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Compare players, 2017-18 season

At a glance

Antti Niemi Malcolm Subban

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 percentileMalcolm Subban: Save %, 0.910, 43rd percentileMalcolm Subban: Goals against, 2.50 a game, 53rd percentileMalcolm Subban: Workload, 27.9 shots a game, 27th percentileMalcolm Subban: Games, 22 games, 12th percentileMalcolm Subban: Goals saved, +0.06 above expected per 60, 62nd 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 Malcolm Subban G, CBJ
24 Games played 22
7 Wins 13
9 Losses 4
1 Shutouts 0
710 Shots against 614
647 Saves 559
63 Goals against 55
0.911 Save % 0.910
3.12 Goals against average 2.68
Expected goals, while he was in net
67.5 Expected goals against 56.2
+4.5 Goals saved above expected +1.2
+0.22 Saved above expected per 60 +0.06
6.7% Chance per attempt faced 6.5%
Rating, in goals
+11.4 Goals above replacement +6.9
+1.9 Wins above replacement +1.2
Contract
$700K Cap hit $650K
$3.2M Worth at the going rate $2.2M
+$2.5M Value: worth minus cap hit +$1.5M

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