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Compare players, 2018-19 season

At a glance

Antti Niemi Calvin Pickard

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.887, 5th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 3.59 a game, 1st percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 31.7 shots a game, 86th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 17 games, 1st percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.99 above expected per 60, 1st percentileCalvin Pickard: Save %, 0.875, 1st percentileCalvin Pickard: Goals against, 2.82 a game, 25th percentileCalvin Pickard: Workload, 22.6 shots a game, 2nd percentileCalvin Pickard: Games, 17 games, 1st percentileCalvin Pickard: Goals saved, -0.92 above expected per 60, 1st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 64 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 2018-19 Calvin Pickard G, MIN
17 Games played 17
8 Wins 4
6 Losses 6
0 Shutouts 1
539 Shots against 384
478 Saves 336
61 Goals against 48
0.887 Save % 0.875
3.78 Goals against average 3.86
Expected goals, while he was in net
45.1 Expected goals against 36.6
-15.9 Goals saved above expected -11.4
-0.99 Saved above expected per 60 -0.92
6.3% Chance per attempt faced 6.9%
Rating, in goals
-11.3 Goals above replacement -7.7
-1.9 Wins above replacement -1.3
Contract
$950K Cap hit $800K

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