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Compare players, 2016-17 season

At a glance

Antti Niemi Craig Anderson

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.892, 2nd percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.57 a game, 27th percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 23.8 shots a game, 5th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 37 games, 35th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.42 above expected per 60, 5th percentileCraig Anderson: Save %, 0.926, 91st percentileCraig Anderson: Goals against, 2.30 a game, 64th percentileCraig Anderson: Workload, 31.2 shots a game, 89th percentileCraig Anderson: Games, 40 games, 42nd percentileCraig Anderson: Goals saved, +0.25 above expected per 60, 78th 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

Antti Niemi G, MTL 2016-17 Craig Anderson G, BUF
37 Games played 40
12 Wins 25
12 Losses 11
0 Shutouts 5
880 Shots against 1,247
785 Saves 1,155
95 Goals against 92
0.892 Save % 0.926
3.30 Goals against average 2.28
Expected goals, while he was in net
82.8 Expected goals against 102.1
-12.2 Goals saved above expected +10.1
-0.42 Saved above expected per 60 +0.25
6.6% Chance per attempt faced 5.9%
Rating, in goals
-3.7 Goals above replacement +20.5
-0.6 Wins above replacement +3.4
Contract
$4.5M Cap hit $4.2M
-$231K Worth at the going rate $5M
-$4.7M Value: worth minus cap hit +$814K

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