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Compare players, 2014-15 season

At a glance

Antti Niemi Ben Bishop

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.914, 52nd percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.54 a game, 30th percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 29.7 shots a game, 81st percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 61 games, 78th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.02 above expected per 60, 47th percentileBen Bishop: Save %, 0.916, 56th percentileBen Bishop: Goals against, 2.19 a game, 67th percentileBen Bishop: Workload, 26.1 shots a game, 26th percentileBen Bishop: Games, 62 games, 81st percentileBen Bishop: Goals saved, -0.07 above expected per 60, 33rd 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 2014-15 Ben Bishop G, DAL
61 Games played 62
31 Wins 40
23 Losses 13
5 Shutouts 4
1,811 Shots against 1,620
1,656 Saves 1,484
155 Goals against 136
0.914 Save % 0.916
2.59 Goals against average 2.32
Expected goals, while he was in net
153.5 Expected goals against 132.0
-1.5 Goals saved above expected -4.0
-0.02 Saved above expected per 60 -0.07
6.0% Chance per attempt faced 5.8%
Rating, in goals
+14.2 Goals above replacement +9.5
+2.4 Wins above replacement +1.6
Contract
$3.8M Cap hit $2.3M
$3.6M Worth at the going rate $2.6M
-$153K Value: worth minus cap hit +$328K

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