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Compare players, 2015-16 season

At a glance

Antti Niemi Ryan Miller

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.905, 16th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.46 a game, 35th percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 26.0 shots a game, 19th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 48 games, 66th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.05 above expected per 60, 37th percentileRyan Miller: Save %, 0.916, 48th percentileRyan Miller: Goals against, 2.69 a game, 6th percentileRyan Miller: Workload, 32.0 shots a game, 98th percentileRyan Miller: Games, 51 games, 68th percentileRyan Miller: Goals saved, +0.03 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 62 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 2015-16 Ryan Miller G, ANA
48 Games played 51
25 Wins 17
13 Losses 24
3 Shutouts 1
1,246 Shots against 1,634
1,128 Saves 1,497
118 Goals against 137
0.905 Save % 0.916
2.67 Goals against average 2.70
Expected goals, while he was in net
115.7 Expected goals against 138.8
-2.3 Goals saved above expected +1.8
-0.05 Saved above expected per 60 +0.03
6.4% Chance per attempt faced 6.3%
Rating, in goals
+9.5 Goals above replacement +15.9
+1.6 Wins above replacement +2.6
Contract
$4.5M Cap hit $6M
$2.8M Worth at the going rate $4.4M
-$1.7M Value: worth minus cap hit -$1.6M

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