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Compare players, 2011-12 season

At a glance

Antti Niemi Mike Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerAntti 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 percentileMike Smith: Save %, 0.930, 94th percentileMike Smith: Goals against, 2.15 a game, 82nd percentileMike Smith: Workload, 30.8 shots a game, 96th percentileMike Smith: Games, 67 games, 82nd percentileMike Smith: Goals saved, +0.59 above expected per 60, 91st 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

Antti Niemi G, MTL 2011-12 Mike Smith G, EDM
68 Games played 67
34 Wins 38
22 Losses 18
6 Shutouts 8
1,865 Shots against 2,066
1,706 Saves 1,922
159 Goals against 144
0.915 Save % 0.930
2.42 Goals against average 2.21
Expected goals, while he was in net
155.9 Expected goals against 182.3
-3.1 Goals saved above expected +38.3
-0.05 Saved above expected per 60 +0.59
5.9% Chance per attempt faced 6.3%
Rating, in goals
+12.8 Goals above replacement +56.8
+2.1 Wins above replacement +9.5
Contract
$3.8M Cap hit $2M
$2.3M Worth at the going rate $8.2M
-$1.5M Value: worth minus cap hit +$6.2M

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. What the advanced numbers mean