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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Antti Niemi Mike Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.912, 62nd percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.10 a game, 94th percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 24.0 shots a game, 6th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 39 games, 36th percentileMike Smith: Save %, 0.900, 13th percentileMike Smith: Goals against, 2.79 a game, 11th percentileMike Smith: Workload, 27.7 shots a game, 47th percentileMike Smith: Games, 42 games, 40th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 53 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 2009-10 Mike Smith G, EDM
39 Games played 42
26 Wins 13
7 Losses 18
7 Shutouts 2
936 Shots against 1,165
854 Saves 1,048
82 Goals against 117
0.912 Save % 0.900
2.25 Goals against average 3.09
Contract
$827K Cap hit $2.2M

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.