was in net
181.7 Expected goals against 155.9
-0.3 Goals saved above expected -3.1
0.00 Saved above expected per 60 -0.05
6.3% Chance per attempt faced 5.9%
Rating, in goals
+18.2 Goals above replacement +12.8
+3.0 Wins above replacement +2.1
Contract
$4.5M Cap hit $3.8M
$3M Worth at the going rate $2.3M
-$1.5M Value: worth minus cap hit -$1.5M

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