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Compare players, 2013-14 season

At a glance

Antti Niemi Semyon Varlamov

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.913, 46th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.33 a game, 58th percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 26.6 shots a game, 35th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 64 games, 95th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.12 above expected per 60, 33rd percentileSemyon Varlamov: Save %, 0.927, 91st percentileSemyon Varlamov: Goals against, 2.32 a game, 60th percentileSemyon Varlamov: Workload, 32.0 shots a game, 97th percentileSemyon Varlamov: Games, 63 games, 91st percentileSemyon Varlamov: Goals saved, +0.39 above expected per 60, 90th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 65 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 2013-14 Semyon Varlamov G, NYI
64 Games played 63
39 Wins 41
17 Losses 14
4 Shutouts 2
1,705 Shots against 2,013
1,556 Saves 1,867
149 Goals against 146
0.913 Save % 0.927
2.39 Goals against average 2.41
Expected goals, while he was in net
141.4 Expected goals against 170.0
-7.6 Goals saved above expected +24.0
-0.12 Saved above expected per 60 +0.39
5.8% Chance per attempt faced 6.2%
Rating, in goals
+6.8 Goals above replacement +41.3
+1.1 Wins above replacement +6.9
Contract
$3.8M Cap hit $2.833M
$1.9M Worth at the going rate $8.8M
-$1.9M Value: worth minus cap hit +$6M

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