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Compare players, 2012-13 season

At a glance

Antti Niemi Ondrej Pavelec

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.924, 86th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.16 a game, 72nd percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 28.4 shots a game, 75th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 43 games, 93rd percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, +0.28 above expected per 60, 76th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Save %, 0.905, 32nd percentileOndrej Pavelec: Goals against, 2.70 a game, 12th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Workload, 28.4 shots a game, 77th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Games, 44 games, 98th percentileOndrej Pavelec: Goals saved, -0.11 above expected per 60, 41st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 57 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 2012-13 Ondrej Pavelec G, NYR
43 Games played 44
24 Wins 21
12 Losses 20
4 Shutouts 0
1,220 Shots against 1,251
1,127 Saves 1,132
93 Goals against 119
0.924 Save % 0.905
2.16 Goals against average 2.80
Expected goals, while he was in net
104.9 Expected goals against 114.5
+11.9 Goals saved above expected -4.5
+0.28 Saved above expected per 60 -0.11
6.1% Chance per attempt faced 6.5%
Rating, in goals
+22.6 Goals above replacement +7.2
+3.8 Wins above replacement +1.2
Contract
$3.8M Cap hit $3.9M
$6.5M Worth at the going rate $2.5M
+$2.7M Value: worth minus cap hit -$1.4M

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