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Compare players, 2016-17 season

At a glance

Antti Niemi Chad Johnson

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.892, 2nd percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.57 a game, 27th percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 23.8 shots a game, 5th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 37 games, 35th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.42 above expected per 60, 5th percentileChad Johnson: Save %, 0.910, 29th percentileChad Johnson: Goals against, 2.42 a game, 47th percentileChad Johnson: Workload, 26.9 shots a game, 35th percentileChad Johnson: Games, 36 games, 33rd percentileChad Johnson: Goals saved, +0.03 above expected per 60, 53rd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 55 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 2016-17 Chad Johnson G, ANA
37 Games played 36
12 Wins 18
12 Losses 15
0 Shutouts 3
880 Shots against 969
785 Saves 882
95 Goals against 87
0.892 Save % 0.910
3.30 Goals against average 2.59
Expected goals, while he was in net
82.8 Expected goals against 88.0
-12.2 Goals saved above expected +1.0
-0.42 Saved above expected per 60 +0.03
6.6% Chance per attempt faced 6.3%
Rating, in goals
-3.7 Goals above replacement +10.0
-0.6 Wins above replacement +1.7
Contract
$4.5M Cap hit $1.7M
-$231K Worth at the going rate $2.7M
-$4.7M Value: worth minus cap hit +$1M

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