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Compare players, 2010-11 season

At a glance

Antti Niemi Ondrej Pavelec

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 percentileOndrej Pavelec: Save %, 0.914, 46th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Goals against, 2.53 a game, 35th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Workload, 29.4 shots a game, 65th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Games, 58 games, 74th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Goals saved, +0.11 above expected per 60, 64th 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 Ondrej Pavelec G, NYR
60 Games played 58
35 Wins 21
18 Losses 23
6 Shutouts 4
1,741 Shots against 1,705
1,601 Saves 1,558
140 Goals against 147
0.920 Save % 0.914
2.38 Goals against average 2.73
Expected goals, while he was in net
143.7 Expected goals against 153.0
+3.7 Goals saved above expected +6.0
+0.06 Saved above expected per 60 +0.11
6.0% Chance per attempt faced 6.6%
Rating, in goals
+18.3 Goals above replacement +21.6
+3.1 Wins above replacement +3.6
Contract
$2M Cap hit $1.15M
$2.7M Worth at the going rate $3.1M
+$686K Value: worth minus cap hit +$1.9M

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