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Compare players, 2017-18 season

At a glance

Antti Niemi Anders Nilsson

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.911, 45th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.63 a game, 35th percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 29.6 shots a game, 57th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 24 games, 13th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, +0.22 above expected per 60, 74th percentileAnders Nilsson: Save %, 0.901, 13th percentileAnders Nilsson: Goals against, 3.11 a game, 7th percentileAnders Nilsson: Workload, 31.5 shots a game, 88th percentileAnders Nilsson: Games, 27 games, 18th percentileAnders Nilsson: Goals saved, -0.41 above expected per 60, 14th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 60 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 2017-18 Anders Nilsson G, OTT
24 Games played 27
7 Wins 7
9 Losses 14
1 Shutouts 2
710 Shots against 850
647 Saves 766
63 Goals against 84
0.911 Save % 0.901
3.12 Goals against average 3.44
Expected goals, while he was in net
67.5 Expected goals against 74.1
+4.5 Goals saved above expected -9.9
+0.22 Saved above expected per 60 -0.41
6.7% Chance per attempt faced 6.4%
Rating, in goals
+11.4 Goals above replacement -2.3
+1.9 Wins above replacement -0.4
Contract
$700K Cap hit $2.5M
$3.2M Worth at the going rate $96K
+$2.5M Value: worth minus cap hit -$2.4M

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