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Compare players, 2018-19 season

At a glance

Antti Niemi Garret Sparks

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 percentileGarret Sparks: Save %, 0.902, 25th percentileGarret Sparks: Goals against, 2.90 a game, 13th percentileGarret Sparks: Workload, 29.6 shots a game, 63rd percentileGarret Sparks: Games, 20 games, 6th percentileGarret Sparks: Goals saved, -0.41 above expected per 60, 7th 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 Garret Sparks G, LAK
17 Games played 20
8 Wins 8
6 Losses 9
0 Shutouts 1
539 Shots against 592
478 Saves 534
61 Goals against 58
0.887 Save % 0.902
3.78 Goals against average 3.15
Expected goals, while he was in net
45.1 Expected goals against 50.4
-15.9 Goals saved above expected -7.6
-0.99 Saved above expected per 60 -0.41
6.3% Chance per attempt faced 6.1%
Rating, in goals
-11.3 Goals above replacement -2.4
-1.9 Wins above replacement -0.4
Contract
$950K Cap hit $675K

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