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Compare players, 2010-11 season

At a glance

Antti Niemi Jimmy Howard

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.920, 72nd percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.33 a game, 61st percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 29.0 shots a game, 57th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 60 games, 76th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, +0.06 above expected per 60, 60th percentileJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.908, 31st percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 2.67 a game, 17th percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 29.0 shots a game, 59th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 63 games, 81st percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, -0.24 above expected per 60, 28th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 54 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 2010-11 Jimmy Howard G, DET
60 Games played 63
35 Wins 37
18 Losses 17
6 Shutouts 2
1,741 Shots against 1,830
1,601 Saves 1,662
140 Goals against 168
0.920 Save % 0.908
2.38 Goals against average 2.79
Expected goals, while he was in net
143.7 Expected goals against 153.6
+3.7 Goals saved above expected -14.4
+0.06 Saved above expected per 60 -0.24
6.0% Chance per attempt faced 6.1%
Rating, in goals
+18.3 Goals above replacement +1.3
+3.1 Wins above replacement +0.2
Contract
$2M Cap hit $717K
$2.7M Worth at the going rate $685K
+$686K Value: worth minus cap hit -$31K

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